Comments on: Playmates Star Trek Toys Put On Hold

By: Hot Christmas Toys 2011

Hot Christmas Toys 2011 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:04:30 +0000

Star wars toys are always a great gift. There’s an awesome Millennium Falcon Lego set that just came out that’s going to be a huge seller this Christmas. Thanks for the nice post.

By: j-spock

j-spock — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:06:17 +0000

These figures were horrible, i was so upset with my purchase. i bought the galaxy line and never again will i buy anything from playmates! I want to see Hasbro get this line for the next picture, those figures would do good with the kids and with the collectors, Hasbro would have my money.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:28:26 +0000

i’m thinking about ordering the Classic Playmates Star Trek figures off ebay.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:26:26 +0000

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

I don’t like that the toy line was put on hold.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:30:23 +0000

@ 90

So let me get this straight….the poor quality and bad reception of the Playmates toys “proves” that Star Trek XI was a bad movie?

If you had brains, you’d be dangerous. The film was a quality movie….it was a success. The Playmates toys were low quality and overpriced, and they failed. There is no relationship between the two beyond the name Star Trek. I fail to see the logic in your ‘argument’.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:38:11 +0000

I wish to holy hell that Playmates would have released the bloody things in the 4.5/5 inch scale. The only figure I purchased was Nero, and within an hour I had popped off his head, boots, gloves and jacket and forced them onto an old Worf to make a Playmates scale Nero. I would have bought the whole collection if Playmates would have made them a little closer in scale to the old line!

There will never be a better, more complete line of Star Trek toys than 90’s Playmates…

By: anthony

anthony — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:05:01 +0000

phil sinney.., you nailed it; i could not agree with you more.

By: Phil Sinney

Phil Sinney — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:38:56 +0000

I don’t understand why a company as large as Playmates Toys would take the chance on a franchise as old as Star Trek. God only knows they couldn’t keep up with the previous issues of all the series and movies. I know every time I went on a “toy hunt” to find the latest release, the stores never seemed to have enough of them or I just missed that “one in a box of 1701″. I had to resort to completing my collection from over-priced likes of eBay, collector websites, local comic book stores, etc. I had hoped with the new collections there would be enough. Well, my wish came true, they flooded the market. I’m like the previous post that stated perhaps they should have limited the collections to say a 6″ and the more detailed 12″ with fewer role playing sets. Perhaps the time spent in getting this line to market could have been explained by the time spent in getting the detail just a little bit better. That brings up Art Asylum. The best detail ever of any Star Trek series or movie. I was genuinely impressed with the detail of the figures when Enterprise debuted. The interchangeable parts, the facial features, the joints…my god, they were close to perfection. But they fell short just like Playmates in getting things to market when it came to completing a collection. I’m still waiting on the final section of the bridge for Mayweather to take his rightful place. What a disappointment. I couldn’t see investing more money in a collection that would be like its predecessor, half complete. I continue to add to my Hallmark collection each Christmas, though. At least they consistently issue two to three figures each year. They realize there are collectors out there and issue these without hesitation. Perhaps Playmates could learn a lesson. Issue a limited amount, number them, get a feel for what sells by limiting the stores that carry them, and continue to issue a collection until the franchise dies a slow death. I don’t see Star Trek suffering the throws of death any time soon. So, pull your heads out, Playmates, eliminate one of the sizes, cut back on the production, spend just a little more time on the detail, limit the stores that carry them, continue the collection and perhaps the collectors out there will be the ones to save your collective asses.

By: John

John — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:10:42 +0000

It has nothing to do with the economy, or even the figures themselves.

It’s pretty simple – kids just don’t like toys anymore.

As soon as the Xbox was out, toys were pretty much obsolete. The only time I see anyone use toys anymore is either for collecting purposes, or for a quick Robot Chicken-style joke. Most kids spend their entire days on video gaming or just spending time with friends. Most kids who still play with toys would be in the age group of eight and under, and they don’t tend to be interested in figures themselves, only accessories. And personally, I’ve seen the Phasers, etc. selling much better than the figures themselves.

Personally I’ve bought of all the 3 1/4″ figures in Wave 1 by this point, and am hoping to get the Bridge and Transporter. And I’m still waiting on Wave 2.

I think Hasbro as aforementioned would be a good bet however. Star Wars and Transformers are some of the best selling figure franchises, and even with three years between each Star Wars film released to date, Star Wars figures haven’t stopped selling since 1995.

By: Macster

Macster — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:02:52 +0000

so are we going to be able to get the second wave figures by any chance whatsoever…I’ve been collecting and I’m really disappointed if I can’t finish…..