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Zodou

Member Since 20 Sep 2008
Offline Last Active Feb 01 2022 09:00 PM
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In Topic: Here we go again... Playmates is back in the Trek business!

01 February 2022 - 08:50 PM

This seems like an odd way to re-introduce a toy line, by releasing a bunch of stuff people already have and in better forms; nearly ignoring every current Trek series. I mean, I'm not a fan of new Trek, but it would make the most sense to start there given that's what's the most fresh in people's minds. I know the original Playmates line was bought primarily by adult collectors, but do they really think kids are going to be racing out to buy a phaser and Enterprise from a 50+ year old tv show? I know they're iconic, but are they still in demand by the people who'd be buying props/ships. Odd choices overall. Although, I understand some of the figure choices; freshening up old classics. As a collector, I'd buy a toy of the Protostar before I'd buy a toy of the TOS Enterprise as I've got a dozen replicas of the TOS E. But I don't have a Protostar, because no one's made it yet. They dropped the ball.

 

Post script: The phaser is s straight up re-release of their awful, inaccurate 90's version. (minus screw and speaker holes) No excuse for that, there's so much reference out there, this is just a cheap, cost-saving move that suggest their confidence (Or lack thereof) in the line.


In Topic: Top 5 Figures You Want to See in the Relaunched Lineup

01 February 2022 - 08:18 PM

Matt Decker. That's the only one that was missing for me; surprising that they didn't do it back in the day. They did Captain Dathon, but not commodore Decker?