Playmates Toys

[NCC-73515]

Get the Defiant ASAP

 

[CommanderTrip]

I found the photos - in this thread no less posted a few years ago LOL

Playmates Toys

I was always bummed that they didn't do certain action figures. We got bizarre shit like Troi from "Fistful of Datas," but never got a Scotty in the TMP/TWOK Engineering suit, for example? Or a Kirk in Star Trek V landing party gear? My youngest son loves "Corbomite Maneuver" and I bought him...

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[NCC-73515]

And I liked it already back then
I see you already have the Defiant. Can you convince that guy to come to LA and offer his things there?

 

[CommanderTrip]

And I liked it already back then
I see you already have the Defiant. Can you convince that guy to come to LA and offer his things there?

I'll see if it's still there and ask him next time I stop in there. Maybe he can beam it over?

 

[Paul755]

I guess this is why Nacelle is only doing “classic era” Trek figures. Master Replicas is apparently releasing figures from nu-Trek. From the pictures you can see Picard and Riker from “Picard”, Boimler and SNW Spock. Odd (to me anyway) that it would be Boimler from LD and not Mariner.

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[Tomalak]

Yeah that makes sense.

Note that the numbers on those figures: 0001 and 0002 for Picard and Riker, 0005 and 0006 for Spock and Boimler.

Suggests at least a couple more figures in the wave - maybe Pike and Mariner?

 

[Paul755]

Pike and Mariner would make the most sense…2 from each series. Interesting that there isn’t anyone from Discovery.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Pike and Mariner would make the most sense…2 from each series. Interesting that there isn’t anyone from Discovery.

Playmates had Burnam and Saru.

Any info on size or articulation?

 

[CommanderTrip]

Hearing on Twitter someone broke into the MR booth in Germany and stole multiple trek prototype figures

 

[Tomalak]

Damn, that happened to Factory Entertainment last year at a Comic Con in the US.

 

[drt]

Hearing on Twitter someone broke into the MR booth in Germany and stole multiple trek prototype figures

Considering most of the Trek prototype figures we've seen the last ten years or so never reached production, I kind of understand why, lol...

 

[Firebird]

Considering most of the Trek prototype figures we've seen the last ten years or so never reached production, I kind of understand why, lol...

So that excuses theft?

 

[drt]

So that excuses theft?

jeeze, it was just a joke about how half these things never make it to market...

 

[CommanderTrip]

Here was the official post Ben Robinson re-tweeted. Truly a shame. Wonder how this will impact the release of the line, if not the actual final product?

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[fireproof78]

Hearing on Twitter someone broke into the MR booth in Germany and stole multiple trek prototype figures

You seen the secondary market prices for these?

People want what they want regardless of who it hurts.

 

[drt]

Wonder how this will impact the release of the line, if not the actual final product?

Toy Faires are where manufacturers try and convince retailers to pick up their merchandise to sell. Theft of the prototypes is a bummer for the marketing dudes, who will now have to make do with photos, but it won’t impact production. Honestly, I was a little surprised that MR was at a show at all since they currently sell everything directly, but maybe they are trying to sell things a bit more broadly.

Also, wasn’t Hiya doing similar figures? I’ve already seen preorders for their SNW Pike - concerns me that CBS/Paramount continues to over-license what are essentially niche products.

 

[CommanderTrip]

Toy Faires are where manufacturers try and convince retailers to pick up their merchandise to sell. Theft of the prototypes is a bummer for the marketing dudes, who will now have to make do with photos, but it won’t impact production. Honestly, I was a little surprised that MR was at a show at all since they currently sell everything directly, but maybe they are trying to sell things a bit more broadly.

Also, wasn’t Hiya doing similar figures? I’ve already seen preorders for their SNW Pike - concerns me that CBS/Paramount continues to over-license what are essentially niche products.

Hiya is doing Kelvin Trek figures and it looks like a SNW Pike as well. Wonder how they managed to pull that off when it sounds like MR has the license for CBS Trek

 

[fireproof78]

Hiya is doing Kelvin Trek figures and it looks like a SNW Pike as well. Wonder how they managed to pull that off when it sounds like MR has the license for CBS Trek

Distinct categories within the contract.

Otherwise how would we have Playmates, Hiya and the Exo 1/6 scale detailed figures?

Or Bandai and Hasbro producing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers figures?

 

[Daedalus]

Here was the official post Ben Robinson re-tweeted. Truly a shame. Wonder how this will impact the release of the line, if not the actual final product?

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That's crazy. Maybe they were just test sculpts that were essentially disposable, but important for retailers to see?

 

[Paul755]

Hiya is doing Kelvin Trek figures and it looks like a SNW Pike as well. Wonder how they managed to pull that off when it sounds like MR has the license for CBS Trek

The Hiya Pike could just be a special one off. They announced the Kelvin Kirk first but the rest of the crew plus Prime Spock and Kelvin Pike pretty quickly afterwards. There hasn’t been any further SNW announcements from them.