[Raine24]

Playmates Toys Boldly Returns To The Star Trek Universe

The copy is the exact sort of vagueness one expects, mostly confirmation that the line won't drop until next year with "Playmates will launch its new Star Trek toy line in 2022, following Star Trek’s entry into kids’ content with the premiere of Star Trek: Prodigy, the first Star Trek series aimed at younger audiences."

Jeez, even StarTrek.com is ignoring the existence of TAS. Ouch. However, among the slew of current and upcoming series, they did mention that there will be "future selections from the expansive Star Trek Universe of series and motion pictures"; considering the failure of Playmates' last dip into Trek with toys based on the '09 reboot film (the entire second wave was cancelled, leaving crews incomplete and the parted out playset forever unfinished while remaining stock flooded discount stores) and the tenuous status of the current programs, one would hope that Playmates will be keen to appeal to fans of the established franchise with a healthy variety of pre-reboot offerings

I personally hope they decide that not making any of the '09 figures compatible with the 350+ deep line they'd already done was a really, really, really boneheaded move and that, in addition to whatever scales they choose to produce, we'll see a modern continuation of the 4.5" line finishing off the crews they ever got to the first time (Enterprise, TNG movie crew, DS9 in FC uniforms, etc.) and perhaps some select re-issues with a touch of new tooling. Because while I have no interest in buying repros of figures I already own, if they put out a boxset of the TNG crew with 2nd/3rd season Wesley, Riker with a proper uniform, and Deanna in her dress, I'd have no problem repurchasing the same old Picard, Data, Worf, and Geordi to get them. Hell, a straight-up reissue of the bridge with new stickers and a swappable screen graphic would be an insta-buy for me

So, any trekkies here?