Star Trek Playmates Toys

The new Star Trek figures by Playmates Toys are based upon the latest film in the series. These figures are sure to delight new and old fans. It's also important to note that Original Spock has the likeness of Leonard Nemoy. The packaging is very attractive and simplistic, so if you wish to collect the figures without opening it, these are the figures for you.

There are three separate lines, The Command Series, The Warp Series and The Galaxy Series. The Command Series consists of 12 inch dolls featuring Original and New Spock, Kirk, McCoy, Sulu and Pike. The Warp Series figures stand six inches tall. The line has Kirk, New and Original Spock, Scotty, Cadet Chekov, Cadet McCoy, Pike, Sulu, Cadet Uhura and Nero who is the only villain from the movie currently made. The Galaxy Series has three and three quarter inches (or one eighteenth scale) figures. This line features Kirk, Original Spock, New Spock, Scotty, Sulu, Pike, Cadet McCoy, Cadet Uhura, Cadet Chekov and Nero.
Each figure in the three lines comes with their own figure stand.

Each figure is well painted and the face sculpt is accurate to the actor's likeness.
Both the Original Spock and new Spock hands has the split fingered Vulcan greeting and there is an interchangeable hand packaged with the figures. The majority of the figures have 21 points of movement. Original Spock has 17 and Uhura has 13. So, those of you who love to pose your figures should have no problem re-creating scenes from the movie.
While Uhura has the least amount of articulation, I feel it is a positive trade-off for such an excellently done sculpt. The face of the Uhura figure is particularly well done. I mention this specifically because the toy industry's track record with female faces is poor and this figure bucks that trend.

The bridge crew figures come with utility belts and phasers and communicators that actually fit in the holsters which is a nice homage to the original 8 inch Mego line from the 1970's.
Another feature of The Galaxy Line is that each one comes with either a Transporter Room piece or a part of the bridge. Once you have collected all nine figures, you can put together the bridge and transporter room.

These figures are cheaper than other current action figure lines. At big box retail outlets such as Wal-Mart, Target and Toys R Us, are The Galaxy Series is selling for as low as $6.50 per figure. You can also order online at www.startrek.com