Macross-Junkie

Hey Zach! C'mon man, there has to be SOME word where your at as to the fate of the Star Trek line???

Checked Luke's and BBTS and NOTHING!

So, where does one go to pre-order this Pike Enterprise? I thought yesterday was the day.

I was wondering the same thing, considering this is the Enterprise I've been waiting for????

Which one's the one where that other captain's ship got destroyed and then he takes command of the Enterprise while Kirk is stranded on the wrecked ship? That one might be cool to do, basically a battle-damaged Enterprise.

That would be the Constillation with Comodore Decker...

I think you guys may be surprised how many more times they may use the mold for this ship. As mentioned above there's still the Constillation, as well as the Lexington, Defiant, Constitution, and seven more ships used in the TOS storyline. It wouldn't surprise me if they even made a Mirror Defiant with either Captain Archer, or Empress Hoshi...

WOOHOO, Just after I get back from Otakon. Looks like next week is starting off good...

I'm with "youbastards" on this one. It seems like every other line gets exclusives and vehicles, and so forth. Lets look, Halo (which for the record still clogs my TRU pegs in excess) got 5 waves (WHY?), Marvel puts out multiple waves of stuff, in record amounts, and my TRU can't even get rid of them reduced to $4.99 each, Walking Dead (which is a great line in my opinion) is quickly coming to a Zombies crawl (my TRU and LCS have tons of series 1, 2, & 3 on their pegs), yet all these seem to be getting far more attention than Star Trek (which hasn't even been given a chance yet).

Come on DST get with the game, all your doing is ticking off potential customers. Give us an Amazon 5 pack of any Star Trek crew (my votes for TOS) and I promise you they fly off the shelf (especially if you market them towards the holidays (X-Mas Bling)...

Took a little bit of time last night to compare the 25th Anniversary Bridge Model and the new AMT set coming out in a few months. Here's what I've been able to surmise based on my own 25th model and pics of the newer one.

New AMT has Nav. and Spock Viewers

New AMT has redesigned Turbolift Door

New AMT has better looking monitor and panel decals

New AMT "IS" a complete Bridge, as apposed to the 25th only being 3/4

Bridge panels on AMT can be removed for display at different angles, as apposed to the 25th being fixed or glued in place

It looks like (and I could be wrong) the new AMT has redesigned floor panels

So that's it folks. In a nut shell, the 25th may be similar to the new AMT design, but overall it's a completely re-tooled kit...

My TRU got in 2 more cases about a week ago, and yesterday when I stopped back by, all the sets were still there like peg warmers, with the exception of the Janeway / 7 of 9 sets. I hope these don't end up like Battle Beasts at my TRU. Huge inventory, and no sales means no more Trek minimates for Fayetteville...

Forget the TNG or DS9 stuff, give me more TOS!!! I want aliens and lot's of them. Orions, and Tellarites, and Andorians, oh my...

So I've been up for 26 hours doing nothing but building my website for my Star Trek minimate photo comic, and in the process I got around to opening my Field Jacket Kirk. The first thing I did was lop off his head and put Walking Dead Ricks (wave 1) head on the body, and then I saw the problem... Kirk has specially groomed hair designed to fit behind that big collar on the coat, and other heads with shaggy hair or big hair need not apply. I did kinda force Ricks head on, which is why he's kinda looking down...

I'm using the Rick head for a character in my story.

I also decided to put a TWOK era Uhura together using a IM2 Romanov skirt, a Kirk dress jacket, and TOS head and legs. What do you guys think?

For those of you interested in seeing my custom crew for my story you can go here: http://usskrieger.webs.com/

I've got several 1:32 scale Star Trek models I have to build (TOS Bridge, TMP Bridge, Shuttlecraft) as well as some 1:1000 starship models and some 1:32 papercraft models of Star Trek stuff. I have a lot of work ahead of me, but now that I have the website set up, it's really motivating me...

I decided to take a trip to the only LCS within 70 miles that carries minimates today (trying to collect some field jacket Kirks for my TWOK era away team) and was disappointed that they went out of business. So I guess there's no getting around paying shipping costs.

Hey Luke, I just ordered two loose Kirks, any word if there will be more, or will I just have to have some extra Khans lying around...

Hey Zach or Luke, any word on how the LCS wave is packed? I'm curious to know who's short packed and who's in abundance?

The ship looks great, but what's up with the sloppy paint apps on the Captains chair, and the two new Kirks?

I'm kinda glad TRU didn't take it because I'm trying to restrain myself from buying all three as it is. I'll get the ISS and the Tribbles versions.

But if a Pike version is offered...

If a Pike version is offered I'm on it like Donkey Kong. Kirk will always be my favorite captain, but Pike is such a mystery because so little is known about his career. Plus I like the pilot version of the Enterprise, it's design was an obvious choice for a photo comic I'm working on about the Corp Of Engineers...

Yeah, that's what I figured. Still going to buy a few extra and modify them into Saladin / Hermes class ships. I think I'll also buy an extra I.S.S. Enterprise and see if I can get the Terran Empire logos off with some Brasso. It works pretty well for getting paint apps off lego's, so why not minimate stuff as well... Hey Zach, any word on if they're going to release a Pike version of the Enterprise? We're still waiting to hear where that mysterious Pike figure from Toyfair is going to end up...

Does anyone have pics of the mirror Enterprise nacells? I want to know if they have the Terran Empire logo on them like the DST ST:Legends ship? If not then it should be simple to make the swap of a regular Enterprise saucer section with the mirror one, to make a Pike version...

My TRU still only got in one case, but they don't seem to be flying off the shelf in my area. I picked up another Picard, and a Sisco (which was nowhere to be found the first time I went to TRU) was magically on the peg today, so I picked him up as well........

Went to my TRU today, and it looks like the same pack-out that everyone else listed. My store got in three cases and they were almost all sold out. I was able to pick up Kirk/Khan, Picard/Hugh, and Janeway/7 of 9. They were completely out of Sisko figures, which struck me as a little wierd (seeing as his little vest uniform isn't that cool), who knows, maybe it's the Cardassian Army Builder.

My friend a TRU just called to tell me that Star Trek minimates are on the manifest for their truck tonight... So excited...

You know, there was a Pike Minimate on display at C2E2 that no one ever talked about.

I was just thinking that if DST were to offer another Pike, it would be great if they did it with his Away Team jacket and an extra set of arms for his duty uniform. I'm sure many would buy duplicates just to get that jacket and outfit the original Spock from "The Cage."

So... what's with that Pike? Series 2 or leftover from DST pushing another Enterprise?

I'd put my money on another Enterprise, because that is NOT the Pike from the series 2 set. He's missing the slight collar print on his shirt...

Hey, where did you find this pic? This looks more like the Pike era Enterprise, and not the ISS Enterprise. If so it gives me hope for a Pike Variant...

I wish I could get a better pic of the neck that attaches the primary hull to the secondary hull. I want to know if it's attached to the Saucer section or the Engineering section in the package to determine how difficult it's going to be to make a Saladin / Hermes Class custom (check the Starfleet Technical Manual for pics)...

Well I convinced the wife to let me go back and at least pick up 2 packs, and based on what they had on the pegs (2 cases), my pack out runs as follows:

2 Rick

2 Carol

4 Glen

4 Zombies

As for what I picked up, I got a Carol and Glen...

There is not a zombies two pack, the other set is Dexter with dreadlocks zombie

>I read the first three TPBs this week, I had previously only a viewer of the TV show. It's been fun getting to know the versions of the characters that the minimates actually depict. Now I cant wait for an Axel/Thomas 2 pack with butcher knife and severed heads of Hershel's youngest.

Although I'd love an Axel, I don't want Thomas, neither does Andrea. That dude was creepy and if we were to get him I'd hope he come with an alternate head of his own.

I didn't pull them all off the peg to take a look at each one, but I'm sure the pack I saw as a zombie pack was Dexter. Our TRU has their pegs really close together because they have SOOOOO much inventory...

Well I convinced the wife to let me go back and at least pick up 2 packs, and based on what they had on the pegs (2 cases), my pack out runs as follows:

2 Rick

2 Carol

4 Glen

4 Zombies

As for what I picked up, I got a Carol and Glen...