JJ Abrams' Star Trek Movie Toys

[mars396]

Looking back now, what factors do you think contributed to the Luke-warm reception of the Star Trek toys based on the latest movie?

it is very simple: THEY SUCK


as do the Terminator Salvation figures from Playmates.

I was very excited to be getting 3.75" Star Trek figures. However, they were ugly and not posable. Total waste of plastic. And the "Playsets" were a joke.


NECA and Art Asylum did both licenses perfectly in the 6" scale; There was just no reason to buy Playmates' ugly, unposable 6" figures. They just will not display with their NECA and Art Asylum counterparts.

Let's hope someone else picks up the licence in time for the sequel.

[knight errant00]

No play value, because of the movie.

Here's what I mean:

TOS - Kirk & co. beam down to a new, strange planet, encounter danger, sinister aliens or misunderstood aliens, and weird and wonderful things, and maybe learn something about the hunman condition from it before returning to the ship to head out for the next adventure in the unknown.

Abrams Trek - our characters bicker and have daddy issues while trying to prove to the command authority that they're ready to take on leadership, while fighting a dull villain with a really stupid plan if you think it out at all.

There was nothing for kids to *play* with the new Trek toys --SW, JLU, B&B, sure. But that last Trek movie -- nothing really fun there for kids to replicate in play.

Oh, and they were poorly sculpted and boring looking.

[Sideshow Spock]

I have way too much 90s Playmates Trek hanging around, so there was no way I was gonna buy any of this stuff. And when I actually saw the lackluster offerings, I wasn't even slightly tempted..