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[TrekCollector01]

I am still collecting the Playmates line myself.

I have quite a few figures left to go, but I am getting there.

I was lucky enough to find a few people on these forums & Playtrek who wanted to sell off a lot of their Playmates collection.

I don't think anything could come to close to the feeling back in the day when the Playmates line was in it's early stages....but it's still a very warm & fuzzy feeling to finally own something you've been aiming at buying for the last 10 years!

Which don't you have?

[TrekCollector01]

I just began collecting last year. Its not entirely hopeless...its just difficult.

[TrekCollector01]

just missing the folowing:
POG Dathon, Lwaxana, sarak
Non US Thomas riker
US Beverley from generations
Save Enterprise tucker (I'm looking for this oen so if one of you has a spare
and Galoob data.
teh rest are save in my collection

You need exactly what I need...just kidding. I need alot more.

[TrekCollector01]

From the old Trek Toy website



This is the Playmates " Mail away Sisko". This figure earned it's name from the fact that you had to purchase a Deep Space Nine : Crossroads in Time video game and from that, you could mail in a offer to get him. Only 4000 of these were made and did not come with any accessories. It was shipped in a plain plastic bag,

Could you tell me where I could get a cheap crossroads in time figure?

[TrekCollector01]

this one is rare



Not this one which is very common, oh the details.

Is that top figure a European version?

[TheHSBR]

I belive its an australian version. Im not sure if it had a wide release in europe if at all. I know i bought mine on ebay from an aussie.

[TrekCollector01]

I belive its an australian version. Im not sure if it had a wide release in europe if at all. I know i bought mine on ebay from an aussie.

Interesting.

[data_2006]

Is that top figure a European version?

No thats the normal version, the european version has an extra bl.ock on it stateing its the special european version:

[FHC]

It also says in the bottom right corner, Ban Dai.

[data_2006]

It also says in the bottom right corner, Ban Dai.

Oh yeah that too (totaly did not noticed it untill reading your post)

[TheHSBR]

From the pic up above it looked like the FC/Nem version to me (for some reason it looked grey). I got that version of Bev from an aussie. The generations version I dont have. Sorry!

[FHC]

Oh yeah that too (totaly did not noticed it untill reading your post)

no problem I have a few years in at looking every little difference in the packaging.


To answer the question of the topic,

No now is the best time ever. You can buy huge collections for chump change on the dollar for what someone like, me paid for each figure, from a department store, plus sales tax.

if you want to collect something cool that was made by Art Asylum but sold under the Playmates banner, then these can be picked up at a very fair price



or what might be the coolest Borg ever



These are not really in scale with anything else in the Trek lines. Right around 9" or so.