'Star Trek' Toys and IDW Comic Offer Up Movie Details
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paramount, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Remakes and Sequels
All kinds of Star Trek toys have been hitting the net this week. Previews of Playmates products appeared in USA Today, which offered further hints as to some of the props, costumes, and sets. I'm really in love with the bridge playset pictured above, and wish I was six years old so I could sit everyone down in those little chairs. What's pretty cool about this Playmates line is that a lot of emphasis has been put on making the toys affordable and accessible to the wee ones in order to raise a new generation of Trekkies/Trekkers. You have to keep geekdom going somehow, after all.
Not to be outdone, Mattel released a preview of their Spock, Kirk, and Uhura Barbie dolls. This caused a bit of snarking on sites like Sci Fi Wire, who feel this is an indication of how lowbrow the J.J. Abrams film will be. I'm not sure how it spells doom and gloom, as Mattel has done Trek barbies before, and it's not as though merchandising is new to the Trek universe. Maybe it's because it's a "girl" toy over a "boy" one.
And last but not least, IDW's first issue of Star Trek Countdown #1 hit stores this week. You can catch a preview here of the four issue series that gives Nero's origin story. Reviews have been popping up online and wow -- it's hard to believe that the secrey obsessed J.J. Abrams would let so much plot slip, but he has. If you want to see the movie completely fresh, avoid it. If you're too cheap to buy the comic, but want to spoil yourself, AICN and IGN are just two of many that have a blow-by-blow account that I won't post here out of respect for those not wanting to know everything before May. Why not just regress into childhood, and enjoy the toy gallery below?
Not to be outdone, Mattel released a preview of their Spock, Kirk, and Uhura Barbie dolls. This caused a bit of snarking on sites like Sci Fi Wire, who feel this is an indication of how lowbrow the J.J. Abrams film will be. I'm not sure how it spells doom and gloom, as Mattel has done Trek barbies before, and it's not as though merchandising is new to the Trek universe. Maybe it's because it's a "girl" toy over a "boy" one.
And last but not least, IDW's first issue of Star Trek Countdown #1 hit stores this week. You can catch a preview here of the four issue series that gives Nero's origin story. Reviews have been popping up online and wow -- it's hard to believe that the secrey obsessed J.J. Abrams would let so much plot slip, but he has. If you want to see the movie completely fresh, avoid it. If you're too cheap to buy the comic, but want to spoil yourself, AICN and IGN are just two of many that have a blow-by-blow account that I won't post here out of respect for those not wanting to know everything before May. Why not just regress into childhood, and enjoy the toy gallery below?
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1-23-2009 @ 2:51PM
Ant said...
I dont have high hopes for this movie but they have done a nice job on the toys. It's a shame that kids dont play with action figures as much anymore - they are good for the imagination.
Though, does anyone else find the physique of the action figures laughable. Chris Pine and Zacahry Quinto are two good looking guys - but hardly body builders.
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1-23-2009 @ 4:57PM
Mr. R said...
I saw two men walking hand in hand on the street the other day and thought that was very gay but then I saw the new Star Trek action figures on the last three images on the list...
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