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Lo there do I see my Father.
Lo there do I see my Mother and my Sisters and my Brothers.
Lo there do I see the line of my people back to the begining.
Lo they do call me.
They bid me take my place among them.
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There is no Mxyzptlk in the APES universe, unless you want to say The Astronaut because of his downright genericness...
MONSTERS: I'd vote for the Wolfman, only because of his far off removal from the actual film Wolfman... I know, it was all due to licensing, but still, they coulda tried to make him a little more like Lon and less like the Wolfman from the cereal box (I cannot think of the fourth "Monsters" cereal: Frankenberry, Count Chocula, Booberry and what's the fourth...)Comment
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fruit brute (the werewolf) was replaced by yummy mummy which was also discontinued.Comment
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The Waltons is a whole line of Mxy's.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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The "new" Trek film will be risky for any toy company. Trek is in ad shape and even the public at large may not welcome new actors in the classic series roles.
In Playmates case they could hedge their bets by re-using existing, classic series, figure molds they have and add new heads for the new actors. It depends on how different the "new" classic uniforms are from the originals.Comment
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From those few that actually saw the prototypes, I have heard the crew figures shown re-used existing bodys --and in the case of 9"--costumes. Only the Romulans and Old Spock were all new...although I'm betting they reused the Unification Spock head.
I'm sure they will re-use whatever they can. The 3 3/4" inch line (which has the most appeal for me) will of course be all new.
The new costumes (at least the tunics) have been shown in the poster released for comic con. Very similar to the old from a distance. The black undershirt now also makes up the black collar, and the colored division portion goes over it, with a v-neck to approximate the original series collar look. If you look close, the weave of the colored tunic is made up of little bitty Trek emblems as well.....which I think means the movie eschews the classic Trek custom of each ship having its own emblem...?"Crayons taste like purple!"Comment
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^^^ Well that stinks. Those Playmates bodies were horrid. About the same as the Exclusive Premiere ones.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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No argument there sir! I remember being downright giddy when Playmates announced 8" Megoesque Trek figures....then being downright frustrated when I got my mitts on one and saw they were NOT 8", and...well...crap. Compared to the allmighty Mego anyways.
I keep hoping the sucess of EMCE's stuff inspires them to fix the bodies a bit....or partner with EMCE before they officially launch the line."Crayons taste like purple!"Comment
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I never minded Playmates 9" figures.
You can pose them in almost any position, and if you throw them off the Empire State Building, they still wouldn't break.
I just hate their GIANT SIZE hands.
The hands make them look stupid.Comment
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But which begs the question Who are the Mxyzptlks of the POTAs, Monsters, Etc universes???
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