According to TrekMovie, Playmates has acquired the rights to make toys for the new trek movie. I used to love Playmate Trek Toys, especially the ships. In fact its one of the very reasons I find the ships of Trek more interesting than any ships from other sci-fi shows/movies. Anyone else used to play with these?
Posted by sean (Member # 2010) on :
I did not really get into trek until i was 7( 2000 ish) and i believe they stopped making them then, but i did happen to aquire a playmates "Captain Pikes Laser Pistol" and a TNG Borg drone for christmas off of www.bigbadtoystore.com Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
I had -- still have, actually -- much of Playmates' original line. While I for the most part liked the quality of their early products, they quickly went on the cheap, reusing obvious body-molds (i.e., "DS9 uniform Riker" with the TNG Riker head on DS9 O'Brien's body, if memory serves) and going so cheap on the accessories that characters either had bright pink or bright purple tricorders and phasers.
When Playmates could be bothered to put some time into their releases, they came out very well. When they went for the quick buck -- "Hey, let's repaint DS9 Sisko's body and stick LaForge's and Data's head on for post-Generation sales!" -- they sucked.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I used to have little figurines of Crusher and Geordi in FC/DS9 uniforms. I can't remember when I had them (and didn't know they were "Playmates" until now ;P) but I must've been fairly young, since I enjoyed staging mock phaser battles with Batman and the Ninja Turtles...one of which was a Transformer-style toy that could fold and flip into an actual turtle and back again...another one had a freakin *whistle* in it, the mouthpiece was sticking out of back, what the hell??
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :
I always liked the large ships. I had the E-D with buttons on the spine to make noise and light up the nacelles. I also had the Klingon Vor'cha-class ship.
As for the action figures... I had a bunch of TNG ones from the early 90s, around 92 I think. No clue what happened to them, or my sets. Had the bridge and I think they had one for the transporter room, but I'm not sure. Was just 11-13 around that time.
[ January 29, 2008, 05:42 AM: Message edited by: Hobbes ]
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I never even knew they made ships...I'd've *loved* them. I did have a model of Voyager, about 18 inches long, that I put together over about a week, but I was too young and clumsy to paint the thing...thought with the mess I'd made of the glue, I didn't trust myself to try.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I still have that E-D. And a bag full of figures, too. Not sure exactly where they are at the moment... (in a box in a closet, most likely)
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Apparently this all happened (the first time) when I was in college and didn't have any spare cash. You people are making me feel old. Stop it!
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
I have my TOS figures on display in my den.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Sulu looks like he's about to stick it in Uhuta.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Sulu's going to shove Uhura out of the way and go for Chekov.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I really hope those books are old copies you picked up somewhere. If you're the one that broke the spines of 'em, I'mma break YOUR spine.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: Sulu's going to shove Uhura out of the way and go for Chekov.
These are the voyages of the starship InnerThighs...
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Fabrux:
Many of the STAR TREK titles (and JAWS) I got second hand. Some of those others -- nope, that's all me. Sorry man, but broken spines on books are a sign of their value: the books I've only read once or twice are pristine. That copy of HOMICIDE by David Simon is held together with scotch tape, and I've probably read it a dozen times.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
I remember I had the Ente-D, Vor'cha, and Romulan Warbird. I also have the entire Foundation Series on my bookcase. I also like that E-wing toy.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Snay: My copy of A Wrinkle in Time is held together with medical tape and the cover's nearly unreadable. Rock on
Also, my first thought about your display was "My God that's nerdy," but I remembered a friend of mine who had a massive curio cabinet which displayed tons of Star Wars artifacts from toys to actual props from the movie, not to mention her MasterReplica lightsabers and Darth Vader lamp and so on...and I thought all that was pretty cool.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
People that can't take care of books need to be drug out in the alley and shot.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Fabrux:
Years ago, I read a piece about a guy who was meeting his favorite author of all time, and he took his well loved and well read copy of the book to be signed. When he handed the book over to the author, explaining that it was his favorite book, he apologized for its condition: the cover was ripped, the spine was cracked. The author chuckled and told him that he considered the condition of the book the greatest compliment he could recieve: clearly, his writing had meant a great deal to this individual, and he could think of no higher praise.
I can't remember the name of the guy who wrote the piece, or the author's name, but I agree 100% with that sentiment.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Yeah, you can't read a book published 40 years ago over 25 times and not expect some damage...
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Dan:
I have a two bedroom apartment. While most of my apartment is, for the most part, tame and respectable ... (mostly) ...
(excluding the giant Lego castle in the dining room, of course ...)
... my den is another matter all together:
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
That's an extremely cool den. Man, I don't even have any *posters* .... just stacks and stacks and stacks of DVD-Rs...
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
The den looks MUCH nicer & organized now. And the living room is so...homey. Not nearly as sparse.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
The den looks MUCH nicer & organized now. And the living room is so...homey. Not nearly as sparse.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Double post douchecock.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Pray silence for my annual announcement: Jeff, you need a girlfriend. That is all, as you were.
Ugh, Playmates. As a purist I disapprove of the inaccuracies in their phasers. I even had a resin TMP phaser based on the Playmates one for a while (but in the "Yesterday's Enterprise" colour scheme) but got rid of it in the end because it annoyed me.
I'm saving my pennies for one of these puppies. Although I'll be buggered if I pay that much, I know a couple of MR dealers.
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
I always wanted more of the hand props. Tricorders, phasers, etc... All I have is a Klingon disruptor that lights up and makes sound.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"People that can't take care of books need to be drug out in the alley and shot."
And what do we do with people who don't know the past participle of "drag"?
And, Jeff, what exactly is the half-life of that cat's eyes...?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
He's laser-zapping a bug, I guess.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
The talking heads is pretty cool.
I'll show my nephew your pics Jeff, he will hate you with envy.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: And what do we do with people who don't know the past participle of "drag"?
Grammar nazis should also be subjected to similar treatment.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
Maybe he was suggesting ketamin, rather than man-handling?
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
That'd be drugged, not drug ;P Grammar FTW!
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
WTF... the TOS HD-DVD packaging looks way better than the US version!
Posted by Ventriloquists Got Shot (Member # 239) on :
Condition nerds should feel bad about themselves, I think. For anything they feel needs to be cared for. Drive that car, goddamnit.
I almost didn't ding up some book I had, then I thought about what Umberto would think, then I covered it in dirty, dirty fingerprints.
Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :
quote:Originally posted by Daniel Butler: That'd be drugged, not drug ;P Grammar FTW!
I never said he wasn't being dumb.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
quote:WTF... the TOS HD-DVD packaging looks way better than the US version!
What provoked this?
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
What provokes anything here Jeff?
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Flare is a miasma of confusion, a vortex of nonsense, a vanguard of insanity...
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
A swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Isn't that what I said? Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
Could be, but does anyone read you posts? Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
I always come here for the fresh lavender smells...
Posted by Joshua Bell (Member # 327) on :
quote:Originally posted by sean: I did not really get into trek until i was 7( 2000 ish) and i believe they stopped making them then
Ugh, I think I just heard my bones creak. I was visiting my then girlfriend (now wife) at her college when the Playmates BOP and Runabout came out, and we chased each other around the dorm building with them. (Trust me, it was considered perfectly normal in that dorm.)
I was never into figures, but had all of the big Playmates ships except the "Transwarping Enterprise-D" (transforms to the future E-D from "All Good Things..."). The lack of a movie-era Enterprise is what got me hooked on the South Bend Enterprise. All in storage now, alas, but at one time I had a room with semi-circular glass shelves mounted on the walls so all the ships could be on display.
Wow that South Bend Enterprise is cool, especially since you can configure into other starship classes.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Joshua: I had a friend when I was in college (I'm, uh, between schools at the moment - nyuck nyuck) who lived in the computer science "living-learning center" (i.e. academic dorm). I know what you mean about things like that being normal...although this was a women's dorm, so there was less chasing and more cooking breakfast once a week for the neighboring men's dorm. (Still kills me. So freaking Southern of them.)
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