It would appear that accurate, realistic Star Trek Into Darkness figures aren't happening. We're getting Lego-like Kreons, and these...
QMx's PVC Q-Pop figures stand 4.5 inches, and come with a character-appropriate marker so you can write whatever catchphrase you like into the speech bubble - an idea I haven't seen in popular usage since Mattel's original Simpsons figures.
Had no idea "Pew pew pew" was a signature Kirk line. But if you can have him say anything, there's potential for mayhem - my Bart Simpson figure was permanently directing an obscenity toward my senior-year English teacher. Given that Kirk's practically making an O-face, well...let your imaginations run wild.
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Why aren't there proper Star Trek Into Darkness action figures? Imagine this- someone could easily make a custom Sherlock Holmes with a John "Not Khan" Harrison figure. Pair that up with a Watson made from the Bridge Direct Bilbo Baggins, and boom! Sherlock action figures!
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks Playmates scorched the earth, like clear-cutting the rainforest
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@LYT @TheConjurerOfCheapTricks I just realized something-- since the Star Trek Kre-O sets are by Hasbro, that means the toy rights have gone to Hasbro, should they do action figures.
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@LYT I happen to have the 5" Old Spock (or Spock Prime) figure from the 2009 movie- no accessories, just a simple black circular base with an aged Leonard Nimoy in dark robes- I can see how that would not be that appealing to the average consumer.
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks @LYT Star Trek is a tough property to do action figures with, since characters in fairly normal clothing are a difficult sell to casual buyers. Playmates had the best luck with TNG doing dynamic poses and multiple accessories, but Art Asylum couldn't sustain. If I were coming up with a strategy, it might be something like this...
-No figures sold solo except maybe Kirk, Spock, Harrison, and aliens. All others come with mini vehicles or diorama bits.
OR
-Do it McFarlane old-school style. Limited articulation but dynamic action poses and lots of detail.
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@DrAbraxas for the next Star Trek fan-fiction/porn-parody the giant space amoeba needs to get some action
http://www.agonybooth.com/video786_Star_Trek_The_Next_Generation_A_XXX_Parody.aspx
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hmmm... you'd think that any Deadpool figure would come with those little whiteboard speech balloon things as accessories, and thought balloons too, but somehow Trek and Simpsons managed them first... odd.
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@LYT @Gallen_Dugall They have an accessory pack you can buy for Legos that lets you clip similar baloons to their necks with quotes and blanks to write in. I should have bought them when I saw 'em - a cute idea.
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Kirk's should be "off with the panties". But then it's not like he needs the phaser for that.
