New Enterprise Toy Revealed

[Jon1701]

Fair dinkum sport/Rack off/Streuth/Throw another shrimp on the baaarbie.

Do people still say Fair dinkum in Australia? Where are our Australian posters?

 

[miraclefan]

And what about Lt Kyle?

If there isn't a transporter technician/chief with an australian accent I'm going to put it on my boycott list.

Reason to boycott the new movie #87 - Lack of Australian transporter chief

I hear Abrams and his team have rebooted the transporter chief as a and I quote " a kangaroo like alien from planet Australis IV"

There goes one reason to boycott the movie

 

[dkehler]

And what about Lt Kyle?

If there isn't a transporter technician/chief with an australian accent I'm going to put it on my boycott list.

Reason to boycott the new movie #87 - Lack of Australian transporter chief

I hear Abrams and his team have rebooted the transporter chief as a and I quote " a kangaroo like alien from planet Australis IV"

There goes one reason to boycott the movie

Yes, it is absolutely true.

 

[cooleddie74]

Why do I get the feeling this will be one of those toys we all see on 50% markdown at Wal*Mart by the end of the summer simply because TREK toys and collectibles in the modern era just don't do well?

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Well, in the Abrams, the Abrams enterprise is built less than a decade before its refit in the original timeline.

How do you figure? This move takes place in the mid 2250's. The refit wasn't til 2270-2271.

There was a previous refit sometime before that as implied by the differences between the pilot Enterprise from "The Cage" and "WNMHGB" and the series Enterprise. Among other things, the Bridge was updated and the crew complement doubled (from ~205 to ~430).

Visually, the changes were further signified by the switch from the pilot style costumes to the more familiar series versions.

 

[JuanBolio]

I suppose so, but I don't think BenRoethig was referring to that refit. Could be wrong.

 

[Vance]

Why do I get the feeling this will be one of those toys we all see on 50% markdown at Wal*Mart by the end of the summer simply because TREK toys and collectibles in the modern era just don't do well?

Well, I imagine that we'll see a poop-load of discounted stuff no matter how well the movie does because the toy industry gluts insanely the moment a movie comes out. I think the only toy line that really matched the movie's reception well was Transformers (and that wasn't without clearance markouts), but take a look at how much Batman, Iron Man, etc, stuff is out there, even today, languishing on shelves.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Why do I get the feeling this will be one of those toys we all see on 50% markdown at Wal*Mart by the end of the summer simply because TREK toys and collectibles in the modern era just don't do well?

Well, I imagine that we'll see a poop-load of discounted stuff no matter how well the movie does because the toy industry gluts insanely the moment a movie comes out. I think the only toy line that really matched the movie's reception well was Transformers (and that wasn't without clearance markouts), but take a look at how much Batman, Iron Man, etc, stuff is out there, even today, languishing on shelves.

Not to mention that we're in the midst of a major economic downturn...

 

[Vance]

Not to mention that we're in the midst of a major economic downturn...

Percentage wise, it's actually be very mild. Granted, it IS being used as an excuse for anything that isn't performing well - even if it's because that the company (or people) in question is just crap.

Note: This is a pet-peeve of mine, as I see bad business practices all over the place finally coming to bite companies in the ass because they can't just borrow their way out of it again. This stuff has been predicted for over a decade now... and, sadly, for many of these businesses, not being able to pay the bills when they come do is really their own damn fault.

Besides, in a recession, small ticket entertainment items actually enjoy a huge boost in sales. When you're watching funds, after all, it's a lot easier to shell out for a $10 toy than it is a $500 console.

 

[cooleddie74]

Why do I get the feeling this will be one of those toys we all see on 50% markdown at Wal*Mart by the end of the summer simply because TREK toys and collectibles in the modern era just don't do well?

Well, I imagine that we'll see a poop-load of discounted stuff no matter how well the movie does because the toy industry gluts insanely the moment a movie comes out. I think the only toy line that really matched the movie's reception well was Transformers (and that wasn't without clearance markouts), but take a look at how much Batman, Iron Man, etc, stuff is out there, even today, languishing on shelves.

Not to mention that we're in the midst of a major economic downturn...

A lot of STAR WARS stuff ends up on markdown and gets blown out for cheap or sent back to Hasbro. Even during big movie years like '99, '02 and '05. Overproduction and excessive ordering leads to too much stock of the crap everybody already has or nobody wants. The more popular merchandise gets ordered in smaller quantities and is much harder to find.

 

[RobertScorpio]

The ship is still hideous, the phaser, communicator, and tricorder look like Galaxy Quest rejects, and Nero's ship looks like a used mop head.

In YOUR opinion.

I'm with you Dennis. My kids wants the ship, I do too. I actually think it looks good. I have a good friend, he's on my bowling team infact, who is a district rep for Target. He tells me that BATMAN has done well for target, as have the JLU figures and the new Infinite Crisis sets, and the new Brave and the Bold...so, someone is buying this stuff. Well, not someone, me. I have a five year old so I we always go to target on thursday to see if anything new came out...its a weekly fun thing to do..

Rob

 

[Josh Kelton]

I'm hoping the bulkiness is simply due to this being a Playmates toy (they've always been rather chunky).

Such as the Innerspace Defiant

 

[Messianni]

I'm hoping the bulkiness is simply due to this being a Playmates toy (they've always been rather chunky).

Such as the Innerspace Defiant

I had that as a kid. Came with a little Sisko!

 

[btflash]

^ everybody needs a little sisko!

 

[Praetor]

^ everybody needs a little sisko!

 

[BenRoethig]

I suppose so, but I don't think BenRoethig was referring to that refit. Could be wrong.

Correct. The above refit presumably happened after Pike's first five-year mission. I'm talking the 2270-71 reconstruction. Since the Abramsprise is being built in the early 2260s, only a few years before the TMP refit, it would make since that it would more resemble that design style rather than the original timeline Enterprise which was built in 2245.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

^ everybody needs a little sisko!

"Little...?"

(SOMEONE was going to say it...)

 

[darkwing_duck1]

I suppose so, but I don't think BenRoethig was referring to that refit. Could be wrong.

Correct. The above refit presumably happened after Pike's first five-year mission.

Continuing OT for a moment, it makes far more sense for the supposed early 60s refit to happen AFTER Kirk assumed command, given that "WNMHGB" (the "second pilot") was filmed on the pilot sets with the pilot costuming and sound fx, and that the events in that episode provide the perfect "in universe" explanation for a major overhaul.

 

[JuanBolio]

Since the Abramsprise is being built in the early 2260s

Except for the part where we're totally unsure if this is the case, yes.

 

[ST-One]

^ everybody needs a little sisko!

I was thinking the same thing