[Morgan]

This is one of my fave figures from the 7th season set, a lineup full of rare figures. Was very lucky to get Esoqq on Canadian card. This is one of those characters that were on screen only for a few minutes, and were drafted into the "weird alien" role by the toymaker. In the previous release, we had the Vorgon play this role, and to some extent Dathon, though Dathon was of the central character in the episode.

Back when this line was new this figure ranked just below Thomas Riker, who was just below Red Data in terms of rarity, if we count Red Data as a "retail" figure at all. Despite the high production run, Esoqq was nowhere to be seen. I think the best one could hope to encounter at a TRU, department store, or pharmacy, was Q in Judges Robes, which itself was valued at just north of $30 at its peak. Esoqq was a solid $60 to $80. But he wasn't really out in collectible shops either, which was strange in itself given the production run. These should have been out there on sale but they just weren't.

In the transition from character to action figure, Esoqq noticeably bulked up, but that was a normal thing to happen in the world of Trek figures, so no news here. I kinda wish this figure was available on the later 1995 TNG cards as well in the same way that Soong and Ro Laren were, among others, just for a bit of variation.