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#1 Morgan

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Posted 26 August 2022 - 06:23 PM

Besides the US and Canadian packaging for single packs, a number of Star Trek Micro Machines were also released in Japan in boxes of this type, which was pretty common for small toys of all types in the country, as they often sat stacked on store shelves, instead of pegs.

 

 

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The variety was confined to the "early" era of the Galoob line, so there weren't ships like the Defiant, Farragut, Sisko's sailing ship, etc, even though that would have been pretty amusing to see.

 

The singles packs that we got in the US and Canada are pretty much what the selection was with these Japanese-market single packs.

 

One cool thing about these is that they can be opened non-destructively and resealed, though in practice this probably didn't happen too often.

 

 

 

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#2 Morgan

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Posted 13 March 2024 - 11:44 AM

Here's the ol' 1701 in Japanese packaging. These do not come up for sale often, so it's always a treat to see these just appear briefly.

 

I think these were waaay cooler than the single packs the US got, primarily for drug stores I might add, though I can see why the US was not given this particular option: It can't really sit on a peg, and it's also not as flashy.

 

This line did not extend to the later DS9 and Voyager lines, so you won't see, for example, a Defiant or Farragut in one of these boxes. Which is kind of a shame. I wonder if Japan got the later waves at all. 

 

 

 

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Note the individual stickers/print on the front that identify the ship.



#3 MisterPL

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Posted Yesterday, 01:09 PM

You just know someone tried offering these in blind boxes at some point.






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