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Old 01-25-2009, 12:50 PM   #1
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Playmates reveals Star Trek Toys

http://www.action-figure.com/index.p...icle&sid=24363
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Old 01-25-2009, 01:05 PM   #2
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Sadly better than anything they've done for TMNT in years...

On the plus, I really like that bridge playset and it's in the scale I work with.
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Old 01-25-2009, 01:38 PM   #3
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I thought this was going to be about PM re-issuing the TMNT as Star Trek again...
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Old 01-25-2009, 02:25 PM   #4
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I thought this was going to be about PM re-issuing the TMNT as Star Trek again...
I thought the exact same thing.

Those figures were awesome.
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Old 01-25-2009, 03:32 PM   #5
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Here's better looking images of em: Please note that to me Nero looks crosseyed in all these images. *lol* Im gonna end up poor buying ALL the Spock (Nimoy and Quinto) varients!

The 3.75 inchers (which will be around $7 each):


The 6 inchers (around $9 each):


The 12 inchers (Around $30 each but Im sure I'll find em cheaper):

(the pic was too big so here's the link to the close up:
http://img.trekmovie.com/images/merc...rek_5_figs.jpg

And the Barbie/Ken ($43 each):
http://trekmovie.com/images/merchand...positeShot.jpg
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Old 01-25-2009, 05:11 PM   #6
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I agree they are better than most recent TMNT offerings...but that really isn't saying much.
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Old 01-25-2009, 05:47 PM   #7
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Eh, you can sort of tell who's supposed to be who. Maybe if the 3.75" lines (they have Terminator as well) are successful we'll see some 3.75" turtles.
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Old 01-25-2009, 05:50 PM   #8
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Am I alone in not caring for the 3.75 scale? Maybe it's because most if not all of my figures are 6 inchers.
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Old 01-25-2009, 06:31 PM   #9
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Well now that Ive seen these I must admit that they're better looking than I was expecting them to be. and they're alot better than the Terminator figs that are being released. anyway, i'll probably buy the main crew but I don't think that i'll buy the rest of the line. by the way, the Barbie and Ken dolls just seem creepy. those things scare me.
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Old 01-25-2009, 06:35 PM   #10
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Am I alone in not caring for the 3.75 scale? Maybe it's because most if not all of my figures are 6 inchers.
You're not alone Jester it's been years since I've bought a small figure, they just don't do anything for me.
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Am I alone in not caring for the 3.75 scale? Maybe it's because most if not all of my figures are 6 inchers.
I have a couple DS9 figs from the 90's that are in the 3.75 in scale... but the rest of my trek figs are 12 inchers (except for a 6 in Zephram Cochrane).
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Old 01-25-2009, 07:00 PM   #12
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They made DS9 3.75's...I had a friend who had Com. Ricker (sans goatee) that was about 3.75 and had a phaser sculpted into his hand and I think 7 POA.
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Old 01-25-2009, 07:37 PM   #13
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They made DS9 3.75's...I had a friend who had Com. Ricker (sans goatee) that was about 3.75 and had a phaser sculpted into his hand and I think 7 POA.
The Riker that you speak of was made by Galoob. and Playmates didn't ever make any 3.75 inch DS9 figs, most of their Trek figs were 4.5 or 6 inches. but Applause made DS9 PVCs that were 3.75 inches.
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Old 01-25-2009, 07:49 PM   #14
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Big ****in deal. Where's my Cyber Shredder and Khan figure. Dammit, they released the wrong KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
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Old 01-25-2009, 08:47 PM   #16
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Big ****in deal. Where's my Cyber Shredder and Khan figure. Dammit, they released the wrong KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
Wish I thought of that one
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Old 01-25-2009, 10:17 PM   #18
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Are you guys kidding about these looking better than the more recent Playmates TMNT figs? I agree that Playmates has been slipping with the movie Turtles, but these things look bloody awful. And unless those hips have some kind of lateral movement, that articulation is unacceptable.

That said, I may end up buying the 6" female figure... if only so I can pretend I have a 6" Martha Jones.
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Old 01-25-2009, 10:55 PM   #19
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Are you guys kidding about these looking better than the more recent Playmates TMNT figs? I agree that Playmates has been slipping with the movie Turtles, but these things look bloody awful. And unless those hips have some kind of lateral movement, that articulation is unacceptable.
The 6" and 12" look like crap, but the 3 3/4" look almost as good as Star Wars figures. Heck, if they had ball jointed necks, they'd have the exact same articulation. I use to think the same about T-hips, but that really aren't that bad if done right...which the 6" failed and 3 3/4" did decently from the looks of it. As for sculpting, I think all 3 scales have more details than about half TMNT figures of recent years. That combined with good articulation, I say these are better toys. Really, if I didn't know better I would have thought the 3 3/4" line was Hasbro's work at first glance.

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That said, I may end up buying the 6" female figure... if only so I can pretend I have a 6" Martha Jones.
Uhhh...why not just buy a Martha Jones figure? Isn't the Doctor Who line in 5"-6" scale?

PS It's hard to talk about a line with this many scales at once

P.P.S. I just remembered the man who played Khan died recently...and still haven't seen that movie...
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Old 01-25-2009, 11:40 PM   #20
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I just remembered the man who played Khan died recently...and still haven't seen that movie...
You really ought to, Wrath of Khan and the other Nick Myer's Star Trek Movie, VI: The Undiscover Country, are the 2 best original Trek movies.
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