SnakeDoctor
Super Freak
I have collected the vintage 4.5" Playmates Star Trek line since I was a teenager, and am thinking of getting into the 7" Art Asylum/ Diamond Select Star Trek line as well.
I have always liked the original 4.5" Playmates line. The sculpts are good, the prices are reasonable, and they made figures of almost everyone pre-Enterprise and pre-Nemsis. I have the entire TNG crew (in three different uniform variations), the DS9 crew, most of the Voyager figures, various random characters (Thomas Riker, Locutus, Kirk from Generations, Trials and Tribblations Sisko, O'Brien, Bashir, etc.) and recently bought the TOS crew box set for $25 on ebay.
The only complaint I have is that the line died pretty unceremoniously, and that nobody (not even Playmates new Trek line) is producing Trek figures in this scale anymore.
But, I'm thinking of branching out into the Art Asylum/ Diamond Select line. From the pictures I have seen, the sculpts look good, and the selection is pretty good as well (though DS9 and Voyager have gotten the short shriff). The prices look a bit high on some of the older stuff, though. I'm not sure about the Picard/ Locutus sculpt, though. The Ships look good (Ent 1701, D, E and NX-01 are really the oly 4 I'm interested in).
I was surprised there was no thread on this line. Anybody into it? Any suggestions for where to get started? What to avoid? Where to get the most reasonable prices? I wouldn't mind buying a large group of figures together to get myself started.
Thanks.
SnakeDoc
I have always liked the original 4.5" Playmates line. The sculpts are good, the prices are reasonable, and they made figures of almost everyone pre-Enterprise and pre-Nemsis. I have the entire TNG crew (in three different uniform variations), the DS9 crew, most of the Voyager figures, various random characters (Thomas Riker, Locutus, Kirk from Generations, Trials and Tribblations Sisko, O'Brien, Bashir, etc.) and recently bought the TOS crew box set for $25 on ebay.
The only complaint I have is that the line died pretty unceremoniously, and that nobody (not even Playmates new Trek line) is producing Trek figures in this scale anymore.
But, I'm thinking of branching out into the Art Asylum/ Diamond Select line. From the pictures I have seen, the sculpts look good, and the selection is pretty good as well (though DS9 and Voyager have gotten the short shriff). The prices look a bit high on some of the older stuff, though. I'm not sure about the Picard/ Locutus sculpt, though. The Ships look good (Ent 1701, D, E and NX-01 are really the oly 4 I'm interested in).
I was surprised there was no thread on this line. Anybody into it? Any suggestions for where to get started? What to avoid? Where to get the most reasonable prices? I wouldn't mind buying a large group of figures together to get myself started.
Thanks.
SnakeDoc