That Reliant Transformer is incredible!
I know, my jaw hit the floor when I saw that. The saddest part is that, according to the information that was shared here last year, Hasbro is (was?) effectively CBS Inc.'s "master toy licensee" for Star Trek, which means we could have, and more importantly should have seen officially licensed merchandise in that very style. (Hasbro already crossed Star Wars and Transformers, so I don't see why they couldn't do the same thing for Trek. Paramount produces the films for both franchises, so it's just more money in both of their pockets.) A crossover line like that might have kept the barely existant Into Darkness line from somehow performing worse than the Trek XI line from Playmates, which at least had a somewhat prominent retail presence.
As for the photo shared by FHC, the funniest thing about that bootleg is that it's actually using the official ST:TNG logo and title from German television. (When the show originally aired in Germany, the title was localized and changed to "Starship Enterprise," although I seem to remember reading that it was eventually released as "Star Trek" without the localization. I know this was referenced in one of the official Star Trek magazines, but I can't remember which one. It might have been "Communicator," but don't quote me on that.) If the toy didn't claim to be a "King Kong Space Gun," I might believe that it was an actual licensed product for the German market.
