Playmates Toys

[Paul755]

I’m just curious that’s all.

If the figures look good and the price is reasonable I’ll grab the crew for sure. Dunno about the aliens though.

 

[fireproof78]

I’m just curious that’s all.

If the figures look good and the price is reasonable I’ll grab the crew for sure. Dunno about the aliens though.

Hiya seems to be somewhere between really detailed statues and action figures. Their variety includes Predator, DC, Judge Dredd, and now GI JOE.

 

[drt]

I'm only hoping for it to actual see production.

The problem is never starting any of these new product offerings, it's that they do, then sales don't meet expectations and then they are abandoned.

 

[Paul755]

Hiya tweeted out that the Kelvin Kirk goes on presale on their website tomorrow. 24.95$ with an expected release of sometime in Q1 2024.

The tweet provides some new pics, it looks good but I think I’ll wait to see it in person.

 

[Tomalak]

I'd say Kirk looks better than Bones, but they're both very impressive.

Kirk
McCoy

 

[Paul755]

Yeah, Kirk looks much better but both are nice.

 

[Tosk]

Holy cow, those are some rough prototypes. No one even bothered to smooth the obvious 3D print lines down before painting.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Holy cow, those are some rough prototypes. No one even bothered to smooth the obvious 3D print lines down before painting.

That's what I was thinking. His ears and face look... rough, to say the least.

 

[HotRod]

I'd say Kirk looks better than Bones, but they're both very impressive.

Kirk
McCoy

Yikes! Well, that's money saved.

Oh well, guess that's more money to put towards the EXO-6 Pike and Spock.

 

[fireproof78]

I'd say Kirk looks better than Bones, but they're both very impressive.

Kirk
McCoy

I will at least buy one.

 

[Markonian]

I'd say Kirk looks better than Bones, but they're both very impressive.

Kirk
McCoy

The link says they're 1/18th scale, which means they match the 3.75- to 4-inch action figure range, right?

 

[fireproof78]

The link says they're 1/18th scale, which means they match the 3.75- to 4-inch action figure range, right?

Correct. Which is my preferred scale so this appeals strongly.

 

[Markonian]

Perfect. That means they can pilot their new The Flash Batwing straight into the Jurassic World Mosasaurus's mouth.

 

[Unicron]

And then SNW will film it.

 

[CommanderTrip]

I saw an image on Twitter showing playmates next two trek offerings

A "those old scientists" communicator and a saucer separating Enterprise D with no shortage of screwholes on underside of saucer

https://toynewsi.com/216-48947

Deflector looks better, less red lol

 

[fireproof78]

Perfect. That means they can pilot their new The Flash Batwing straight into the Jurassic World Mosasaurus's mouth.

And drive a Halo Warthog.

 

[Paul755]

I can’t imagine it will but I wonder if both the saucer and stardrive sections will have lights and sounds or if everything will come from one section.

If I recall correctly everything from the original came from the stardrive with the buttons down the back of the neck in between the shuttle bays.

 

[JoseNoodles]

...saucer separating Enterprise D with no shortage of screwholes on underside of saucer

That's how you know it's a quality toy.

 

[publiusr]

Putty can fix that.

All apologies to Mr. Probert…but the Star-drive’s interface with the saucer looks *better* in this toy than the way the actual canon connection is depicted.

This stardrive’s prow looks dangerous…imposing…the plug in holes look like additional weapons bays.

Call it Geordi’s upgrade.

 

[drt]

The screws are where the phaser strip should be, so it's possible they will be covered with another piece. That would be a smart way to handle it, so they probably won't do it.

That separating pic doesn't look great - visible clips and the stardrive dorsal is completely the wrong shape. Doesn't look like it'll trouble the DST version.

I don't expect the screwhole situation to change, the TOS Enterprise and phaser from last year both had a plethora of them. I guess they had to change the way they manufactured these things since the 90s ones only had a few. Using screws instead of glue seems like ot would be more expensive, so presumably it's some kind of toy safety thing.

With regard to the dorsal, the lack of detail on the top makes it seem like a packaging requirement bug they turned into a feature.