I believe the new figures have ball joints at every point except the wrists and waist, so they should have no trouble sitting normally.
For big ones, yes, but they still have smaller sets that are very popular, including the Tantive IV corridor, Emperor's Throne Room, and some sets from the Mandalorian. It's still possible, but a little more niche.
Yes, that's what prompted the discussion. I guess environments could be more basic cardboard backdrops etc. Fingers crossed for the Protostar bridge!
I remember those cardboard backdrops from the various collector's box sets. I had the TOS bridge one. Weren't there also special stands that came with those too? Like one had a piece of holodeck floor for the character to stand on? Even if that is what's meant as opposed to actual plastic playsets, that's still fun.
With today's techniques of 3d modeling, 3d scanning, and 3d printing could you imagine how detailed they'd be this time around?
Some of the promotional stuff for the new line showed a Protostar ship toy where the top of the saucer section flips out and has a small bridge on it. It was clearly a cardboard mockup, but it's likely the direction they're going.
Holy shit that sounds awesome!
Links, please!
It wasn't much to look at. It looked like they had just cut up some photos of the Enterprise-E into the shape of the Protostar as a mock-up. It was floating around Twitter when the Prodigy toys were first revealed. I've been trying to track it down but haven't had much luck.
Found it! It was posted by Trek Central: https://twitter.com/TheTrekCentral/status/1496849011931811840
Overly thick saucers are a Playmates tradition, dating back to 1996.
Depends on how much money they want to spend. Current run Micro Machines feel about the same as past releases, save for maybe slightly lighter weight materials, a little bit nicer detailing.
