McFarlane Toys Gets Entire Star Trek Licence!
#21
Posted 21 May 2017 - 06:55 PM
#22
Posted 21 May 2017 - 06:59 PM
The powers that be may just think that with Eaglemoss doing ships (of different scales) and McFarlane doing the figures and perhaps props, that there's no need for DST to be doing ships.
QMx are likely to remain doing high end replicas and gifts.
FanSets are going to be doing a line of Discovery pins.
I'm not really sure where DST would fit into this if I were a retailer or John Van Citters (head of CBS Consumer Products).
A lot of fans I imagine felt that Playmates not continuing with Star Trek meant that a lot of ships and figures went without being done.
Art Asylum stepped up and have given us a lot of product and a lot of ships in their time but they won't get to do everything so isn't this just the same thing?
#23
Posted 21 May 2017 - 07:05 PM
#24
Posted 21 May 2017 - 07:10 PM
If DST could be allowed to release their Reliant, Borg Figure, and TNG phaser, then move on from the license, I'd be much happier with it.
I love EM, but their jumbo ships aren't the same as what DST releases.
#25
Posted 21 May 2017 - 07:13 PM
#26
Posted 21 May 2017 - 07:23 PM
Kirk though I haven't bought yet. I don't really want to drop $70 on Mezco, and DST's Select Kirk figure doesn't interest me since he can't have a normal pose. Same applies for Spock.
If Macfarlane release a Kirk with a nice pose like some of their current Color Tops figures, I'd definitely be interested. Again, same applies for Spock.
IF the ship license leaves DST, and Macfarlane takes a crack at it, it'd have to be pretty amazing for me to replace any of my current DST ships.
Even EM's jumbos haven't interested me at this point. If/when they release Voyager, Defiant, Prometheus, or any of the Kelvin ships at that size it'd be a different story.
#27
Posted 21 May 2017 - 07:36 PM
The one thing that I think would be interesting is if they do the building sets like they did for TWD. Other than that I'm not really interested in 7" statues.
I'd rather see Mega Construx continue doing the building sets than McF.
I would love that, too. Could that have been what Mega was trying to tell you (was it you, 1701D?) when they said "wait and see when Discovery comes out?" It could also have been a polite, legal way of expressing "...*some*one will probalby make you some more sets"...
They are hitting the construction sets big, I have Rick & Morty and South Park sets on preorder and they are going to be doing Stephen Universe, too. I have some of the Walking Dead sets. Star Trek McFarlane construction sets would be AWESOME.
Figures, on the other hand...not sure how to feel. The smaller articulated line might be OK if they do a run of those...statues, I don't need/want. Might hold off buying any TOS/TNG until we see if they will actually give us the characters DST never would...
But on the whole, I'm glad to see DST losing at least some, if not all, of the stranglehold on things.
#28
Posted 21 May 2017 - 08:14 PM
One can only hope that Mega are involved in Star Trek's future as from what I can tell, their 50th Anniversary sets were really well received.
McFarlane sets look alright but they lack the design style of construction sets that Mega and Lego have and to me that kind of defeats the purpose so if that's what we get, I'll pass.
I'd probably put a figure of Michael Burnham down on my Christmas list and then keep her on my TV stand.
It's if they do something cool with Star Trek that will get me interested in it. Art Asylum hooked me back in 2001 with their Enterprise line as I'd never seen toys that detailed.
Mega hooked me with their massive Enterprise and honestly because of that Enterprise and the rest of their Star Trek sets, that's hooked me onto Lego again for the first time since I was a kid.
Saturn V will be sat right next to my Enterprise and if rumours are true, a $600 Millennium Falcon will be sat next to them both come Christmas time... I've not got the time or the money to be spending on McFarlane.
So I'm hoping that the cryptic responses I've got from both John Van Citters and Mega Construx are signs that something from them is coming... my fingers are crossed
#29
Posted 21 May 2017 - 08:29 PM
#30
Posted 21 May 2017 - 09:55 PM
Shartimus Prime etc... The Halo and Mass Effect figures look decent, the Walking Dead figures less so as they lack the articulation.
Saw a couple of reviews for their building sets and it's a definite pass if that's what we get. Not my cup of tea. Covering all of the studs defeats the purpose of doing building sets and the mini figures look silly.
Honestly if Mega Construx isn't to be and I decide that I like the 7 inch Kirk and Picard, and they are better versions than the DST Select figures; more aticulation, better sculpt, detail and quality then I'd rather just have the figure than a huge display base.
As a spectator right now, I'm not surprised it's gone to McFarlane Toys. The truth is that diamond select have been ridiculous in getting anything out to consumers in a timely manner. there's way too much time between releases and people have ultimately lost interest and moved on or just given up.
#31
Posted 22 May 2017 - 12:47 AM
#32
Posted 22 May 2017 - 03:00 AM
I really hope DST is allowed to continue with the electronic ships.
#33
Posted 22 May 2017 - 05:38 AM
#34
Posted 22 May 2017 - 07:05 AM
As DST have basically had Star Trek on life support for years, I don't mind McFarlane taking over the figures. Yes, I'd rather have NECA. But I got a couple Color Tops figures from Titanfall and Gears of War and they are nicely done. But they are basically statues. That being said, the Jareth figure is supposed to have quite a bit more articulation, so it's possible. I think, looking at the clearance sales on all their statue figures, they must have learned the lesson that the market really doesn't want plastic statues. They want more articulation. I'll miss the cool dioramas DST provided, but they really only seemed interested in providing those for TOS-related figures.
That being said, I would have liked DST to retain the roleplay and ship license. It mentions McFarlane taking over roleplay. I do wonder about the ships. Even though they come out at a snail's pace, I was hoping we'd keep seeing new releases from them. That being said, nothing has even been hinted about roleplay-wise after the TNG phaser. So maybe they were winding down any way.
#35
Posted 22 May 2017 - 07:23 AM
#36
Posted 22 May 2017 - 07:38 AM
That being said, I would have liked DST to retain the roleplay and ship license. It mentions McFarlane taking over roleplay. I do wonder about the ships. Even though they come out at a snail's pace, I was hoping we'd keep seeing new releases from them. That being said, nothing has even been hinted about roleplay-wise after the TNG phaser. So maybe they were winding down any way.
The best possible scenario I can see is that McFarlane makes new figures and role play and DST is allowed to keep making ships and with the figures and tek off their plate they can get a better schedule going with the ships. I dont really have a problem with McFarlane toys getting the trek license but I dont really collect figures or Tek so its kind of a moot point for me. Now if they decide to do ships Ok but as others have pointed out I already have a classic Enterprise and E-D and was looking forward to other ships from DST.
I at least hope that the Reliant is still in the bag.
#37
Posted 22 May 2017 - 08:48 AM
Maybe DST will go after the license for Orville now.
#38
Posted 22 May 2017 - 09:08 AM
AA/DST gave us many years of great figures back in the 2000's and I'll still miss those. I hope they can keep making the ships. But if this means we might get some more DS9 and Voyager figures I think it's great that McFarlane got the license. More than 1 figure a year would be cool, too.
#39
Posted 22 May 2017 - 10:25 AM
#40
Posted 22 May 2017 - 10:55 AM
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