Star Trek TNG 25th Anniversary is in 2012
#1
Posted 02 July 2010 - 02:37 PM
Personally, I'd use 2012 to really push the new Star Trek movie and The Next Generation (especially since I feel that, for better or worse, TOS has been over-saturated as of late in the toy arena) and that they could feed off each other from a marketing standpoint. "A New Generation for 'The Next Generation'" kind of deal.
Let the postulating begin!
#2
Posted 02 July 2010 - 03:19 PM
Namely a Picard/Q two-pack. This would be a re-release of the captain's chair Picard with a new judge's robes Q figure.
Then there should be a wave with Data, Yar, Worf, and a re-release of Riker (or replace Riker with Geordi or Beverly). Troi would be nice, but she might require too many new parts to make her viable. Other than Q, these could use a lot of existing parts, with just new torsos and new hair for some like Worf and Beverly. And, of course, a new head for Yar.
A dustbuster phaser Trek Tek release would be nice as well, with a working power meter of course!
Then we'll see how the sales go from there.
#3
Posted 02 July 2010 - 06:05 PM
Just for the sales perspective, I think 2-packs with a re-release of Picard & Riker makes sense. The question is who to stick in the two pack.
Worf would be the easiest, requiring a new head sculpt and different sash. The rest pretty much need a new torso, but if I were forced to choose between a Data and Yar, I'd pick Yar.
So it might make sense to make it a Picard/Worf and Riker/Yar 2-pack, though the pairings make little sense, the way they would cost out would probably be about the same.
If they sold well, I think they could leverage the Yar Torso for Crusher, and do Data. WHile i'd love to see Troi, it might be tough unless the sales were really there.
#4
Posted 02 July 2010 - 08:36 PM
More than any figure, though, I think they'd be better off releasing a limited edition ship: 1701 of an all silver painted Enterprise D with a redesigned stand, each featuring a placard hand-signed by one of 3 principal cast members (567 of each sig) ... It's a relatively cheap way to cash in on it (depending on whose sigs you can get) since they've already got the E-D mold.
#5
Posted 02 July 2010 - 09:23 PM
#6
Posted 02 July 2010 - 09:53 PM
#7
Posted 03 July 2010 - 03:50 AM
You can re-create that feeling by going to big lots these days!
#8
Posted 03 July 2010 - 03:47 PM
#9
Posted 03 July 2010 - 04:08 PM
#10
Posted 03 July 2010 - 04:11 PM
#11
Posted 04 July 2010 - 06:15 PM
'Orbital Sky Diving Kirk', 'Enterprise B Bridge Kirk', 'Sucked into space and turned inside-out Kirk', and of course, 'bruised cut and dead Kirk'.
On a more serious (but unfortunately unrealistic note:( ), I'd love to see TNG Trek-tech. Cobra Phaser, Mark 7 Tricorder, and maybe even a Phaser Rifle. I don't collect figures, just props and ships, so anything from those categories would please me immensely.
#12
Posted 05 July 2010 - 11:48 AM
Option A: The safe and cautious way that I think would kind of suck
Two Pack: Captain Picard (re-release) and Q in season 1 uniform
Tek: Dustbuster Phaser
Ship: 1701-D Re-Release with "Encounter at Farpoint" quotes
OR
Option B: The Ambitious Way that might lead to a revitalization of 24th Cent. Trek
Figures: WAVE ONE: Picard, Riker, Data, Yar, Judge Q WAVE TWO: Worf, LaForge, Crusher, Troi (bun), Daemon Bok TWO PACK: Wes/Traveler
Tek: Dusbuster Phaser and Tricorder
Ship: 1701-D Re-Release; Encounter at Farpoint Glowing Alien
Of course, I would time this all with the HD-Remastered Season One with newly updated visual and audio effects.
And hey...if this went over well...on to season two! (Replace Yar and Crusher with Guinan and Pulaski and replace Data and Picard with Sherlock Holmes and Dixon Hill...Update the others' uniforms...Aliens are "Classic" Borg, K'Ehlyr, and Pakled. I may have too much time on my hands at work)
#13
Posted 05 July 2010 - 04:49 PM
We probably won't see something more than one wave plus a two pack (maybe two). Probably only one Tek release (since they take so long to develop). And since we already have the 1701-D, I'd rather see a Ferengi Marauder or a Romulan Warbird or something to match it. But another run of the D is probably more likely than an entirely new ship since it is cheaper and the time and money it takes to develop a new ship can be prohibitive.
That still wouldn't be bad, though. Half a dozen or so figures, a Tek release, and a re-release of a fantastic ship release would still pretty good.
#14
Posted 05 July 2010 - 05:40 PM
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 06:07 PM
#16
Posted 05 July 2010 - 09:12 PM
Maybe Captain Kirk will come back in time to save the world and maybe he will take back a few oil soaked Cajuns with him. I'll get my bags packed.
#17
Posted 06 July 2010 - 09:02 AM
#18
Posted 06 July 2010 - 11:32 AM
#19
Posted 06 July 2010 - 04:39 PM
Troi wouldn't be that hard to do. It's a new hairpiece which others require anyway. Couldn't they just use the jumpsuit & paint it green? Maybe add a little plastic belt which is a seperate piece.
Ofcourse if you are talking skant Troi...there is no chance.
#20
Posted 06 July 2010 - 04:41 PM
I'd take that.
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