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[Artistix]

Okay last time I try to start a new thread, you can find a more positive outlook in a nursing home.

Awwww.....Lwaxanalover!!!


As people have told me many times before, it is fine for us to bring our optimism to the board, but someone else really does need to offer a different viewpoint...thats what makes forums interesting.

People are not trying to destroy our hopes, but merely offer an alternative idea....even if it's not what we want to hear.

[LwaxanaLover]

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[TheHSBR]

I believe this is great news. If the line is selling well there really canbe no justification for not making more figures!! I hope the trend continues for DS9 because that means we are almost certainly going to see Voyager figures!

[LwaxanaLover]

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[Artistix]

At least ya didn't tell me to calm down LL

No, I don't need you flying to Australia to punch me in the back of the head!

I think it's just getting started!!!! LL

What is LL?

And I hope you are right. I've had my fingers crossed for this line for a while now...& I will continue to do so.

I want it to do well for DST & for all of us.....& for all the actors in Trek who are yet to be made in such awesome form.

[Goro]

I like the line but I hope there will be yet again another line by a different company, hopefully Playmates, in the future. This line is just too big (size/scale wise) for me.

[The_Donster]

I think LL is a abbreviation of LwaxanaLover Artistix From what I've gathered from some of my local comic shops, DST requires them to order by the case when it comes to Series 3. So it's probable no different for Rick, since he has a store front, as well as the online store doesn't he? Anyway, back to what I was saying While they can order the Preview exclusive stuff individually(like Lore), to get Barclay, they have to order by the cases. So this frustrates some of the less collectible comic shops in my area Which could explain some of the sales not meeting expectation that DST was commenting about Hopefully though, this is good news for DST and their partners though, as I would love to see a Voyager line eventually

[knightone]

I like the line but I hope there will be yet again another line by a different company, hopefully Playmates, in the future. This line is just too big (size/scale wise) for me.

Another company wouldn't have to get the license to give us smaller figures. A year or two ago, AA was going to make 4" Trek figures for a Japanese company and DST was going to be the US distributor for them. The project fell through, but that doesn't mean it won't be eventually resurrected or that a similar project can't come out of DST in the future.

[LwaxanaLover]

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[slayerone76]

The one ray of hope I have about the size of AA/DST's figures is this... Buffy figures are pretty much the same size and they have a library playset ...

They are? The Trek figures seem to tower over the Buffy ones.

I am taking comfort in the product we are getting. Chuck has said, time and again, that DST doesn't like to leave any line unfinished. Although I would argue that DST dropped the basic 6" Buffy line with plenty of options still remaining. I think we will see most, if not all, of our favorite main cast characters from all the series and a few extras to boot. Like it or not, the days of Playmates glory is over. I know I don't like it. I think sales would be the same even if the scale were smaller. I personally like the bigger look and feel of these figures. I think they can do a lot more with the sculpt when its bigger.

[TheHSBR]

The problem with redoing the same scale is you run into people who would refuse to buy the same figure in the same scale. Granted at first I didnt like this new scale but Ive gotten used to it. From a customizers standpoint this line in interchangeable with many other lines as well. The Playmates line was nearly impossible to find good heads and such.

[pickard]

I know, I know. I've seen them say it to ya before... I guess I just didn't realize how many "glass half empty" people there are out there At least ya didn't tell me to calm down LL

If I say the glass is half-empty, that doesn't necessarily make me a "glass half empty" person. If the glass really is half-empty, that observation may just mark me as an honest observer and a realist.

LL, the glass isn't full. By any definition, but most importantly by DST's own evaluation, the line isn't a great hit. Chuck has said repeatedly that sales of the TNG line have been disappointing.

DST is having a hard time finding retailers to carry certain exclusives, something that wasn't an issue with the first two waves. Rick may be ordering more, but it seems like he's the only one. And let's not forget that Rick and DST had to arrange for the exclusive Data just to move the Riker/Troi two-packs he wasn't selling otherwise.

That's not to say that the line won't rebound (though the lesser popularity of DS9 & VOY makes that unlikely) or that it won't continue for many years to come. (Buffy's still going.) It's just that some of us are tempering our enthusiasm and expectations based on these facts.

[LwaxanaLover]

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[pickard]

I hope you get your Ens. Jaxa figure, too, LL.

She was in two of the very best TNG episodes.

[LwaxanaLover]

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[knightone]

To my knowledge, Jackson is not a Bajoran name.

[Artistix]

I love your Majel montage but where is the Daughter of the 5th house, Holder of the sacred Chalice of Rixx, and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed? Where's number one? Where's the love? In case you didn't notice the picture on my avatar(?) is Playmates prototype for Lwaxana... those beautiful earrings... they never had a chance LL

It is more a Chapel focus. Though ofcourse I want to see all of Majels characters in AA/DST form.

I personally like the bigger look and feel of these figures. I think they can do a lot more with the sculpt when its bigger.

I'm a fan of the scale as well. Though it would be nice to see little 3 3/4" figures...like the awesome Potter ones coming out soon. The smaller the scale, the greater the possibilty of cooler, larger inclusions with the figures & ofcourse....playsets.
http://www.trektoy.c...p?showtopic=634

I hope you get your Ens. Jaxa figure, too, LL.

It would be nice to see an S7 female in gold. I think she would look great on Troi's body.
I wouldn't mind seeing the two fella's from the episode as well for some crew building. Think their names were Sam Lavelle &.....was it that Vorik guy from Voyager?

[knightone]

I think he was played by the same guy, but I believe the name of the character he played in the episode was Taurik, or something like that. It's like the Tom Paris/Nick Locarno thing.

[pickard]

Yeah, Taurik and Vorik were both played by Alex Enberg, son of Voyager creator and producer, Jeri Taylor.

She said at one point that the two characters were twins, but there's no canonical evidence to support that.

(I was just reading about all this at Memory Alpha a few days ago, coincidentally.)

[pickard]

Taurik & Vorik