How and when did you find out about AA/DST's Trek toys?
#1
Posted 05 January 2010 - 10:49 AM
I'm pretty sure the first I saw of the Trek figures were wave 1 TOS figures and Borg at Meijers. I didn't much care at the time, which I'm now kicking myself for! The first bit of interest in wanting to pick some up was seeing TNG in the upcoming toy section of Toyfare.
I think I officially came on board with the first wave of TNG (Riker/Worf) and was lucky enough to have found TOS wave 3 in stores easy enough. I remember passing on ENT figures clearanced at Toys since we hadn't yet seen the show and commenting to my wife I'd probably regret not getting them (I do ). The biggest hurdle in playing catch up was TOS wave 1.
#2
Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:08 AM
At the time the first NX-01 came out, I found one on Ebay, while searching for Enterprise...
Once it arrived, I thought "wow... thats some kind of detail for a toy like that..." and on the box there was a hint to AA's website...
... and there where the Enterprise figures... which looked - in my opinion - absolutly great... the detail, the scale, the likeness...
...quickly I bought these, then came Nemesis, Borg - Assimilation, the Away-Team figures etc etc etc...
and very quickly, I found the old AA message board and migrated over to FHC's wonderful and "so much fun" place here, when the time came.
Btw: thx, FHC!
LoT
#3
Posted 05 January 2010 - 11:39 AM
Around the same time I also ran into Nemesis figures in a comic shop, and thought they were amazing.
#4
Posted 05 January 2010 - 12:23 PM
#5
Posted 05 January 2010 - 12:27 PM
#6
Posted 05 January 2010 - 01:37 PM
#7
Posted 05 January 2010 - 02:34 PM
I kept track of the following waves' releases through web stores' new releases advertisement banners, and Michael Crawford's review site. By the time wave 3 came out, due to knowing that nearly a whole TNG crew was out at that point, and many sites still advertising Worf/Riker (the two I most wanted), I eventually gave a look around to see who had the best deals and discovered NFC's case deals. It was too difficult to deny at that point, and bought wave 3 and caught up on the previous waves.
#8
Posted 05 January 2010 - 02:53 PM
#9
Posted 05 January 2010 - 04:18 PM
That was the first place I ever heard of Art Asylum's figures too, but only when they reviewed the first Will Riker and Worf figures. My first thought was, "those are cute, but not something I'd actually buy". It was only when I saw the "Trials and Tribble-ations" Dax at my local comic book store that I bought a figure. I was enamoured with it immediately. It had the best, most realistic face sculpt I'd ever seen on an action figure and got me really excited about this company's products. It's now a little over a year later and I'm starting to regret I ever got interested in DST products with what torture their delays and cancellations have been.
#10
Posted 05 January 2010 - 05:16 PM
#11
Posted 05 January 2010 - 05:36 PM
Then later I found out they were doing TNG figures and TOS so I began the cycle again lol
#12
Posted 05 January 2010 - 05:53 PM
#13
Posted 05 January 2010 - 06:01 PM
My first experience was through my local comic shop. I had been collecting Star Trek figures from them for years so that when the new Enterprise figures were anounced, they checked whether I wanted them. It was a no brainer really. And I've gotten everything produced ever since.
Take care,
Matty-lad
#14
Posted 05 January 2010 - 06:41 PM
#15
Posted 05 January 2010 - 06:53 PM
And my mouth dropped! I had not collected toys in 20 years but this pulled to me, so I went back and got the Enterprise and Borg waves. I only collect AA/DST 7 inchers, hero ships (no BD"S) and role play, so when it's gone, it's gone.
#16
Posted 05 January 2010 - 09:57 PM
#17
Posted 05 January 2010 - 10:34 PM
#18
Posted 06 January 2010 - 07:18 AM
#19
Posted 06 January 2010 - 08:07 AM
I loved that guide.. it'd be cool if they did an update to it!
#20
Posted 08 January 2010 - 03:21 AM
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