Topic: Locutus and Borg Drone: Which One To Choose?
Starship Voyager
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You guys are probably aware, I'm into the whole Borg craze about assembling my own little collective. I've been doing a lot of online research, and after Seven of Nine, my next aquisition will be Playmates' Locutus and Borg Drone.
But which one?
Over the years, Playmates has reissued these two molds every now and then, in slightly different paint schemes and accessories. I need to pick one of each, but which, to you, looks best?
Gah! I'm torn! On the one hand, I'd like to have the action figure display bases (choices 1 & 2), but on the other, #3 has BOTH figures in the same 2-Pack, with display background, but no display bases.
If you were in my position, which ones would you choose? Anyone here have them and can provide a commentary?
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Starship Voyager
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Why is it everyone keeps posting that? What's an anti-Lee defense system anyway? Can't I get a decent response, from one Trekkie to another?
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They do it because they know when Lee sees this, he's going to go to town. Also because decisions like this are usually made in the toy aisle at Meijer.
Are you asking which we think you should buy? Buy them both, man. How expensive can they be?
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Why buy them? With your degree of "dedication", you might as well mold them yourself for extra effect. Imagine having Borg drones from many different races, with different implants.
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Starship Voyager
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Lee's going to go to town? Who's Lee?
I'll be getting both Locutus and Borg Drone. I just don't know which variations to get -- one has an action base, the other has a firing arm, and still the third is packaged together but without accessories.
This is where YOU guys come in.
Help me decide! Which ones come off to you as more aesthetically pleasing than the others? They're all the same molds, so it's primarily the colours I'm concerned with. If YOU had the three Borg Drones and Locutus(es) staring at you, which ones will you get?
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BWC
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For good ol Locust, go with the one that looks the most like him.
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I would go with the sculpting them yourself option, though. There's this stuff called Sculpy... it's like a pinkish kind of clay. you get get really detailed with it then throw it in your oven, bake it, and paint it. The stuff rocks.
Amasov Prime
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Let's see - Captain Chrome Dome with chrome armor was my first action figure. I have Worf with chrome armor, too.
The third Locutus image showing him and the Drone is from the double-feature box (they also had Dixon Hill and Guinan or Kirk and Spock fighting each other with Vulcan Lirpas). I have that pack too, along with some others, but my favourite, Harry Kim and Species 8472, are still missing in my collection.
The chrome Locutus is awesome, but I think previous editions featured the different arm-pieces, too. It also has some cables and such stuff. The two-pack has a nice background (Borg-corridor with alcove), but no accessoires.
One question though: where do you want to buy them? Other than ebay, I can't think of a place where you can find those figures (maybe specialized comic shops, but even those have difficulties getting them).
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Indeed, eBay's the place I'm planning on getting these. I can't really go the sculpty way, simply because I'm not that great when it comes to paint and molding. And, since I don't have these figures on hand to look at (i.e. the decision-to-be-made-at-Meijer as suggested earlier), all I rely on are the pics and all your good opinions, anti-Lee defense systems aside.
Seeing you have a few of the figures yourself, Cpt. Kyle Amasov, which ones do you suggest? Also, assuming you have him, is Hugh Borg worth it?
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