And a phaser review:
EDIT:
And the Picard and Riker figures.
I don't love the collars and overall uniform cut on the TNG figures, otherwise decent.
Posted 21 September 2022 - 09:11 PM
And a phaser review:
EDIT:
And the Picard and Riker figures.
I don't love the collars and overall uniform cut on the TNG figures, otherwise decent.
Posted 22 September 2022 - 06:51 AM
Hello all!! So far I have purchased Spock, Data, Burnam, and Saru.... I hate to say this, but out of these four, Data is the weakest figure... He seems like he is in a different scale from the other 3. His head is very large and his hands seem small due to the odd proportions. I really like Spock and the two Discovery figues.
I haven't even seen the figures in person, but I got a sense somehow that Data was quite a bit larger than the others. Also, Khan seems a bit smallish.
Posted 22 September 2022 - 05:25 PM
Posted 22 September 2022 - 09:01 PM
The Enterprise isnt that impressive, especially not compared to DSTs. The underside of the secondary hull is particularly bad.
Seems far more toy like, which to be fair it is.
Honestly its better than I thought it would be.
Posted 24 September 2022 - 06:00 PM
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Posted 25 September 2022 - 09:17 PM
Oh nice. I hope that means La Sirena is next.
Ive not compared it side by side to the original classic playmates Enterprise, but this new ship feels down right huge next to the DST TOS Enterprise. This toy measures 18 inches long.
Glad to hear it passes your muster OAD. The original Playmates TOS Enterprise was fairly sizable itself so I think 18 inches is reasonable.
Posted 26 September 2022 - 07:40 AM
Posted 27 September 2022 - 10:50 AM
Generic packaging is part of what damaged the figure lineup in the 1990s with the 1996 common design and then the warp factor lineup. And what damaged other figure lines of the time as well.
Pmates itself said on multiple occasions that 70% of buyers are adult collectors who keep the figures in the packaging. 1992 might not have been the high point, but it was distinctive.
These new international variants don't represent a call back to the 1990s at all, which is perhaps not needed at all, but the nostalgia element isn't quite there. It could be ReAction or somebody else making these.
Posted 28 September 2022 - 08:27 AM
Posted 29 September 2022 - 01:22 PM
Gotta say, this debut is super weird because after a month of some US regions receiving figures, other US regions have still gotten zilch, but there are people on eBay selling the figures for $20-30 a pop.
I'm not in a hurry to overpay, and I know ::sigh:: the supply chain thing is an element, but daaang.
This rollout is actually very retro in a way, because in the 1990s the same thing tended to happen, but on an even grosser scale. But there wasn't eBay. So the whole experience of seeing empty store shelves is very retro.
Posted 29 September 2022 - 05:18 PM
I checked the Target near work and didnt see any figures.
Posted 29 September 2022 - 06:45 PM
Posted 29 September 2022 - 11:10 PM
Posted 30 September 2022 - 07:42 AM
I've been thru a handful of Targets and Walmarts in two states: Connecticut and Rhode Island. Nothing in either of them. But the stuff that's there is super old and is kind of a wreck, the toy aisles don't look like they get restocked much at all. (And everything is expensive).
Posted 30 September 2022 - 08:32 PM
Bad news, there is a video out there saying the Discovery ship is a fake. This debut is a let down.....how doesn't Walmart have anything yet, they partnered with Paramount+....you would think they should have been the first with the rollout
Do you have a link?
Posted 01 October 2022 - 07:04 PM
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