DST / EMCE Star Trek are Back!?! Not so fast:-(

[wise guy]

I hope that FTC does get the rights to Star Trek megos so they can redo the whole line. Mezco making classic Star Trek shows that these can be popular today but
Diamond seems to be throwing in the towel. Generic red shirt, and reverse Charon, don't measure up to Mezco Kirk, Spock and Mirror Spock. I would also like
FTC to do classic POA and 1970's Action Jackson

[Gorn Captain]

I'm getting the 12" Quantum Mechanixs.
I know, they're not 8", but at least they got made and they look great.

[LonnieFisher]

FTC needs to make the Trek figures.

[SKotK]

I know prototypes exsist of Chapel, Rand, McCoy with short sleeves, Salt Vampire and Mark Lenard Romulan Commander. The 50th would have been a great time to get those released at least as exclusives. Seems like Trek is a second thought to DST these days. I really want to see someone that cares get the license to produce these figures.

Are there pictures of the short-sleeved McCoy and Mark Lenard Romulan Commander? Would love to see them if you have them, or can point me to them. I've got photos of the other prototypes.

--SKot

[Mego-Amigo]

It has been a very disappointing 50th so far without any new classic Trek action figures apart from Mezco's excellent One:12 Trek figures. It's been my opinion for a very long time that if we ever see any more 8 inch Trek figures of characters that we really want or don't already own it will be from a different company ( BBP, FTC ) that don't have to have the same big sales numbers as DST to justify producing them. I still have hope of Vina, Chapel, Rand, Neptunian, Talos and Mego Gorn... just not from DST. Looks like they are done with Trek action figures with the exception of their Select statue like figures which don't do it for me. I don't post much any more about my disappointment with things like this but since it is the 50th anniversary of the greatest sci fi TV show in history and the primary license holder for ST action figures can't find a reason to justify releasing new product I thought I might comment. The 7 Inch ST figures they were doing a few years ago were excellent as well. I know prototypes exsist of Chapel, Rand, McCoy with short sleeves, Salt Vampire and Mark Lenard Romulan Commander. The 50th would have been a great time to get those released at least as exclusives. Seems like Trek is a second thought to DST these days. I really want to see someone that cares get the license to produce these figures.

[SKotK]

Any respect I might have had for Diamond Select toys is now gone.

Well, they did have a decent run at one point. The original ST cloth retro line they did was pretty respectable, with Sulu/Chekhov, Khan, and The Gorn being the high points.

But yeah, very sad that the 50th date is here with no product apart from the Enterprise available. Opportunity lost.

--SKot

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]

Any respect I might have had for Diamond Select toys is now gone.

[TrekStar]

Yeah, I don't put any stock in the Spock/Khan set making it out.

However, I don't know what the point is in waiting any longer to release the Security/Cheron set...unless that's going to be their only cloth retro horse in the race for the 50th and they're waiting until the actual date (September 8th, I believe) to put it out.

--SKot

If their going to wait until the anniversary date release for reverse Cheron and generic redshirt, I think they could
have done better and added some females like Nurse Chapel, Janice Rand and Marta, we need some more gals.

I hate to say it but, so far it's been a very disappointing Trek 50th anniversary, happy expectations to head shaking disappointments.

[SKotK]

Don't be to surprised if Spock and Khan are also dropped, I'm not holding my breath on those.
I do think Security and reverse color Cheron will be released but later then sooner.

Yeah, I don't put any stock in the Spock/Khan set making it out.

However, I don't know what the point is in waiting any longer to release the Security/Cheron set...unless that's going to be their only cloth retro horse in the race for the 50th and they're waiting until the actual date (September 8th, I believe) to put it out.

--SKot

[powersthatbe]

I still have my preorder for security/cheron still on at bigbadtoystore until they notice me that's it's cancelled.Just wondering on the ships mostly,have the romulan bird of prey on preorder there.

[TrekStar]

So from that update it seems it's a "definitely not" on reissues of any they've already done, and a "definitely maybe" on the new ones they've shown (Cheron 2 and Security Guard, I assume). Would it be worth it for them to do just 2 more figures after all this time? The only other things they've shown previously are Chapel and Vina...but it seems highly unlikely they would suddenly do a run of those, especially given the hesitation shown in the past.

Entertainment Earth has dropped Kirk & Klingon (if they ever had it), Sulu & Gorn, and Uhura & Mugato from their pre-orders...but oddly enough they still list Spock & Khan (along with the expected Security & Cheron 2). Not sure what that means.

Diamond Select still has all of them listed on their site, but that means diddly-squat right now as we know.

--SKot

Don't be to surprised if Spock and Khan are also dropped, I'm not holding my breath on those.
I do think Security and reverse color Cheron will be released but later then sooner.

[Gadgeteer]

This is a shame, I was planning on making this line my main priority of collecting.

[SKotK]

So from that update it seems it's a "definitely not" on reissues of any they've already done, and a "definitely maybe" on the new ones they've shown (Cheron 2 and Security Guard, I assume). Would it be worth it for them to do just 2 more figures after all this time? The only other things they've shown previously are Chapel and Vina...but it seems highly unlikely they would suddenly do a run of those, especially given the hesitation shown in the past.

Entertainment Earth has dropped Kirk & Klingon (if they ever had it), Sulu & Gorn, and Uhura & Mugato from their pre-orders...but oddly enough they still list Spock & Khan (along with the expected Security & Cheron 2). Not sure what that means.

Diamond Select still has all of them listed on their site, but that means diddly-squat right now as we know.

--SKot

[PNGwynne]

I'm pretty sure, even at higher prices, that there's a niche demand for TOS reMego in a better assortment. But maybe that's just wishful thinking, I wanted more Ventures and Uni Monsters, too.

[MIB41]

I think they're basically saying if there was a way to do it and be profitable, they would make them. But right now there is no demand and thus no means to make them without losing their shirts. The retro market is very niche right now. Maybe more than ever before. And perhaps some of that has to do with the fact that so much product has been put out in the last five years, it's drying up general interest leaving only the extremely dedicated to invest in new product. Smaller consumer volume translates into a smaller pool to share with other vendors. I'm not sure if allot of folks have noticed, but the vast majority of companies that were making retro product just a few scant years ago are virtually gone or vastly scaled back from the retro scene today, leaving FTC to pretty much run the table.