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Well....look at it this way: There's atleast still two more Lines coming(Romulan & McCoy, and Scotty & Keeper)...and who knows if that's the end? Trek could continue on with The Neptunian, Cheron, Talosian, Uhura....maybe even NEW Figures like CHECKOV & SULU...or THE GORN? PLEASE!!!!!
So...I really don't think They will start with the Apes...until They've finished with Star Trek.
The apes are coming in 2008. The first two will be Cornelius and the Soldier Ape. The others have not been announced by Diamond yet so I won't mention them here.
I don't know how many figures we will be able to produce this year
due to new regulations in China. I have read that every factory will
have a government inspector on site to insure safe material standards.
Translation - more paperwork and delays and more money going
through a Homer Simpson safety inspector.
Beijing is the site of the 2008 Olympics so all eyes are on China.
Security will be very high and completely crazy.
My wife and I have been waiting a year for our second adoption
to be processed - now they say the wait time is about three years!
At least we won't be traveling during the Olympics!
Soldier Ape? I thought the original news article showed General Urko? Was there a change or did the article jump the gun?
Here's the AFI article where they mention Urko as one of the first two figures. http://actionfigureinsider.com/main/?p=383
The apes are coming in 2008. The first two will be Cornelius and the Soldier Ape. The others have not been announced by Diamond yet so I won't mention them here.
I don't know how many figures we will be able to produce this year
due to new regulations in China. I have read that every factory will
have a government inspector on site to insure safe material standards.
Translation - more paperwork and delays and more money going
through a Homer Simpson safety inspector.
Beijing is the site of the 2008 Olympics so all eyes are on China.
Security will be very high and completely crazy.
My wife and I have been waiting a year for our second adoption
to be processed - now they say the wait time is about three years!
At least we won't be traveling during the Olympics!
All I know is that I want them, and I want them ALL! The sooner the better...
Well....look at it this way: There's atleast still two more Lines coming(Romulan & McCoy, and Scotty & Keeper)...and who knows if that's the end? Trek could continue on with The Neptunian, Cheron, Talosian, Uhura....maybe even NEW Figures like CHECKOV & SULU...or THE GORN? PLEASE!!!!!
So...I really don't think They will start with the Apes...until They've finished with Star Trek.
What makes you think that? I haven't seen anything saying TREK would go on past the "announced" figures?
Besides that, why would they say that APES would be released in 2008 if they knew that TREK was going to continue on?
There has been some back and forth about the line-up.
Last I heard it was Corny and the Soldier - two great characters to lead off with -
but nothing is certain until it is in Previews.
Truthfully, I hope it is the Soldier Ape rather than "helmet head"... Don't get me wrong, I'd like an eventual release of the helmet headed General, but as far as the Soldiers go, they're what I'm really after anyway...
If they would release a General, it'd make more sense for them to rerelease the one more commonly called Ursus, the "black faced" one, because he (or his name anyway) is from the film series and would make more sense to have all film apes released in one series... That and the fact that Ursus is better for custom fodder, as he is more versatile... You can have plenty of unhelmeted gorillas running around, but you really only need one hawkish General to lead them...
Originally posted by Action Martin
Is there any reason why EMCE couldn't produce both lines at the same time?
No, there isn't any reason at all... It'd be like saying that HASBRO can only produce GI JOE and anything else planned can't be released at that same time...
I'd guess the only thing that could prevent both flines from being released simultaneously would be technicalities in production, which Dr. Mego mentioned earlier in this thread...
I know many people want the TREK stuff to carry on and on (and understandably so), but they seem to not want APES reissued... Either they just want EMCE to focus on TREK, or they just plain don't like APES... They may say APES are as common as anything out there, but if you look at eBay, when is the last time you "haven't" seen Kirk or Spock?
I was wondering how large of a company EMCE is. It would be unfair to compare them to Hasbro. I'm picturing a very small staff with limited resources but unlimited imagination.
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