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You know the XKCD Web Comic about Standards, right?
I'll give you a funny example.
You know how the A4 size Paper Standard is more or less Global in most parts of the world, right?
Why did that happen? I don't know the history as to why Japan decided to deviate.
They followed ISO A# & ISO C# specs exactly down to the mm.
Yet ISO B#, when it came to JIS B# decided to deviate by a bit.
And on top of that, each manufacturer interprets the specs a bit differently.
So it's "Human Nature" to see deviations from standards.
It's almost impossible to have a 100% Universal Standard.
This isn't even counting the US and our ANSI Paper Standards
Don't forget, there are plenty of regional variations on the ISO 216 paper size standards as well.
Trying to get consensus on something is like "Herding Cats".
Good Luck with that. People just want to be different for the sake of it sometimes.
IMO, I think the only time we came remotely close to a standard industry size was during the early to mid 80's, when most toy companies were putting out action figures at the 3.75-inch scale to follow suit with Star Wars and G.I. Joe--and even then, it wasn't followed by everyone.
Size is pretty close, but stylistically they're miles apart so don't look great together on the shelf.
But actually the Lower Decks figures being more stylised will probably look great next to the 1990s line.
Nacelle Announces Second Wave of STAR TREK Action Figures, Including GENERATIONS Kirk, T'Pol, Carol Marcus, and More
Nacelle has unveiled the next ten STAR TREK characters coming to their new line of action figures — including GENERATIONS Kirk, T'Pol, Carol Marcus, and more!
blog.trekcore.com
Interesting choices: Nog was expected, but sailor Worf was made by PM. At least Geordi seems to get the full costume! And Bem will probably separate XD
Some interesting choices in that second wave for sure. YoH Janeway, T’Pol and Nog would be the ones I'd want to get from these. It’s fun to guess what the accessories coming with these will be.
Here’s hoping they’ll figure out international shipping soon.
Pre-ordered Mariner from the Master Replicas line yesterday. Really looking forward to getting these.
Here’s hoping they’ll figure out international shipping soon.
Pre-ordered Mariner from the Master Replicas line yesterday. Really looking forward to getting these.
Interesting that we are get 3 figures from Generations. Nog is a fantastic choice. I’m glad we are getting T’Pol 2.0 as well. Worf, Geordi, Romulan Commander and Bem are the only ones I’m iffy on.
T’Pol could come with an alternate head and hands that show the skin damage humanoids get after exposure to the Sphere Builder space.
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No coffee?
Because Trek has never done that. The first Trek figures were 8 inch scale. It has since done everything from micro scale to 1/6 scale.
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Mostly the same, but I probably won't be able to resist any of the SNW guys.
BEM is a weird choice. I may get him for the WTF factor, lol...Nacelle Announces Second Wave of STAR TREK Action Figures, Including GENERATIONS Kirk, T'Pol, Carol Marcus, and More
Nacelle has unveiled the next ten STAR TREK characters coming to their new line of action figures — including GENERATIONS Kirk, T'Pol, Carol Marcus, and more!
Interesting choices: Nog was expected, but sailor Worf was made by PM. At least Geordi seems to get the full costume! And Bem will probably separate XD
Yeah, the original figures have kind of cartoons proportions, while the new ones are more realistic, which makes them look weirdly skinny next to the old guys.
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Yeah, just seems like if they wanted to do an Animated figure, Arex and M'Ress haven't been done and would be better sellers than a goofy one-off character from one of the weaker episodes.
IIRC, my childhood toy box from the late 70s/80s even then had a huge amount of dissonance in terms of size.
Action Force/GI Joe, around the same size as Star Wars. But then He-Man figures were way bigger and Thundercats figures were even bigger still…
All these companies have their own styles and they are all trying to fill their own niches.
There were a lot of action figure lines based on movies and TV shows back then, and most of them were in the 3.75-inch scale (they even made action figures for M*A*S*H!)
