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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

I think Data is in the next Heroes wave, though I don't suspect you have much interest in that character until you watch TNG. Spoiler alert for all the science fiction ever - the quirky robot is always the best character.

I do watch some TNG here and there when I catch one in TV, it just does not appeal to me. Everyone's just - standing around and talking. And talking. And talking. Nothing ever happens I hear they go to planets but I never see any. There was just more action in TOS, is all.

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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

Oooh, the bridge! That looks really nice. Interestingly, my Spock minifig has the Vulcan salute as his right hand, where it appears yours doesn't. Unless it's very subtle and I'm missing it?

You bought the figures single, without any bricks? My figures came with the sets and they all have the same grabbing hands so they can hold phaser and communicator. No salute hand.

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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

She got me into Doctor Who as well, but started me with the more recent stuff. We went back and watched some of the (much) older episodes, and it was a chore. So pre-80's science fiction is a tough sell for me.

With recent you mean Moffat and Matt Smith / Peter Capaldi, or Russel T. Davies with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant?
That's where I started as well, and have not gone much into the classic ones either - they are indeed slow. But now that I have become a fan of Sean Pertwee in "Gotham" I watch his father as Doctor number 3 and I enjoy it very much. So again it always depends on the actor. There's a reason why so many have him as their favorite Doctor. Most of his episodes are set on Earth though, as they had little budget.

So believe me when I tell you that TOS is not as slow as classic Who (although classic Who fans might protest now )

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Originally Posted by Brownfinger

do you have any particular episodes you think best represent the show?

Oh boy, now you're putting pressure on me! Of course I have favorites but I'm a girl, you're a guy, they may not appeal to you? Has your girlfriend not watched it either? Then you can discover it together. I'll think of some and then write a PM to not have a too private conversation in here. Although it would be easier to just tell the five or six everyone agrees on that they are absymail and should not be watched other than poking fun at them.

In the playset appreciation thread we talked about the Buffy library and it made me get it out and play with it. Here's the first batch of many more pics! Wolverine jumping at whoever enemy is standing there. Someone in another forum said that he planned to use the set as the school for gifted children and I thought that was a great idea.









He was hanging on two threads from my kitchen shelf: