Suddenly, the Star Trek Barbies Look Stunningly Accurate
Had you told me a few days ago that the most authentic looking Star Trek figures were going to be Mattel’s Barbie dolls, I’d have laughed. Then I would have hit you and stolen your wallet, because I’m kind of broke. But after the big reveal of Playmates’ Captain Kirk as Played by the Gay Assistant from Ugly Betty the other day, really, the above Kirk, Spock and especially Uhura are looking photo-realistic in comparison. (Hey, having their heads be properly proportioned to their bodies goes a long way.)
What I don’t understand is the fascination with the fabric patterns on the Starfleet uniforms in this line. These people understand that we can’t see the thread pattern of their shirts in the actual film, right? So seeing the fabric make-up of all of the shirts of all of the toys is incredibly weird and disconcerting? No? Well, do they understand that it’s better to spend cash on making sure the heads of the toys look even vaguely like their movie counterparts instead of givng unnecessary detail to their items of clothing? No?
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.