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Even More Pics Of Even More Toys From J.J.'s STAR TREK Reveal Even More About The Film's Design!!

pass by Gungan Slayer	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:35:18 AM

Who are these meant to be for? by Rain_Dog	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:38:58 AM
Surely kids don't give a fuck about the Alias guy making a Star Trek movie, and collectors aren't going to buy shoddy looking toss like that.
I'm cautiously optimistic. by iamnicksaicnsn	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:39:07 AM
Much in the same way I am about the Obama Administration! But seriously, this is the kind of movie where you can't possibly know what it's going to be like until you see it. And it's pretty clear what the plot is going to be, even from the little bits and pieces and pictures and whatnot we've seen, and that's disconcerting.
World Police? by bookonbob	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:43:02 AM
Is it just me or does that Kirk doll look just like Gary in Team America????
I also like how the toy young Spock looks more like Spock by iamnicksaicnsn	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:43:02 AM
than they got Syler to look. They made him too smooth, and messed up his eyebrows.
by palpatinefuckedmydog	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:43:38 AM
That one ship(I think)looked like a fishing lure.
Wrong. Just wrong. by LordPorkington	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:49:48 AM
They shouldn't have brought this back. It belongs in the 60's and that's where it should have stayed. Hardcore fans aren't going to accept anyone other than Shatner as Kirk, and teens these days are going to think it's embarrassing.
The California Raisins looked more human by ArcadianDS	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:51:36 AM
These things are horrible. They look like they came out of a claw machine.
Re: who are these meant for? by iamnicksaicnsn	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:51:45 AM
My little cousin seemed pretty interested in the movie, and he's never been a Star Trek fan of any kind and he's 13. Not that any good Trek has come out in his aware-life-time.
Many of these might be prototypes by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:55:16 AM
Especially some of the shots of the Enterprise, the one with the stand for instance.
RE: Wrong. Just wrong. by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:59:09 AM
I'm pretty hardcore (yes, I even have a costume, though only for the occasional Convention), and I'm really looking forward to this. It looks like a great ride, and the new designs look pretty good to me.
RE: This is a toy? Looks pretty unpolished by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:01:44 AM
They are really cheap ($17.xx), and the pictures might be from prototypes. The prop itself may not have much more detail than the toys. We'll see what they are like when actually released.
??? by photoboy	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:04:10 AM
I thought they said they wanted to redesign everything because it looked "dated" on Classic Trek... but a shiny silver space laser isn't dated?
God the internet is full of moaners. by Smashing	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:12:15 AM
Seriously criticising kids toys with an uber adult eye makes you look like cocks.
Enterprise Design by Wrecks	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:27:14 AM
Rocks! It's easily the best thing out af all the new production art. Has an almost organic quality to it.
The Dark Knight of 2009 by Emperor_was_a_jerk	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:32:32 AM
I am not saying that Star Trek will be as good, but that they are looking to make a movie. A movie that stands alone, that is fun to watch and goes past all the Trek nerd crap of the past 40 years. Dark Knight was not a movie just for comic book geeks, looks like that is the direction they are going for the Trek movie. Let go of the past and just watch it as a movie.
I like it by Radioman75	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:35:06 AM
i am in to the whole reto look. Bring it on......
STAR TREK in 3-D by NivekJ	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:36:00 AM
Just think about it. New CGI animated Trek series shown in 3-D. Lucas would have done Clone Wars in 3-D if he could have. (Well, he could have, and he didn't.) Shut up, you!! (Furthermore, if he had the stones, he would have hired PIXAR to make the new series, and hired Genndy Tartakovsky to direct and supervise.) No! NO, STOP IT!!! (You know I'm right.) GET AWAY FROM ME!!!
photoboy - by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:50:53 AM
It fits both a retro-50s Sci Fi aesthetic, but also matches the Apple iStore design aesthetic of the rest. The whole production appears to have a functional iStore/Art Deco/50s blend aesthetic to it.
RE: God the internet is full of moaners. by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:52:45 AM
We criticise because it's a fun way to explore possibilities. The toys provide an insight into the design aesthetic to the movie.
This String of Interminable Trek Posts... by Aquatarkusman	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:58:01 AM
... brings to mind a certain phrase as applies to this site: "parody of itself."
Does the phaser have sparks in the window? by rev_skarekroe	Jan 23rd, 2009 11:58:44 AM
When you pull the trigger? That'd be awesome.
Are there even any hardcore fans from the 60's left alive? by Boomers_Lips	Jan 23rd, 2009 12:04:46 PM
and if yes, why would they care.
Vorlons make an appearance? by MisterE	Jan 23rd, 2009 12:38:02 PM
The big toy ship ("Narada"?) looks a lot like a Vorlon Heavy Cruiser from Babylon 5.
Meanwhile, Michelle Ryan is confirmed for the next DR. WHO episo by SpyGuy	Jan 23rd, 2009 01:04:17 PM
But hey, if you dorks want to discuss STAR TREK toys instead, that's cool too. ("Planet of the Dead" airs in the U.K. and shortly thereafter on the Internets sometime around Easter)
Thanks...JJ saves StarTrek by j2talk	Jan 23rd, 2009 01:26:44 PM
Trek is back......
SAURIAN BRANDY OR FAIL. by alice 13	Jan 23rd, 2009 01:48:32 PM
lol @ toys.
Don't like the Phaser. by Clavius	Jan 23rd, 2009 02:28:19 PM
That phaser looks like a cheap Mexican knockoff you'd find in the "toy" aisle at the grocery store! Looks like you actually have to flip the emitter around to get from stun to kill. Reminds me a great deal of Red Dwarf's "Red Alert Bulb" Everything else looks pretty cool though.
phaser nitpick by redshirt	Jan 23rd, 2009 02:28:44 PM
OK I have always hated sci fi hand held weapons that don't have some kind of guard over the trigger, like pistols do. The phaser as portrayed looks so incredibly dangerous as it could be so easily accidentally fired. I mean geez, it's just a button. At least some modern pistols require significant squeezing pressure to fire, but that? Hell, Barney Fife would shoot his leg off every time he holstered that damn thing. OK stupid rant off. I just had to say it.
who's doing the score for the movie? by Boomers_Lips	Jan 23rd, 2009 02:41:05 PM
I hope it's the same dude that did the score for LOST and Mission Impossible 3! ST needs to sound more like the productions from Team JJ Abrhams!!
Michael Giacchino is doing the Trek Score by Clavius	Jan 23rd, 2009 02:51:09 PM
Great choice in my book. "Roar" from Cloverfield is fantastic!
Clavius by Boomers_Lips	Jan 23rd, 2009 02:55:23 PM
that's great news! I like the score he did for MI-3 when tom cruise is parting from his gang at the end of that film. Roar is really good too! I'm glad JJ didn't hire someone who was already affiliated with ST, their scores may be okay but Micheal G can do a much better job.
RE: Score by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 03:05:14 PM
The score has been completed, and the movie is already in the can. Ben Burtt of Star Wars fame is the sound effects personality, and ILM's VFX are getting some good buzz from those who've seen some of them.
From an insider by Bishop6	Jan 23rd, 2009 04:16:36 PM
"the actual prop is NOT CHROME. It is dull stainless steel, with a lot of TOS blue-grey accents. It has a somewhat worn appearance, not unlike a real gun that's seen some use. Those who assert the screen prop has the same surface tone and texture as the toy version simply don't know what they're talking about."
As toys they might be acceptable. by kabong	Jan 23rd, 2009 04:51:25 PM
But if the props are of the same quality, they'd better avoid close-ups of them.
They're toys by BizarroJerry	Jan 23rd, 2009 05:07:43 PM
Shut it!
props by Bishop6	Jan 23rd, 2009 05:10:31 PM
"the actual prop is NOT CHROME. It is dull stainless steel, with a lot of TOS blue-grey accents. It has a somewhat worn appearance, not unlike a real gun that's seen some use. Those who assert the screen prop has the same surface tone and texture as the toy version simply don't know what they're talking about."
You're kidding, right? by EverythingEverywhereStinks	Jan 23rd, 2009 05:34:14 PM
Jesus Christ, the design work on this film gets uglier and uglier with every released photo. As a former longtime hardcore Trekkie myself, I now completely and thoroughly understand why the words "nerd" and "Star Trek Fan" are synonymous. The fact that so many losers are waiting with baited breath for this parody of a reimagining is further proof that the "Trekkies," "Trekkers," or "unfuckable virgins" of the world (take your pick of terms...they are interchangable) are a hopeless group.
Out of Context by JumpinJehosaphat	Jan 23rd, 2009 06:12:44 PM
The second worst thing about the internet is our ability to see so far behind the wizard's curtain of a film's creation and marketing, that we're given a false impression of the whole based on parts. The context in which many of the things we've seen have yet to be experienced in any complete way. Rough sketches, pre-production models, set stills, trailer clips, and toys based on properties which haven't been seen within their intended setting culminate in a lot of misunderstanding of what the production actually may be.
RE: You're kidding, right? by OneBuckFilms	Jan 23rd, 2009 06:22:41 PM
It's possible that what we're looking at isn't even the final version of the toys. Sometimes prototypes look crappy and wrong, and are there simply as a starting point for the manufacturing process to be worked out from. Pigments and Materials can be adjusted to work with the same molds, but the process needs to be worked out and planned for.
I would prefer the Crew wear sombreros by YackBacker	Jan 23rd, 2009 09:11:12 PM
I am greatly disappointed with JJ's dogmatic take on Trek. Gene Roddenberry didn't have the balls to put a mariachi band on the Enterprise. JJ... you let me down, bro!
Why does Uhura look like a Bratz Doll? by conspiracy	Jan 23rd, 2009 10:21:45 PM
When you pull her ponytail does she scream..."Heeeey Girlfriend", Given Orci and Co. penchant for have at least one "Sassy", obviously "Urban" character per movie...Ya know Uhura gonna sound like she Straight Outta Compton.
Who's the Vulcan chick doll (um, action figure)? by MisterE	Jan 24th, 2009 01:23:54 AM

the hype machine is rolling and by quintana007	Jan 24th, 2009 04:06:59 AM
heres the new trailer!!!: http://tinyurl.com/oj8th
Meh by VonThunderballs	Jan 24th, 2009 04:55:07 PM
I will watch this movie but I'm setting my expectations realllly low for it.
OneBuckFilms what's that now? by Smashing	Jan 25th, 2009 09:33:46 AM
You say "we" criticise as it allows us to explore possibilities, firstly what we? Have Trek fans combined into one thought?, isn't that the Borg? Secondly how is freaking out over some cheaply made and looking kids toys exploring possibilities?, seriously fill me in. Unless the possibilities are that some semi hysterical people will attempt to justify any behaviour with pseudo intellectual B.S and expect to get away with it. These are children's toys and allow you a peek into the aesthetic of, you know, children's toys, which themselves are based on film, a fictional event, made in Hollywood and depicting a fictional environment with made up fictional characters in them. Maybe your one of the net nerds crying as Gabe Coeners frankly uninspired Enterprise design was passed over for this film, fair play but seriously attacking then defending toys aimed at young people is so boring I can't be arsed to finish.

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