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These shipping rates are atrocious (and I don’t think in this current climate they will get any better anytime soon), but I bit the bullet and just finally ordered my Tuvix today. 
I don’t know why, but owning a Tuvix action figure is just so damn funny to me for some reason. I genuinely like the character and the episode, so it won’t just be a joke item to me, but still, the fact that it’s this out-there concept of two characters being combined into one and that it’s an obscure one-off character that no-one outside of fandom will even remember makes it so funny.
I don’t know why, but owning a Tuvix action figure is just so damn funny to me for some reason. I genuinely like the character and the episode, so it won’t just be a joke item to me, but still, the fact that it’s this out-there concept of two characters being combined into one and that it’s an obscure one-off character that no-one outside of fandom will even remember makes it so funny.
I'm impressed every time I compare the figures to the on-screen characters
Guinan has a very detailed costume and hat, Tarchannenian Geordi I'll try to paint black between the veins, and Bashir looks pretty accurate to me, even his more wrinkled uniform
Her arms and hands are a little flimsy, but her face is great, and he is simply as good as it gets.
He comes with a pretty detailed mini tractor thingy and accurate cylinder bag! I only got him because of the cadet uniform (I wanna have all the uniforms), but am also really happy with his goodies. The face is not that accurate, but still a nice face. He can be a generic cadet
This one blows me away like Worf blew the dish
Based on concept art, so the helmet is not the final design, but I'll see what I can do with expanding the black parts a bit. So happy that the rifle has good colors and fits in his hand
Cochrane has a great face and hat, the costume is detailed and almost accurate. I'll put him up with my EM Phoenix
Guinan has a very detailed costume and hat, Tarchannenian Geordi I'll try to paint black between the veins, and Bashir looks pretty accurate to me, even his more wrinkled uniform
Her arms and hands are a little flimsy, but her face is great, and he is simply as good as it gets.
He comes with a pretty detailed mini tractor thingy and accurate cylinder bag! I only got him because of the cadet uniform (I wanna have all the uniforms), but am also really happy with his goodies. The face is not that accurate, but still a nice face. He can be a generic cadet
This one blows me away like Worf blew the dish
Based on concept art, so the helmet is not the final design, but I'll see what I can do with expanding the black parts a bit. So happy that the rifle has good colors and fits in his hand
Cochrane has a great face and hat, the costume is detailed and almost accurate. I'll put him up with my EM Phoenix
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I'm impressed every time I compare the figures to the on-screen characters
Guinan has a very detailed costume and hat, Tarchannenian Geordi I'll try to paint black between the veins, and Bashir looks pretty accurate to me, even his more wrinkled uniform
Her arms and hands are a little flimsy, but her face is great, and he is simply as good as it gets.
He comes with a pretty detailed mini tractor thingy and accurate cylinder bag! I only got him because of the cadet uniform (I wanna have all the uniforms), but am also really happy with his goodies. The face is not that accurate, but still a nice face. He can be a generic cadet
This one blows me away like Worf blew the dish
Based on concept art, so the helmet is not the final design, but I'll see what I can do with expanding the black parts a bit. So happy that the rifle has good colors and fits in his hand
Cochrane has a great face and hat, the costume is detailed and almost accurate. I'll put him up with my EM Phoenix
The likenesses vary, but Sarek is particularly excellent.
Old 2009 Spock is even better for the FC scene, they're more similar in size:
Gowron was not on my list before, but they had him at the flea market, and he looked much better in person. He also comes with a fierce little Targ that makes the same face ...and the spiked battle club seems so familiar to me, but where did it appear? Somewhere in the background?
Have Tosk already, never thought I'd need the hunter as well, but he also looked better in person and came with a pretty accurate gun (especially one with a good color!)
They had an early Riker as well, so now the early and the late one with their firing and blocking hands can play DS9 - The Rikering
And Neelix is pretty spot on as well (get it... spot on?)
"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Vulcan!"
"Beer, Wine, Champagne?" - "Just coffee, please."
And a cooking show I'd watch
Gowron was not on my list before, but they had him at the flea market, and he looked much better in person. He also comes with a fierce little Targ that makes the same face
...and the spiked battle club seems so familiar to me, but where did it appear? Somewhere in the background?
Have Tosk already, never thought I'd need the hunter as well, but he also looked better in person and came with a pretty accurate gun (especially one with a good color!)
They had an early Riker as well, so now the early and the late one with their firing and blocking hands can play DS9 - The Rikering
And Neelix is pretty spot on as well (get it... spot on?
)
"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Vulcan!"
"Beer, Wine, Champagne?" - "Just coffee, please."
And a cooking show I'd watch
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I recently did an action figure purge and only kept my Star Wars, Bab5 and Trek figures. Some of the Trek got the purge too for, reasons.. and now with the clear light of only a hundred or so figures I suddenly thought I may go completionist on Playmates Voy. I want to someday *gasp* open them. I want to J/7 them in happy, happy union. I want to finally acquire Threshold Paris. Yes..
I figure I will completionist Voy slowly and then move onto DS9 Playmates.
I figure I will completionist Voy slowly and then move onto DS9 Playmates.
Don't give them ideasWhy give them joints and mold and paint their backs if they just stay in the box?
My first customs:
Repaint of the helmet, chest plate, control panels, legs
Swapped legs and arms of the S2 and S3 Riker, and heads of the Cadet Riker, to make a S1 Riker with ripped arms and legs and give the S3 Riker unripped arms and legs (in terms of paint at least)
Painted all the brown parts of Tarchannen Geordi black, with dark blue around the veins, hoping to give them more of a 'glowing' look
In regular light, it looks great, the veins don't come through well with a phone camera though
But you can see that they even matched some of the veins with the real suit!
The painted custom version was supposed to look like the suits they made would look under regular light, and it kinda worked out (here's a reference pic from TrekCore)
Now I just need to find a pen with fluorescent ink...
Repaint of the helmet, chest plate, control panels, legs
Swapped legs and arms of the S2 and S3 Riker, and heads of the Cadet Riker, to make a S1 Riker with ripped arms and legs and give the S3 Riker unripped arms and legs (in terms of paint at least)
Painted all the brown parts of Tarchannen Geordi black, with dark blue around the veins, hoping to give them more of a 'glowing' look
In regular light, it looks great, the veins don't come through well with a phone camera though
But you can see that they even matched some of the veins with the real suit!
The painted custom version was supposed to look like the suits they made would look under regular light, and it kinda worked out (here's a reference pic from TrekCore)
Now I just need to find a pen with fluorescent ink...
Got a note from MR. They apologized for not putting figures up for pre-order last month but are holding some stuff up because of the Trump Tariffs.
They did announce the next figures will be Riker and Boimler but they didn’t give a pre-order date.
In addition I got a 2nd e-mail specifically about the tariff situation…
They did announce the next figures will be Riker and Boimler but they didn’t give a pre-order date.
In addition I got a 2nd e-mail specifically about the tariff situation…
Terratin all over again
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