Comments on: Playmates Toys Expanding Star Trek Line To Original Series + More Movie Toys For 2010

By: Britdude!

Britdude! — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:20 +0000

Sorry, am i missing something here? I know the playmates facial liknesses are somewhat.. loose, but come on, show me one figure from the Ttrek line that DST/AA has got right? They have disproportinate limbs, ugly paint apps, hidious joints/articulation, and just look hidious. And what the hell is up with the flaired nostrills on every figure? When your chargeing £15 plus for figure, it should be a damn sight better than what DST has offered. Atleast playmates ad some veriety, aliens and what not, I for one will be glad when the master lisence for all of the trek series is once again in the hands of playmates, a company that does what the fans want to see, rather than what they think will sell.

By: Crazy Guy

Crazy Guy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:57:59 +0000

Why not include minor characters from the film and deleted scenes, as Star Wars does? THAT would surely keep some of us busy. And I’d love to have some ST09 Klingons, a Gorn, and a Salt Vampire…

By: gary dempsey

gary dempsey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:53:13 +0000

I have 3 rare star trek models…are you interested in buying?

i have “generations” enterprise 1701-d and “generations” B.O.P.

i also have a voyager model…..any interest?

the two generations models are from playmate and have the collector’s edition serial number on the box…..both are in excellent condition. The b.o.p. has been assembled and has the decales, etc that really show off this item….enterprise is still in the box (b.o.p. has the box as well)…..the voyager is still in the box.

please let me know gmanidaho@hotmail.com

By: Capt. of the USS Anduril

Capt. of the USS Anduril — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:28:43 +0000

Also, strangely enough, our local Wal-Mart recently got in a new shipment consisting of new Enterprises, phasers, and the two playsets. It’s strange because they haven’t sold many, if ANY, of the figures, yet the Enterprises sold out within a couple weeks.

By: bgiles73

bgiles73 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:22:28 +0000

It’s looking alot like maybe DST and Playmates Toys might be joining forces with these new 3 3/4″ figures. Read the new Q&A at artasylum.com !! Well actually read between the lines, DST Chuck is mysterious like that. LOL!

By: djtitoflow

djtitoflow — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:52:03 +0000

cant wait for these figures. Im sick of DST. playmates all the way. too bad dst lost their touch after the enterprise line and first few waves of original series toys. to see some trek movie playmates figs in action check out my most recent stopmotion video, random stopmotion 3, which features a bit of trek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgKHDpjTzI

By: Jamie Herbert

Jamie Herbert — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:37:24 +0000

honestly I look at this a win/win playmates and Diamond may both have the license, and both have their merits and flaws. Playmates are certainly cheaper and much easier to find, (heck i picked up the whole crew in one fell swoop, without thinking about it, as opposed to having to chase down special chase variants, and comicon exclusives that you have to pay an arm and a leg for there or all limbs later on Ebay, all because you needed the special “bad hair day” Kirk. In fact I’m still annoyed at how Diamond botched the Serenity license for action figures but that’s off topic. Honestly I like both lines but both have faults and benefits, I pick and choose personally. I picked up all the classic Diamond props which do blow the playmates ones away (even the good playmates ones from the 1990s,) and this year am going to use them in my halloween costume as new movie kirk, even though the playmates ones would be more accurate (but no where near as cool) I am O.K. with the 3 3/4″ figs Playmates has put out, they are not perfect, but they are also testing the waters as much as anything, Hasbro didn’t exactly put out incredible new Star Wars,G.I. Joe, or Transformers figures until they were positive there was a market, I mean it could have been worse they could have recycled the 1990s figures with a cheesy paint app to make the shirts look textured, and new heads. give them time and a bit of honest (albeit polite) feedback, and if they see the numbers, They’ll make better figures, in the mean time, if you prefer the more collectible variety of figs there’s always the Diamond ones.

By: sparkynz

sparkynz — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:22:13 +0000

I wont buy anymore of the 3 3/4 figures, the sculpts are poor and who cares about finishing the bridge/transporter because they were bad anyway. A deluxe Bridge/transporter for the 6″ figures would be fantastic but will obviously never happen. (Would have been great to have a bridge with lights and sounds and a transporter with the acutal transporter sound from the movie). Its also really annoying to not have Uhura in Uniform to finish the 6″ crew and Chekov in the 12″ to finish the crew in that scale. Guess we have to wait……….
Ok, I lied, I might still buy Keenser in 3 3/4 because he was cool. lol

By: Weerd1

Weerd1 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:51:57 +0000

42- Oh definitely a big fan of the scale, and as much as I gripe about how much better the line could have been, I did buy all of them (w-e-e-r-d-1 is pronounced “sucker”). Bought the bridge full price, but waited for clearance on the transporter. Been buying extra sell offs cheap and changing their heads with Joes to have more redshirts (yeah, I am that guy). I hope you are right about an increase in quality- let’s see how the Shatner curse may affect this line!

By: bgiles73

bgiles73 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:28:34 +0000

41-I get the feeling that the new 3 3/4″ two-packs will be better than anything we have seen thus far from Playmates. They mention that they will have 16 POA are better. I’m hoping they will have double knee joints like the Marvel Universe Figures. I’ll admit that the likenesses and articulation on the 2009 line could have been better. These would have benefited greatly from Gentle Giant’s Real-Scan technology. Also it would have been great if the elbows and knees of the figures would have had more of a range of motion. However, as a first time offering of this scale by Playmates I was not completley disappointed. I do not place these sculpts in the same league as I do most modern Hasbro figures, but they are definately not as bad as Hasbro’s first two waves of “Indiana Jones” figures from 2008. When I first heard of these 2009 Star Trek figures I was expecting something along the lines of Zizzle’s “Pirates of the Carribean” line and in my opinion these came out a little bit better. So maybe my expectations were low and these came out a little better than I was expecting. All I’m saying is I love this scale, and I think with a little support, and maybe getting some of the original Art Asylum talent contracted out to Playmates we may be in for something great! That’s why I hope all the negativity doesn’t get this line canceled to early.