At this point I'm like: What do they have against the Reliant? I guarantee that would have sold better in the long run, even if it wasn't done especially well.
There's only so many times various companies can do the Galaxy-class.
Posted 01 October 2023 - 07:46 AM
At this point I'm like: What do they have against the Reliant? I guarantee that would have sold better in the long run, even if it wasn't done especially well.
There's only so many times various companies can do the Galaxy-class.
Posted 01 October 2023 - 09:25 PM
At this point I'm like: What do they have against the Reliant? I guarantee that would have sold better in the long run, even if it wasn't done especially well.
There's only so many times various companies can do the Galaxy-class.
I could see it doing well as a crowd funded thing but for Playmates I think its a bit niche at this moment. I would say that the original constitution is played out at this moment not so much the galaxy class.
He said that, while the ships and role play items have sold well, the action figures have not. Therefore, the company is assessing how best to move forward.
Hmm I would have assumed the figures would have sold better. As a ship fan Im happy though. I would say do the Enterprise-G SNW Enterprise or Voyager-A at this moment.
Posted 02 October 2023 - 06:56 AM
A new ship would be great, but its not going to happen. Gotta keep remaking old shit over and over again.
Posted 02 October 2023 - 07:17 AM
Are they even doing the SNW Enterprise, do we know?
Posted 02 October 2023 - 10:37 PM
Are they even doing the SNW Enterprise, do we know?
Not that Im aware of. If memory serves me they said they were working on a Protostar though with Prodigy out (DAMN shame too.) I don't know if we'll see that. I suggested Voyager-A as that season 2 clip showed it as the new hero ship.
Posted 03 October 2023 - 06:41 AM
The pace of PM getting stuff out the door seems actually slower than it was in the 1990s, even though prototyping and production industry-wide is itself now much faster.
Not too surprised that figures aren't selling well -- for the most part the company has done characters that had been done before, at least in TOS and TNG lines. I don't know what else they could do that would actually sell well, but the SNW crew might have a shot at being somewhat in demand.
Posted 03 October 2023 - 06:39 PM
Posted 03 October 2023 - 07:12 PM
Give us a SNW Enterprise for gods sake, the show has clearly been a success, as has Lower Decks, but god forbid you make something other than TOS or TNG.
Posted 04 October 2023 - 09:43 AM
Posted 04 October 2023 - 08:22 PM
Found her at Target today, shes fucking awful.
https://imgur.com/a/pCYGsN7
Its both a step forward and a step backward at the same time. I mean it looks like a half finished prototype. Its nice that some of the details that were decals on the 90s version are molded in this one but the paint apps on the secondary hull are non-existent.
Posted 04 October 2023 - 08:56 PM
Super lazy from the communicator review I just saw......even has a TNG sound clip on it. Wtf
Can you link to that?
Posted 05 October 2023 - 07:22 AM
One of the biggest hurdles to every "new" Star Trek line is overcoming consumer skepticism.
I'm sure there are collectors who only want a main character but in my experience, most want a complete bridge crew. If the manufacturer doesn't show a clear path to that, collectors wait and sales suffer.
Given that a detailed, 1/18 scale, super-articulated figure currently retails for about $25, a boxed set with a 7-member bridge crew would be pricey. There's got to be a way to make these little plastic people more affordable.
Posted 05 October 2023 - 08:14 AM
Posted 05 October 2023 - 09:04 AM
Posted 05 October 2023 - 09:14 AM
Bad old Facebook has the goods once again:
User Steve Habisch on Facebook has posted a bunch of photos of his own ship:
It looks just as bad as I feared, and just as good as I hoped in some areas.
The deflector is bizarre. It's like they conceptualised it upside-down. To my surprise, there is a very faintly molded torpedo tube in the neck, but without the long indent stretching back along the sides of the neck. The empty slot where the main impulse engine should be persists. And the lack of ventral phaser array on the saucer is bloody egregious.
That said, the overall shape is good. It feels less like a pudgy toddler than the 1993 one, but still evokes that toy a lot. The nacelles are maybe a bit long, but I'm not sure. I like the level of detail on the sculpted lines and greeblies throughout, though here and there they get stuff a little wrong or things are missing. It's a solid attempt, it just needed a few more QA passes on the sculpt. Paramount should have caught a lot of the issues I mentioned above in their approval reviews.
The buttons are quite unobtrusive in that location and I like that they moved away from the rounded ones on the prototype. These stand out far less.
Size Comparisons
It's smaller than the preview photo with the hand in frame indicated. It looks around the same size as the 1993 version compared to the DST model here.
The recent TOS Enterprise released is a good bit longer than it.
Lighting & Saucer Separation
The deflector does light up.
The nacelle lighting looks nice and even, and I think they have a second LED for the Bussard Collectors.
As feared, the cobra-head of the Secondary Hull is flat and blank. I don't get the impression that the Saucer has any play features.
I have rehosted all the photos I have found so far in an Imgur album. There are a good few more there than I have posted here.
Posted 05 October 2023 - 09:26 AM
Oh sorry man! I hadn't checked the rest of the forum.
I think I had the last page in the thread open.
Posted 05 October 2023 - 10:22 AM
Posted 05 October 2023 - 10:25 AM
Posted 05 October 2023 - 10:40 AM
Sounds and saucer separationAny know what sound files they used for the new"D"?
Posted 05 October 2023 - 04:58 PM
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