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Title: Star Trek
Post by: MisterPL on July 23, 2003, 03:25 PM
I collected Playmates Toys' Trek line from the beginning, pre-Modern Star Wars, of course. It was fun while it lasted, but in the end it became more frustrating than satisfying. Impossible to get exclusives, arbitrary scale changes, short-packing, you name it; this line had it. I gave up about a year before the line's demise.

Art Asylum's line doesn't really do anything for me. They look terrific, but there's VERY little selection and the 7" scale doesn't allow for viable vehicles or playsets. Had this been a 3 3/4" line, I'd have been all over it. The Minimates are kinda cool, but unfortunately there's very little retail support for Trek in general so the entire line is waning.

That said, I have picked up a few items on clearance at Target. The Enterprise Deluxe figures feature bridge components that will help make a really cool Batcave and/or Birds of Prey Clocktower for my DC Direct figures. The scale is a little off, but not too bad. And the Borg: Assimilation figures are currently available for under $5 at Target and will look stunning trapped between my Alien Queen and Predator figures.

Anyone else into Trek?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on July 23, 2003, 06:50 PM
I agree that a 3.75" line would've enticed me to collect some ST figures, should they have been heavily articulated anyway.

AA's stuff looks nice, but I just can't afford larger scale figures anymore.  About $6 or $7 is my maximum per figure price range I think.

XD's $5.99 so I go with it...  BBi's are $4.99 which is a steal, and they're making multi-packs now so they are going to be a little cheaper I think...  Dragon's figures are few and far between and I only ever want one of each so that's cool.

A Star Trek line would break the bank, but if it were 3.75" scale, and diverse like the Star Wars line has been (With army builder-type figures too), and some vehicles and playsets...  Well, I'd gladly part with the $ for it.  The customizing possibilities would be as limitless as Star Wars has been, probably even easier considering the 'uniform" nature of the series and films.

I'd prefer modern series figures BTW, as opposed to the classic series or films...  I much preferred TNG and DS9 to anything.

It's a shame what Playmates did to the line and its fans.  Kinda like what Hasbro's doing to Star Wars right now, or what Hasbro/Kenner did to the Batman line...  Not pretty.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediMAC on July 23, 2003, 07:41 PM
Star Trek.  What's that?   :P


You tryin' to score some brownie points with the JD boss here John?!?   :-*
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: MisterPL on July 24, 2003, 01:38 PM
This place is run by a Trekkie? That would explain a lot.

And Jesse, DS9 is my favorite Trek, but at a 3 3/4" scale, I'd find room for everybody, even the gang from The Final Frontier in their commando suits. (Uhura certainly went commando.)

Now if I could just unload my entire Playmates collection for a pretty penny.  :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on July 25, 2003, 08:02 AM
I can see it now...

"Jesse James Inc. announces new license...  Star Trek, 1:18"

1) Basic figure series of main characters, sub-characters, etc...  
-From all films, and all TV series.
-Articulation ranging from 16 to 18 points including ball/socket joints and pin/swivel joints.
-Features like working holsters, accessories with real cloth or thick thread straps, removable headgear, etc.
-figure stands.
-Removable limbs with pre-posed limbs available in sets (And "scene specific" headsculpts as well, for ease of customization).

2) Small vehicle line.
-Includes full-scale shuttlecraft, fighters, transports, runabouts, etc.
-full detailed interiors accurate 100% to their technical schematics.
-paint/damage variants.

3) Playset line.
-Full bridge playsets from all series and films, including the U.S.S. Enterprise D, DS9's Control Bridge, U.S.S. Enterprise A, U.S.S. Defiant, etc.
-"Key Area" Playsets like transporter sets, Medical Bay Sets.
-Environment sets from your Favorite Trek episodes and films.
-May work like Simpsons sets, in that they interconnect and such.

Could be a great line. :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on July 25, 2003, 09:44 AM
Star Trekking, across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk!  (http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Weird%20Al%20Yankovic%20-%20Star-Trekking%20Across%20the%20Universe.mp3)   ;D

I collected Star Trek before I started the Star Wars line. Sold most of the figures & playsets. I only have the ships & odd figures left in my collection. I did pick up the new figures that are out. They are very well made.
A friend of mine has one heck of a collection that is almost as big as my SW stuff but my brother has the most. He even went as far as collecting the Franklin Mint stuff & has most of the original toys when they came out in the 60's.  :o

Yes, the boss here is a ST fan. Nothing wrong with that. I'm sure he will chime in in time with his collection.  8)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on July 27, 2003, 10:10 PM
I love AA's new figures. Unfortunately the second series of Enterpirse figures featured the crew in their EVA outfits and had two really cool aliens to boot. I never have found the aliens, and I really wanted that Andorian. man, they kick ass. (Unfortuantely, I lost track of the show because the local WB screws with the scheduling. We don't get UPN here.) And I'm not pleased that my second fave character, Trip Tucker, was an exclusive to some website.

When the Nemesis line came out, I was hoping for the entire Next Generation crew in their movie uniforms. Didn't happen.

Now I'm just hoping the TOS figures do extremely well. I need me a yellow shirted Kirk, man. Can't wait for AA to get to the Romulans and the Gorn. Maybe a Mugato. Sweet.
Title: Dammit Jim, I'm not just at the convention
Post by: Morgbug on August 11, 2003, 02:04 PM
San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Kirk (http://newforcecomics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=NFCC&Product_Code=STCON&Category_Code=AASTC) available at convention price :o at Newforcecomics.com.  

Yeah, yeah, I know.  But I ordered one. ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scott on August 11, 2003, 02:13 PM
Yeah your head may spin a little Brent but this post is here now :-*

I thought about it but decided to pass...no room, no more packages, no more line etc etc...

The figures do look very, very nice
Title: Re: Dammit Jim, I'm not just at the convention
Post by: DSJ™ on August 11, 2003, 02:45 PM
Yeah, yeah, I know.  But I ordered one. ;D

I ordered 2.  ;D  One for me & one for my ST collecting buddy!  8)
Thanks for the heads up Brent!  :-*
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DarthWormie on August 20, 2003, 01:08 PM
I have a ton of the Playmates TNG figures as well as the Classic Enterprise bridge w/crew set that I picked up years ago at KBToys on clearance for $10.99.

I liked those figs alot, but I agree that by the end of the line PM had run that line into the ground. With my SW collection growing I unfortunately had to put my ST collection into storage (except for my vintage mego figs).

I bought a few of the MiniMates figs last week at  Target on clearance for $1.24 a piece. I wish they had done a klingon in this set. BTW, what is the puzzle piece for in these? I thought it was a stand, but it doesn't really work to well. Anybody know?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: MisterPL on August 21, 2003, 12:03 PM
That puzzle piece is kind of a trademark to the Minimates. I think it's a HUGE waste of plastic, as are the coins that come with AA's product. There seems to be an aversion to stands with this manufacturer, although they did include one with the NX-01 that is the best I've seen.

Too bad they couldn't have come with transporter pads for stands. Generic but appropriate. They just don't like to put pegs on plastic or holes in feet for some reason.

As for a Klingon Minimate (http://spacemegs.com/aa/release/klingon1.jpg), one was in the works, but it was dropped from the second wave which is on hold anyway.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DarthWormie on August 21, 2003, 03:04 PM
I just got back from an after-lunch toy run and saw the new AA Star Trek classic series figures. These are pretty cool looking although I don't like the "off-duty" uni they put Kirk in. Series 2 (if it ever gets made) looks pretty good as well. Evil Spock is a definite must have!

On the back they showed a sneak peek figure from the MiniMates series 2. It was an Evil Kirk figure with a smug little expression on his face.
Title: Re: Dammit Jim, I'm not just at the convention
Post by: Morgbug on October 9, 2003, 03:43 PM
San Diego Comic Con Exclusive Kirk (http://newforcecomics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=NFCC&Product_Code=STCON&Category_Code=AASTC) available at convention price :o at Newforcecomics.com.  

Yeah, yeah, I know.  But I ordered one. ;D

Blasphemous to bump this thread, I know.

Has anyone received their Kirk?  I have not.  Yes, I have emailed Newforce to inquire.  Am I out of luck :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scott on October 9, 2003, 03:47 PM
Well...Funny Story

I received a box two weeks ago which i thought was the Screen Scenes Wave 2, turns out they were the Star Trek Figures and Convention Kirk.

I e-mailed Rick and asked him what was up...sounds like there is another Scott Pearson in Iowa and the Shipping department sent me his order by mistake.  So I did have one for about a week, UPS came and picked him up and sent him to Iowa yesterday.  Good Riddance :-*
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on June 20, 2004, 02:36 PM
I've been adding to my meager collection of Playmates figures steadily for the last month or two.

I found a guy selling his collection off for $5 a figure. All MOC. It's mostly TNG and DS9.
He doesn't have any ships or Classic era stuff (damn) but I'm happy enough to find what I have.

I opened a Geordi and Picard, and discovered a slimy substance on them. I washed it off them, but it looks like ten-year-old toys are starting to suffer now.

And, finally, does anyone know of a site like JD, RS, or GH for the Playmates stuff? I've searched Google and been to Playtrek, and it isn't going anywhere.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Bob Crane on June 20, 2004, 07:14 PM
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I opened a Geordi and Picard, and discovered a slimy substance on them.

Better keep those two away from the others... never know what could happen. :o
(http://www.georgetakei.com/gallery/pic15.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on June 20, 2004, 10:50 PM
See, if the Enterprise crews would shower more often, maybe crazy **** like that wouldn't happen so often. :-*
Title: Star Trek: The ANIMATED Series figures?
Post by: MisterPL on June 24, 2004, 10:48 AM
Anyone interested in toys based on Star Trek: The ANIMATED Series? Check out this thread (http://www.artasylum.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=004331;p=1) over at Art Asylum.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on June 24, 2004, 04:02 PM
The Animated series was before my time, but since it'll likely be on DVD this year or next, why not? More and different is better.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scott on June 24, 2004, 04:14 PM
How about a 3-3/4" Trek Line in general....I think I would pick up a set of Original and TNG Crew Members (even Wes)...I've said it before somewhere but Trek was a big part of my young life until it got stupid (not sure when that was exactly...1994 seems to stick out).  Luckily for me, SW reemerged at the right time and I haven't really ever looked back

Its sad to see 3-3/4" being ignored for McFarlanesque stuff in the last few years...there are a ton of franshises that would be great in this scale.  Since vehicles and playsets seem to be all but dead I see 3-3/4" dying with SW
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on December 26, 2004, 11:46 PM
These totally blindsided me:
Johnny Lightning Star Trek ships. (http://www.americandreamcomics.com/index.php?catid=12&itemid=5477)

As soon as I heard they were out (today) I went to TRU. Lo and behold, I find the pegs, with no product on them.

So either they haven't received them or they sold out, which is very good news for anything concerning Star Trek.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on December 27, 2004, 12:26 AM
I told my brother about those Johnny Lightning Star Trek ships (he's a big time Trekkie/Trekker), he got a set off eBay. If you ever find a complete set, can you pick them up for me. Love to have those in my collection.  8)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on December 27, 2004, 01:13 AM
Sure, I'll keep my eyes open for 'em.

Apparently, Johnny Lightning has chases that are painted with a pearlescent white. I doubt I'd buy those or even tell if they were different from the regular release. I saw pics of the chases next to the regular version, and to me the difference is negligible.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on December 27, 2004, 01:19 AM
Hokay, dumb question time (must be if I'm in here):

These are die-cast I presume and Johnny Lightning is a pretty small scale, at least from what I recall.  Are these in classic die-cast scale, a bit larger or a lot larger?   I don't mind mixing in a little bit of other sci-fi, so this could go well with my Eagle, depending on scale.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on December 27, 2004, 01:33 AM
Yes, they are die cast.

JOHNNY LIGHTNING LEGENDS OF STAR TREK SET OF 6 PCS (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5942435241)

They would be aprox 2 1/2 to 3 inches. Very nice detail.  8)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on December 27, 2004, 01:46 AM
Actually, the ships are plastic. The stands are metal.

I think the argument is that they're considered die cast since they were in a mold, which I guess is the exact same thing as a die.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on December 27, 2004, 01:59 AM
I guess there a mixture of metal & plastic. I have the Supercar carded & the mail away Supercar. Yeah, I have the Lost In Space vehicles & they are plastic from the looks of it. Thats what I get for being a carded collector!   ;D

I would say you are right HMI as they do fall in that category.

Any chance of picking up a set of ST?  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 4, 2005, 09:10 PM
I found the 1701 and the Klingon Cruiser at Suncoast, but I passed. I think I'd rather get the whole set in one fell swoop.

Like, from this place. (http://www.store.yahoo.com/dcastalley/jolitr1moca.html)

Wave 2 of these things will be repaints, almost entirely. Which sucks.

Enterprise A- only new mold
Battle Damaged Reliant
Battle Damaged TOS Enterprise
Klingon D-7 cloaked
NX-01 with polarized hull plating

Eh. It might be interesting, but I'm waiting for an Enterprise E and Voyager. A Romulan Warbird would really kick some ass too.


Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CorranHorn on January 4, 2005, 11:37 PM
Why did that site call the D7 a Klingon Cardassian ship?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 4, 2005, 11:53 PM
'Cause they're dumb.

I haven't ordered yet. Just thinking about it, or waiting for a place I've bought from before to get them in.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 5, 2005, 09:04 AM
Have you seen these 1/7000 Star Trek Museum #2 (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?ROM71086)
HLJ has them & series 1 but there backordered.  1/7000 Star Trek Museum #1 (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?ROM71040)

 (http://www.sicqnus.com/news/Romandovague2th.jpg) (http://www.sicqnus.com/news/Romandovague2.jpg)

Sort of like the Konami ships/figures I collect. They look nice.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jeff on January 5, 2005, 11:40 AM
For those interested in the Johnny Lightning ships, it sounds like NewForce Ccomics is doing full sets INCLUDING chase peices as well...

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We have received our shipment and will be able to make complete sets of all 6 series 1 ships available for $24.99 (+ shipping). They are not on the site yet, so please email for ordering details, if interested in obtaining a set (newforcecomics@aol.com). Thanks.

***UPDATE 1/1/05*** We have received an incredible number of requests, far exceeding our existing supply (wow!). We are trying to determine if we can get additional cases in route to us, and will respond to all inquiries asap!

***UPDATE 1/3/05*** I believe we will be able to procure more cases directly from JL, so we should be able to fill all requests, as well as new orders-we will email specific ordering instructions to all that have emailed us requesting. Also, we will be shipping the rare/chase white lightning ships as part of sets at NO additional cost...


May be worth your while to drop them an email and see if you can stil get in on the pre-ordering for complete sets of ships?

www.newforcecomics.com

Jeff
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on January 5, 2005, 11:55 AM
If you email them Dale, ask for two sets.  My luck with Newforce has been pretty miserable of late.  Mirror Scotty, whereforeart thou? :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 5, 2005, 11:57 AM
Will do Brent, I like the part "Also, we will be shipping the rare/chase white lightning ships as part of sets at NO additional cost...". 

See what they say.  ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 5, 2005, 12:11 PM
Email away, just waiting now. Will keep you posted Brent.  ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on January 5, 2005, 12:36 PM
Thank you. 

Y'know, I'm going to have to sit down and figure out where we stand with our nearly year long exchange of goods.  If I don't do it soon, we're going to end up like Scott and I where I just keep sending him crap and vice versa without doing a very good job of keeping track :-X
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 5, 2005, 12:53 PM
Thank you. 

Y'know, I'm going to have to sit down and figure out where we stand with our nearly year long exchange of goods.  If I don't do it soon, we're going to end up like Scott and I where I just keep sending him crap and vice versa without doing a very good job of keeping track :-X

I have no idea where were at.  :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 5, 2005, 04:07 PM
Have you seen these 1/7000 Star Trek Museum #2 (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?ROM71086)
HLJ has them & series 1 but there backordered.  1/7000 Star Trek Museum #1 (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?ROM71040)

 (http://www.sicqnus.com/news/Romandovague2th.jpg) (http://www.sicqnus.com/news/Romandovague2.jpg)

Sort of like the Konami ships/figures I collect. They look nice.

I like the Futura stuff better, but I don't own any of it.  :-\
I would, but since they'd be about $15 each through anywhere, hell with it.
Goes back to that whole import thing in the 4-pack Clone thread.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 6, 2005, 04:42 PM
Found a set of the Johnny Lightning ships today at TRU. There was only this one set, sorry guys.

There weren't an White Lightning ones, at least not when I got there.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 9, 2005, 08:44 PM
Legends of Star Trek by Johnny Lightning

New Star Trek toys are always good, in my opinion.
But, these new ships aren’t without faults.

First up, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701

I find to be a properly sized ship, about 4 ¾” long from the end of the nacelles to the front of the ship. It’s gray, just as on the TV show. There’s not much detail, but then again the one on the show was pretty smooth, and also lacked paint detail.
All in all, my second favorite in this first series.

Secondly, the Enterprise NX-01
This is my favorite ship in the series. It looks good on my desk here.
It’s nowhere near as detailed as Art Asylum’s model, obviously, but it’s fairly detailed as far as a 4” plastic ship could be expected to be. It could have used some slightly different paint detailing throughout.

Next, the Klingon D-7 cruiser
I think it’s pretty close in scale to the NCC-1701. It’s about 4 ¼” long, and like the NCC-1701, lacks paint detail and is just as smooth as said ship. It might have been neat had they detailed it like the movie versions, and I wouldn’t put it past JL to consider that since they’re repainting almost all this series for the 2nd series.

The USS Reliant NCC-1864
Ah, the ill-fated ship Khan stole in what is likely the best Star Trek flick ever.
It’s white. Very white. I’m finding it hard to tell if I got the White Lightning version or not. I doubt it. Anyway, this ship has the kind of sculpted in detailing one would expect. The paint details are crisp and in place. I liked it up until I tried attaching it to the base. I damn near broke it in half trying to get in on there. The hole seems a little too small.
This is where the 4” scale begins to show its weaknesses. This ship is much bigger than than both Enterprise, so displaying them next to each other looks silly.

Shuttlecraft Galileo
It’s a big, barely painted gray plastic box. It’ll likely be the one that pegwarms.
I hate it and wish I’d have passed on it.

Romulan Bird of Prey.
This ship is goddamn huge. Bigger than any other ship in this first series. It’s another smooth, undetailed  gray thing. It does have that funny-looking painted-on falcon (or vulture. Whichever. Excuse me…space vulture.) Never did see the episode this craft was featured in, so I chalk this purchase up to me being an overeager consumer.

Overall…
In my opinion, the Enterprises, the Klingon D-7, and the Reliant are the only worthy purchases in this set. The others aren’t bad, but if they were slightly smaller, I wouldn’t be so harsh on them. Buy them if you like them.
And, the ships themselves are hollow plastic. The only die-cast parts are the stands.
I was a little disappointed in this series, but then again I’m a TNG brat. Those who grew up watching TOS will eat these up. Myself, I can’t wait for the Enterprises D and E, Voyager, Defiant, and DS9.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 16, 2005, 06:35 PM
Star Trek TV themes (http://www.angelfire.com/trek/lt78database/themes/series/series.htm)

Thought some of you might enjoy this. Do keep in mind it's an Angelfire page, and not likely to work when you want it to.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 19, 2005, 09:35 AM
Star Trek TV themes (http://www.angelfire.com/trek/lt78database/themes/series/series.htm)

Thought some of you might enjoy this. Do keep in mind it's an Angelfire page, and not likely to work when you want it to.

Works great for me. I really like DS9's theme, theres just something about it. Enterprise's Broken Bow is nice too. I have no favorites from the movies.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 19, 2005, 02:10 PM
The only movie theme I really liked were The Motion Picture's, The Undiscovered Country's, and First Contact's. The rest of them are pretty pedestrian.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 19, 2005, 09:55 PM
That custom Captain's Log went for $121.38  (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5949716099&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT)   :o
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 20, 2005, 02:16 AM
Damn. Just, damn.

Bidding must have gotten fierce today. I checked it again last night and it was sitting at $46 and change.

Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 21, 2005, 12:05 AM
Whee! Johnny Lightning series three and four!

Series 3 and 4 are still being determined but will most likely feature the items listed below...

Series 3 "Uncharted Territories" will be summer/fall this year and feature more realistic "clear" nacelles and includes...

Enterprise(tm) 1701-D from Star Trek(tm): The Next Generation (With detachable saucer section!)

Borg Cube from Star Trek(tm): The Next Generation (With connectors so that you can connect multiple cubes! Collect 27 to make a GIANT Cube!)

U.S.S. Voyager(tm) from Voyager(tm) with movable nacelles

Romulan Bird of Prey "cloaked" from The Original Series

"Future Enterprise(tm)" 1701-D as modified by Admiral Riker in Star Trek(tm): The Next Generation episode "All Good Things..."

U.S.S. Constellation from The Original Series


Series 4 "The Neutral Zone"

U.S.S. Enterprise(tm) 1701 cloaked from The Original Series (As seen in episode 59, "The Enterprise Incident.")

Borg Cube with removable Sphere from Star Trek(tm): First Contact

U.S.S. Enterprise(tm) 1701-D with battle damage from Star Trek: Generations

U.S.S. Voyager(tm) with landing gear from Voyager(tm)
Copernicus Shuttlecraft with atmospheric reentry damage

Klingon(tm) D7 Battlecruiser with battle damage

--------------------------------
Pics of series 2 here! (http://www.americandreamcomics.com/index.php?catid=12&itemid=5789)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 21, 2005, 09:36 AM
Damn those are going to be nice.  8)

Just noticed what the "White Lightning" chase are.

Series 1.
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There will be "White Lightning" chase ships, that will be randomly inserted in cases which consumers will definitely "know one when they see one." This series includes a sticker "badge" premium that corresponds to each ship.

Series 2.
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The "White Lightning" chase ships will be a little harder to spot in this wave, but you'll see it if you look carefully. This series includes a real cloth patch premium with each ship.

I'm still waiting on a reply from Newforce on my order. They have not changed the shipping cost in my order. Now the site says "Sorry, we are currently sold out of Johnny Lightning set of 6 Ships". Had some great communication with them awhile back and now they dropped of the face of the earth!  :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 19, 2005, 02:40 PM
Yay! DS9 figures are coming from Art Asylum! (http://photos.figures.com/photo/1/showgallery.php?cat=2189&page=1&perpage=15&what=allfields&=&action=)

Though it's pretty lame they went with the 'Trials and Tribble-ations' variants first. Guess they had those molds for the TOS uniforms readily available.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on March 7, 2005, 12:28 PM
Yay! DS9 figures are coming from Art Asylum! (http://photos.figures.com/photo/1/showgallery.php?cat=2189&page=1&perpage=15&what=allfields&=&action=)

Though it's pretty lame they went with the 'Trials and Tribble-ations' variants first. Guess they had those molds for the TOS uniforms readily available.

You're right about this wave being lame - when AA has to resort to Playmates type tactics to keep the line afloat, isn't it time to pull the plug?

Did anyone else notice that in the pics with the Borg figures there's a pic of the un-released borgified Ferengi? Doesn't look that bad. I wouldn't mind if they made this figure to complete the collection of four.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on March 8, 2005, 01:50 AM
I doubt I'm going to buy them. Since AA teamed with DST to distribute these, I'm sure the price will be around $15 each, like the Buffy/Angel figures.

At that price, and so many variants, I have to be choosy with the Buffy line. Star Trek won't get any of my money at that price, because I can get the Playmates stuff for cheaper than that, and I have a lot more of them. I just like the old Playmates line better, I guess.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on May 2, 2005, 09:06 PM
I found TOS wave 3 at Suncoast this weekend. I only bought Vina, Kor, and the Gorn, since I have the con exclusive Kirk and tend to loathe battle-damaged figures that are $13.

I think I might end up buying those Trials and Tribble-ations figures, but they're all exclusives to different chain stores. But since Enterprise is ending and there's no new movie, I'm going to need a Trek fix.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on May 21, 2005, 03:03 PM
Seems the White Lighting has shown up at Wally according to my friend last night. $4.99. not bad but there was only one ship. Must keep an eye out for these.   8)

The local coin shop has them, $9.99 for the first series and $4.99 for the second series. This is the place were I got my Unleashed Stormtrooper and there carring more figures and ships.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on May 26, 2005, 03:43 AM
I finally found the series II JL ships last night at Hobby Lobby. The refit Enterprise is just so purdy!  ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on May 26, 2005, 04:25 AM
Hobby Lobby, eh? Sounds good since no one goes there and I have two around me. All I want is the refit Enterprise and maybe the cloaked Klingon battle cruiser.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on June 8, 2005, 01:26 AM
Found a few of the ships at Wally, seems to be a mixture of series one and two. I'll take whatever they have.  ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nathan on June 12, 2005, 01:00 PM
Interesting find:

Thus far I haven't collected ST figures -- I have my hands more than full with SW -- but yesterday at a thrift store I found a Commander Kruge for 25 cents! The scale is about 4" and the copyright on the foot is 1993. He's in very good condition too.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 5, 2006, 01:46 AM
That's the last subset I need for the Playmates line- the Classic Movie line. They just seem to go for a tidy sum on ebay, whenever they pop up.

In other news, new JL stuff!

TNI linky! (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=8570)

I can't wait to get my hands on that refit D and Voyager. I missed those two vehicles when Galoob did them in their Micro Machines line and when Playmates did their versions. I've been waiting a good long while for a Voyager on my desk.


Oh, BTW, Spike is supposed to get Voyager reruns this year. Rejoice, ye fans on bottom-of-the-barrel Trek! It comes at the cost of TNG going to G4 (which I don't have) though I think Spike is still able to air TNG just not during the times that G4 plays it.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 14, 2006, 12:39 AM
TNG figures. (http://afigures.com/g/?mode=album&album=2006_Toy_Fair%2FDiamond_Select_Toys%2FStar_Trek&start=15)

Finally. Some modern TNG figures.

I'm thinking Picard's nose looks a little wonky, but I think that's just the angle.
I dig the different Trois too. The first ones I get of Riker, Worf, and Troi will be the Nemesis uniforms, but I'll gamble those will be exclusives while the TV series uniforms will be the regular releases.

Great, great stuff. With all the neat **** I've seen from Toy Fair this year, I'm going to have to start eating ramen noodles for every meal.  ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on February 15, 2006, 04:37 AM
I've heard reports that JL Wave 3 is starting to show up in stores now. And the Enterprise-E is finally out as well. The next ship will be the original Enterprise. There will also be Kirk and Pike with their own Captain's chairs (http://toynewsi.com/article.php?itemid=8796).
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on February 15, 2006, 03:11 PM
Yeah but Kirk with his chair is an SDCC exclusive :-\

I'm digging that Locutus in Ben's link though, I think I'll have to own that one.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 15, 2006, 11:35 PM
Will they never learn? The first yellow shirted Kirk was a con exclusive, and now they're doing it again.

And they wonder why nobody buys Star Trek figures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on February 15, 2006, 11:57 PM
Will they never learn? The first yellow shirted Kirk was a con exclusive, and now they're doing it again.

And they wonder why nobody buys Star Trek figures.

Did I get that one from Newforcecomics.com?  I think I did.  I need a Spock.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on February 16, 2006, 12:07 AM
Psssssssst Brent.  ;)

(http://i6.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/29/2e/e0_1_b.JPG)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 16, 2006, 12:49 AM
I got mine from Vintage Vinyl, a record store in NJ.

I guess that it was plenty available after the cons that year, but I think Kirk in that uniform should be one of the figures that's plenty available.

With all those TOS Mirror figures coming out, I just remember I need a Mirror Kirk, which is one of the two figures I don't have from Art Asylum's TOS line.

And, Michael Crawford has a review of Worf, Will, and Thomas Riker on his site. I'm a little disappointed that they're such huge figures, but then again, Worf and Riker were some tall guys.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on February 16, 2006, 02:16 AM
Yeah but Kirk with his chair is an SDCC exclusive :-\

It sounds to me like there will be a second version of Kirk w/chair (from "Where No Man Has Gone Before"), and that will be the con exclusive.

Quote
If that wasn't enough there is also going to be versions of both Captain Kirk and Captain Pike released with their own unique Captain's chairs, (Look for a version of Captain Kirk w/chair from the second pilot episode to be released as a SDCC exclusive this coming summer).

That's how it reads to me, anyway.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on February 16, 2006, 09:57 AM
I didn't collect Art Assylum's line (which looks awesome,) but I do have a near complete Playmates set. I'm only missing Picard from Tapestry (1701) and the Pog versions of the Vorgon and Dathon.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 18, 2006, 11:39 PM
I bought some Legends of Star Trek ships from BBTS this weekend. I got the Enterprise D and a Borg Cube. Alas, Voyager was sold out, and the future Ent-D wasn't listed, so I suppose I'll have to either wait for them to show at retail (and then fight for them) or buy a full set from an online retailer, which would leave me with an extra D and Cube and a cloaked Romulan Bird of Prey that I don't want.

Choices, choices.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on April 19, 2006, 12:35 AM
Those Asylum ships are pretty sweet. I really need to pick some of them up.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 21, 2006, 09:26 PM
Got my stuff from BBTS today. They goofed and sent me the future Ent-D, which is very much in my favor. It'll be easier to offload the extra one when I buy a full set, which is probably what I'll have to do to get Voyager.

You'll all flip when you see how huge the Enterprise D is. I was expecting it to be about the same size as the Enterprise A they put out in the last series, but it's much bigger than I thought it would be.

Oh yeah, Amazon has the Next Gen Riker and Worf available. I picked up Thomas Riker for $13, which is the best price I've seen for him. Now I hope they get it right and don't send me a Will Riker.  ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on April 25, 2006, 06:43 PM
BBTS has the Captain Kirk & Chair Figure Set (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DMC10204&mode=retail) up for preorder for $21.99 as well as the Classic Enterprise NCC-1701 (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=DMC10205&mode=retail) for $33.99.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on June 13, 2006, 10:24 PM
Behold!  :o

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/pbr/stns.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on June 15, 2006, 07:38 PM
That's a work of art. If I had a high end collection, that would be in it.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on June 16, 2006, 03:54 PM
Those are really nice.  I'd love to own one, but it ain't going to happen shy of a lottery win. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on July 24, 2006, 02:21 AM
Newforcecomics.com has a bunch of the SDCC stuff up for sale.  I picked up the "Mirror, Mirror" five pack, the con exclusive Preview Kirk with Chair and pre-ordered the Locutus.  I'll have to backtrack for a few figures including the mirror Spock and Kirk and I think I'll have to track down the mirror Scotty as well, but a quick look on ebay had them cheaper than Newforce did. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on August 2, 2006, 11:21 PM
Christies: 40 Years of Star Trek (http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp)   :-*
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on August 20, 2006, 12:39 AM
Whee! Johnny Lightning series three and four!

Series 3 and 4 are still being determined but will most likely feature the items listed below...

Series 3 "Uncharted Territories" will be summer/fall this year and feature more realistic "clear" nacelles and includes...

Enterprise(tm) 1701-D from Star Trek(tm): The Next Generation (With detachable saucer section!)

Borg Cube from Star Trek(tm): The Next Generation (With connectors so that you can connect multiple cubes! Collect 27 to make a GIANT Cube!)

U.S.S. Voyager(tm) from Voyager(tm) with movable nacelles

Romulan Bird of Prey "cloaked" from The Original Series

"Future Enterprise(tm)" 1701-D as modified by Admiral Riker in Star Trek(tm): The Next Generation episode "All Good Things..."

U.S.S. Constellation from The Original Series


Series 4 "The Neutral Zone"

U.S.S. Enterprise(tm) 1701 cloaked from The Original Series (As seen in episode 59, "The Enterprise Incident.")

Borg Cube with removable Sphere from Star Trek(tm): First Contact

U.S.S. Enterprise(tm) 1701-D with battle damage from Star Trek: Generations

U.S.S. Voyager(tm) with landing gear from Voyager(tm)
Copernicus Shuttlecraft with atmospheric reentry damage

Klingon(tm) D7 Battlecruiser with battle damage

--------------------------------
Pics of series 2 here! (http://www.americandreamcomics.com/index.php?catid=12&itemid=5789)


The comic shop I buy some stuff at just got wave 3 in this week :o  I picked up the Borg cube
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on August 20, 2006, 01:43 AM
I'm still looking for the regular Ent-D and Voyager from that series. I doubt they'll ever show at TRU here, and Hobby Lobby, my source for wave 2, isn't getting them either.

Hopefully online stores continue to get them, for however long (or briefly) this line lasts.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on August 31, 2006, 10:22 PM
I'm weak.  I went back and picked up the 1701-D and Voyager.  I'll probably buy more.  Hoping the comic store gets series 4 in so I can pick up the other Cube. 

I expect these are long gone from US retail?  Ebay I suspect will be the source to backfill.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on September 8, 2006, 04:38 PM
BTW, happy 40th birthday to Star Trek which debuted on September 8th, 1966 :o
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on September 8, 2006, 05:21 PM
Makes ya feel kind old eh Brent!  :-X  ;)  ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on September 11, 2006, 07:23 PM
BTW, happy 40th birthday to Star Trek which debuted on September 8th, 1966 :o

Check it out Brent!  :-*   ;D   :o   8)

The original Star Trek episodes will be returning to syndication beginning in weekend syndication September 16th for the first time in 16 years. These episodes are digitally remastered to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Remastering Star Trek: TOS FX, Music Enhanced (http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/23775.html)

Watch Full Trailer for Remastered Star Trek Episodes. (http://trekweb.com/articles/2006/09/11/Watch-Full-Trailer-for-Remastered-Star.shtml)  :o  8)

(http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200609/0809006-dig-enterprise-remasters/320x240.jpg)  (http://www.startrek.com/imageuploads/200609/060906-ent-digital/320x240.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on September 11, 2006, 11:32 PM
So essentially that means it's a good thing I didn't pick up the DVD sets at this point, since now there's bound to be a remastered set.  Or maybe I can get the original sets cheaper. 

Space channel is starting them up again, I've seen the recent ads on the tube 8)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on September 24, 2006, 02:02 AM
New Episodes digitally remastered or not, I bought season 1&2 of the original series in the funky packaging.  After watching it on ebay and at retail for a long time sitting at $130 CAD or so, then finding it at $56 CAD at Walmart, I snapped it up.  I'll get season three at next payday and be done with it :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on October 3, 2006, 09:21 PM
Here's something for you Star Trek fans... Christies 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection (http://www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp) auction.

Dang, I spent a good time looking through the lots, some pretty good stuff up for grabs from various areas of the ST universe if you have a deep wallet!

I like this prop, Picard's Ressikan flute (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ressikan_Flute) from the episode "The Inner Light". Estimate $800. - $1,200 U.S. 

(http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/LotFinderImages/D47801/D4780101x.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on October 5, 2006, 10:08 PM
You can catch the auction streaming on History.com (http://www.history.com/pages/popup/startrek_stream.html). Big bucks for this stuff!  :o

Thanks to Chris G. for the link.  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on October 8, 2006, 04:18 AM
Christie's underestimates Trekkies, pulls $7.1 million (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/07/startrek.auction/index.html)

Serious ******* $$$!  :o   :o

Quote
Christie's estimated that a replica of the Starship Enterprise used in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" would command between $25,000 and $35,000.

The actual haul? $576,000

The model is 78 inches long!
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on October 8, 2006, 02:34 PM
Trivia tid bit: Family Guy and American Dad creator Seth Mc Fairlane bought one of the Enterprise models from the Christies Auction.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on October 12, 2006, 08:16 PM
Christies auction results are up for viewing, Thanks again to Chris G. for the link.  :)

40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection. Auction Results (http://www.christies.com/auction/results/results_lotlist_friendly.asp?saleno=NYC1778)

I did get a special parcel from Christies today.  ;D

(http://www.telusplanet.net/public/djustus/Darth%20Vader/Christies%2040%20Years%20Star%20Trek.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on November 19, 2006, 01:45 AM
Has anyone had any luck locating Legends of ST vehicles at retail? Most reputable online stores sold out a while back, and my local TRU or Hobby Lobbies never got them in. I'm still looking for the regular Ent-D and Voyager.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on November 19, 2006, 04:34 AM
I haven't seen any at retail since the second series. But I did see Kirk with his chair at Hastings today. I think I'll put it on my Christmas list. And a couple of months ago I found the copper-handled phaser at the same store.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on December 27, 2006, 06:28 PM
TRU is getting in Art Asylum left overs. I picked up a Mirror, Mirror Kirk for less than $5.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on December 28, 2006, 09:42 AM
Figures given I bought the entire set at retail for the most part. ::)  At least the deal with newforce was for the entire set from SDCC. But I think I have all the Trek I need with the Locutus and the entire Mirror, Mirror set plus Kirk in the Chair.  I was going to get some more of the mini-ships, but the only series I have ever seen is series two.  One and three have never shown up locally.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 26, 2007, 01:48 AM
I spied alot of ST figures at my local thrift store. They were 'playmates' type.
3 and 3/4" mostly from next generation series. 3 types of Worf..mostly 2 types of the others..think there was maybe 16 total. All for 2.50 each. They also had a freakish red guy..that looked like the predator alien and under his foot it said
1994 Par pic. Playmates toys. All the figs had 1993-1994 under their feet.

What was weird was some figs had no knee,elbow articulation but there other versions had it. Alot of the figs arms had a weird 3 points AC but not at the wrist where you would think. I'll bet Bug knows exactly what I'm talking about.

DS
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 26, 2007, 02:23 AM
Ah yes, the Playmates line. I used to collect them before the SW line came out. I sold most of them off, it was very hard to find some of them up here in Canada tho, I might have the odd one kicking around.

Playmates Star Trek Figures (http://www.aet.cup.edu/~jhall/trek/Playmates5AF.htm)

NewForce Comics List (http://www.newforcecomics.com/trekref/basic.htm)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on January 27, 2007, 02:01 PM
I was wondering if there would be anything out for The Wrath of Khan 25th Anniversary (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=34&category=3355).  ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on January 27, 2007, 04:02 PM
I was wondering if there would be anything out for The Wrath of Khan 25th Anniversary (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=34&category=3355).  ;D

AFX also has a classic Kirk/Khan two pack from the original series.  I'm more inclined to get those than the Wrath of Khan line.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JangoTat on January 27, 2007, 10:02 PM
never did like star trek to much. never appealed to me BUT i do have the old star trek teleporter toy/playset thingie. it was pretty cool click a button and the thing inside "dissapear". its all just light tricks but it never got old for me. i also got some escape pod thing. dont know what its called but when ever i used to play with it ( mind you this is when i was like 8/9 years old) i always used it as a troop transport, with boosk as my pilot  ;D and have my "solidiers" run out from the back of it.
 but yeah back on topic. never did like star trek...just had some of their toys, because they could be mixed in with some of my star wars stuff :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on January 28, 2007, 12:19 PM
i collected star trek loose at age 3, but then stopped for loose star wars stuff, then MOC star wars, now both loose and MOC star wars.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 1, 2007, 01:15 AM
Another 1701 Fiasco in the making. (http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=10770)

Great. Not only could I not complete the TNG crew in their movie uniforms in the Playmates line, now it's happening with DST's line.  ::)

Of course, this news would come just after I started picking up DST's Trek figures again.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on February 1, 2007, 01:28 AM
I love the new ST figures but this is easily a good reason NOT to start blowing money on them.  They're slick figures, well sculpted, great articulation, nice accessories, but I'd easily be pissed knowing I couldn't get them in their best uniforms from the films, because of dicking over exclusives like this. 

I love looking at these, and while I've teetered on buying I now know I won't...  Blah.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 1, 2007, 02:54 AM
I guess I could do without the movie uniforms. Right now, I only have Picard and Data from the Nemesis line in those uniforms, and I'm not sure if DST is doing a Crusher in the movie uniform, so I might not have to worry.

I do want all of them in the season 7 uniforms, and since those are the regular versions of all the characters, that might be OK. It just gets annoying with these forsaken con exclusives. DST has been doing it for a long time with their Buffy line, but they had a lot more clothing options to choose from there, so you never would have missed a particular version if you couldn't get it. But this is a whole different uniform, and I might add the only TNG member that Playmates DIDN'T do in their movie uniform was LaForge.

DST would also send members of their Radicals club the leftover con exclusives, and that's how I got two of the Buffy ones, but with only 1701 to go around, I doubt there'll be any left and 7/8 of those will be on ebay.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on February 1, 2007, 03:15 AM
That article mentioned a Crusher in the recent film uniform...  I think she was from First Contact, but it's all the same really.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on February 1, 2007, 11:30 PM
Another line I'm happily selective with.  I have all the figures from the Mirror, Mirror lineup; a Kirk con exclusive with the laser rifle and a Kirk with Captain's chair.  I wouldn't mind getting some of the TOS regular figures, but I won't buy them unless I see them cheap.  Khan, Gorn, etc. would be ok too, but only for under $5 a figure. 

The only non TOS figures I have are a smaller, Toyfare exclusive 7of9 and the AA version of Locutus. 

Has wave 3 or 4 of the Johnny Lightning ships ever hit retail?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 2, 2007, 12:35 AM
Doubtful. I don't think series 4 even exists yet. And series 3 is ridiculously difficult to locate. I was looking earlier this week for them on ebay, and the only sellers that have any appear to be located in the UK, and it's about $60 American for a set shipped. That's just too much.

Since there isn't a definitive Trek collecting board that I can find, I can't ask anyone and I never could make any sense of Playtrek.

I've looked around at various internet stores, and the only one I've seen that ever had any was BBTS, whom I got the Future D and Borg Cube from. They're long sold out of them all except the cloaked Romulan BOP.

About the 1701 LaForge- I checked around at past exclusives from DST, and most of their con exclusives number less that 1,500 pieces, so perhaps 1701 isn't so bad of a number. It's not like the Playmates 1701 where they went to mass retail.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: spiderpumpkin on February 2, 2007, 06:30 PM
Since there isn't a definitive Trek collecting board that I can find, I can't ask anyone and I never could make any sense of Playtrek.

I haven't used the Art Asylum forums since about 2003 but it was a good source for information about the new figures.  I believe they still do the sculpting for the Diamond figures.  http://www.artasylum.com/forum/
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 4, 2007, 03:52 PM
RC2 Ditches Its Die Cast Lines
 (http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/9911.html)

The article states that they're keeping Johnny Lightning around, but I seriously doubt the Trek ships were marketed to a younger audience. I also hear that RC2 is sitting on the ST license, probably so no one else can make money off of it.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 7, 2007, 03:02 AM
UK Toy Fair pics (http://www.action-figure.com/events/main.php?g2_itemId=57038)

Am I nuts, or are those Kirk and Spock Megos?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on February 7, 2007, 10:15 AM
Mego body with a new head?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on February 7, 2007, 10:25 AM
Interesting to see new Megos styled figures. I loved those as a kid and would be tempted to pick some up.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 9, 2007, 12:29 AM
Deep Space 9 series 1 (http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/toyfare/003347483.cfm)

Nice. I wonder if they'll do these figures in the early season uniforms as variants.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 11, 2007, 01:25 PM
Looks like they're doing the early season uniforms on the DS9 figures as I'd hoped.  :)

Pics of Sisko at action-figure.com (http://74.52.193.82/events/main.php?g2_itemId=1092&g2_page=10)

A new Klingon Mego? (http://74.52.193.82/events/main.php?g2_itemId=1379)

McCoy, Andorian, and Romulan "retro" figures (http://74.52.193.82/events/main.php?g2_itemId=1399)

I guess that's what they're calling their Mego-ish figures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on February 11, 2007, 02:06 PM
I guess that's what they're calling their Mego-ish figures.

Actually, they're not Mego-ish, but rather Mego (http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/article.asp?ai=37450). It's funny because just last week I was looking at the Spiderman Signature series and thinking about how much they reminded of the old Mego figures. I almost bought Spiderman, but decided not too. And as I was putting him back I thought to myself that I wish someone would do Classic Trek figures like that. I was wishing for new sculpts, though.  ;D

After looking at the new pictures I decided to preorder the WoK 4 figure pack and Enterprise from New Force.

It looks like a good year for Trek figures, but a bad one for my wallet. At least I was able to find an AGT Riker for only $5 last night. :D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 11, 2007, 03:00 PM
OK, I didn't know they were going with the Mego name or not, so I called them -ish. Thanks for clearing that up.  :)

Yeah, I agree that this year looks great for Trek toys. I see they had a battle-damaged Ent-E coming out too, as well as the original Enterprise. And those WoK figures are looking better and better every time I see them.

I'm most hyped about DS9, though.  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on February 11, 2007, 11:01 PM
As Brent would say... pretty.

(http://www.jedidefender.com/gallery/files/gallery/Conventions/Toy_Fair_2007/Master_Replicas/TF_2007_Master_Replicas_0024.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JohnH on February 12, 2007, 12:12 AM
As Brent would say... pretty.

Quite!  Seeing that and the Falcon in person were quite a treat.  I'm looking forward to the X-Wing they're working as well.  :)

As far as the Mego reissues...I just have to ask "why"?  I don't understand why these things need to be remade.  The originals are collectible enough as it is and really don't cost that much.  Personally I think it's more detrimental than anything to make reissues such as this.

John
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JohnH on February 12, 2007, 10:34 PM
http://toytraderz.com/eventgallery/v/toyfair2007/dst/startrekmego2.JPG.html

They're doing the Romulan and the Andorian.  Ouch.  :( 

John
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 12, 2007, 11:01 PM
I'm not into Mego, but isnt' the Romulan a super-rare figure?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on February 12, 2007, 11:17 PM
Yup, plus other.

Mego Star Trek Alien the Romulan (http://cgi.ebay.com/Mego-Star-Trek-Alien-the-Romulan-excellent-shape_W0QQitemZ120084607909QQihZ002QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek Romulan (http://cgi.ebay.com/Mego-Star-Trek-Romulan-all-original_W0QQitemZ250081267537QQihZ015QQcategoryZ38263QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek Mugato (http://cgi.ebay.com/Mego-Star-Trek-Mugato-all-original-and-compleat_W0QQitemZ250081268544QQihZ015QQcategoryZ38263QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek Andorian (http://cgi.ebay.com/Mego-Star-Trek-Andorian-no-belt-all-the-rest-original_W0QQitemZ250081268029QQihZ015QQcategoryZ38263QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek TOS Neptunian alien  (http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-Mego-Star-Trek-TOS-Neptunian-alien-MOC-unpunched_W0QQitemZ170076563062QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek TOS Keeper alien (http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-Mego-Star-Trek-TOS-Keeper-alien-MOC-unpunched_W0QQitemZ170075774756QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek TOS Cheron alien  (http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-Mego-Star-Trek-TOS-Cheron-alien-MOC-unpunched_W0QQitemZ170075771032QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek TOS Talos alien (http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-Mego-Star-Trek-TOS-Talos-alien-MOC-vintage_W0QQitemZ170075768109QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Mego Star Trek TOS Mugato alien (http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-Mego-Star-Trek-TOS-Mugato-alien-MOC-unpunched_W0QQitemZ170075765352QQihZ007QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Then there was the seller blowing some out at a bin of $200. each but looks like a later release.

Mego Star Trek TOS The Romulan (http://cgi.ebay.com/1976-Mego-Star-Trek-TOS-The-Romulan-alien-MOC-unpunched_W0QQitemZ260082933302QQihZ016QQcategoryZ1169QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JohnH on February 13, 2007, 12:47 AM
Man, I love those Aliens series figures.  As much as I'd like to pick one or two up, I doubt it'll happen.  I will say I would have jumped on that $200 Romulan in a heartbeat though.  One just recently sold for over $2000 carded.   :o

John
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on April 23, 2007, 09:19 PM
Great googly moogly!  :o  8)

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Of_Gods_and_Men)

Star Trek: Of Gods And Men Trailer Links (http://www.startrekofgodsandmen.com/index_watch.htm)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 23, 2007, 11:16 PM
I'm not sure what to make of that other than I'm embarassed for some of the actors who I guess aren't making enough off the autograph circuit and are now in that.

Doesn't Cameron make any residuals from friggin' Ferris Bueller?

I loves me some Star Trek...  I NEED some Star Trek in my life right now.  But I don't need that.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on April 23, 2007, 11:36 PM
Um...yeah. Anyway, I saw Corgi's Enterprise-D at Hastings tonight.  It looks really good, but I'd rather have a Nebula-class.  ;D They also had the Data and Geordi "...All Good Things" 2-pack. But I think the AA original Enterprise might be something I pick up later this week. Or DST, or whoever it is that makes them now.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on April 25, 2007, 10:20 AM
I'm liking the Mego figures. I'll probably pick those up since I have fond memories of those from when I had some originals.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: P-Siddy on April 25, 2007, 10:58 AM
I'm not sure what to make of that other than I'm embarassed for some of the actors who I guess aren't making enough off the autograph circuit and are now in that.

Doesn't Cameron make any residuals from friggin' Ferris Bueller?

It looks quite amatuerish... but these were original actors from the various series.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Aucassin on May 5, 2007, 12:56 PM
Has anyone heard anything about a fourth wave of JL ships? I was going to New Force to look at TAC cases when I saw that Wave 4 was up for preorder. I preordered a case of twelve. It sounds like they're repaints, but also have some kind of extras. This is the description: USS ENTERPRISE 1701-A W/PHO 2 USS MAJESTIC W/EXPLOSIONS 2 USS DEFIANT W/PHASERS 2 BORG CUBE WITH SPHERE 2 USS ENTERPRISE D W/EXTRAS 2 USS VOYAGER W/LANDING GEAR

I'm not sure but I think the Majestic is a Miranda-class, which would make it a Reliant repaint. But, since I never found wave 3, Voyager and the Cube will new for me.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on May 5, 2007, 01:26 PM
Wave 3 is all that ever showed up around here :-\  Every so often I'm tempted to go back and find the rest because size-wise these are a nice fit with the Star Wars and BSG titanium ships. Voyager and the Cube were the only two I picked up so far, so seeing them in Wave 4 again isn't any good for me.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on May 5, 2007, 01:35 PM
Brilliant!  :D

Star Trek Space 1969 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhLDZK8D4nY&mode=related&search=)

Side By Side Comparison of Star Trek & Space 1969 Titles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02hfy2CKRGU&mode=related&search=)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on May 14, 2007, 09:46 AM
That's pretty amusing. I haven't seen anything of Space 1999 since it's been on the air.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on December 23, 2007, 10:33 AM
Picked up my first Art Asylum ST ship, the WOK Enterprise. Took advantage of a damaged shipment from Newforce and have to say it's a pretty detailed ship.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 31, 2008, 12:45 AM
Star Trek Headed Back To Playmates  (http://trekmovie.com/2008/01/27/star-trek-headed-back-to-playmates-toys)

Neat!  8) Though it's only for the new movie.  DST still has the license for previous incarnations.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 17, 2008, 11:49 PM
DST's Trek offerings from Toy Fair. (http://trekmovie.com/2008/02/17/toy-fair-report-lots-of-new-trek-from-diamond-select/#more-1599)

They're doing a Enterprise-D, which is great. I like the Borg figures too, though I don't collect DST's figures.

And, there's a new series of Johnny Lightning Legends ships out there. I saw a Borg cube w/ sphere at my local TRU this weekend, which of course meant I missed the Voyager again. Good luck beating all the die-cast collectors to those.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on February 18, 2008, 12:24 AM
Was hoping for a regular 7 of 9 figure to be honest.  Yeah, I know.  I'll get the Borg figs though anyway.

Happy to hear of new Johnny Lightnings too.  We don't see them at retail here, so it's ebay for me anyway. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on March 20, 2008, 02:46 AM
I just got back from Vegas, and while I was there, I hit up Star Trek: The Experience at the Hilton. It was all sorts of neat, and I found these (http://www.diamondselecttoys.com/store/item.asp?ItemNo=58324&CategoryID=335) there. I picked up Kirk and the Klingon, figuring I can get the McCoy/Romulan and Spock/Andorian sets online (and cheaper.)

The gift shop also had some Johnny Lightning ships, which was great, as long as you wanted the cloaked Romulan BOP or the Reliant with flames on it. They had scads of those two, and nothing else.

The attraction itself was pretty neat too. Lots of props from the TV series and movies on display. I have a bunch of pictures I'll get around to showing hopefully this week.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on April 4, 2008, 02:10 AM
Not sure how many folks have paid attention to the Sideshow stuff regarding Star Trek, but some of it has taken a huge leap of late.  About six months ago you could buy the premium format figures for under retail price, including 7 of 9. 

Not so anymore (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280211980775&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018)

Matters not which version you want (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280211980535&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018)

Just wow. 

Kirk and Spock have gone up over retail value as well.  I had hoped to get the Spock version, but it is not to be. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 7, 2008, 02:13 AM
Latest toy rag is claiming the Playmates line will be 3.75"?  I think it's Tomarts but not sure...

Wha wha wha!?  Now that'll be something to see if they really treat it well.  I very well may need to start a small "evening" business because that is what I always wished Star Trek figures were (at least the Next Generation era characters)...  If they're good, I don't know how I'll be capable of passing on them unless it's TOS only which isn't my cup of tea.

My possible night job?  "Jesse James...  Male Prostitute!"
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_w1u_lHddcAUlGjzbkF/SIG=1287ovk01/EXP=1207635125/**http%3A//www.balloon-juice.com/managed-images/snl8.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: ctonra on April 7, 2008, 12:34 PM
Jesse
        It is only for the new movie,  Playmate has the rights for the new movie and beyound, while Dimond holds the rights for all things past.   
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on April 7, 2008, 01:26 PM
Not really interested in these, unless they're good custom fodder.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 7, 2008, 02:06 PM
Whew...  I was sorta scared there for a moment.  I've wished for a while now for a 3.75" Trek line, but with IJ I don't think I could afford that, Star Wars, etc.  Just too much...  Down the road, I'd love to see some 3.75" Trek again though, especially if they're high quality.

Diamond's stuff I keep looking at and drooling...  It's incredible, but it's a scale I'm not interested in.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: ctonra on April 7, 2008, 03:08 PM
I still may pick up this line, I hear we are in for a bridge playset and possable another movie playset. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 7, 2008, 04:56 PM
I may get into it, but I'm waiting to see it first...  If it was TNG/DS9/Voyager figures though, I'd be hooked. :(
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: spiderpumpkin on April 7, 2008, 05:09 PM
I only want 3 3/4" if they can make characters from earlier shows too.  Otherwise, I would rather see a scale similar to Diamond/AA or 1992-2000 Playmates because there are too many scales. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on August 23, 2008, 12:58 AM
Moar Johnny Lightning! (http://trekmovie.com/2008/08/21/the-collective-first-look-at-2008s-johnny-lighting-ship-toys/#more-2318)

You'd think that, with as many times as they rerelease the same molds, that I'd have a Voyager and Enterprise-D by now. As it is, the local TRU will get one case, the Hot Wheels guys will buy it all, and I'll be looking at a lone Borg Cube or whatever for weeks before somebody buys it.

Also, Star Trek: The Experience (http://trekmovie.com/2008/06/29/star-trek-the-experience-closing-in-september/) is closing for good on September 1st.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on August 24, 2008, 09:58 AM
Too bad about the Star Trek experience. The cool thing about that was that the bridge set was 100% to scale to the actual set.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on August 24, 2008, 10:41 AM
Also, Star Trek: The Experience (http://trekmovie.com/2008/06/29/star-trek-the-experience-closing-in-september/) is closing for good on September 1st.

My parents took me when I was four and I was screaming and bawling after the pitch black elevator part. All the Starfleet guys were trying to help get me to stop crying while at the same time giving the tour of the Enterprise and talking to Klingons on the bridge. That must've been pretty funny to watch. ;D

It's a bummer to hear that it's closing, I have some good memories there. :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on September 12, 2008, 01:29 PM
I seen some ST figures at TRU today, singles for $13.99 & the Death Of Spock Kirk & Spock 2-pk for $30. CDN. I'll have to tell my friend about them, he maybe interested.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on November 19, 2008, 10:47 AM
I see there must be a line of toys (several actually) on the way for the new movie next year.  No pics up (maybe there was at Comic Con and I missed it), but BBTS (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1843) has preorders up.  There looks to be 12" figures, 6" figures, and 3 3/4" figures, as well as role play items and a couple of playsets.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on November 20, 2008, 06:10 PM
I'm intrigued by the 3.75" line possibilities...  I'm down for them if the price is right and they're decent looking.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on November 21, 2008, 05:54 PM
I have a bunch of rarer, 90's Star Trek figures.  Anyone interested in these?  I've been meaning to get a list together, but not sure what the market is like for ST these days...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: iFett on November 23, 2008, 04:57 PM
Too bad about the Star Trek experience. The cool thing about that was that the bridge set was 100% to scale to the actual set.

I never went even though I lived out there for a number of years.  Heard it was okay though.

I have a bunch of rarer, 90's Star Trek figures.

You're lame.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on November 23, 2008, 09:26 PM
The Experience is set to open in Neonopolis, a development near Fremont Street in Vegas. So that will be great- geek it out at the Experience, then soak in the unadulterated fun Fremont Street has to offer.

I haven't heard a date for it to open, but I'll bet it's around the time the movie opens.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on November 24, 2008, 11:58 PM
I have a bunch of rarer, 90's Star Trek figures.

You're lame.

C'mon Mike, you know you want them.  ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on November 25, 2008, 12:04 AM
Too bad about the Star Trek experience. The cool thing about that was that the bridge set was 100% to scale to the actual set.

I never went even though I lived out there for a number of years.  Heard it was okay though.


I went back in '98 and enjoyed it even though I wasn't all that much into Trek.  It was a very strongly themed DS9 at the time and I really wasn't into that and even less so into TNG.  Quark's Bar was cool, and about the only place in the Hilton I could afford to eat at the time.  I have a picture of me somewhere with two very, very tall Klingon women. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on November 25, 2008, 10:35 AM
I've wanted to go to the "Experience" but never get to Vegas...  I love TNG/DS9 though and that was the era it was mostly centered on I thought.  I'd love to check it out if they're making a new one or something, but chances are slim of me making a Vegas trip.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on December 7, 2008, 01:56 PM
DST Star Trek toys coming to US TRUs. (http://trekmovie.com/2008/12/03/the-collective-dst-toys-headed-to-toys-r-us-review-of-retro-khan-figure/)

This is awesome. Maybe it'll make the prices a little more fair on those starship replicas which online retailers and comic shops seem intent on charging $40 for.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on December 7, 2008, 11:17 PM
Anyone interested in this tasty nugget?  It's just taking up space in my basement, so I'd love to give it a new home if anyone wants to trade for it or but it...

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff43/jman5544/Dec%20Sale/Dec_08_003.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on December 10, 2008, 09:31 AM
DST Star Trek toys coming to US TRUs. (http://trekmovie.com/2008/12/03/the-collective-dst-toys-headed-to-toys-r-us-review-of-retro-khan-figure/)

This is awesome. Maybe it'll make the prices a little more fair on those starship replicas which online retailers and comic shops seem intent on charging $40 for.

That's cool. I've been wanting to pick some of those up.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 13, 2009, 11:47 AM
Fedex would be a killer on this puppy!  ;D

Star Trek Classic Captain Kirk Chair Replica (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DC17690)

(http://images.entertainmentearth.com//AUTOIMAGES/DC17690lg.jpg)

Model not included.  :P
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 22, 2009, 09:18 AM
Star Trek Barbies for the new flick.  :D

(http://www.aintitcool.com/images2009/TrekBarbies.jpg)

First look: 'Star Trek' toys boldly go nouveau (http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-21-star-trek-toys_N.htm)

(http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2009/01/21/startrek1x-large.jpg)

Command Collection figures: Original Spock, left, McCoy, Kirk, young Spock and Nero.

FIRST LOOK: Check out exclusive pictures of the new toys (http://www.usatoday.com/life/gallery/2008/l090122_startrek/flash.htm?gid=864&aid=4083)

The link above shows the Transporter Playset, Bridge Playset, Communicator & the Enterprise. The Enterprise looks interesting.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on January 22, 2009, 09:27 AM
Not bad stuff. I kind of like it, but unless the movie is religious experience, I probably won't pick them up.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on January 22, 2009, 09:53 AM
That bridge playset has almost enless possibilities when it comes to customizing command centers for GI Joe, Star Wars or any other 3.75" property.  And it's not that expensive at $25.

The transporter playset looks fun as well.  I still have the transporter room for the 6" figures that Playmates released in the 90's, it's a fun set.

I'm assuming the Command Collection is the 12" line based on the soft goods.  The figures look okay but unless they have a lot more packed in with them, that isn't shown in the picture, $30 is a little high for them.

The 3.75" figures look okay but nothing about them looks overly impressive.  Not enough to get me to buy.  I wish Playmates had done that scale for the TNG and DS9 line. 

   E...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 22, 2009, 10:14 AM
I'm assuming the Command Collection is the 12" line based on the soft goods.  The figures look okay but unless they have a lot more packed in with them, that isn't shown in the picture, $30 is a little high for them.

Yup.

Playmates Star Trek Movie Toys Revealed  (http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/21/playmates-star-trek-movie-toys-revealed/)

I still have the Transporter & the Bridge Playset from the 90's. $25 for the Bridge is sure a hell of a lot better than what I paid for the 90's release.  :-\
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on January 22, 2009, 10:29 AM
I have the 90's bridge also.  I got it cheap on sale from JC Penny as I recall, that's the only reason I bought it.  I have the Transporter and also the engine room playset which I think released for ST: Generations as I recall.

I collected the TNG line pretty heavily and added some DS9 characters.  I also have Captain Janeway from the Voyager line with maybe one or two other characters, but I was getting out of that line by then. 

I know I have some of the ships that were released.  I forget exactly which, they're all in storage, but I know I had a Klingon Attack Cruiser, Romulan Warbird, a couple Enterprise ships and I think the Excelsior.  I had the DS9 playstation but I sold it.  Kind of wish now I hadn't, it was a cool toy.

I never picked up the Defiant or Voyager but it would have been cool to have all the major NCC ships that were released. 

There were some good, solid items released from Playmates back then. 

   E...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 22, 2009, 10:51 AM
I collected the ST Playmates & Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds/Capt Scarlet line long before SW came out in 95, it was the only thing interesting to collect at that time for me. Had quite a few of the figures, ships, 9" line etc... Sold a lot of them, just a few 9" figs left, the Transporter & Bridge, Classic Bridge Figure box set & a loose Voyager ship due to the rarity at the time, still is. I also have some Galoob figs carded.

A lot of ST toys never made it up here so the bay was the way to go but by that time SW was the new focus.  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 22, 2009, 12:41 PM
More pics:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Artistix/trekfigs4inch.jpg)

Sulu, old Spock, Uhura, and Pike in the 3.75" scale.

I assume we've all seen this one of the 6" Kirk:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v422/Artistix/PlaymatesKirk.jpg)


I think I'll stick with the 3.75" stuff.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on January 22, 2009, 05:00 PM
Nice playsets...  I think the bridge is really a well made little thing, and the transporter looks fantastic.  I'm not sure how easily I'll get sucked into these, but for custom fodder I could see buying some of them at least, and probably the playsets too since the price is pretty low on those.  Cool toys for sure.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on January 23, 2009, 09:22 AM
Both scales look great, but I'd stick with the 3 3/4" stuff as well.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on January 23, 2009, 01:07 PM
Nice playsets...  I think the bridge is really a well made little thing, and the transporter looks fantastic.  I'm not sure how easily I'll get sucked into these, but for custom fodder I could see buying some of them at least, and probably the playsets too since the price is pretty low on those.  Cool toys for sure.

Agreed... wouldn't count on it, but it would be nice if Hasbro's paying attention to that bridge scene.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on January 23, 2009, 03:53 PM
I love the bridge, even if it's just a "playmat" under it.  I wonder what the figures will come with to make that more complete though?  Sounds like they may each come with a piece of the bridge.  For the chairs alone the $25 is worth it to me as a customizer though.  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 24, 2009, 03:55 AM
More pics from TNI, most we have seen but better quality.

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/3_75_Inch/3_75inch_6crew_wKirk.jpg)

The first phase of the new Star Trek toys will include: fully-articulated action figures (3.75") which come with phasers, communicators and other accessories. ($6.99 each). Shown here is Spock, Scotty, Checkov, Sulu, McCoy, Uhura and Kirk.

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/6_Inch/Group/6inGroup_wNeroSpock.jpg)

Fully-articulated action figures (6") come with phasers, communicators and other accessories. ($8.99 each). Shown here is Kirk, Spock, Sulu, Nero, Uhura, McCoy, Scotty and old Spock.

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/12_Inch/12inch_Star_Trek_5_figs.jpg)

Fully-articulated action figures (12") come with removable utility belts, phasers, communicators and other accessories. ($29.99 each each). Shown here is old Spock, McCoy, Kirk, Spock & Nero.

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/Enterprise/Enterprise_HiRes2-Rev.jpg)

The USS Enterprise. The updated vessel from the new film includes lights and emits sound effects and actual film dialogue between the Kirk and Spock characters. It rests on a Starfleet shield base that attaches via a ball-and-socket tip that lets the ship pivot 360 degrees. ($30).

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/Playsets/BridgePlaysetCompressed.jpg)

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/Playsets/BridgePlaysetCompressed_01.jpg)

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/Playsets/BridgePlaysetCompressed_02.jpg)

(http://i.toynewsi.com/g/albums/Playmates/2009_Star_Trek/Playsets/Transporter.jpg)

Amazing and intricate playsets with working lights and sounds that are compatible with the 3.75" action figures including the Enterprise Bridge($25) and the Transporter Room playset ($30).
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on January 24, 2009, 04:08 PM
The 3" figures look like they have more articulation than I thought at first.  Not bad.  I don't think I'll be buying very many at $7 each, however, especially when the 6" figures are only $2 more.  I'm not very big on the 6" scale action figures anyway, so I know I won't be buying any of those.

The 12" figures look very basic and while there may be a uniform or accessory piece that is interesting, I'm not paying $30 for them.  That's way too expensive.

The ship looks nice and would be a fun toy but again, pass.  The playsets, on the other hand, are the bright spots in the collection.  I'm interested to see exactly what the transporter playset does.  The bridge is very basic, really, but it works.  And the accessories are great for all sorts of things besides just the ST bridge.  And at $25 it's very affordable.  This looks like more fun and more potential than Hasbro's Mustafar playset and that rang in at $30 four years ago.

   E...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on January 25, 2009, 03:47 AM
Electronic Role Play Toys [$15 each]

Electronic Starfleet Phaser:
The electronic Starfleet Phaser is constructed of vacuum-metalized ABS and makes authentic Star Trek movie sounds when activated. The gun barrel pivots horizontally to switch from Stun to Vaporize, with each setting having its own set of lights and sounds.

(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/pmst09/Phaser_HiRes_v2.jpg) (http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i306/DSJcdn/Random/StarTrekPhaser.jpg)

Electronic Tricorder:
Lights-up and makes authentic Star Trek movie sounds when buttons are pressed.
Also features sound-off activation sounds and spring-loaded top and front door covers.

(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/pmst09/Tricorder_HiRes_v2.jpg)

Electronic Starfleet Communicator:
This roleplay item is based on the Starfleet Communicator used in the movie. The cover manually flips open to reveal the Starfleet Federation logo. Press the activation buttons to see authentic lights and hear character phrases from the movie.

(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/pmst09/Communicator_HiRes_v2.jpg) (http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i306/DSJcdn/Random/TrekCommunicator.jpg)

(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i306/DSJcdn/Random/StarTrekEnterprise.jpg)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on January 25, 2009, 10:02 AM
The more I see that new Enterprise, the more it scares me.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Resurrection Bob on January 25, 2009, 04:37 PM
I've read elsewhere that that picture is of a prototype; the one seen here (http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mode=view&album=Playmates%2F2009_Star_Trek%2FEnterprise&pic=Enterprise_HiRes2-Rev.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0) is the real toy.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on February 14, 2009, 11:49 PM
Star Trek NYTF (http://74.52.193.82/events/main.php?g2_itemId=123460)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on February 17, 2009, 09:40 AM
Comingsoon.net has some pics posted from NYTF. Looking at the packaging, the Bridge & Transporter playsets come will a figure. Kirk for the Bridge & Scotty for the Transporter.

Star Trek 2009 (http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Star_Trek_2009)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 26, 2009, 06:46 PM
Wow - I am so glad I stopped collecting Star Trek toys a while ago.

I was once a die-hard collector of the 5" Playmates line, but all of the scale changes really turned me off.

It's good to see that some things never change!
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on March 31, 2009, 10:48 AM
It looks like a commercial for the new line of toys (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=14279) has shown up on YouTube.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: spiderpumpkin on March 31, 2009, 06:44 PM
It looks like a commercial for the new line of toys (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=14279) has shown up on YouTube.

Cool commercial.  Almost seemed like a 1992 Playmates Star Trek commercial which really brought back some memories.  I was a big time Playmates Star Trek collector and I can't wait for that new bridge.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 10, 2009, 07:25 PM
Found the new Trek toys at TRU. I found pretty much everything except the 4" stuff. Didn't buy anything, but I will.  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on April 10, 2009, 08:05 PM
Found the new Trek toys at TRU. I found pretty much everything except the 4" stuff. Didn't buy anything, but I will.  :)

I noticed those out at our local store today as well (I also didn't see the 4" stuff).  I took a quick look at them, but didn't pick anything up either.  I never had any intentions of buying any of it, but as I see more and more about this movie I'm getting sort of jazzed for it.  I'm hoping to stay away despite how good the movie may or may not be - it isn't like I need something else to buy :P.  I have to say the "build a bridge" concept is pretty neat though.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 10, 2009, 10:08 PM
I got the ship.  I like it and the design grows on me.  I want some little guys, but no dice.  The 6 inch stuff looks really good. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: spiderpumpkin on April 13, 2009, 01:05 AM
Five of the 3 3/4" figures reviewed by Michael Crawford (http://mwctoys.com/REVIEW_041309a.htm)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 13, 2009, 02:06 AM
Not a great review, but like the reviewer I'll be getting these if for no other reason than the playset pieces.  Kirk looks attrocious though.

For custom fodder, I think this is a good set of figures...  As a line I'd want to collect itself though?  Not so much.  If they branched into ST that I love though, in this scale, I'd be open to what they could do.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on April 13, 2009, 10:38 AM
I never noticed that the come with nice accessories. Very cool.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on April 13, 2009, 08:21 PM
Those figures are kind of...uh... Eh?  I like the looks of some of the accessories but the figures themselves?  Pass.  Guess I won't be buying any of this line after all.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 13, 2009, 09:20 PM
I picked up Chekov tonight...  I'm not terribly disappointed upon early looks.  Kirk blows, don't base your opinion on him...  The others though, are really decent.  For custom fodder they're all fairly blank canvases to work with too...

The chairs and consoles are obviously incredibly cool accessories.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 14, 2009, 12:41 AM
So I got cadet Chekov...

It's really amazing that Playmates is doing these and the Terminator figures because, while not perfect, the lines are like night and day in terms of quality.

Chekov comes with a decent number of accessories, including a removable belt with working holster for a phaser (and a sculpted-in tri-corder which I wish was removable), a stand (starfleet logo), a nice bridge office chair, and a nice little computer console, and also a datapad and of course a phaser.

The sculpt on Chekov's head is MILES superior to Kirk's, so keep that in mind with these figures...  Kirk's head is just ugly and that guy that reviewed it was a little biased after that I think.

The figure itself is decent articulated with a decent range of movement at the joints.  I would say the sculpt is crisp, the deco is fairly plain and clean (as it should be), and ultimately it's a decent figure for the film it's from, and a good figure for customizing.  The young headsculpt is nice, generic enough with a little personality, and will work well in SW figure customs or whatever. 

This line seems to be doing a little more pizzazz with their figures.  They're a bit better than the Terminator figures in every way, and that may give this line a little longer life.  I plan to pick up more of them, especially if they're cheaper at Wal-Mart ($7 at TRU is what I paid).  I'm in love with the consoles and chairs, and already am giddy to get some for my SW figures.  I want both playsets too as I believe both are fairly inexpensive.

As figures for the movie they're from, I think they're ok with Kirk sucking some eggs...  Not a bad little line, and maybe if the movie's a big hit the figures will have a little life.  I could stand to see more characters for certain.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on April 14, 2009, 12:40 PM
Found the 3 and 6 inch figures today at Wally.  Not impressed enough to buy them I'm afraid.  No playsets about though, kinda disappointing on that end.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on April 15, 2009, 12:16 PM
Picked up the all of the Wave 1 3.75" figures and the Enterprise ship for my wife at WalMart last night.

She liked them and was curious about what else Playmates was coming out with - I showed her Playmates' website and she asked me to go back to WM this morning and grab the 6" figures (I went pallet diving last night). Unfortunately, there was no sign of these figures in the store this morning. I found this kind of odd - at my local WM one whole side of the boys toy aisle is EMPTY so why not put them out? Is there a street date for this stuff?

Personally, I think they look really cheap and I would definitely be passing on this line, but my wife has always been the Star Trek collector and I've been primarily the Star Wars collector, so if she wants to add this stuff to her Trek collection, I'm not going to discourage her (especially since she puts up with the glut of SW toys that come into our house on a regular basis).
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: spiderpumpkin on April 15, 2009, 02:33 PM
Saw the 6" figures at Target yesterday and the 2 Spock figures look very cool.  I'm not sure if I'll buy these at this scale because they don't have all the playsets.

The 3 3/4" figures look ok but I really wish they would have made these the same scale as the 1992-2000 figures but with the new articulation. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on April 15, 2009, 06:56 PM
I noticed Target had some Trek stuff out today as well, although not any figures (of any scale).  They did have an Enterprise and the playsets the way it looked though.  I tried to stay away and not even look at what they had closely, as to avoid temptation :).
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 16, 2009, 01:01 AM
I was out and saw nothing today.  I'm kinda bummed as I was hoping to nab an almost full set of the 3.75" figures and maybe one of theh playsets.  I really hope this line has legs to some degree, as I think the figures are quite nice and will make excellent SW customizing bits.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on April 16, 2009, 12:57 PM
I found 4 lonely figs at Walmart this morning, Spock, Kirk, Uhura & Nero, $10. They look pretty sad.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on April 17, 2009, 10:18 AM
I've seen all of the figures and playsets in person now. Cool stuff. You seem to get your money's worth for $7.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Paul on April 17, 2009, 03:21 PM
I had hope for this line, the 3 3/4 stuff I consider the Figures as "Pack-ins".  They are so below par with what other lines offer.  I appreciate the ambition that Playmates has with 4 different scales at one time (and it is movie year so strike while the iron is hot)..but if they could have put 10% more effort into the head sculpts, this line would ROCK.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on April 17, 2009, 07:21 PM
Our local Wal-Mart seems to have gone all out with the Trek stuff (and Wolverine for that matter - they love the movie lines it seems).  I stopped there today and they had a place in the aisle for the 3 3/4" figures and playsets, an entire endcap of the 3 3/4" figures, an entire endcap of the 6" figures, and an entire endcap of the Enterprise.  They seem to really be banking on this line, at least locally.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 17, 2009, 11:41 PM
Yeah, WM is the place to be to find any decent numbers. It's the only place I've seen Uhura, since they have so much product. I'm still in the 'tickled to have new Trek toys' phase, but I hope we see the older incarnations in this scale from Playmates.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on April 18, 2009, 10:24 AM
but I hope we see the older incarnations in this scale from Playmates.

Yeah, I'd probably bite then.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 18, 2009, 11:40 AM
I would like to see older stuff, too.  I like the DST stuff but it's too pricey and too out of scale for me.  I like the figures so far.  They're not perfect, but some of them like Old Spock and Uhura are really nice.  Some like Kirk are not, but it's no different with SW.  I really like the six inch stuff.  If I wasn't a 3 3/4 inch devotee...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on April 18, 2009, 01:14 PM
I'm liking this line quite a bit, it seems very collector focused in the 3-3/4" scale.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on April 18, 2009, 03:19 PM
Found the ST figures today at Target.  They also had some of the Terminator figures out as well.

They had both the 4" and 6" ST figures along with a couple role play items, the Enterprise and both the Bridge and Transporter playsets.

The figures look a little better in person than in the photos but the Kirk figure is not the best.  Uhura looks good but she does have kind of odd legs.  The others all looked fine with one other exception and that is, at first glance, Pike and Kirk don't look very distinctive.  I could see someone (parent, gift buyer, someone who doesn't read) grab a Pike figure thinking it was Kirk.

Anyway, overall, the offerings look pretty good.  I'm undecided on this though.  While I'd love to put together the bridge and transporter playsets, I don't think I want to invest the money into all of the action figures needed to complete them.  It's a fun set and nice to see a company try the build-a-playset theme on this scale of figure but part of me wishes that the playsets were another $10 and included everything they needed.

The 4" figures were $6.99 at Target.  I don't think I've seen a price for them at WalMart yet.  Same, similar?  How about the playsets?  $24.99 at Target.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 18, 2009, 07:33 PM
4" are $6.47 at WM, which is by far the best deal around for that scale right now.  I went today I bought Spock, Sulu and Scotty (after buying Spock 1.0 and Uhura yesterday).  I love these actually.  I'm waiting on Kirk for either a better paint job or the bridge set.  The others I'll nick off as I go.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on April 19, 2009, 12:24 PM
Saw these yesterday at TRU. They're pretty neat. I might end up getting the bridge playset if the movie's any good, and maybe a few of the figures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 19, 2009, 06:54 PM
Picked up the playsets today. I wish I had room to properly display the Bridge, since that's a pretty big thing with the mat rolled out. I think my favorite of the two is the Transporter, but I kind of have a soft spot for those kind of toys.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Matt R. on April 19, 2009, 09:45 PM
I like them.  I think Scotty is my favorite figure of the first group. He is only I have right now.  I dig the whole bridge and transporter build up thing.

I curious in seeing that they didn't do Chekov or McCoy in their Starfleet uniforms in this first set ?  :o
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 20, 2009, 11:24 PM
I curious in seeing that they didn't do Chekov or McCoy in their Starfleet uniforms in this first set ?  :o

I think those two and a Kirk in the black shirt are coming in the second wave this summer.  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 21, 2009, 12:01 AM
I'd wager we'll see versions of Kirk and Sulu in their space suits (from the sky diving scene) as well.  Plus Cadet Uhura, who's in the 6" line.  I wonder how many folks will just swap heads.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 21, 2009, 02:38 AM
Are the heads removable? I'm afraid to try, since I managed to break the Scotty I got with the Transporter at the knee.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 21, 2009, 10:25 AM
I'm not sure.  The hands come out pretty easy.  Jeez, dude - how hard were you trying to transport Scotty?    ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 21, 2009, 01:59 PM
Hell, I did that just getting the figure out of the packaging.  :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 21, 2009, 05:16 PM
My chekov's hip is stuck, and could break easily I'm noticing.  I'm going to heat him up in hot water and pop him apart or try to loosen him up a little at least.  There is some fragility to these guys I'm noticing too though.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 21, 2009, 10:06 PM
We don't have long to wait for those guys anyways, it seems.  This is from CTR, who got it from AFI:
MCCOY / ENTERPRISE 43377-61756
CHECKOV / ENTERPRISE 43377-61758
SAREK 43377-61762
GENERAL AYEL 43377-61764
KIRK / CADET 43377-61765
SPOCK / CADET LEADER 43377-61766
TBD 43377-61767
UHURA CADET 43377-61768
SPACESUIT KIRK 43377-61770
SPOCK VULCAN 43377-61771
TBD2 43377-61772
KIRK FROZEN PLANET 43377-61774
SULU SPACESUIT 43377-61775
POLOARILLA 43377-61776

Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 21, 2009, 10:47 PM
I'm anxious to see pics to see how good the sculpts are.  The current figures are pretty good despite some spotty headsculpts.  Fortunately the uniforms have either just been good, or simple enough that it's not been a huge deal.  I'm anxious to get a full set of wave 1 at this point too...  I don't know why but I just feel like these belong somewhere with my SW figures for some odd reason. :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 21, 2009, 11:42 PM
I'm a little surprised at the number of Kirks.  Maybe these won't all be in one wave, so they'll be spread out.  How many more days until the movie?   ;D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on April 21, 2009, 11:48 PM
I hope for a new headsculpt then...  Kirk's is attrocious.  Everyone else is pretty decent actually, but Kirk's (which is so important, it's annoying it'd get messed up) is just really crummy.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on April 22, 2009, 02:39 AM
I was looking at these again last night and they're growing on me a little.  I may wait to see if Target runs a sale on them the week the film opens.  Pick up the playsets and maybe a figure or two and then build out the playset slowly over the next month or so.

Also took another look at the role play items.  Have to admit, the communicator and tricorder are kind of neat.  I don't know if I'll get them but still, kind of fun toys.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on April 22, 2009, 09:24 AM
I hope for a new headsculpt then...  Kirk's is attrocious.  Everyone else is pretty decent actually, but Kirk's (which is so important, it's annoying it'd get messed up) is just really crummy.

I couldn't agree more.  I was looking at these the other day, and didn't think they looked too bad for the most part - aside from Kirk.  The head sculpt really is bad, and it is too bad since he really is the key figure to have of the series.  Hopefully later versions will be improved.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Matt R. on April 22, 2009, 11:22 PM
The only kirk not on that list is Bar Brawl Kirk. I think you pretty cool if they did him with his bike, and also the bike cop guy from the trailer.

I think those TBD figures are Scotty (from that clip on apple trailer), and either Spock's Mom or Kirk's father.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on April 28, 2009, 02:41 AM
Hot Wheels Star Trek ships (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=14083)

Found a few of these this weekend. I picked up the Enterprises A and D, leaving the Reliant behind for now. I haven't yet seen the original or new movie Enterprises, or the Bird of Prey, for that matter. Knowing that these are from Mattel, they probably have some dicked up release schedule.

I was kinda disappointed that they're slightly bigger than the Johnny Lightning stuff, not to mention more expensive- $12 at WM, $13 at Target.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on April 28, 2009, 10:43 AM
Looks like the 2009 Enterprise and Bird of Prey are shipping next month.  I love these actually.  Star Trek ships work in any scale and these are fantastic.  They're similar in size to the Action Fleet of Star Wars (remember those?) but a little bigger.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on April 28, 2009, 12:35 PM
Found one Enterprise on the shelf at Target yesterday but didn't pick it up.  I'm not sure what one it was, though. It said NCC-1701 on the ship, NCC-1701-A on the box but didn't match either paint job of the 01 or 01A that were shown in the back of the box.

Looked like it should be the NCC-1701-A from the films but I thought that ship was designated with the A on the saucer.  Not sure.

Anyway, I thought it looked pretty nice.  I'd like to pick up a set of these but I don't know if I want to spend $12+ on each of them.  I may just get the D and the Bird of Prey and then maybe some other non-Federation ships, especially if they do a Romulan Warbird.  Although, I'd probably pick up a Defiant or DS9 station of they did those.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on May 10, 2009, 06:07 PM
Well, it looks like the general feeling is that Star Trek is a pretty rockin' movie.  It's reporting a $72 million weekend, plus a Thursday take of about $4 mil, to make it the number 1 film over Wolverine which pulled another $27 mil ($129.6 9 day total).

The toys, on the other hand, haven't really seen much movement at Target since Friday.  Maybe two or three single figures have sold and one or two role play items.  I don't think they've sold any ST ships or playsets or 6" figures.

What are others seeing?  I guess it might take another week to find out if the toys are really going to move at all, I suppose.  But I thought for sure that I'd see some sales after yesterday, when younger kids had a chance to see it.

I was also surprised to see that Target did not do a sale on the toys for this week.  They didn't do a sale on the Wolverine figures last week either.  Anyone seeing ST toys on sale and, if so, what retailers?  My WM didn't even get Wolverine or Star Trek in, and I don't expect them to, and I haven't checked K-Mart.

I'm guessing we'll see some clearance pricing in a few weeks at Target if something doesn't change pretty quickly.  With as many huge summer movies as we're getting this year, I'm betting some stores won't want to sit on what doesn't move.  I may hold out for the single figures and playsets if we do see red tags.

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Edit to fix a bunch of misspellings
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on May 10, 2009, 06:12 PM
Target had them out long before anyone else here, and only Target has teh playsets that I've noticed (Don't get to TRU though, which I think has them).  WM has TONS of figures, but no playsets at all.  Target is almost sold out of figures at most of them stores Iv'e been to of late.  I attribute it in part to the length of time they had them on the pegs.

The ST figures are pretty good quality...  While the same company makes both, they're a mile beyond what those Terminator figures are.

The playset building aspect of the whole thing is nice too...  Most people would ant the ocmplete set of figures anyway I think, so it is like making the playset you get later more of a "bonus" in a way.  They're not bad prices on the playsets either.  The figures could stand to be a little cheaper IMO as they're basically shared molds for the most part, but still they're cheaper than SW figures.

I dunno if this line has legs...  Will ST really appeal to kids like SW did?  I really don't know.  But from my POV they're pretty great figures for a stand alone line, but also as SW custom fodder.  I'll be gobbling up anything that goes on clearance for certain.  I may get the playsets at full price rather than risk waiting, as only Target has them near me.  That sorta bites.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on May 11, 2009, 09:37 AM
It seems like pretty much the same thing here.  Target seems to have sold some of the figures, and are carrying the playsets/vehicle as well.  Wal-Mart has a metric ton of the figures, and an endcap with the Enterprise (and one for the 6" figures as well), but that's about it.  It is always difficult to judge how movie lines.  For the most part, they are usually aimed at the kids it seems, and they usually seem to just sit and rot on the pegs.  As popular as The Dark Knight movie was last year, I saw tons of the "crap" 5" figures on the pegs the entire year.  The movie masters stuff (which was aimed more at collectors) seemed to sell, but I don't know about much else.  Iron man, on the other hand, seemed to be more limited in release at first (around the time of the movie release), and was sold out a lot of places here pretty consistently.  Even now it seems to sell ok.

I don't know if any movie line will have the appeal that Star Wars did/does.  The market is so different these days than when I was a kid, when Star Wars ruled the aisle for a number of years - whether it was a movie year or not.  This year there's a new blockbuster (often with an accompanying toy line) each week or every two weeks during the summer, so the attention gets divided pretty quickly.  Plus, as excited as I am to see the Trek movie (and the great reviews it seems to be getting), I'm not sure how exciting the toy line might be to kiddos.  The majority of the figures are just plain ole humans in essentially the same uniform.  Not a bother to me, but looking at the line as a kid, there isn't an "helmeted troop" like the clones, or even much for alien life forms like the Star Wars line has.  There just doesn't seem to be quite as much visual interest to the line/franchise at this point.

I picked up two Star Trek figures, Kirk (despite the crappy likeness) and Spock, and I've kept them unopened with the receipt.  I haven't taken them back yet, but the Mrs. would really like me to.  I haven't had a chance to see the movie yet (hope to soon), but I think I should probably try to just enjoy this franchise without having to "have the stuff" - which is sometimes a problem.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on May 15, 2009, 05:50 PM
Has anyone seen the two exclusive 12" figures at TRU yet? TRU is supposed to be getting 12" versions of Sulu and Pike.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on May 17, 2009, 04:17 PM
My local Zellers has some ST stuff, the 3 3/4" ST fig's don't come the with pieces for the Bridge set (Canadian issue). Those fig's will land up in a bargin bin, like Zellers has one!  ::)

They did have  the Communicator, Phaser, Bridge & Transporter but no Enterprise.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on May 17, 2009, 06:15 PM
Target has the ST figures and toys on sale this week.  The Bridge and Transporter playsets were $19.99 and the figures were something like $6.29.

THe 6" figures were on sale as well as the role play stuff but I forget the price.  Probably about 10% off though.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on May 17, 2009, 08:58 PM
Cool, this might be a good chance to pick some stuff up.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on May 17, 2009, 10:43 PM
****, and I didn't go today...  Figures.  ::)

Yeah, good time to nab some things.  Figures that's not an amazing price, but the playsets that's much more easy to take I think, and I'd like them soon here.  I'm antsy to pick them up.

Also, now having seen the movie, I really feel this line has a lot more figure potential than was first realized.  NOt a ton like SW, but definitely more than I had first thought.

I'm actually anxious to have a full set of figures now too, that I won't take apart...  Before I wasn't sure, but the movie put me over the edge in wanting that set of figures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on May 18, 2009, 09:27 AM
I'm thinking (worried) the same might happen to me too Jesse, if/when I get out to see the movie (wanting all the figures that is).  Right now, I've got Kirk and Spock, but I've kept them with the receipt thinking I should maybe take them back.  I'm worried once I see the movie there will be no turning back, at least going by the general consensus on the forums (and with reviewers).

On a side note, a couple of times this weekend I saw a commercial for the basic (smaller) figure line and Enterprise/playsets.  It sort of brought back memories of the vintage SW commercials, with kids playing with the toys/making sound effects/etc.  It doesn't seem like there are a whole lot of action figure toy commercials these days, it is usually focused on role play or game-type things.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Diddly on May 18, 2009, 05:31 PM
The headsculpts are the only thing keeping me from picking up some of these figures. They're decent but they could do a much better job, specifically on Kirk.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on May 18, 2009, 06:06 PM
Kirk's the only one I found to be horrible...  All the rest I felt were pretty accurate.  Some are a little off on skin color I think, but Kirk's the only one that I felt was a mile off target.  Not a thing like the actor, and really not normal looking for even a generic person.  Very lame. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on May 19, 2009, 09:21 AM
Kirk's the only one I found to be horrible...  All the rest I felt were pretty accurate.  Some are a little off on skin color I think, but Kirk's the only one that I felt was a mile off target.  Not a thing like the actor, and really not normal looking for even a generic person.  Very lame. 

From what I've seen at the stores, I agree with that.  Most of them look pretty good, aside from Kirk (who is really the one that should be one of the best figures).  It makes you wonder if they didn't know who had been cast when they first started on the figure.  Hopefully they'll get another version out there that is a little more accurate.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on May 19, 2009, 05:26 PM
Knowing the movie, as I do now, I'm really curious why they went with Kirk in Captain's uniform first too...  There's a lot of "odd" choices for figurse from them with the launch of the line IMO.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on May 21, 2009, 11:02 AM
I made my first Star Trek purchase yesterday, Captain Kirk. The headsculpt's not great but I did check every Kirk they had and managed to grab one that's pretty spotless that I'm happy with. It's a great figure, and it's great to get so much for my money (figure, display stand, weapons, chair, computer table thingy). Beats buying a Breha Organa for $8.24 plus tax, that's for sure. :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on May 23, 2009, 07:59 PM
Picked up the Enterprise on sale at Target today. :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on May 23, 2009, 09:33 PM
I just found the Mattel die-cast TNG Enterprise today so I bought it along with the NCC-17101 Re-fit which, it seems, they corrected the box labels for.  It's not the -A anymore.  They're pretty nice but I do wish there was more metal in them.  I could see the nacelles being plastic but the body and the saucers should be metal also IMO.

Still, kind of nice.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on May 26, 2009, 09:16 AM
I hadn't been in our local TRU for a little while, but noticed that Trek (along with Terminator) has the large "front display" at the front of the store that has in the past been used for Star Wars, superhero stuff, etc.  It was kind of different seeing those lines up there, since they haven't gotten this sort of attention for a long time.  I do wonder how it is all selling though, as things seem to be pretty full everywhere.  I would think, if Trek could grab the kiddos, that it would do great.  I mean, parents can get their kids the main ship (Enterprise) for less than $30.  Not many lines out there where you can say that anymore (although it isn't really a "playset" ship is it?).
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on June 6, 2009, 08:16 PM
Found the Hot Wheels Bird of Prey at Target tonight so I picked it up.  First time I'd seen it.  I haven't opened it yet but the box is so light that I'm assuming there's not a lot of actual metal in this one just like there isn't in the Enterprise ships.

Has anyone seen the Enterprise from the new film?  My WM isn't carrying these and Target has gotten two versions of the wave 1 case which is either 1each NCC-1701D, NCC-1701 Refit, Reliant and Bird of Prey and the other case has 1 each 1701D and Reliant and 2 Refits.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Diddly on June 6, 2009, 08:55 PM
Heads up, a local WM is having a rollback on the 3.75 and 6 inch figs. 3.75 inch are $4.97 and 6 inch are $6.97. Not sure if every Wal-Mart is doing this but if you're looking to pick up a few figures now might be the time.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on June 7, 2009, 11:05 AM
Is there a second and/or third wave planned? I'm assuming, but haven't heard any news.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 8, 2009, 02:23 AM
Have to check that out.  At that price I'm likely to get the rest of the set I think...  Any cheaper and I'm jumping in for chairs and consoles I believe.

I was really hoping for more waves as I felt this line had a bit more potential.  Seems like a pretty slow seller, though my Targets tend to go through figures a little better than WM is.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on June 8, 2009, 10:52 AM
One of my WM's actually blew out the big and small figs at $2 each.  Don't know why, but I cleaned house.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on June 8, 2009, 11:02 AM
My WM doesn't carry the Playmates ST line so Target is the only place to get them in town.  They have started to sell a little more in the last week but still not hot sellers here.  They certainly haven't sold out of them.  The role play toys really moved out the weekend the film opened but everything else has been slower to go.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 8, 2009, 11:43 PM
I'll put it out here too that if anyone gets loads of extra ST figures and doesn't want the pack-in chairs/consoles, I'd REALLY like to nab them off you.  :)  Please?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nicklab on June 8, 2009, 11:45 PM
Is there a second and/or third wave planned? I'm assuming, but haven't heard any news.

There has to be.  Just look at the numbering of the parts for the transporter and bridge playsets.  The current figures that are out aren't sufficient to finish off the playsets, so there must be more still to come.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on June 9, 2009, 04:07 PM
Yeah they've hit rollback here too, $4.97.  Probably not a good sign for the future of the line... had a feeling this was just a matter of time, just didn't expect it to be that quick!  With the Joe stuff going to be hitting soon I'm guessing that some sort of line had to be shoved to the side, might as well be the one that's not seemingly selling.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on June 14, 2009, 01:33 AM

Wave 2! (http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/13/exclusive-preview-of-playmates-2nd-wave-of-star-trek-movie-figures-toys/)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on June 14, 2009, 01:48 AM
I'm hoping to find a fair online option for this second wave, because I just don't see these hitting retail in big numbers. I doubt it will be as bad as the ToD wave from Indy, but judging by the not-empty pegs I see...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Greedo The Green Menace on June 14, 2009, 03:22 AM
Hehe, neat. These aren't the best looking figures in the world and I by no means want too many of them, but I'd certainly take the blue shirt Mcoy and that little alien dude. He's fun.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on June 14, 2009, 11:25 AM
Well in that article the Playmates VP of Marketing said:

"The Star Trek line is performing well, and will continue in all key accounts this fall and into 2010. Interestingly, the consumers’ scale of choice appears to be the 3.75”, although I personally have decorated my office with my faves from the 6”."

Interesting....

Oh and I dig those figures. I'll be getting at least blue shirt McCoy, the beasts, and the little alien:

(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/playmates/61767_Keenser_Fall09-t.jpg)

Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on June 14, 2009, 12:23 PM
Cool, thanks.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on June 14, 2009, 01:44 PM
I'm happy to hear that Playmates is looking ahead to new waves.  Just kind of surprised.  Star Trek has not been a hot seller locally and only Target is carrying the figures, my WM never got a single Trek item.  I would have thought that Target would have been cleaned out but they haven't.  So, we'll see.

I would love to get that Keenser figure.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 14, 2009, 03:30 PM
I think they've done better than people are thinking...  When they released at Target, at least here, they sold through probably 8 times in the first two weeks.  That's a lotta figures.

WM got a later start and deluged the pegs a bit more but I'd say they've sold through half what they put out.

I thinkt hey've slowed down but I think PM will take this line to a more collector-only level.  I'm hopeful to get this wave...  And more in the future I hope.  I'd like to see WM do a good sale to clear out what they've got for future stuff, as I'd love to stock up.  At $5 a pop I'd buy a full set and an extra set probably, just for the seats/consoles.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on June 15, 2009, 10:55 AM
I think some of the figures are doing ok around here too, but overall the line is pretty plentiful.  I've been back and forth on collecting these - and I loved the movie, so that makes it more tempting - but I really can't afford it right now so I'm just staying away.  I did check the pegs after seeing the movie, and noticed there wasn't a Kirk or Spock to be found.  These new figures look pretty nice (especially Keenser), although it is disappointing they are sticking with that same crappy Kirk headsculpt by the looks of things.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 15, 2009, 08:27 PM
I'm geeked for the second series...  I love all the new guys. I've yet to nab the 1st series entirely, only because I find the price a little too high for individual figures.  I'm hoping soon they'll see a cut at WM so I can pick up a set and some extra Scotty's for "red shirts".
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on June 15, 2009, 10:13 PM
That second wave looks really good!  I like the fuzzy head alien the most, followed by those monsters.

Only problem is, there's not room for one single figure at any of the Wal-Marts and TRU stores in my area... Target does have some room maybe for 3-4 figures at least at most of their stores...  Nothing to make me think this line is doing even what the Indy line did though... I'm guessing what Playmates sees as good sales is viewed as a disaster for Hasbro.

Also, from what I can tell the playsets have actually sold decently in my area - all things considered of course.  Not that many have sold, but I've noticed them being purchased at least.  And the Wal-Marts knocked down the figure prices but left the playsets at full price.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 16, 2009, 01:02 AM
Actually, that's not an indication of sell-through...  That's an indication of volume dictating where to make the initial price-cut.  I'm hopeful my WM, which is equally deluged, will cut figure prices but they haven't yet for anything.

I've never seen a playset at WM...  I didn't know anyone else who had, actually.  I was under the impression they weren't being sold anywhere but TRU and Target considering the local WM scene.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 18, 2009, 12:38 AM
So the one WM with figures I can find has them for $5-ish...  Not $7, which is nice, but no $3.88. :(

I'm down to needing:

-Pike
-Sulu (Suuuuuuuuu Lu...  Suuuuuu Lu!...  Howard Stern reference...  Hard to explain)
-Neyo (lamest bad guy name ever)
-Old Spock
-Scotty (got the transporter one, but of course need the other)

I'd like to get them cheaper, so my search may go on at other WM's till mine drops the price.

I forgot to look at Terminator **** at all, which I regret.  I'd like a couple T1's, and some Endo Skeletons.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on June 18, 2009, 12:56 AM
Actually, that's not an indication of sell-through...  That's an indication of volume dictating where to make the initial price-cut.  I'm hopeful my WM, which is equally deluged, will cut figure prices but they haven't yet for anything.

What's not an indication of a sell through?  I don't think I said this stuff was selling in my area at all... because it's not.  You can already see dust on the figures.

I've never seen a playset at WM...  I didn't know anyone else who had, actually.  I was under the impression they weren't being sold anywhere but TRU and Target considering the local WM scene.

There's one Wally in my area that had them on a middle aisle display (just the Enterprise vehicle and the transport room).  The display isn't there anymore, everything is crammed onto an endcap now along with Terminator stuff... oddly, the Wal-Marts in my area don't carry the 3-3/4 Terminator figures, just the bigger stuff.  Go figure... and that stuff really doesn't seem to be moving that well either, at least not from what I've witnessed.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 19, 2009, 03:32 PM
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Also, from what I can tell the playsets have actually sold decently in my area - all things considered of course.  Not that many have sold, but I've noticed them being purchased at least.  And the Wal-Marts knocked down the figure prices but left the playsets at full price.

I interpreted this quote to imply the figures got a price cut while the playsets didn't because the playsets were at least selling something while the figures weren't...  That's why I said that's an indication of cutting price for volume, not a lack of sales from one item over another.  More figures = more space taken up = price cuts first...  The playsets will go soon as well I'm sure.  Target's already had a couple sales on them and none have moved here except that first week or two they were out.  Even then I know a couple of them on the shelf are originals as they were damaged boxes slightly and they're still there.  I caved at $20 for each of them though at the time.

Figures were $5 here...  No great $3.88 sale, but good enough to get Spock and Kirk since they're seemingly the ones that sell out first (Uhura too).  I'm thinking I'll wait it out on the rest of the line...  Till Wave 2 anyway.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on June 25, 2009, 01:21 AM
A pic and preorder for wave 2 (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=PLM10959&mode=retail)

I suppose I just as well buy the case, since I'll be getting them all anyway.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darby on June 25, 2009, 10:36 AM
I probably will too, although Playmates did say that these would show up in 'wavelets' and not all together.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on July 8, 2009, 02:30 PM
Anyone finding really good deals on these?  And if you are and if you don't want your bridge parts, anyone want to sell off the chairs/consoles to me? :)

So far near me, not much ST on the pegs.  One WM with them clearanced to about $5 each.  Target has restocked the figures again at some point so they're full up at full price.  Most WM's don't have any figures at this point, either never getting them in or they sold through and never got more.  ???
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on July 12, 2009, 08:04 PM
All Walmarts in my area have been at $4.97 for a while, and are collecting dust.  So is TRU stock, though they are still full price.  Target has started clearancing the figures now, $4.88 in my area today. 

This line was nice, but sure didn't seem to go over well.

Hoping Wave 2 shows up though.  Some of those look better than the Wave 1 figures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on July 14, 2009, 10:47 AM
New Force Comics seems to have a decent deal on wave 2.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on July 14, 2009, 05:51 PM
On clearance up here at WM now for $3.  Could find everything except Pike, though I didn't buy any.  I probably would have, could I have obtained the entire set, but missing Pike was enough of an excuse to pass on them. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on July 14, 2009, 10:57 PM
I'll ask again just incase, but if anyone buys ST figures and does NOT want the chairs/consoles most of them come with, let me know!  I'd like to buy some from folks who didn't want them so I can use them for customizing.  They're good like that.

Thanks!

And they're still $5 a pop here around Pitt, at the WM stores that actually have them.  I think I've got two with anything at all.  Most never even carried them.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on July 14, 2009, 11:38 PM
Did I remember Dale saying the Canadian release of the 3.75" figures don't come with accessories, or am I just imagining that?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on July 14, 2009, 11:40 PM
Yeah, the Canadian 3 3/4" figs don't have the accessories. I have seen a lot of them just peg warming, such a waste.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on July 14, 2009, 11:43 PM
No wonder...  They're sorta sparse figures here, but at least they've got the playset part.  I'm assuming you guys don't have the playsets at all then?  Or are they "complete" with the parts already in the packs?  That's really goofy.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: DSJ™ on July 14, 2009, 11:49 PM
I have seen the playsets here, the accessories are not packed in. Like with SW figs, Canada gets screwed over again. My TRU'S have butt loads of ST stuff, just not moving. Even with a sale, the figs sit.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on July 15, 2009, 12:01 AM
PM claims they're selling...  I think a lot of it has to do with them being, basically, cheap.  There's few new sculpts really.  The Starfleet Academy and Enterprise uniforms make up most of the figures, and are easily shared.  Cheap...

The 2nd wave looks like more unique sculpts.

I'm hoping to get the 2nd wave and a full set of the first wave cheap at some point.  I have about half of it but I won't cave just yet and buy the rest.  I like the accessires, I think most of the sculpts are quite nice, but really the line is "eh".  It doesn't have the diversity available that Star Wars does, and benefits from because of it.  Another movie might do it some good if it's trying to break into that kind of realm of a toy line.

I'm geeked to get the little dude, if wave 2 is ever made available anywhere.

The chairs and consoles are nice though, as they are.  I'm hoping to nab a 2nd Bridge playset for the screens and things too.  Very good customizing/diorama fodder for Star Wars.  Just a little paint on some of it, and you're good to go.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on September 23, 2009, 10:54 AM
I haven't been collecting this line (although I really liked the movie), but I did notice that Target has now put all the Trek stuff on clearance in our area.  I'm wondering if that means this line will have a Indiana Jones-type lifespan, at least until the sequel is released.  Wal-Mart and TRU still seem to have plenty of stock, although I haven't looked closely at which figures they have for awhile now.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nicklab on September 23, 2009, 10:57 AM
I saw that at Target, too.  And funny enough, one of the toy magazines just finally showed the next wave of figures for the Star Trek line.  I wonder if they'll see the light of day.  Especially since each figure has those pack-in parts for the Bridge and Transporter playsets.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on September 23, 2009, 04:42 PM
One Target in my neck of the woods put these on clearance back in July.  That's a long time back... now all the others in the area have done the same.

Nicklab, are you talking about wave 2 figures, or is there a wave 3 as well?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on September 28, 2009, 01:22 PM
One Target in my neck of the woods put these on clearance back in July.  That's a long time back... now all the others in the area have done the same.

Nicklab, are you talking about wave 2 figures, or is there a wave 3 as well?

Despite everywhere being on clearance they are still sitting. That's pretty sad, I do not think you will see Trek toys in big box stores for a long time to come after the precedence this line set.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on September 28, 2009, 01:23 PM
One Target in my neck of the woods put these on clearance back in July.  That's a long time back... now all the others in the area have done the same.

Nicklab, are you talking about wave 2 figures, or is there a wave 3 as well?

Despite everywhere being on clearance they are still sitting. That's pretty sad, I do not think you will see Trek toys in big box stores for a long time to come after the precedence this line set.

Yeah, I think the Targets around here are about to reduce the clearance to negative $1.50.  That's where they will pay you $1.50 per figure just to get them the heck out of the store.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on September 28, 2009, 01:40 PM
Yeah, I think the Targets around here are about to reduce the clearance to negative $1.50.  That's where they will pay you $1.50 per figure just to get them the heck out of the store.

They would be better off donating these to Goodwill or some Toy Charity to get the Tax write off, they would make out better. I can see one those starving/needy kid commercials with one of them in the back ground holding a badly sculpted Kirk in their hand. All jokes aside charity would be a good way to go.

Playmates got their asses handed to them this year that could seriously hurt the company. I think Avatar will be another Terminator/ST peg warming line. Kids are not going to care about Tall blue aliens or their very Kenner-esk beasts. Joe fans have already gave the line thumbs down as the stuff is not compatible.

Any bets?
We should start are very own Fantasy Football Tournament but call it Fantasy Figures. We can start a pool and bet what lines will flop like a pair of D's on an old lady jogging.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on September 28, 2009, 02:49 PM
Hey, just because people are poor doesn't mean they should have to play with Star Trek toys.  Send them off to to the Middle East.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on September 28, 2009, 03:18 PM
Hey, just because people are poor doesn't mean they should have to play with Star Trek toys.  Send them off to to the Middle East.

 :D
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on September 28, 2009, 04:44 PM
Around me, the playsets are moving and certain figures are now disappearing.  Scotty, Pike, Uhura (long gone anyway), and to a lesser degree Spock, Cadet McCoy, and Nero, are all selling I'd say steady at this point, or are sold out totally.  Old Spock, Kirk, Sulu, Cadet Chekov...  they're still hangin' about.

Also the transporter playset (arguably the better set) isn't going as fast as the bridge, ironically.

Most Targets are out of Bridge playsets though, which is sort of a bummer since it has some nice Star Wars ish pieces. 

I got a complete set except for Old Spock.  I may nab an extra Spock and McCoy if I see them.  $3.50 for the chair and console isn't bad and I'll make a Service Uniform McCoy since I hold little hope for seeing the basic one.

One thing I do find interesting though is that usually in retail, initial clearance isn't a loss...  $3.50 is what, half what they originally sold for?

Anyway, PlayMates kept insisting they were happy with the 3.75" line...  I wonder what they say now?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on September 28, 2009, 05:28 PM
Playmates did a good job with the 5" Trek figures in the 90s, for the most part, but have they done any other realistic line any justice?  seaQuest, maybe?  Other than that, most of what they have done is based on animation and comic properties.  They really have no track record in realistically styled 3.75" figures. 

I think that's why they threw so many scales at us for the Terminator and ST lines this year.  They would have been better off concentrating on one scale and put their top people on it to make a splash.  Then win, lose or draw with consumers, at least they would have two outstanding toy lines that at least most people could look at and say "Yeah, that's good, but I can't afford it" rather than passing due to looks and price.

I thought the figures were mixed, about half good and half so-so to bad.  The accessories looked to be well done although I would have liked the base for the bridge to have been made of better material.  Like a fold-out board game or something. 

I didn't buy them because the price was kind of high and they were only mediocre for the most part.  Same with the Terminator figures.  They didn't even have a John Connor for us to buy (The one they did give us was not Connor in anything but name). 

But also keep in mind that neither film was really worthy of a toy line.  The Terminator film was average at best and ST, while a fun movie, didn't have the adventure to it that a good toy line would need to support.  I think that's also why Indiana Jones failed.  The movie did a lot of bank, but it wasn't a stand-out winner...and a lot of the adventure of the previous three films was not there in KOTCS.  Were there really any scenes you wanted to run out and reenact with your toys?  No.  Not really.  But even today I would still love to recreate the whole Well of the Souls dig with toys...THAT'S adventure!

Speaking of Avatar, what scale are those figures?  I haven't found a good review of them, just photos (I could write a 5-page essay on why toy reporting pisses me off....)

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on September 30, 2009, 03:30 AM
I've read somewhere that the regular line of Avatar toys is something like 4.5/5", much like the kid's lines for the recent Batman flicks. Boy, that Mattel company. They might have been better served by a 3.75" line, but it IS Mattel. It's kind of dumb to have a line in that scale when you have a Movie Masters line as well at 6", but they can have the most popular line of collector-aimed toys (DCUC) since Marvel Legends under Toy Biz, and completly screw it up in every way.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on September 30, 2009, 02:23 PM
TRU seems to have had a Buy 1 Get 1 Free promotion on their 3-3/4" Trek figures for a while.  Doesn't look like any are selling.  There's quite a bit of dust on them.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: iFett on October 5, 2009, 04:12 PM
Not sure if this is old news or not, but noticed the ST stuff was 50% off today at Target....Still not really seeing anything move, but I'm sure it will start at 75%.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: David on October 5, 2009, 04:21 PM
Wow. Sounds like it's time to go get some custom fodder. :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 5, 2009, 04:43 PM
ST's pretty well picked clean here save for the playsets.  The figures I spot are mostly Sulu, Nero, and Old Spock now...  Very little of the others.

At the Target I visited over the weekend they did have one McCoy and one Scotty left though, so I nabbed those for custom fodder.

Most stores only have Transporters now, but some still have bridge sets, which I'd like another if I see them.  The Transporter's real nice though too, if you want a cool display.

I would've liked an extra Spock and McCoy to make a field uniform McCoy...  but Spock's been gone now for a bit.  Bummer.

I did notice a number of Pike at this one store as well, but he wasn't at the other stores for some reason.  Weird.  Kirk's actually started to move on clearance which is funny since he was the worst seller.  He's a horrible figure though, regardless. 

Anywya my stores are down to about 2 figures per peg now.  I'd take more McCoy's since he has the most gear, and more Scotty's as he has teh best "desk/chair" combo too, and the best fodder headsculpt IMO.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 5, 2009, 04:46 PM
Jesse, if you are looking for anything I'd suggest TRU...
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 5, 2009, 05:08 PM
I was at TRU yesterday actually, they had a bit, but the Bogo they have has depleted them as well...  The Cadet figures of McCoy and Chekov were all gone.  Lots of Pike, Sulu, Nero, Old Spock, and Kirk...  One Scotty I think, but the Cadet figures, Uhura, and Young Spock were all gone.  :'(
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on October 5, 2009, 05:43 PM
Star Trek Toys live?

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=14986

At the 2009 Dallas Toy Fair, Playmates Toys Inc., a leader in creating imaginative and innovative toy experiences and sustaining evergreens, will launch many thrilling new additions to their established properties, in support of highly successful entertainment brands and toward the debut of several new branded toy lines.

STAR TREK - Live Long and Prosper

With nearly 40 years of heritage in the STAR TREK franchise, Playmates will build on the excitement generated by the blockbuster STAR TREK movie directed by J.J. Abrams with an offering of new toys and collectibles based on the 2009 movie and the classic original series catalyst STAR TREK. In addition to new waves of 3.75” action figures, role play accessories and iconic vehicles two new segments will be introduced in the movie line that should appeal to both the long time fan and the younger fans alike. The STARFLEET DEFENDER line includes a full array of movie characters articulated in small-scale in dynamic animated-style action poses. Collectible iconic mini space ships from the 2009 movie include the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. Kelvin, and the Narada. And for the first time ever, Playmates will introduce 3.75” GALAXY EDITION action figures and diorama’s based on the classic Star Trek series. These figures will be highly detailed with authentic life-like likenesses and feature over 16 points of articulation. Iconic scenes from the most popular episodes will be depicted in two-figure pack dioramas. So jump on the U.S.S. Enterprise and Live Long and Prosper with the STAR TREK products for young and older.


How can this be when they are on clearance? Online only? It will be cool to see a classic 3.75'' Spock. If these do happen I will be curious to see if they improved on their failings. I have a feeling it's DOA but I could be wrong.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 5, 2009, 05:57 PM
Good for them.  It's nice to see a company with a different philosophy than Hasbro.  If Hasbro had the license, there is no chance they would have continued to explore ways to keep the line going in my opinion.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 5, 2009, 06:20 PM
Star Wars has seen its fair share of clearances...  I think this line did better than people realize.  It sold through I'd say 5 times at Target near me before the movie came out, and only stagnated after a while.  WM's stock sold through steadily too for a while, and once the movie ended and any "push" for it deflated, the figures then began sitting...

Hell, my WM just put the figures back to full price around the time they re-released the movie on IMAX screens, and they actually just now put out playsets which only Target and TRU carried up till the re-release of the movie.

That tells me they did better than what the public thinks.  Consider it's been only one wave of figures too, that's been out there for this long.  Pegwarming was an inevitability really, when you think about it.  The 2nd Wave looks great so I'm excited to see these TOS figures now too. 

I have to say, besides Kirk's likeness, I think the line's actually quite decent.  I wish they weren't so expensive at full price, but that can be said for a lot of things I guess.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 5, 2009, 06:36 PM
If you drove out to the St. Louis, I think you'd be shocked at the number of Star Trek figures that are not selling, have not sold since day one, did not sell at full price, on clearance, etc.  The amount of dust on the figures at the stores around here is stunning.  And this is at a handful of super Wal-Marts, several big TRU stores, a lot of Targets, etc.  It's bad.  The Kansas City area is just the same... and I was in Atlanta not long ago, and it was the same story at the Wal-Mart I was at there.

I'm just glad that Playmates had some patience with this line more than they did the Terminator stuff.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 5, 2009, 06:51 PM
I'm sticking with the, "I bet you don't know what sold and what was replenishment" stock theory on this...  No offense meant to anyone by that either, but it's a pretty common thing really where people think they're seeing nothing move, but it actually is selling and getting replenished.  I'm sure sales weren't fantastic everywhere, but like I said around here Target got the jump and sold through a lot of product with several restocks till the movie came and went...  TRU then did ok, and WM was late to the game so they seemed to have the worst sell-through by me, but still my WM stores never put them on any steep discount ($5 I think was the lowest).  Then they put them back to full price and even brought out space for playsets, which till last month had only been available at Target and TRU (and KM for significantly more money) locally.

I don't think Playmates is willing to dump more tooling investment into a line that never sold anything.  They're not really innovating anything, they're just continuing the line that, as far as they are claiming, was a good seller (and admitting the 6" line didn't do well).  It was one wave of figures, so pegwarming was inevitable IMO if there was steady restocking, and now we're seeing a clearance.  If retailers pick up subsequent waves, then I think the proof is in the pudding that the line sold well enough to maintain shelf space for it.  If ST is dropped from the action figure aisles all together, then I think Playmates is in trouble to try and sell this stuff and maybe were reading too much into their sales data.

I'm sure everywhere right now has a glut that isn't moving, well, but the determining factor seems to be how well they did through the Summer, which all signs currently say they did better than the public must think.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on October 5, 2009, 09:54 PM
Only Target stocked the Star Trek line here and they did sell pretty well as far as the 4" line and role play stuff goes.  The Enterprise ship sold okay but the two playsets didn't do that well. 

The 6" line (or is it 8"? whatever) didn't sell well except right around the time of the film.  I think locally someone probably bought one whole set of the 8" figures and then they only sold a handful more.  They're not moving on clearance very well either, but the role play items disappeared.  Those actually moved faster than I thought as I was going to snag a communicator and scanner but missed out.

I think Wed will make 2 weeks on the first mark down at Target so I'm going to stop in to see if they dropped the price again and if they did, may clean them out of the playsets and 4" figures if they're still there.  We'll see.

I'm hoping for more Hot Wheels ships, I really like those, and wouldn't mind seeing that second wave of 4" figures.  I do hope these sold well just because I hate to see a line for a property that I like fail, even if I didn't support it myself.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Paul on October 5, 2009, 10:09 PM
Whoa whoa whoa.......

There's a Toy Fair in Dallas?  Damn, that one would have been cheap to cover...

The ST line is hit or miss here, the WM's overstocked (shocker) AFTER the movie had been out for a week or two (after-shocker)...

The Targets are sold out (didn't see clearance) for the most part, except playsets, those things choke the life out of the shelves.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 5, 2009, 10:16 PM
Agreed on the playsets.  Locally I'd say they sold out once, maybe twice?  At least they seemed to.  The bridge seems to go first all the time though, either when they sold briefly or when they hit clearance.  The transporter's what I find kind of ironic though, as it was the better "playset" and it never sold worth poop, and isn't even going on clearance.  Seriously, it's a nice toy, buy it if you want something neat.  Turn it into an intergalactic telephone for SW figures with a paintjob and a little tweak here and there. 

It really is a neat little toy.

The bridge is...  eh.  Most of the bridge, comes with other figures, haha.  The Transporter was the only playset out of the box you really could enjoy (you don't need to buy figs to have an ultimately "complete" set).

If I see another bridge on a steeper discount, I may buy it (or two if it's a real steep one).

The parts it has are nice for SW customizing, but they're not full price nice.  I got my first one on "sale" as well.  A more substantial floor than a roll-out mat would've been really nice.  Something simple and injection-molded.  Even cheaper plastic would've been nice.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jeff on October 5, 2009, 10:38 PM
There's a Toy Fair in Dallas? 

TIA's Fall event, Fall Toy Preview (http://www.toyassociation.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Fall_Toy_Preview), is not open to the press and not open to the public.  It is by appointment only between retail and the toy companies.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Paul on October 5, 2009, 10:53 PM
ok then I didn't miss it...

Sadly with the ST line, the "Bridge" is pretty much the focus of many of the episodes (not so much the movie).. so that Bridge Playset should be the ultimate accessory.

I would have been sucked into this line more if the figures were worth done better.  If the "Galaxy" line has better asthetics, then I might pop back in. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 5, 2009, 11:46 PM
I don't think they're bad, honestly.  If it weren't for SW, I probably would've dug customizing some "red shirts" and nobodies from these.  They're not horrible sculpts as some people feel they are...  Kirk is bad.  I'll say that.

The rest are all very nice likenesses and Pike's a little youthful looking but not horrid.  I'd say he's got a bad paintjob more than a bad sculpt.

The line's not bad.  And that Transporter is everything SW fans wish they'd get, as playsets go.  It's nice.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 7, 2009, 01:28 AM
I'm sticking with the, "I bet you don't know what sold and what was replenishment" stock theory on this... 

I'm sticking with "Half an inch of dust on the top of the plastic bubbles means they're not selling."   ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 7, 2009, 02:43 AM
I guess PA stores must all clean and restock at night while stores in other states mysteriously don't clean anything, and nothing's ever disturbed by kids throughout the day, and nothing is reset/restocked at night by an employee so a "half inch of dust" can settle on it.

Even K-Mart here isn't like that...  The only time I've actually seen dust settling on action figures was Kay-Bee back in the day because nobody went there and shopped it seemed, and I see it at Toy Shows from figures sitting in some dusty room of a scalper being sold now for a fraction of what he originally paid.

Seriously though, even K-Mart's stock doesn't have "dust" on it.  Seems to me all toys get rifled through so much throughout the day, dust doesn't settle on them here even if they're not selling.  Different worlds I guess.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 7, 2009, 04:23 AM
Oh I picked up a lone Cadet McCoy tonight too, at a Target that was down to an array of Kirk's and Sulu's.  McCoy is the best IMO for fodder because his console and chair are "stand alone" ones that don't connect to others, and he has the little datapad and medical capsule accessory.

Everyone else comes with less pretty much, so I was down for another McCoy...  he's got a neat headsculpt too that's good for fodder I think. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 7, 2009, 12:15 PM
Maybe I should take some pics... seriously Jesse, I'm not trying to be disagreeable, but if this stuff was that popular it would not be on clearance at Target, would not have a seemingly endless Buy 1 Get 1 Free sale at TRU, and Wal-Mart would not have reduced the price to $4.97 months ago (which they did go back to full price on, I'm guessing in anticipation of Wave 2).

The Target stores never seemed to get a bulk of this product in, for the most part they did seem to move decent enough there, but not the point to where you would see the pegs bare at any point or even low on stock.  With the clearance, it's been the same exact figures dangling there for a while now.

In regards to Wal-Mart, the stores around these parts put all of these on endcaps - not on pegs, but just standing freely on shelves.  I've even done a few counts from time to time and the number there is always the same, or down 1-2 figures once in a while.  There is dust on these figures, even fingerprints that have been there for a while now.  And this isn't one store, it's several super centers.

TRU is probably the worst situation around these parts - the Star Trek section is rather large, but it honestly looks as though not a single figure has moved in weeks, if not months.  The section looks as though it's frozen in time.  The dust is present on these figures as well.  And not just one store, three different stores.

As for the idea that stock is being rotated, I'd agree somewhat if I had seen even a single case of figures on a pallet at a Wal-Mart or a Target employee with some figures on a cart restocking... it simply has not happened.  I go on as many toy runs as probably anyone on the boards, and I never see evidence of restocking this line.  I pay close attention to all 3-3/4" scale figures, and believe me when I say I have not seen this with the Star Trek line.  Even Indy was restocked at a better rate than this. 

Now, I do like this line and would have really liked for it to have been more popular.  I think the main problem was the lack of there being a second wave into the mix before now - that wave has a lot more variety and is quite a bit more interesting.  The playsets are pretty nifty as well... I'm not even a Star Trek fan, but I can appreciate collector focused toys when I see them, which is why I've bought some of these.  And gotta love the pack-ins as well, chairs and computer consoles are a dream come true.  Most of what I've bought is for custom fodder, and that's what I'm looking forward to with Wave 2.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nicklab on October 7, 2009, 01:35 PM
The situation at TRU is pretty sad.  I think they need to steal some executives from Target, frankly.  They need to get more aggressive about their inventory management and clearance the pegwarmers and shelfwarmers in a more timely fashion.  That Star Trek stuff is going to be lingering in TRU stores for at least another year.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on October 7, 2009, 03:38 PM
Um....   Toys R Us Inc., the nation's second-largest toy retailer, said Tuesday it named Gerald L. Storch, a former Target Corp. executive with experience in rejuvenating tired retailers, as its new chairman and CEO (http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/7/121101.shtml)

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: iFett on October 7, 2009, 04:02 PM
Been almost three years since they hired that guy?  Haven't noticed any changes other than the store closures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 7, 2009, 05:14 PM
Like I said, it's different worlds I guess...  Around me, Target put things out early and had EVERYTHING except some ship everyone wanted (I didn't buy the scaled ships).  Target stores went through stock on a fairly steady rotation up to and through the movie's release.  Then it leveled off at some point late Summer, things stagnated and sat (but nothing's ever collecting dust at Target).

Wal-Mart put their things out late, and if anywhere collected dust it would be WM because they came late to the game after Target had already put things out, put them on sale a couple times with the movie's release and popularity, and such.  The WM game plan was ****.  They also did NOT put out playsets at all at WM till just recently when they put prices up on the figures and the movie got a 2nd release at IMAX threaters.  Then all of a sudden space on the plan-o-gram was there for playsets too, which surprised me as the figures at WM didn't APPEAR to be selling to me, but again it's not like dust settles on them here either so I really don't know what's selling.  WM did mark them down to $4.97 a piece here, never lower, but when they were $5 the most popular figures sold out.  It was a sea of yellow shirts (Kirk, Pike, Sulu) and Nero and Old Spock.  Scotty, McCoy, young Spock, and Uhura were all even gone at Wal-Mart at this point...  Chekov's figure could be found though still for some reason.

Toys R Us I don't go to often.  Once a month at best since they're not close to me in any direction.  I was at one Sunday though looking for the Interceptor and checked their ST stock.  They had a section dedicated to ST that was about 50% the size of the Star Wars section, same aisle, and same side.  It shared space with Terminator crap.  They had their BoGo sale posted yet, and so I rifled through.  TRU here is similar to how WM was when they put figures down to $4.97.  They had a LOT of figures, but it was a sea of yellow shirts, Nero's, and Old Spocks, with a smattering of Chekov, and a few McCoy's as well.  None of the other figures.  Playsets were there, full price.

At the Target stores I visited yesterday while I was out, one store had put out a fresh case of ST figures so I grabbed a Spock and McCoy, and got a third Uhura for customizing.  The only other figures they had were Sulu's from past cases.  The other Target had only Sulu's and one Kirk.  Both had playsets on clearance, which were the same price they've been since put on clearance.

At WM stores, some had barely any or no ST product because they didn't put out much, and the third one had the huge mass of Yellow shirts, playsets, and all the other stuff.  So one had very little, and never had much to begin with, one has sold through a lot of stuff, but are backlogged with all the guys in Yellow which is the "norm" around me locally as near as I can tell, and one never got any ST figures in as far as I'm aware.

Like I said, some of the stuff I see, I'm sure has been around for some months now, mostly at Wal-Mart since they seemed to do the worst, but that's as bad as it has been around here.  Considering the space most WM's had for ST stuff here locally, they sold through a lot here I'd wager, and were even behind on putting it out in time for the film's release.  They were well behind Target and TRU both.

And not a speck of dust anywhere.  I honestly would be complaining if I went into a store and stuff was covered in dust like that.  I don't want my kids rifling through dirt and things, so I think I'd bring that up to the management next time I was in.  WM stores are to be cleaned nightly by the department people stocking the shelves and the janitorial staff over night.  I've never seen Target ever look dirty and I assume their policies are similar or more strict since they try to be more "upscale" by comparison.  TRU I have no clue what their policies are but they've always seemed clean enough to me.

That's just my experiences though locally...  But they jive with Playmates taking the 3.75" line, expanding it to the original TV show, expanding the movie line with another wave, expanding vehicles and things, bringing out a 3.75" beast line to accompany the figures...  I think despite what people think they see, and regardless of dust, that Playmates are holding sales info that says 100% contrary and the line sold well enough.

Now...  Like I said, if retail doesn't allot space to Star Trek, despite them carrying the line forward, I think then that Playmates over-estimated something.  That said though, clearance means NOTHING really.  How often have SW figures been clearanced?  30AC stuff got clearanced here locally and a bunch just got dumped at TJ-Maxx stores, but 30AC was one of the better years for the line according to Hasbro at the time.

The BoGo at TRU has cleared out most of the better figures locally it seems, so that's not been a bad deal, plus I know TRU's sales rules pretty well thanks to a friend, and they're still profiting on the line with the BoGo sale...  It's not clearance by any stretch (they were profiting with the SW sale last week as well).  I think the proof is in the pudding here though, as far as what Playmates says about sales.  If they have a presence in the toy aisle for the next waves and the expansion into the TV series, I'd say they did well enough nationally to warrant that then regardless of what anyone says they see.  That's just how I see it anyway.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 8, 2009, 03:39 AM
Just for the heck of it, I hit two Targets on the way home tonight.  I kid you not, the Trek figures had dust on them at both stores.  The 6" figures had more dust, but the 3-3/4 ones did too.  And I'm not making this up.  At one store they had 7 figures there (3 of which were Sulu) in the 3-3/4 scale.  Each figure had a similar amount of dust on top of the bubbles as one other item I noticed, Star Wars Xizor/Leia Comic Packs.  The other store had only 4 figures (one on each peg), Nero was one of the figures, I believe they also had a Pike and two Sulus. 

If memory serves me right, Walmart was the first place in my area that had these out, in some sort of black shipping displays.  I remember buying several of them that night, and then going back a few days later and there being 4 empty slots on the shippers, which was the same number of figures I bought... I was really surprised actually to have gone back and there still be so much left.  I thought these would be flying off the shelves... and also, Walmart has been great about being the first place to find new toys in my area in 2009 outside of GI JOE stuff.  They were a couple weeks behind Target and TRU.

Anyways, I do hope the second wave hits soon and isn't hard to find.  I think it's a better wave than the first assortment.  Looks like if any of the retailers in these parts have room for them, it's Target.  I'll be interested to see if they have these worked into the new reset that I think is due for their toy aisle next week.

(http://www.yakfaceforums.com/Chewie/061509trek.jpg)

(http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merchandise/playmates/61620_drakoulias_Fall09_t.jpg)

^ Cool stuff there for certain... and I haven't even seen the movie yet.  Looking forward to it though.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on October 8, 2009, 04:07 PM
Been almost three years since they hired that guy?  Haven't noticed any changes other than the store closures.

Well, I for one have noticed a significant reduction in Rasslin' figures at the Tonka TRU, so I say GOD BLESS YOU and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!  I may even find something worth buying there again someday.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on October 8, 2009, 05:45 PM
That Star Trek stuff is going to be lingering in TRU stores for at least another year.

As another member wrote a phrase that so eloquently equated a similar situation in another peg warming topic long ago I think his logic really applies here: These will be like Robocop figures at Kay-Bee, forever collecting dust in a bin in the back of the store for years to come.

I cannot remember who but if you read this please know that I want to credit you. I bet you can still find a Robocop figure in a corner crevice of a store were a KB once stood.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on October 8, 2009, 06:03 PM
Been almost three years since they hired that guy?  Haven't noticed any changes other than the store closures.

Well, I for one have noticed a significant reduction in Rasslin' figures at the Tonka TRU, so I say GOD BLESS YOU and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!  I may even find something worth buying there again someday.

That's probably because they're not making them anymore?  I think the WWE is hooking up with Mattel starting in 2010...last I heard anyway.  They have not been on the best of terms with Jakks Pacific for a while now plus I think THQ still has a lawsuit against Jakks over some type of contract renwal.  I don't know, it's a mess.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on October 10, 2009, 10:02 AM
I read a blurb that said that the 3 3/4" format is to continue and expand into the classic characters. If that's the case, I'll probably pick some up.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 15, 2009, 04:15 PM
The Targets in my area took these out of the toy aisle and dumped them into a shambling, dusty heap of clearance toys on their endcaps. 

A new Super Walmart just opened in my area yesterday and they did not have Star Trek figures in their aisles, endcaps or anywhere else. 
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 15, 2009, 05:58 PM
These moved to endcaps here locally as well.  I was hoping for a deeper discount but not yet.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 15, 2009, 06:13 PM
I wonder what is going to happen to Wave 2.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 15, 2009, 08:42 PM
According to Playmates, it's going to come out...  Along with an expansion of the line.  Just because they have moved things around in the aisle doesn't mean the line's dead.  Bravo Team stuff got moved there before and has its space back, once they cleared things out for the next round to eventually roll out.

I'd say the only way it's not going to happen is if retail refuses to support it and Playmates are left with no alternative.  Perhaps they've got support from only certain retailers and not others?  Target's turnover is seemingly at a higher rate compared to other stores, so I suppose it's possible they wouldn't support it but others would...  who knows?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jeff on October 16, 2009, 11:15 AM
I wonder what is going to happen to Wave 2.

Perhaps they've got support from only certain retailers and not others?  Target's turnover is seemingly at a higher rate compared to other stores, so I suppose it's possible they wouldn't support it but others would...  who knows?

Wave 2 (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/aff-home.asp?id=HA-807301583&number=PL61525A) of the Trek movie figures has been designated a "shared exclusive" for certain on-line retailers.  It will not be available at mass market retail according to EE.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: iFett on October 16, 2009, 12:18 PM
75% off today at Target - well probably was yesterday too but didn't hit the clearance endcaps.  Still a healthy selection.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 17, 2009, 02:29 AM
Shared exclusive?  That's interesting.  I wonder if the line then will get a reboot for the TV show next year, in some capacity?

I'm going to pre-order a case of Wave 2 movie figures just so I'm sure I get in on those...  It'll be nice to actually get them since their fate's been dubious.  On the way is fine by me, especially without having to look for them since my WM shows no signs of selling what they've got at the moment.

My Targets have put out a fresh case of Wave 1 figures here and there now I noticed on Tuesday but most of those sold through except I noticed McCoy's and Chekov's and a Spock here and there.  Nero's drying up faster I'm noticing, and part of me thinks he's going for customizing.

Still buttloads of Kirk's, Sulu's, Pike's and Old Spock's everywhere.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JabbaJoe on October 17, 2009, 06:02 AM
Picked up all of the 3 3/4" size figures (except Uhura, which I have not found yet  :() at different local Targets in Minnesota for $1.74 each, the bridge playset for $6.24, and the transporter room playset for $7.48. 8)  I waited for them to hit final markdown and it paid off. :)  Well worth it for these prices! :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: iFett on October 17, 2009, 08:29 AM
My Targets have put out a fresh case of Wave 1 figures here and there now I noticed on Tuesday but most of those sold through

You must have alot of Trekkies in your town Jesse.   ;)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on October 17, 2009, 12:31 PM
$1.74 at all the local Targets here too, picked up a Spock and Sulu yesterday for that price, along with the transporter room playset for $7.48. 

With how poorly this line seems to have done, I wonder if Playmates will scale back the production next time around.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 17, 2009, 04:18 PM
With no movie supporting it, I doubt they'll have it in such abundance, but like I've said... 

Playmates has the Terminator license, and it's done.  From what I hear, they were planning that line's future, but they canned it.  It did bad.

Star Trek must've had legs and done well for a time because it's continuing and expanding.  Whether it goes from net-only to regular retail is the question now.  But the ST line did well enough that they see a future and profit with it, so I think to say it did poorly is underestimating it.

Right now, nothing at WM seems like it's moving to me, it hasn't for a while either, even when the prices got cut here...  Target's the only place things have moved near me, for the most part.  TRU's sale put them down to Spocks, NEro's, and anyone in yellow...  Everyone else was gone, but that still made for the majority of the figures out, and they didn't look like they'd sold much after anyone in red or blue was gone.

Target's, things have sold fairly steadily...  The restock was a case here and a case there when I stopped into various Targets.  Some had, some did not.  At the ones that had, it seemed like Spock, Uhura, and Scotty sold again while the cadets sort of slowed down a bit, though I could find them before just not common.  And of course anyone in yellow, Nero, and old Spock, were widely available and now in greater quantity.

I'm interested to see if there's a bigger cut in price here.  I've got a couple sets I can take back (bridge sets) for price adjustments or just to return them and pick up others.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Darth_Anton on October 18, 2009, 11:21 AM
I've had resist pick up some of the 3 3/4" figure on clearance for less than $2. I'll wait for the classics.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on October 19, 2009, 02:05 AM
If it continues, I'm in...  I must admit, I like it and hope for a better Kirk at some point (that one's attrocious that we got).

I went to 2 Targets this weekend just for fun and one had zero ST product.  Even the 6" stuff, was completely gone.  Color me surprised there.  The other one I visited is a little more off teh beaten path here, and it had 1 Bridge playset which I promptly scarfed (for less than a basic SW figure?  That's a good deal).  They had at least 5 bridge playsets not moving.  I sorta regret not nabbing one of those too.

They had one McCoy figure and 2 Kirk figures...  They had about a dozen, maybe less, 6" figures...  Nothing else.  This store was one of the more heavily laden ones with stuff, and had put out a fresh case it seemed.  It's where I got my Spock the other day...  Now they're down to basically nothing too, so that's not bad.  The bridge still wasn't moving there.  I'm wanting to do a bigger toy run this week at some point while I'm out, to start some X-Mas shopping + look for Rum Sleg, so I'll check out a few more Targets in the process...  I'd take another bridge and transporter at htis point I think, and any Scotty I could find.

Too bad WM's not doing similar because they've got some ok figures left here and there.  A sea of yellow too, but they've got a number of Nero's I wouldn't mind nabbing, some McCoy's and Chekov's too...  Scotty's, Uhura's, and Spocks are gone since they went to $5, but there's way way more figures at WM than any other store locally.  Even TRU which has a number, but it's still about half what any WM locally has.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on November 15, 2009, 07:08 PM
Shared exclusive?  That's interesting.  I wonder if the line then will get a reboot for the TV show next year, in some capacity?

There's going to be a new Star Trek TV series next year?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on November 16, 2009, 02:31 AM
I meant figures based on the TV show...  They'd said they were continuing the 3.75" format to expand into more territory at one point or another, and the TOS was I believe their expanded territory.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on November 19, 2009, 05:25 PM
I meant figures based on the TV show...  They'd said they were continuing the 3.75" format to expand into more territory at one point or another, and the TOS was I believe their expanded territory.

Wow - that's surprising - I thought Art Asylum/Diamond had the lock on all Star Trek from TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, as well as the first nine Star Trek movies. I thought all Playmates had the rights to was the latest Star Trek movie.

Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jayson on November 19, 2009, 05:28 PM
Star Trek figures, playsets and accessories are 50% off tomorrow and Saturday during the door busters sale.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on November 19, 2009, 07:59 PM
I meant figures based on the TV show...  They'd said they were continuing the 3.75" format to expand into more territory at one point or another, and the TOS was I believe their expanded territory.

Wow - that's surprising - I thought Art Asylum/Diamond had the lock on all Star Trek from TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, as well as the first nine Star Trek movies. I thought all Playmates had the rights to was the latest Star Trek movie.

Yeah so did I...  I think it was Cool Toy Review that posted they were saying about expanding the line to TOS stuff though, as well as continuing the 2nd wave of the new movie figures.  Maybe it's because of the differing scales?  Or perhaps these are new-movie-ish versions of TOS stuff?  *shrugs*  No pictures so who knows if it'll even happen.  It was somewhere in this thread though.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jeff on November 19, 2009, 11:24 PM
I thought Art Asylum/Diamond had the lock on all Star Trek from TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, as well as the first nine Star Trek movies. I thought all Playmates had the rights to was the latest Star Trek movie.

Art Asylum had a blog post (http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2009/10/askdst-58-star-trek-edition/) that made it sound like they may have worked out a deal with Playmates somehow...

With the announcement of Playmates Toys’ to include TOS in their Galaxy Collection at the Dallas Fall Toy Fair, how does this affect DST’s license? Does it diminish it at all? Has DST’s license not been renewed? Thanks.

DSTChuck: Gee not sure– maybe its none of the above and Playmates and DST cooked something up….Hmm…time will tell.


It was somewhere in this thread though.

Here you go, this was the press info - I bolded the TV Trek part...

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=12&itemid=14986

At the 2009 Dallas Toy Fair, Playmates Toys Inc., a leader in creating imaginative and innovative toy experiences and sustaining evergreens, will launch many thrilling new additions to their established properties, in support of highly successful entertainment brands and toward the debut of several new branded toy lines.

STAR TREK - Live Long and Prosper

With nearly 40 years of heritage in the STAR TREK franchise, Playmates will build on the excitement generated by the blockbuster STAR TREK movie directed by J.J. Abrams with an offering of new toys and collectibles based on the 2009 movie and the classic original series catalyst STAR TREK. In addition to new waves of 3.75” action figures, role play accessories and iconic vehicles two new segments will be introduced in the movie line that should appeal to both the long time fan and the younger fans alike. The STARFLEET DEFENDER line includes a full array of movie characters articulated in small-scale in dynamic animated-style action poses. Collectible iconic mini space ships from the 2009 movie include the U.S.S. Enterprise, the U.S.S. Kelvin, and the Narada. And for the first time ever, Playmates will introduce 3.75” GALAXY EDITION action figures and diorama’s based on the classic Star Trek series. These figures will be highly detailed with authentic life-like likenesses and feature over 16 points of articulation. Iconic scenes from the most popular episodes will be depicted in two-figure pack dioramas. So jump on the U.S.S. Enterprise and Live Long and Prosper with the STAR TREK products for young and older.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Morgbug on November 19, 2009, 11:31 PM
Aw crap.  I've done well with a selection of the Art Asylum Trek stuff, but now I want the smaller scale too.  Thankfully I really limited my purchases of AA stuff.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on November 20, 2009, 12:03 AM
If they worked out something with AA...  Could it be possible we'll see ST:TNG far behind?

I'll cream my pants.  It's probably the only property I'd get in up to my eyeballs other than Star Wars...  ST:TNG would have me buying in galore, customizing...  The works.   I'm tearing up a little at the thoughts even.  :'(
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JabbaJoe on November 20, 2009, 09:42 AM
If they worked out something with AA...  Could it be possible we'll see ST:TNG far behind?

I'll cream my pants.  It's probably the only property I'd get in up to my eyeballs other than Star Wars...  ST:TNG would have me buying in galore, customizing...  The works.   I'm tearing up a little at the thoughts even.  :'(

I hope they make TNG figures in 3.75" scale, I would definitely buy those.  I am a huge TNG fan!
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JabbaJoe on November 22, 2009, 05:48 AM
Bought two Uhura's at TRU yesterday with the 50% off Star Trek toys coupon I got in my email.  Got them for $3.50 each and had $5.00 TRU rewards cash coupon too, so I got them at $1.00 each! :o  Very nice price for a figure that is not very easy to find. :)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Paul on January 14, 2010, 08:56 PM
Has anyone bought the Vintage Retro line?  Did they re-make all the originals?

I snagged the Mego-ish Green Arrow that is out and have a nostalgic need for at least Kirk and Scotty from the Retro Trek line now.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on January 14, 2010, 09:05 PM
Of the Mego figures I think they did everything.  I know I saw the Romulan and some other stuff, so I think that stuff all got made if the Romulan got made.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: poodachoo on January 14, 2010, 10:59 PM
Mmmmm very good movie loved it.

Imagine if hasbro were making the toys we would have a forum of Hey Hasbro i want a 3.75'' scale 7of9 and a 3.75'' scaled delta fly-er!

lolololol



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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on January 15, 2010, 01:37 AM
Has anyone bought the Vintage Retro line?  Did they re-make all the originals?

I snagged the Mego-ish Green Arrow that is out and have a nostalgic need for at least Kirk and Scotty from the Retro Trek line now.

I believe they have remade everything from the Mego line, and even some that were never made, like Sulu, Chekov, and Khan from 'Space Seed.'

I wish I had bought these when they were more available. I only have Kirk and the Klingon which was the first wave, and I picked those up at the now-defunct Star Trek Experience that was at the Las Vegas Hilton. My LCS has a few, but at $20 for Enterprise crew and $25 and up for aliens each, I don't have any. I'm hoping for EMCE/Diamond to offer them again.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Paul on January 15, 2010, 07:02 PM
Amazon and Ebay has them on average of $15 a character give or take...I am gonna fight the urge, but that vinyl bridge set is pretty cool looking...I think a neighbor or family friend had that when I was younger.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 19, 2010, 07:37 AM
Did the second waves of Playmates' Star Trek movie line ever come out? I've seen pictures of a 3.75" wave and a 6" wave, but no online retailers seem to have ever had it "in stock".
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on February 19, 2010, 09:51 AM
I think they got cancelled.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jeff on February 19, 2010, 09:59 AM
Did the second waves of Playmates' Star Trek movie line ever come out?

I think they got cancelled.

Correct.  The last waves of 3.75" and 6" stuff went from retail to "online shared exclusive" in Oct 2009 to cancelled (http://blog.entertainmentearth.com/2009/10/star-trek-movie-figures-2-now-theyre.html) in Late Nov.

Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 19, 2010, 09:58 PM
Thanks guys - one more question - were the 12" Uhura, Nero and Scotty figures also cancelled?

And what about their plans to extend the line to the original series? Is that now cancelled as well?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 20, 2010, 12:29 AM
Playmates has stated that Star Trek and TMNT toys are 'on hiatus' for 2010 so they can concentrate on their new Shrek line. TNI link. (http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=216&itemid=15361)

I think it sucks, since I was kind of looking forward to their comic-related TMNT stuff, and of course whatever they had planned for Star Trek.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 21, 2010, 08:49 AM
Thanks for the link - I totally missed this bit of news.

Oh well, at least I don't have to worry about trying to track down any more toys from the recent movie...

It looks like even Diamon Select/Art Asylum are pulling back over the next year as well - I didn't see a single picture of a new 7" figure in all of the Toy Fair coverage, only ships, role-play accessories and minimates stuff.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Paul on February 21, 2010, 09:13 AM
And 4 new Retro-Vintage figures.  Salt Creature, Nurse Chapel (?), Green Girl and Green Shirt Kirk.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on February 21, 2010, 01:34 PM
And 4 new Retro-Vintage figures.  Salt Creature, Nurse Chapel (?), Green Girl and Green Shirt Kirk.

Oh yeah - I forgot about them - my wife and I have a complete set of the original Mego Trek figures so we haven't really been paying attention this line either, but now that they're doing figures that Mego didn't originally do, we may have to think about picking up some of the figures in the retro sub-line.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Captain Piet on February 22, 2010, 07:14 PM
I think they got cancelled.

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Correct.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: spiderpumpkin on September 11, 2010, 03:14 AM
The Star Trek stuff at my local TRU sure isn't moving. 

I picked up the 2009 movie Enterprise on clearance at K-Mart about a month ago.  I didn't pick up any of the figures.  I would have bought them if they were the same size as the regular 1992-2000 Playmates versions.  I remember Playmates released 6" inch movie figures for First Contact and the new size turned collectors away.  3 3/4" is nice but it didn't go far.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on September 11, 2010, 05:51 PM
After originally thinking I was going to buy a few pieces of the ST collection to go with other lines in the scale, I ended up completely passing on everything.  I've been in two TRU stores recently and both still had a lot of ST stuff and it's not moving.  The local Big Lots has several figures and the playsets (Playsets are $10 each I think) and they're not moving there either.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scott on February 10, 2012, 10:13 AM
http://www.startrek.com/article/hasbro-launching-star-trek-toys-in-2013
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jeff on February 10, 2012, 10:14 AM
Oh man - remind me to bring my Trekkie repellant to Toy Fair 2013.   :P

How long before we see Kirk vs. Vader 2-packs at Toys R Us?   :-X
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Brian on February 10, 2012, 11:20 AM
Kind of surprising to see Hasbro pick up the Trek license, but then again the last movie was great and the toyline wasn't the best (or at least wasn't tearing up retail).  Makes you wonder if they (Hasbro) are getting tired of no movement on that live action SW series, and figure this might be the next franchise to latch onto as SW moves out of the spotlight after the 3D releases.  Then again, maybe its just another license to have.  They really have a lot of stuff covered out there now between their own lines and licensees (particularly stuff tied to movies, which everyone seems to covet).  Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, Joes, and now Trek....really staking claim to the action figure aisle.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: CHEWIE on February 10, 2012, 04:53 PM
Just hope they don't send them to the same factory that painted the Indiana Jones figures.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JediJman on February 10, 2012, 05:12 PM
Star Trek?  Nice to see them nab an up and coming franchise like that.  At least they didn't waste money on something fruitless like DC/Marvel Superhero bricks. 

In a totally unrelated note, I'll be cashing in my Hasbro stock effective immediately.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Matt R. on February 10, 2012, 07:07 PM
imagine 3 3/4 figures and a BMF Enterprise :)  all over it
Title: Hasbro Gets the Star Trek License!
Post by: Biffette on February 10, 2012, 11:20 PM
OMG!

http://www.startrek.com/article/hasbro-launching-star-trek-toys-in-2013 (http://www.startrek.com/article/hasbro-launching-star-trek-toys-in-2013)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on February 10, 2012, 11:51 PM
Trekkies?  What a bunch of losers!  Hahahahahah

BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on February 11, 2012, 12:43 AM
imagine 3 3/4 figures and a BMF Enterprise :)  all over it

I'm kinda into it, but upon reading the press release, it said "select action figures", and the Kre-O stuff seemed to be the main focus of what they're doing...  Maybe a smart move there.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on February 11, 2012, 12:53 AM
I can just see Hasbro's method for selling the crew of the Enterprise:

Wave 1: Kirk and Spock, shortpacks for McCoy and Scotty.
Wave 2: Kirk and Spock carried forward, shortpacks on Chekov, Sulu, and the villain.
Wave 3: New versions of Kirk and Spock, Uhura shortpacked, and ultimately this wave becomes a Ross/TJ Maxx/Marshalls exclusive.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Matt R. on February 11, 2012, 01:09 AM
I can just see Hasbro's method for selling the crew of the Enterprise:

Wave 1: Kirk and Spock, shortpacks for McCoy and Scotty.
Wave 2: Kirk and Spock carried forward, shortpacks on Chekov, Sulu, and the villain.
Wave 3: New versions of Kirk and Spock, Uhura shortpacked, and ultimately this wave becomes a Ross/TJ Maxx/Marshalls exclusive.

Funny...probably true
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: McMetal on February 11, 2012, 07:59 AM
Shoot, the first two waves of Avengers figures have ZERO villains. It's like Hasbro does not understand how kids play with these things.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Biffette on February 11, 2012, 01:05 PM
The thought of a Kreo Deep Space Nine is making me giddy, but I realize that's a couple of years down the road, if ever.  It makes sense to me that they are mainly interested in using Star Trek to sell and promote their Kreo line.  Hasbro will never get the Star Wars license away from Lego (and for good reason!) and Lego has never appeared to show an interest in acquiring the Star Trek license, which has the often-unrealized potential to be a big seller.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on February 14, 2012, 02:26 AM
I'm convinced, after seeing what the NYCC exclusive Star Trek Hallmark ornament did on the secondary market, that the Star Trek community is starved for collectibles.  I don't think anyone felt the last line of action figures really were up to snuff.  The playsets weren't terrible, and I actually liked the idea of the bridge, but when you can't deliver wave 2 and thus never be able to complete your stations, it's a real loser.

I think Lego sells no matter what.  However, I don't know what the license for that costs so maybe Lego doesn't feel like paying out for it.  Or, since they have Star Wars and their own Space section of City, they don't feel they need it.

I don't know if I'd buy into a Lego line of Trek but I'm interested to see what they do with KRE-O.  The Battleship stuff looks cool so the ST stuff may work as well.  But, if Hasbro ever got the ST license and gave it the full Star Wars type treatment in 3.75" scale, it would be hard for me not to buy it. 

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nicklab on February 14, 2012, 01:06 PM
Looks like Hasbro is positioning themselves for the 2013 movie line.  I think they can certainly approach things in a far more focused way than whoever had the license for the 2009 movie.  Especially when you consider how that 2009 line had figures in what, at least 3 different scales?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on February 14, 2012, 04:03 PM
Look at Thundercats, didn't they do 3 scales on that one?  A 3.75" and 8" (including classics) and then a 6" they were going to move to?

That seems to be standard lately, throw a bunch of scales out and see what sticks.  The last Terminator film had 3 scales, last year's Pirates of the Caribbean had 2, I think Tron Legacy had 3 also.  I think there's even a new smaller scale of Halo figures coming that will run alongside the current scale. 

I know DC does well with their line of what, 6" (? I don't even know anymore) and Hasbro is bringing 6" Marvel Legends back, but for the price it seems like 3.75" is a great scale for detail and accessories. 

I'd probably buy a lot more action figures if they were Hasbro Star Wars and GI Joe quality at the same scale.  Most of the other lines out there that do pick 3.75" don't seem to hold a candle to Hasbro, though, so I end up passing. 

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on February 14, 2012, 06:13 PM
I'd probably get sucked into buying more different lines too, if the quality were good.  I got a full set of the first series ST figures from the reboot and did some customs too to flesh it out a bit, but if the ST license is broader and encompasses TNG, DS9, Voyager, TOS...  Well I'd be highly sucked into this if Hasbro gives it the full treatment ala Star Wars in terms of quality, and keeps it 3.75" scale.

At the very least I'd be buying anything TNG or DS9 at that quality/scale.  I'd probably cherry pick anything else too.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Greedo The Green Menace on February 14, 2012, 08:30 PM
I'd love to see some of the retro TOS aliens, like the Gorn, Salt Vampire, Cheron etc. done up to Star Wars quality. I'm a sucker for those old retro designs. Theres a lot of potential here if it's done right, heres hoping they don't make the same mistakes as playmates.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on February 14, 2012, 11:09 PM
No no no...  Hasbro wouldn't do that.

Whole new set of mistakes.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: JACKOFTRADZE on February 28, 2012, 02:57 PM
Oh ****.

I missed this news, I thought it was only Kre-O stuff. They finally caught on that Star Trek figures done on a level of SW quality will open up a wormhole in the wallets of their SW figure fanbase. If they are produced on the same level as SW figures there is no possible way to resist this. (Insert Resistance is Futile joke here)

Playmates made it so easy to pass on their last product outing, you can still find them at Wal-Mart and Big Lots.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nicklab on March 2, 2012, 08:02 PM
Some photos from the set of the new Star Trek film have started to surface.  This makes Hasbro's acquisition of the ST license seem that much more significant.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scott on February 10, 2013, 06:29 PM
Anyone ask Hasbro what was up their sleeve for ST beyond the Kreo they showed?
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Nicklab on March 19, 2013, 01:41 PM
I was very surprised when the news came out that Hasbro was picking up the Star Trek license.  Especially considering how the toy line for the first JJ Abrams movie performed.

And now to see almost nothing (aside from Kreo) when the new movie is less than 2 months away?  It says to me that Hasbro must be hurting financially.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scockery on March 19, 2013, 04:54 PM
I don't know why they bothered. Star Trek has rarely had mainstream appeal as far as toys go. Playmates had a good run during a height of Trek popularity, but that was still mostly collectors. Of course, their movie stuff from a few years ago still lingers around Toys R Us, the second wave of figures never got made.

I was hoping as 3 3/4" line by Hasbro up to Star Wars standards, but the way things are now, it would've been a half dozen 5 point of articulation figures. So no loss.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on March 20, 2013, 09:35 PM
TNG/DS9 lines could suck me in but who would give a hoot?  I mean a good or at least decent 3.75" line...  Something Hasbro-ish in quality or at least The Hobbit quality which is Hasbro quality practically.

I'd dig that but who would care ya know?  Me, a select few like me, but not the masses which is needed.

The new movie was great, and the toys were decent, but once they hit that wall, yikes...  They did shockingly well here for a while at stores like Target and WM...  TRU not so much, and then once the movie faded off, and more toys shipped, yeesh.  A very TPM-ish scenario.  Still when I see them super cheap, I buy just for the chairs and consoles.  I've gotten some for a buck, and for a buck that little extra junk's worth it.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Pete_Fett on May 4, 2013, 08:21 PM
Picked up the complete Series One Kre-O sets for Star Trek the other day to add to my wife's Star Trek collection. When I got them home she didn't care for them so I took them all back today. Oh well...

Was tempted to keep one of the smaller items to see how well the light-tech stuff worked but decided against it.

Wish Hasbro had done a 3.75" line for this movie - could have been great.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 3, 2013, 09:58 PM
Seconded on a 3.75" line...  Leaving the movie yesterday, it hurt not having anything to turn to in that regard.  A nice Enterprise crew, some secondary guys, a Klingon...  would've been neat.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scott on June 3, 2013, 10:15 PM
Yeah it is bizzare...I really think they could have done a small line...but maybe it wouldn't work at retail (see Hulk, Fantastic Four, heck even Batman)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 3, 2013, 11:11 PM
Yeah, I think they hate doing small runs of stuff at this point.  Go big or go home...  and in that way, they've mostly been go home of late...  go home and order it online at least?

I would've enjoyed some figures to buy though...  This movie had some good choices I felt.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Scockery on June 4, 2013, 08:24 AM
It would've amounted to figures of Spock, Kirk, Johnny Harrison and maybe Bones.

Reminds me of the old Ertl ST3 figures I had, all they made were Kirk, Spock (barely in the movie), Scotty and Kruge (the Klingon).  Just those 4 characters, no McCoy even. But they were fun figures, brittle hands, though.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 4, 2013, 03:00 PM
I liked the last movie's figure line well enough, though Kirk sucks and there wasn't a good Kirk (even in the outfits he wore most of the time, much less the crappy one we got in the command shirt he wore for 5 seconds), McCoy, or Chekov made.

I still love those chairs and consoles.  I pick those figures up randomly just because that stuff's good.  Actually a couple headsculpts are good for swaps too (Scotty, Chekov, Pike, etc.)
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on June 4, 2013, 07:05 PM
As much as I'd have liked to see a line from Hasbro for this new ST movie, I really don't believe it was a good toy movie.  They're not like Superheroes with cool costumes and funky weapons/powers, they aren't military-esque figures w/ a lot of equipment and most of the ships are huge and outside of doing playsets or scale models they aren't like an X-Wing or TIE Fighter where figs really fit in them.

It's probably too expensive for some of the smaller companies, but if Neca or DST or someone with equally quality manufacturing could get into this it would be the best way to go.  The 5" Playmates line that ran back in the 90's was well done but they were based on a TV series so there were lots of set pieces and accessories that made sense for figures.  W/ the movie, not so much.

It's gotta be very cost prohibitive, but I wish there was a company like DST that could get on a bunch of licenses for Sci-Fi properties and do limited run series.  ST, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Stargate, other properties like that, where they could do a set of core characters and then one wave of secondary chars and then be done.  Limited stuff for comic and specialty shops, hit the geeks where they leave, and then move on.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Ben on June 4, 2013, 08:56 PM
Actually, DST is doing just that, although with TOS-era figures right now.http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-deluxe-kirk-and-spock-action-figures-from-diamond-select-toys (http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-deluxe-kirk-and-spock-action-figures-from-diamond-select-toys)

It'll be interesting to see where this line goes.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: P-Siddy on June 4, 2013, 09:52 PM
I'd be game for Firefly figs... just do the 9 Serenity crew members and a couple characters like Saffron, Badger, the Blue Hand Men, Jubal Early, Niska.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on June 4, 2013, 10:29 PM
Actually, DST is doing just that, although with TOS-era figures right now.http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-deluxe-kirk-and-spock-action-figures-from-diamond-select-toys (http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-deluxe-kirk-and-spock-action-figures-from-diamond-select-toys)

It'll be interesting to see where this line goes.

They're 7" and not all articulated.  But, yeah, they are doing a somewhat limited series of ST toys, but not really action figures and not in the 3.75" scale.

They did Stargate in the past also, but they were 6".  If they could get back into that at 3.75" and still do the pack-in build-an-accessory, I'd be in.  I'm just not in at anything over the 3.75"/4" scale.  I'm all about compatibility with the tons of action figs I already have, and those are in the SW/Joe/IJ scale.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 5, 2013, 01:23 AM
What Eric said...

If it is 3.75"-4", I'm in...  It's the general 1:18 scale range...  I branch up slightly to 1:16 for WW2 armor, but for figures, I stick in that scale range and won't go bigger.  I like the cross-compatibility.

Till I see a Tarkin or Bossk 6" figure from Hasbro, they get nothing from me on their new endeavor as well.
Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: efranks on June 5, 2013, 06:42 PM
I only have a handful of figs outside the 1:18 scale that I've purchased because I really wanted them.  I'm only in for the R2 out of Hasbro's new 6" Black Series.  I'd also do Yoda and an AT-AT Driver, but that's about it.

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Title: Re: Star Trek
Post by: Jesse James on June 5, 2013, 07:38 PM
I'd only do the Bossk and Tarkin begrudgingly for my figure focus...  I personally hate the 6" line's direction of a new scale...  Like all things separate of the main realistic 3.75" line, I see it as largely taking resources and wasting them.

I appreciated Clone Wars when it was popular and hot because that returned money into the line, but I see things like Choppers, the new 12" roto-cast things, and these 6" figures as just an ultimate drain on a line's resources that won't work long-term.  Fortunately 6" is limited, for now, but I don't imagine it will be forever if it gains even the most remote traction.