Happy Halloween! Mad Scientist Dissect-An-Alien Review

Straight out of the slime fad of the 80's is the Mad Scientist Dissect-An-Alien!

The Mad Scientist line of toys was created by Mattel in 1987. The line included a plastic bendy Mad Scientist figure and two main sets. One of them was the Monster Lab which allowed kids to mold putty onto interchangeable skeletons. Once the beast in question was made, it could be enjoyed for however long the kid wanted to enjoy it. But most kids were like me, and slapping the flesh on those monster bones served one purpose. To melt it off their bones! Yep, a special tank was included that kids filled with water and dunked the figure into. The effervescent effect of dissolving flesh is probably what makes forensic shows so popular today. Just watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyQUvMT7tAw

Anyways, this review is about the other major set from the toy line. The Dissect-An-Alien kit! Back in the day I received this weird little spud as a gift. This was right smack in the middle of the time when slime toys were hot. Some of you might remember the Masters of the Universe Horde Slime Pit that allowed you to cover your He-Man toys in gross ooze. Slime seems to go in and out of fashion once every decade and this is a strange but fun slime toy. Read after the jump!

The only articulation on the toy is the legs that rotate where they connect to the body. The legs and head and shoulders are hard plastic. He's got a seemingly cheerful expression on his face, odd for someone that is about to get forcibly dissected.

The whole idea behind this toy was that it included a jar of wonderful, stinky, paint and wood staining, carpet ruining slime. Of course, 23 years later, I do not currently possess such slime. A man can dream though (or go to the toy store when it's gift buying time for the nieces and nephews). As I stated earlier, slime goes in and out of fashion all the time and it's easy to know why. The stuff is a ruinous mess just waiting to happen. Drop it on the carpet and you now have extra shag that is extra slimy. Or on the off chance it didn't get into the carpet fibers, picking it up will reveal that the slime has picked up every piece of dirt, hair, and debris where it landed. Definitely not the choice of hygiene conscious parents.



The slime would be globbed into the alien's chest cavity, which is made of a soft, clear plastic. A similar strap attaches to 6 pegs. The strap is painted to look like a series of stitches and help to hold the alien together when kids are not rummaging around in his guts. And what a collection of guts they are!

The whole idea behind this toy is hilariously bizarre to me. You take what looks like an alien insect/reptile beast, shove him full of slimy goop, and add and remove his puzzle like internal organs. The organs are all made of a nice plastic and molded to resemble human organs for the most part. I'm pretty sure kids who were really into this toy grew up to be surgeons...or serial killers.

 Braaaaaaains!

This would be his backbone I figure.

These pinkies are probably the alien's lungs, which just might (insert dramatic musical sting) be adapted to breathe our air!

The heart of the beast.

I'm honestly not entirely sure what these are, but based on their location in the toy, I would guess that they correspond to the rib cage. Also, they are the same color as the spine so I guessed they might both represent bone in the alien.

If you put a gun to my head I would say this is the stomach.

The liver, in all it's livery goodness.

The small intestines, incubator of alien poo.

Large intestines, aka the road to brown town.

Last stop, the bladder!

That about wraps it up for the Mad Scientist Dissect-An-Alien. A strange toy definitely rooted firmly in the 80's. There's just something about it, mainly the goofy happy look on his face that makes this spud kind of charming. When I get my hands on some slime I will add some pictures of the dissection in all it's silly, gory glory.

Hanging with the Black Getter!

Review by Joe! (GetterJ)