adrienveidt
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They no doubt never shipped to any B&M retailers before pulling the line for tweaking the heads.
Star Trek
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Decent interview with Brian -
Some key things -
Initial pitch was to make new characters and core characters in different outfits. Goal is to fill in gaps and expand collections.
Full bridge will be at Comic Con in San Diego, maybe not fully painted.
Wave 2 is outselling Wave 1 so far
Wave 3 will go on preorder later this year, Wave 4 early 2027
Wanted to be aggressive about announcing figure plans because of collector feedback about not wanting to start a new line and have it stop or just be the same characters over and over. So realize it is unusual to announce four waves before figures were in hand but was a strategy with Paramount's blessing.
Appreciated support of the community over Wave 1 issues. Felt not a whole lot of cancelations based in discussions with Amazon, EE and BBTS.
May need to have a slight increase in price for Waves 3 and 4.
According to Trek Central, waves 5, 6 and 7 are in development.
Some key things -
Initial pitch was to make new characters and core characters in different outfits. Goal is to fill in gaps and expand collections.
Full bridge will be at Comic Con in San Diego, maybe not fully painted.
Wave 2 is outselling Wave 1 so far
Wave 3 will go on preorder later this year, Wave 4 early 2027
Wanted to be aggressive about announcing figure plans because of collector feedback about not wanting to start a new line and have it stop or just be the same characters over and over. So realize it is unusual to announce four waves before figures were in hand but was a strategy with Paramount's blessing.
Appreciated support of the community over Wave 1 issues. Felt not a whole lot of cancelations based in discussions with Amazon, EE and BBTS.
May need to have a slight increase in price for Waves 3 and 4.
According to Trek Central, waves 5, 6 and 7 are in development.
I think this will be a great real world experiment to test all the fanboys out there that claim lines would do well to not keep doing the same characters over and over again.
Here we go with a line that started out with that idea (and of course has already gone back on that with the upcoming wave 3).
Personally I think it is great what they have done with the first 2 waves' character selections because I also do feel that not just pumping out the same few characters over and over is a good thing. However going back to the well with wave 3 will be interesting to see regarding sales numbers. Maybe all the extras they throw in will help sales.
Gothneo
Former owner of Oklahoma
While we have to admit that what we got what wasn't shown... these figures are actually a big improvement over the AA/DST figures in most ways. The longer I have them the more I like them... especially the uniformed ones like Sulu... and again while its easy to pick on quality issues I honestly didnt order the complete wave 2 due to perceived quality... rather I focused on character selection.
I'll gladly replace my TOS AA crew and ENT as the use of rubber, while innovative at the time, ultimately didnt result in a better action figure.
I'm happy for anyone that wants a year in hell Janeway, but I want a complete VOY bridge crew! Like this then add Kes and start back filling recurring characters like Seska, Naomi Wildman etc.
I'll gladly replace my TOS AA crew and ENT as the use of rubber, while innovative at the time, ultimately didnt result in a better action figure.
I'm happy for anyone that wants a year in hell Janeway, but I want a complete VOY bridge crew! Like this then add Kes and start back filling recurring characters like Seska, Naomi Wildman etc.
I think it is the right mix so far. I suspect that they picked such an odd assortment for Wave 1 in order to test the market and get the kinks worked out on production of the figures - best to do that on items that are not centerpiece figures and drop the ball a bit than faceplant on Kirk, Spock and Picard out the gate. They can also get a gauge how popular each subline (TOS, TNG, films, DS9, etc) might be.
I think the plan going forward of a full bridge crew wave alternating with mixed character waves makes a lot of sense. So I am guessing we will get TNG, DS9 and Voyager bridge crews if the line succeeds. Assuming two waves a year, that's a good mix.
I'm not eager to replace the AA/DST line - but might if the TOS crew looks good; still how long until they get to a full Mirror Universe, or the Cage looks, or a full Wrath of Khan? A good Voyage Home line with them in their more casual outfits would be tempting.
TNG may be a harder sell to replace for me, those are pretty good all around I feel, and they went pretty deep with the additional recurring crew.
I think the plan going forward of a full bridge crew wave alternating with mixed character waves makes a lot of sense. So I am guessing we will get TNG, DS9 and Voyager bridge crews if the line succeeds. Assuming two waves a year, that's a good mix.
I'm not eager to replace the AA/DST line - but might if the TOS crew looks good; still how long until they get to a full Mirror Universe, or the Cage looks, or a full Wrath of Khan? A good Voyage Home line with them in their more casual outfits would be tempting.
TNG may be a harder sell to replace for me, those are pretty good all around I feel, and they went pretty deep with the additional recurring crew.
Spectre Two
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I recently got my first two figures: Captains Sulus and Garrett. Since they aren't available (yet?) in germany and they are commanding a pretty hefty price here when imported (about 50 euros 
), I wanted to dip my toes into the line first and see how they are in hand, before committing for more. And boy am I gonna be broke, because I love them!
The sculpt and likeness is really strong on both of them. The paint too is fairly good, even in the faces. Weirdly enough, it doesn't translate all that well into photos, but in hand, they do look great! The accessoires are also Nice. Lots of hands (easily swappable) and stuff that Nacelle seems to have been thrown in, just for the heck of it - like different versions of phasers even though the characters never used them. Much appreciated.
The articulation is also good for the most part. The heads have a lot of range, the arms are perfect. The feet seem overengineered to me, but they work fine. Never seen such a knee articulation before, but they are smooth as butter. The crotch piece needs reworking though. It has a v-shape, so they manspread and they can't kick foward all the way. It's not a problem now, but something that needs to be adressed and corrected in future waves. Would be a shame if we got the TOS Crew and Bridge and the characters can't sit properly at their stations because the crotch piece isn't as functional as it should. Also, I still wish these would have been six inch, but I guess that ship has long sailed.
All that being said, I love these two already and I can't wait for more.
), I wanted to dip my toes into the line first and see how they are in hand, before committing for more. And boy am I gonna be broke, because I love them!The sculpt and likeness is really strong on both of them. The paint too is fairly good, even in the faces. Weirdly enough, it doesn't translate all that well into photos, but in hand, they do look great! The accessoires are also Nice. Lots of hands (easily swappable) and stuff that Nacelle seems to have been thrown in, just for the heck of it - like different versions of phasers even though the characters never used them. Much appreciated.
The articulation is also good for the most part. The heads have a lot of range, the arms are perfect. The feet seem overengineered to me, but they work fine. Never seen such a knee articulation before, but they are smooth as butter. The crotch piece needs reworking though. It has a v-shape, so they manspread and they can't kick foward all the way. It's not a problem now, but something that needs to be adressed and corrected in future waves. Would be a shame if we got the TOS Crew and Bridge and the characters can't sit properly at their stations because the crotch piece isn't as functional as it should. Also, I still wish these would have been six inch, but I guess that ship has long sailed.
All that being said, I love these two already and I can't wait for more.
Looking at Sulu and Garrett they look good, but the faces look "soft."
They seem better than the early releases, but they clearly would benefit from the newer digital printing tech. They kind of remind me of Super7's wave 2 GI Joe Ultimates that didn't have painted heads. They looked off from the rest of the figure, and it seems sort of the same with Sulu and Garrett. Maybe not in the exact same way, but still suffering from something not being quite right about the faces even after the correction by Nacelle.
They seem better than the early releases, but they clearly would benefit from the newer digital printing tech. They kind of remind me of Super7's wave 2 GI Joe Ultimates that didn't have painted heads. They looked off from the rest of the figure, and it seems sort of the same with Sulu and Garrett. Maybe not in the exact same way, but still suffering from something not being quite right about the faces even after the correction by Nacelle.
GrumpyMatt
Studious
The beer pic is great!