Sorry for the confusion... when I said no shipping, I meant he doesn't ship them to anyone so the only way to get his coils is to actually go visit him.
Agreed that making your own aliens is fiddly, and in fact that's one part of the reason why I've only made 2 single coil alien builds so far, neither one of which was entirely flawless, but those were 28g / 38g and a lot bigger coils so even more fiddly... mostly because I had never done aliens before. It really just takes some (read: a lot of) getting used to making them. To avoid permanent frustration, I highly recommend that you get a jig that uses a bearing normally used for skateboards/longboards, like the "SpinLT" by USA Ohm Meters or maybe better: the "Revolver" by Patinos Coil Smithing (Patinos NYC) & Subbiesjuice. The latter one uses a Swiss Ceramic bearing by BONES and that's fabulously expensive for a bearing, though, but in the end I think that particular bearing just might be worth it given the fact that cheap-ish bearings tend to start cogging too easily after some time... I really don't know.
I used to use ball bearing swivels by Mad Cat (fishing supplies). They work... just not very well compared to a jig with a half decent skateboard bearing if you can make sure your core wires are perfectly aligned with the axle on the latter. Anyway, my jig is similar to the SpinLT, and it uses a Speedballs 608-RS bearing by Freesport. The whole idea is to simply avoid any type of sliders (key ring, bent paperclip, mini clothespin, wrapping a small piece of ribbon wire around your cores and pinching on it, etc. etc.), as any weight added to your core wires only slows you down while making aliens. The official alien coil thread here on the forum has some additional tips. One important tip IMO is start slow, carefully watch it catch, and, after that, go full speed on the drill.
As for Nichrome200, that's normally used for temp control. The 36g Nichrome80 is easier to work with for alien wrap wire when compared to the 38g so you probably want both... the 40g is much, much harder to use for that, but nothing is impossible, and, there exist other interesting build types that you can still use all the various wire thicknesses for anyway in the first place. With 3× 26g Kanthal A1 cores IMO you get too slow ramp up time and cool down time for aliens. Some people like it that way. Personally, I, wouldn't use Kanthal for aliens at all. But you can always try.
Just because I like my aliens exactly the same, doesn't necessarily mean you'll like them exactly the same... it's just a personal preference of mine, that's all.