Playmates Toys

[Paul755]

I had all of the Micro Machines right up until the last mega collectors set that had the limited edition Enterprise E. I had doubles and triples of a lot of them too. They were great for fleet building.

Of course that last set was near impossible to find since I think the line was killed as it was released. And now it goes for at minimum 200 bucks on eBay.

The Generations 3 pack might have been the best one they put out. It came with a Bird of Prey with moveable wings. The Enterprise B. And an Enterprise D that could separate the saucer.

 

[NCC-73515]

Right, the separable D! It annoyed me as a kid that it wouldn't stay nicely together, but I rammed the saucer into our backyard garden grass/soil a few times XD

 

[Tomalak]

I think the BOP with moving wings was the Bounty, which is one of the hardest to find. The Generations set just had a repaint of the standard BOP. The Enterprise-D was awesome though!

 

[Paul755]

No, pretty sure the Generations BOP was the moveable wing version because it was painted darker green. The regular fixed wing was bright green.

 

[Tomalak]

No, pretty sure the Generations BOP was the moveable wing version because it was painted darker green. The regular fixed wing was bright green.

Apparently there's a wiki dedicated to the topic!

https://startrekmicroships.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_Bird-of-Prey_(Micro_Machines)

https://startrekmicroships.fandom.c...-of-Prey_(articulated_wings)_(Micro_Machines)

 

[The Wormhole]

^^Now that is a cool site!

 

[Paul755]

Well there you go. I stand corrected.

 

[NCC-73515]

Wish I had the VOY and spacedock shuttles

 

[fireproof78]

Apparently there's a wiki dedicated to the topic!

https://startrekmicroships.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_Bird-of-Prey_(Micro_Machines)

https://startrekmicroships.fandom.c...-of-Prey_(articulated_wings)_(Micro_Machines)

Nice!

 

[fireproof78]

Wish I had the VOY and spacedock shuttles

I have a voy one micro machines. I could send it

 

[JesterFace]

It was late 90s.. I had that 'Generations' Micro Machines set in my hand in a store with Enterprise-D with a separable saucer, why didn't I buy it. Dumb me.

 

[NCC-73515]

I have a voy one micro machines. I could send it

The VOY shuttle?

 

[fireproof78]

The VOY shuttle?

Yes, indeed. It's just sitting in storage right now.

 

[MAGolding]

It was late 90s.. I had that 'Generations' Micro Machines set in my hand in a store with Enterprise-D with a separable saucer, why didn't I buy it. Dumb me.

I have also asked myself the same type of question several times. And considering my finances, I have sometimes asked the opposite question "why did I buy that?".

 

[fireproof78]

I have also asked myself the same type of question several times. And considering my finances, I have sometimes asked the opposite question "why did I buy that?".

That is often my question to myself too

 

[NCC-73515]

Yes, indeed. It's just sitting in storage right now.

I'll write you

 

[captainjellico]

Happy Holidays everyone! I've just updated my Instagram page with some more figures - https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jMFd0FPIM/

Let me know your thoughts

 

[fireproof78]

Happy Holidays everyone! I've just updated my Instagram page with some more figures - https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jMFd0FPIM/

Let me know your thoughts

Really clean photography. Shows off the nice detailing on the figures.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Ah, Playmates action figures ... where everybody's phaser was set to "The Most Toys" transporter interrupted firing status.

And where random characters carried dylithium crystals.

 

[MK-Ultraman]

Looks like I'm super-late to this party, but I'm so stoked to see so many people fondly remembering Playmates Star Trek. They were (are) a near obsession for me as a kid. In Australia, we never even got all the figures (or had truncated waves released) so I went kinda nuts once I discovered eBay!

I maintain a tiny blog which attempts to preserve the visual pre-internet history of these toys (if anyone is interested)
http://upcloseandplastic.blogspot.com/

Oh and to the dude who built the custom ops playset - sweet jesus - that is a thing of beauty!!