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Post by The Doctor on Nov 21, 2008 19:58:01 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 21, 2008 20:14:15 GMT
As you know I've been buying in a lot of the early Tomart issues I was missing and there's lots of Playmats Trek in there. That was a good line until the poo Generations figures, the 1701 series and producing figures an inch taller killed it.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 1, 2008 0:04:59 GMT
What's the best rang of Star Trek toys then? Are there figs from the original series? And if so, what size are they? (not sure if I'd go for 6 inch in order to fight Marvel Legends, or 3 3/4 inch to fight MP TFs and Clone Troopers! Oh gosh!)
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Post by Hero on Dec 1, 2008 0:35:24 GMT
I'll be watching to see if these new figures from Playmates turn out to be good or not, because it could explain the recent poor treatment of the TMNT Franchise if all the attention and focus went into this. It would be sad to see any more products head down the Cowabunga Carl van territory (and as Nick said, TRU can;t shift those things.).
If this upcoming Trek line and the Terminator stuff both end up bad, it will show that Playmates have really plummeted in general and not just with TMNT.
Basically, I have little faith in Playmates at the moment. I hope Trekkies get treated better.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 1, 2008 11:20:12 GMT
The joy of MEGO Star Trek:
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Jan 26, 2009 12:57:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 26, 2009 13:11:44 GMT
The characters look very unhappy to be turned into plastic.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Jan 26, 2009 14:30:08 GMT
Playmates have gotten lazy in general.
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Post by Nigel on Jan 26, 2009 18:17:05 GMT
Hmm. Could have been better, but not too bad; they seem to be placed somewhere between realism and the cartoonish sculpting of their 1990s Trek figures. I do like the Scotty figure, it's like something out of some "Shaun of the Dead: ten years later" comic. The bridge is impressive.
I actually placed my order for Trek stock a few days ago. I didn't go overboard, ordering the 3.75" figures with a small number of the playsets, role play and vehicles, not bothering with the 6" and 12" figures; they're mostly due in May, same as the Revenge of the Fallen toys, so I couldn't allocate too much of the budget to them.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 31, 2009 21:18:49 GMT
Oh! I like the Bridge playset! Do they still call 'em playsets?
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 31, 2009 21:19:09 GMT
What size are these figs?
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Post by Nigel on Feb 1, 2009 14:24:18 GMT
The pictured figures are 3.75" and 12" (those with the cloth garments). There is also a 6" range. The bridge playset is for the 3.75" figures; the floor piece that was displayed at Toy Fair was different to that pictured, being a folded vinyl mat rather than a flat piece. There are nice spaceships, at least one small vehicle for the 6" figures and a role play series. Of the role play, there is a phaser that looks hideous (cheap chromed plastic tat), though the deluxe version is better (die cast with lights and sounds); there is a tricorder and communicator, of which I thought one was nice and one was in-between the nice one and the phaser; there is also a utility belt to hold all three roleplay toys.
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Post by Shockprowl on Feb 2, 2009 10:13:06 GMT
Looks good! Thanks, Nige!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2009 22:12:30 GMT
FPG had a big display of the new Star Trek toys today. They...to be honest they look like Poundland specials and I'm being serious. The figures have poor paint apps, poor articulation and look they will break on the card. The Enterprise ship is light as a feather. The phaser looks really cheap.
Worst of all is the Bridge Playset, which was displayed out of package. The package boasts it comes with a 'playmat'!. Well, it needs a playmat. The playmat is the floor of the Bridge. Or rather, it is a piece of very thin plastic...well napkin. It had been taped to the shop floor to stop it rolling up. The actual Bridge itself is not a full Bridge. It contains only bits of the Bridge sitting on top of the mat and is mostly empty. Some of the plastic was clearly chipped/broken. The viewscreen card picture seemed ill-fitted for the viewscreen frame. The set comes with one figure which looks like it would break if ever played with. It beggers belief this is a toy from 2009.
A shoddier toy launch line-up I have not seen in quite some time. The line has 'cheap disposable we'll-maybe-get-3-waves' written all over it.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 22, 2009 6:43:09 GMT
I saw the figures. They are TINY in huge packaging.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2009 10:25:48 GMT
I pity retailers having to hawk these things!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 22, 2009 10:39:44 GMT
That sounds pretty piss poor.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2009 20:49:20 GMT
£4 each in Asda today
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2009 20:52:32 GMT
Wow! They've dropped in price already and the line is a week old!
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on May 5, 2009 14:34:15 GMT
FPG had a big display of the new Star Trek toys today. They...to be honest they look like Poundland specials and I'm being serious. The figures have poor paint apps, poor articulation and look they will break on the card. The Enterprise ship is light as a feather. The phaser looks really cheap. Worst of all is the Bridge Playset, which was displayed out of package. The package boasts it comes with a 'playmat'!. Well, it needs a playmat. The playmat is the floor of the Bridge. Or rather, it is a piece of very thin plastic...well napkin. It had been taped to the shop floor to stop it rolling up. The actual Bridge itself is not a full Bridge. It contains only bits of the Bridge sitting on top of the mat and is mostly empty. Some of the plastic was clearly chipped/broken. The viewscreen card picture seemed ill-fitted for the viewscreen frame. The set comes with one figure which looks like it would break if ever played with. It beggers belief this is a toy from 2009. A shoddier toy launch line-up I have not seen in quite some time. The line has 'cheap disposable we'll-maybe-get-3-waves' written all over it. -Ralph Well, I did warn you in my Toy Fair write up the other month. The role play toys have actually been selling well for me. (The phasers were the first to go, despite being the worst of the three.) Not so for the figures, though - so far I've sold four figures from three cases (12 figures per case). Uhura's sold out. Hopefully, I'll sell more after the film comes out this week. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 7, 2009 11:41:45 GMT
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Post by blueshift on May 7, 2009 11:58:13 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2009 12:13:46 GMT
The Wave 1 figures don't, though!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 7, 2009 15:40:38 GMT
Have you opened one up ? Cos the article I link to is pretty sure they do.
Or have the UK missed out again ?
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2009 17:06:59 GMT
The Star Trek figures arrived in the local ASDA* today (half-price of RRP, ouch). There are no Bridge bits included, only stands for the figures.
According to our very own Kayevcee, using his advanced toyshop knowledge, the figures with Bridge parts are wave 2.
-Ralph
*First new toys in there for almost 2 months!
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 8, 2009 11:24:06 GMT
You're right, no bridge bits.
BOGOF in Tru, working out at 3.50 a figure
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 14, 2010 15:59:43 GMT
Asda were selling off their remaining Star Trek figures at 89p each ! Walked off with Kirk & Scotty.
If anyone see the uniformed versions of McCoy, Spock, Sulu, Chekov or Uhura OR the original Spock at that price I'll gladly give them a home.
Similarly if anyone wants a Scotty, Kirk or cadet figure, then yell.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 12, 2010 12:11:39 GMT
Both Spocks in TRU for £1.50 each !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 8, 2010 11:13:39 GMT
In my box from BBTS yesterday I receieved the Mattel versions of the refitted Enterprise, the Enterprise-D and the Reliant. I can't stop playing with the Reliant and turning it upside down. Now I know it should have been that was up all along it looks so much better. And the D does the saucer seperation ! If you're tempted BBTS has them for $9.79, $8 & $5 respectively which is far better than the £18 model zone in Kingston was asking. |
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Post by Hero on Dec 8, 2010 20:06:33 GMT
My nearest Poundstretcher was trying to shift them for 99p a week or so back. I will check in when I can and have a look.
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