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Interesting interview with Brian Volk-Weiss from Nacelle with some more info and hints. The emphasis is on new characters never done before, and each wave will be mixed in terms of characters and series. They only have the rights up to 2005.

Given the above and the scale, we should probably look at the Art Asylum/DST range and hunt for the gaps.

He is pretty clear there is no Picard in this first line, or Kirk in his Monster Maroons. He does give some hints about the first six figures, with one each from the following:
  • Generations - wood-chopping, egg-scrambling, "Oh My"-ing Kirk is the only major gap. Unless it's one of the TNG crew in the naval uniforms, which would be amazing.
  • Wrath of Khan - Carol Marcus?
  • Star Trek III - David Marcus?
  • Star Trek IV - Robin Curtis Saavik? All previous Saavik figures are Kirstie Alley. Or Gillian would be great, to match DST's Kirk and Spock.
  • Voyager - S4-7 Janeway? Her only regular figure was the original Playmates release, and maybe one of the 9" dolls. DST never did one. Or Admiral Janeway? Or another Seven of Nine I guess.
And finally one from TNG, although he says he needs to be "coy" about that one, so I guess it could be a crossover figure. He does partially show a prototype, only enough to see that it's a male in a TNG command uniform... Q has been done plenty of times before. Could be Jellico, given that he's in Prodigy now too.

He hopes they will be announced this year, or early 2025.

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That is brilliant, and just what I hoped. Perhaps Joachim for the Khan figure? He was quite prominent too. David or Carol would be great too, I really wouldn't mind either way. Unless it actually is that spacesuit Chekhov he mentioned in the news release?

Excited.
 
That is brilliant, and just what I hoped. Perhaps Joachim for the Khan figure? He was quite prominent too. David or Carol would be great too, I really wouldn't mind either way. Unless it actually is that spacesuit Chekhov he mentioned in the news release?

Excited.
Yeah I was thinking DST did pretty much all the main Starfleet characters in their monster maroons, including Terrell, so Carol and David are the obvious gaps in the main cast. Joachim is the other, so that's a great shout.

The only other speaking roles are very minor - Peter Preston, Kyle and Beach on the Reliant, and Jedda on Regula 1.

Spacesuit Chekov is another good possibility! Spacesuit figures are always cool.
 
There are some other costume variants for TWOK that come to mind - Scotty in his pressure suit, Kirk and Bones in civvies, Saavik in her off-duty bathrobe, and Spock in his black meditation gown. Oh, and apple-crunching Genesis Kirk in the landing party vest that he wore under the jacket.
 
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I did email them with a few ideas, did anyone else?

Mine were Kruge, Tasha, Seven, Janeway, Pike from The Cage and Kirk from TUC.

My DST Pike with command chair could do with updating, I think.

(EDIT. I suffer from chronic autocorrect syndrome)
 
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I want a full-Borg Seven. PM made a half-deassimilated one, the full Borg one is still missing.
Perhaps Icheb? A Selay, Barrash, Sheliak? A full sailing ship uniform from GEN, not just Worf in a vest?

At the fleamarket today, the figure guy wanted to get rid of all the Trek figures, cause I was the only one buying them and he's gonna retire soon. I was just gonna buy 2 Picards (with jacket and with GEN concept uniform), then he said I'll get 50% off any that I think are too expensive (like some with missing minor parts, like Mirror Spock's dagger or TNG uniform Dax's ponytail). I didn't find any others that I really wanted, but then he packed all the Trek stuff in a bag and said: $30. Individually he was selling them for an average of 4.40, now he offered them for 1.50 each, so I took them (~20.7 figures and some DS9 cards) 😄

Then there was a table with Hallmark ornaments, and they had 2 Franklins from Beyond. I always liked that ship and didn't have a model of it yet, so I asked, and they wanted 15 for one, so I went full Ferengi and asked: Both for 20? And they actually said fine! 😄

Finally another table with Hot Wheels cars had a set of Pathfinder, lander, and Sojourner Mars rover from '96 for $3. Glorious!
 
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Just thinking about figures that neither Playmates nor DST tackled to my knowledge, these would be my top picks:

Acting Ensign Crusher (the S2/3 costume)
Commander Shelby
Ensign Nog
Vic Fontaine
Weyoun
Kai Winn
Damar

But I could go on all day with DS9 characters - a Breen, the Female Changeling, Moogie, Brunt, Sloan, Admiral Ross, Kasidy, Eddington, Benny Russell, Joseph Sisko.

And characters Playmates did just once in their first wave that could be better:
Quark, Rom in his uniform, Colonel Kira, Jake Sisko (S7), Dukat.

Fencing Picard and Guinan would also be cool.
 
Then there was a table with Hallmark ornaments, and they had 2 Franklins from Beyond. I always liked that ship and didn't have a model of it yet, so I asked, and they wanted 15 for one, so I went full Ferengi and asked: Both for 20? And they actually said fine! 😄

Finally another table with Hot Wheels cars had a set of Pathfinder, lander, and Sojourner Mars rover from '96 for $3. Glorious!
You have the lobes for business!
Hallmark stuff is hard to come buy outside the USA. I was happy to get that Franklin at a Destination Trek convention years ago.

Having a model of a Sojourner rover would be cool. Never thought of it. Gonna see if I can track one down. Ideally, I need to have the Sojourner rover and Sojourner interplanetary ship from For All Mankind side by side!
 
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Just thinking about figures that neither Playmates nor DST tackled to my knowledge, these would be my top picks:

Acting Ensign Crusher (the S2/3 costume)
Commander Shelby
Ensign Nog
Vic Fontaine
Weyoun
Kai Winn
Damar

But I could go on all day with DS9 characters - a Breen, the Female Changeling, Moogie, Brunt, Sloan, Admiral Ross, Kasidy, Eddington, Benny Russell, Joseph Sisko.

And characters Playmates did just once in their first wave that could be better:
Quark, Rom in his uniform, Colonel Kira, Jake Sisko (S7), Dukat.

Fencing Picard and Guinan would also be cool.

A regular “Bajoran” Major (or Colonel) Kira in the DST scale would be nice. The DST Kira is in her Starfleet uniform from that last arc in the final season.
 
In the bag of all the guy's Trek stuff, there were some with missing parts (I'll add his original prices, which were still good). Now I'm wondering what I could do with them :D

Mirror Spock ($7) doesn't have his dagger, so I'll display him from the left side where you don't see it's missing. Dax in TNG uniform ($3) lacks her ponytail, but I'll simply display her from the front anyway. Those are the easy ones.
TNG S3 Data ($4.5) doesn't have his panel covers anymore, so I could put him up with Geordi diagnosing him. Did he ever have parts of his skin opened in a TNG uniform? If it was a FC uniform, I could put him up with the Borg Queen (once I find her) for that arm blowjob scene :D
TNG S3 Geordi ($4.5) doesn't have his visor, and there is gray color on his temples. A simple solution without modifications is to put him up with Sela ($4) and recreate Mind's Eye while he was brainwashed, but I would have to build some kind of torture chair with visor interface for that. Another idea would be to try if the VOY uniform visor that I have fits him, and then change the VOY uniform Geordi into a FC one by painting the shoulders gray with stripes and the undershirt yellow. What type of color do people use for that? I think a regular sharpie type pen might not cover the underlying colors very well, unless it's darker. Then I would only have to paint his implants onto his white eyes, which at that scale will simply be blue/gray dots anyway, add the beard, and I'd have a FC Geordi.
The worst one is a TNG jacket Picard without his left arm ($2, shoulder is still there). I could try to find some of the alternate Borg arms and put the longest one there. Any other ideas? :D

There were also a Hamilton Kirk ($3) and Sulu ($6) from 1991 in there, which I had never seen before, and can't find any information on. Are they anything special? They look very cheap and bland compared to the PM.
 
I did email them with a few ideas, did anyone else?

Mine were Kruge, Tasha, Seven, Janeway, Pike from The Cage and Kirk from TUC.

My DST Pike with command chair could do with updating, I think.

(EDIT. I suffer from chronic autocorrect syndrome)
I had a reply saying that I'd be happy with, at least, one of the announcements at NYCC. :cool:

Got to be Seven, right?
 
If I recall correctly, DST had a Kruge on deck when the line went under. They also had a “Commander” Sisko and Gul Dukat that never made it to full production either.


I wouldn’t mind seeing the DS9 versions of Kang, Koloth and Kor. I think Playmates did a “old” Kang and know for sure they did “young” Koloth. DST did the TOS versions of Kang and Kor.
 
Rachel Garrett
Edward Jellico
Peter Preston
Valkris
Tuvix
Weyoun
Mirror Archer
Captain Sulu

Hmmmm

Captain Sulu is an interesting Since we do have a Monster Maroon Sulu already.
 
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