Hasbro doing Star Trek toys in 2013...
#1
Posted 10 February 2012 - 08:50 AM
Looks like Hasbro got the Trek license!
Hasbro launching Star Trek toys in 2013!
Sallah
#2
Posted 10 February 2012 - 08:59 AM
We have all been asking for it and it here. I cant wait to see what they do with the license.
#3
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:04 AM
We have all been asking for it and it here. I cant wait to see what they do with the license.
I just really hope the action figure range (if any) extends to more than just the new film.
I would LOVE a 3.75" TOS line in the same vein as the current "vintage" Star Wars line.
Sallah
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:19 AM
#5
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:22 AM
I totally did not expect this
And I was trying to get people to petition Lego about doing Trek
HOOORAY!
#6
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:35 AM
This is very exciting!
#7
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:39 AM
...And "kreo" building block vehicles, like this:
Not something that really appeals to me, but I know my nephews will go mad for them.
#8
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:40 AM
I would LOVE a 3.75" TOS line in the same vein as the current "vintage" Star Wars line.
Sallah
I would be happy if it were like the Vintage Star Wars line or The 30th anniversary GI Joe line. Both are the best of the lines for their respective franchises and I can see Star Trek being done just as great.
#9
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:43 AM
...And "kreo" building block vehicles, like this:
Not something that really appeals to me, but I know my nephews will go mad for them.
Thats not all they have said they were doing.
Check out the press release here TNI
This line in particular was interesting "Among its additional new play experiences, Hasbro will also offer robust line of roleplay toys for kids and fans to act out the intergalactic saga as well as select new figures."
#10
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:45 AM
That is probably all they are cleared to announce at the moment. Probably waiting for the actual reveal at Toy Fair... or they have to keep the figure line under wraps until closer to the film's release.
I have no doubt that they will do figures based on the new film. It's the other incarnations of the franchise that will interest me...
Sallah
#11
Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:35 PM
Besides, in addition to the JJ-verse (which naturally lends itself to concurrent TOS toys if marketed right) there will be the TNG Blu-Ray releases which will help re-awaken the TNG audience and having toys available will help TNG-Trekkies get their kids into it. DS9, VOY, and ENT are harder sells...but if they get folks hooked on the license, then adding these casts are easier to do.
I'm excited to see what comes next...and whether or not they acknowledge the lines that have come before them. Not excited at ALL about the KRE-O stuff...but otherwise...should be fun!
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 12:54 PM
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 03:03 PM
#14
Posted 10 February 2012 - 03:32 PM
It'll take the William Shatner/Carrie Fisher back and forth to a whole new scale/level!
And the fact Playmates dropped right after the first movie toy wave still kinda cheeses me off too!
-cs™
#15
Posted 10 February 2012 - 04:01 PM
If Hasbro's 2008 Indiana Jones toyline is any indication of their marketing strategy, they will prepare three or four waves, and piggyback on the new movie with a new wave of figures every couple months. Probably a few from TOS and a few from TNG or the TNG movies. I just hope the Star Trek line doesn't get cancelled as fast as the Indiana Jones line was! It'll be Hasbro and so the line will probably feature a couple really cool mid-sized "aggressive" vehicles, and one underwhelming, kind of weak playset. Surely they'll make a bridge? I expect that whatever shuttle design is featured in the next movie will be released with firing "photon torpedo" missiles and light up phaser banks. Maybe whoever Benedict Cumberbatch is playing (Khan?) will fly a starfighter or "aggressive" shuttle of some kind...
But another thing Hasbro does really well is pre-school figures. The "Jedi-Force" Millennium Falcon is awesome. I predict the "Imaginext" line will be where we'll find the full USS Enterprise playset...
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 04:50 PM
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#19
Posted 10 February 2012 - 07:52 PM
Okay ...I'm getting ahead of myself ...but a boy can dream cant he? lol
The other good thing about Hasbro ...they have their own factories !!! The turn around time from prototype to produced product is A LOT faster than most companies !!
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 07:57 PM
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