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#1 Artistix

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 03:59 AM

Playmates included a lot of accessories with their figures...from phasers to typewriters, pain sticks to 3D chessboards, ultrasonic neutralizers to amphibian Janeway!

What were some of your favourites from 4.5", 9" & 12"?

4.5"
Sisko's clock thing was nice
Gorns cannon
The Dax worm
Gold press Latinum!
Dabo wheel
Build-A-V'ger
Trelanes Mirror
Betazoid gift box
COTEOF Spocks primitive computer & tubes
Klingon Targ
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Bat'leth
Insurrection cannon thing
Borg alcove
All the Sherlock Holmes/Watson gear


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Posted 31 August 2011 - 04:05 AM

AGT Picard's vintner's equipage? Tres bon ... tres blue! biggrin.gif

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 10:36 AM

I love the little Enterprise that comes with Q lol

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 06:04 PM

Both the 4.5" & 9" Harry Kim came with a Polaric Generator. The 9" version was really nice with it's painted detail.

Would you include the DS9 6" Station Figures as accessories? If so than they were awesome. Even made of cardboard mine are still in good condition. Though they are in need of some sticky tape.

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 07:37 PM

i used to be very fond of the little computers that came with them, and i love the bases they stand upon.
also, i love the tricorders and phasers.
but my fave is prolly the Bat'lef, i just wish they came in STEEL colors, not Purple and pink. it's really strange to see a klingon with a neon weapon. My friend Lee painted one, and it didn't go well because the material was flexible which made the paint not really able to dry.

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Posted 07 September 2011 - 02:04 AM

I painted a 4.5" TNG figures tricorder. From memory I even painted little gold details on it!

Actually, it must have been dress uniform Geordi's tricorder as he has silver paint on his fingers.

I was soo happy when I finally managed to get silver versions of the tricorders, hyposprays etc.

I believe they always painted phasers? Except for the Voyager line.

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Posted 07 September 2011 - 03:53 AM

i heard there is a certain paint to use. he used model paints. he had this awesome set up for models he'd build with 3 big tables and even the spray machine. but he normally did star ships and terminator and etc.

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 02:12 PM

Sorry to dig this up but I thought I'd list my favourite 4.5 inch (as that is the only Playmates size I collect) accessories at the moment (as I have still have 97 left to get).

. Genesis torpedo
. Genesis Control Box
. Dax worm
. Bat'leth
. Mek'leth
. TOS Communicators
. Orbs
. O'Brien's Cello
. Latinum
. Odo's Bucket
. Bajoran Phaser
. Trelane's mirror
. TOS, TNG, DS9, and VOY Desktop computers
. Dix's Lampshade
. The Cage Phaser Cannon
. Phaser Rifle
. Targ
. Zek's Cane
. TOS and TNG tricorders
. Geordi's Visor and head scanner
. The Traveller

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 04:04 PM

The ones that immediately come to mind...

- Q's miniature Enterprise
- Wesley's cylindrical duffel bag (I've always wanted one for myself)
- All the different color dilithium crystal pieces (I would set them up on the table like an environment for an away team)
- Romulan disruptor (one of the coolest weapon designs)
- Gowron's Targ

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 08:39 PM

4.5" line:

Q's Enterprise and mace-staff
Dax's symbiont
T&T O'Brien's classic engineering tool
Sisko's Orb ark
Kira's Bajoran phaser
Odo's Bucket
Quark's Gold pressed latinum bars
Chakotay's medicine bundle (although the colors were horrible)
Janeway's desktop display (again, horrible colors)


6" line:
Obrien's station of the Defiant
Dax's helm of the Defiant
Worf's Bat'leth

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Posted 25 March 2013 - 04:23 AM

Agreed, O'Brien's classic engineering tool was amazing!

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Posted 25 March 2013 - 10:02 AM

I had completely forgotten about O'Brien's engineering tool, the Romulan disrupter (even better when you slice that beam of), Chuckles medicine bundle and Q's Enterprise. The engineering tool went straight to Scotty though, but Q still has his Enterprise. A few others I'd forgot

TNG phaser
Vulcan Harp
Jem'Hadar Rifle
TOS Laser
Klingon Painstik
Lore's engineering kit (in silver at last!)
TWOK phaser
Borg alcove
Poloron emitter
Cardy Rifle and Phaser
Cardy Isolenier Rods

and I've got a 3D Chess set in the 1701 pack coming soon so I may have to add that one.
My plan now however is to start to paint some of these, as my Jem'Hadar don't look very Jem'Hadarish with bright pink rifles...

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Posted 26 March 2013 - 03:15 AM

QUOTE (Redshirt#7 @ Mar 25 2013, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
My plan now however is to start to paint some of these, as my Jem'Hadar don't look very Jem'Hadarish with bright pink rifles...


LOL Same here. I also liked Pike's Phaser quite a lot.

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Posted 27 March 2013 - 10:10 PM

I never understood why PM chose such unrelated colors for the accessories to begin with. I mean, I understand the cost effectiveness of simply forming a colored plastic piece instead of painstakingly painting them after the fact. But why choose hot pink, bright orange, neon green, etc. instead of the silver, black, etc. colors that were closer to the original item. Granted a LOT of them would've been silver/grey, but I don't see how that would have been a bad thing.

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 07:08 AM

QUOTE (Wildcard @ Mar 28 2013, 04:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I never understood why PM chose such unrelated colors for the accessories to begin with. I mean, I understand the cost effectiveness of simply forming a colored plastic piece instead of painstakingly painting them after the fact. But why choose hot pink, bright orange, neon green, etc. instead of the silver, black, etc. colors that were closer to the original item. Granted a LOT of them would've been silver/grey, but I don't see how that would have been a bad thing.


I 100% agree with this, my Playmates accessory box looks like a rainbow. Its a shame as well because some have got fantastic detail, but with the hot pink its repulsive.
I got a few more figures in the post and, in addition to my previous posts I've got a few more to add:

Lurpa (Mine where surprisingly straight)
3D Chess
Dax's Klingon Dagger
Dixon Hill Data's Champagne bottle (one I had forgot)

Also, I've ended up using AA's Classic Phasers and Electronic Clip boards for my Playmates 4.5 inchers , as they are more in scale than the Playmates Classic Phasers. They do need a bit of Blu Tack (or as it is called in the US, Poster tack) though.

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 09:01 AM

The Kazon's rifle and standard weapon are sculpted pretty well.

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 11:23 AM

Oh... the 4.5" Voyager compression rifles are nice also...especially the ones molded in silver.

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Posted 29 March 2013 - 06:14 PM

I have noticed that many of the non weapon accessories like computer modules work well with the 1/18 scale figures too. I think maybe they were deliberately made just a bit too small to conserve plastic or some such thing, which makes them perfect for the smaller figures.

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Posted 05 April 2013 - 01:50 AM


Did we mention Tribbles? I still have them out on display!

The 9" Classic Tricorders were fantastic. I don't own any of the 12" Classic crew, but I'm sure their tricorders were great too.

QUOTE (Wildcard @ Mar 28 2013, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I never understood why PM chose such unrelated colors for the accessories to begin with. I mean, I understand the cost effectiveness of simply forming a colored plastic piece instead of painstakingly painting them after the fact. But why choose hot pink, bright orange, neon green, etc. instead of the silver, black, etc. colors that were closer to the original item. Granted a LOT of them would've been silver/grey, but I don't see how that would have been a bad thing.


Probably so the toys would seem more appealing to kids. Kids like bright colours & some of the figures wore a lot of black.

I would have preferred everything in gray or silver too.


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Posted 09 April 2013 - 02:03 AM

OH! I forgot the tirbbles and O'Brien's cello too!




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