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Joe Moore · 07-03-2020, 07:52 AM

Star Trek has a few hurdles to overcome, unfortunately. It's an expensive license. A lot of long time collectors have been burned too many times by action figure lines that don't last past a few waves, so they don't invest in anything right out of the gate anymore. That in turn lends itself to poor sales, which then contributes to a line being cancelled.

Both McFarlane's and the One:12 Star Trek figures sold poorly. I bought Spock on clearance for $20 and Mirror, Mirror Spock for $10 on clearance (RIP ThinkGeek). So there was no reason on their end to continue.

Now DST, I have no clue what's going on there. They haven't done anything in some time. However, when people ask, they still say things are in the works. So, I don't know if they're having problems getting things approved, or if Paramount has them put stuff on hold, or if they really just stopped and are waiting for their license agreement to be up or renegotiated.

07-03-2020, 07:52 AM	#2
Joe Moore Administrator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 34,592	Star Trek has a few hurdles to overcome, unfortunately. It's an expensive license. A lot of long time collectors have been burned too many times by action figure lines that don't last past a few waves, so they don't invest in anything right out of the gate anymore. That in turn lends itself to poor sales, which then contributes to a line being cancelled. Both McFarlane's and the One:12 Star Trek figures sold poorly. I bought Spock on clearance for $20 and Mirror, Mirror Spock for $10 on clearance (RIP ThinkGeek). So there was no reason on their end to continue. Now DST, I have no clue what's going on there. They haven't done anything in some time. However, when people ask, they still say things are in the works. So, I don't know if they're having problems getting things approved, or if Paramount has them put stuff on hold, or if they really just stopped and are waiting for their license agreement to be up or renegotiated. __________________