sh9000 Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Ordered at Amazon. If it becomes available at Target I'll switch my order to there. @mikeszekely it comes with a stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) Boy oh boy.. minimum effort indeed. At least the box was honest and showed that there's literally no paint on the underside. In fairness, the shape of this one looks more accurate overall. Better contours, more accurate shape on the nacelles, looks like the saucer is a bit thinner, so it might make a better base for upgrades than the old one. Sound effects have a bit of decent variety, even if a couple are kind of odd. Credit for the saucer separation sound, at least. Downsides, yeah, there's no paint at all on the underside (literally the entire bottom of the ship), deflector looks incredibly derpy with that orange paint, the cobra head is butt-ugly, and the plastic around the lights is painfully transparent, and looks horrible in the dark. Stand looks ready to snap from the strain at any moment. Maybe a decent fixer-upper? I don't know. Might pick one up if I find it for the same cost as the original, but it feels kind of like ten steps forward, ten steps back. Edited October 12, 2023 by Chronocidal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechaninac Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Wow! That is truly a low effort attempt on Playmate's part, and they even managed to get the base of the stand wrong... incorrect badge design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 6 minutes ago, mechaninac said: Wow! That is truly a low effort attempt on Playmate's part, and they even managed to get the base of the stand wrong... incorrect badge design. I think "low effort" would imply that they at least put a minuscule amount of effort into it. This steaming pile of plastic fertilizer looks to have zero effort put into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechaninac Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 1 minute ago, pengbuzz said: I think "low effort" would imply that they at least put a minuscule amount of effort into it. This steaming pile of plastic fertilizer looks to have zero effort put into it. Well, they had to have the IM tooling made and contract a factory to produce the thing... beyond that, not much effort at all, certainly none in making it look even remotely passable to the majority of the target customer: adult collectors riddled with nostalgia and money to burn, doubtful there are more than a handful of kids on this whole planet who are clamoring for a roughly Playskool level toy of a 30+ year old show... seriously, who is this thing for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derex3592 Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 12 hours ago, pengbuzz said: I think "low effort" would imply that they at least put a minuscule amount of effort into it. This steaming pile of plastic fertilizer looks to have zero effort put into it. QFT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 https://www.target.com/p/star-trek-the-next-generation-starship-enterprise/-/A-88725523 https://www.amazon.com/Playmates-Next-Generation-Enterprise-Ship/dp/B0CHWV3THF On sale for $23.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengbuzz Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, sh9000 said: https://www.target.com/p/star-trek-the-next-generation-starship-enterprise/-/A-88725523 https://www.amazon.com/Playmates-Next-Generation-Enterprise-Ship/dp/B0CHWV3THF On sale for $23.99. Pretty sure they'll have that on clearance for $9.99 in a bit... Edited March 11 by pengbuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Amazon and Target also have the original TV series communicators going for $15. https://www.target.com/p/star-trek-original-series-classic-communicator/-/A-88725522?clkid https://www.amazon.com/Playmates-Star-Trek-Original-Communicator/dp/B0CHX6XTKJ Beats $80 for the Diamond Select one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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