EXO-6 Star Trek "General Discussion" 1/6 Line

Uniform looks great! Can’t wait for Saavik!

Johnny Utah said:

For the record, I never liked Kirstie Alley's Saavik, I much preferred Robin Curtis.

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For the record, I never liked McDonald's hamburgers, I much preferred In-N-Out.

TheClient said:

I would not put it past a half-Romulan who saw her friend get murdered, but that heritage was never made explicit in the films.

If her and Kirk had a scene bonding over their shared grief toward the beginning of the movie, only to find themselves on opposing sides in the end, that would have packed a punch.

Looking forward to the Saavik figure. If they do not get around to Valeris….no great loss for me.

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Saavik from the novelisation would totally have joined the traitors. She had anger management issues. I do agree that it would not have been appropriate for Saavik to play out the way Valeris did (murdering the co-conspirators might need a tweak as I think Saavik should have been given a more redemptive arc) and I think Kirk appealing to her shared love for David rather than a forced mind meld would have been more fitting. I was disappointed that we didn't get to see either Alley or Curtis again.

scubasteve_85 said:

Uniform looks great! Can’t wait for Saavik!

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Hmmm...my initial plans on just getting TWOK Kirk and Spock are evaporating. Might be down for a bunch of movie era figs too now that I see plans for Saavik and Chang.

superdoug said:

Well I am happy they didn’t turn Saavik bad. I liked Alley & Curtis. I preferred Curtis but would be happy with either or both.

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The extreme irony for me is that for the longest time I was only a casual Star Trek fan and hard-core Star Wars. Yet I never made that connection and always assumed it was a different character. Maybe it was because I didn't expect another recasting and the way they brought her in didn't feel like a continuation. Idk maybe I just had an extra large bowl of Wheaties that day or large amounts of caffeine but it made sense to me!

For the record, I never liked Shelley Long
as Diane. I much preferred Kirstie Alley.

There I feel better now. Been weighing on me.

If we are doing the whole Alley vs Curtis this (again) I actually liked both of them despite having very different takes on how the character acted in part due to Nimoy's direction. I prefer Alley but thats in part due to my love of that movie as a whole and I just preferred how she played it.

Saavik was meant to be in VI but it was a combination of Meyer not being able to get Alley back (I read it was either a similar issue with agents and fees as her returning for III or scheduling conflicts with Cheers) and he didn't like Curtis' take on his character and didn't want to recast with a 3rd actress. There was also allegedly kick back from Roddenberry who didn't want a fan favourite turning bad - so they rewrote it to be Valeris as another Spock protege but you can still tell some of the dialogue was meant to make more sense as being said by Saavik.

I'm stoked about a WOK Saavik figure, I had been hoping for a confirmation of her since Mission Chicago, yes we are getting the big 3 from that film but really a Saavik is a must for me as she rounds out the away team even if they don't produce the full crew!

I know some of us would prefer Curtis and I hope there is enough love for that version to secure a figure but for me out of the 3 (including Valeris) the Alley Saavik wins due to loving the source material, preferring the character and accessories wise this one would stand out the most on the shelf even if mixed in with other figures wearing the Monster Maroon due to the cadet red parts not to mention the other accessories.

Something I still don't quite understand is how we saw Saavik clearly on this command path to Captain in TWOK (taking the Kobayashi Maru, commanding the bridge while Kirk was away), and yet in the next movie there's no mention of that at all and she's simply a science officer who's now an expert on the Genesis Project for some reason.

It's just like a completely different character.

ROBIN CURTIS > KIRSTIE ALLEY

KIRSTIE ALLEY’S SAAVIK > ROBIN CURTIS’ SAAVIK.

What will the other “immediate release” characters be? I would very much like the Kolinar Spock but I’m getting tired of the drama and would like to rest for a while after that and preorder TWOK when they become available to do so .

Jimmy C said:

What will the other “immediate release” characters be? I would very much like the Kolinar Spock but I’m getting tired of the drama and would like to rest for a while after that and preorder TWOK when they become available to do so .

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Disco Doc after Spock.

HAL9000. said:

Disco Doc after Spock.

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He's not until next year.

davejames said:

Something I still don't quite understand is how we saw Saavik clearly on this command path to Captain in TWOK (taking the Kobayashi Maru, commanding the bridge while Kirk was away), and yet in the next movie there's no mention of that at all and she's simply a science officer who's now an expert on the Genesis Project for some reason.

It's just like a completely different character.

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I always saw that as her working her way up to that - while she was training as the Captain of her Cadet crew she obviously still had to work her way up the ranks otherwise it would have needed a Kelvin style jump over every experienced officer to maybe a XO position.

Couple of things I always noticed going from TWOK to TSFS - in TWOK she initially took the science station when the ship launched and then when Kirk took Command and Spock took that station she swapped to navigation - this kind of makes sense as we saw Chekov at science in TOS when Spock wasn't around and he did again during TSFS so the 2 seem to have an element of cross training.

Then theres that while she was the science officer of the Grissom her uniform had the white command division colours rather than science.

Pauln6a said:

He's not until next year.

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I didn't say otherwise. He said "What will the other “immediate release” characters be?"

Jimmy C said:

What will the other “immediate release” characters be? I would very much like the Kolinar Spock but I’m getting tired of the drama and would like to rest for a while after that and preorder TWOK when they become available to do so .

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Probably "The Cage" figures, "Discovery" Pike, and some other characters Nanjin feels wouldn't sell enough to warrant a full production run like the pre-order figures.

This is what I was concerned about with his FB post. I feel the same way you do; I love just being able to relax, pre-order the figures as they are announced and actually being able to enjoy my hobby. All this sweating and stressing sucks the fun right out of it. It would be my luck there would be several characters I really want (Yar, "The Cage" characters, Pike, Rand, Chapel, just for some examples) would be immediate purchase and I'd miss out somehow. It would make me seriously rethink getting into this line.

Is the general consensus/rumor that Kolinahr Spock won't be up this week?

Mr.E said:

Is the general consensus/rumor that Kolinahr Spock won't be up this week?

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Nanjin's most recent post says 'might' be next week.

Supes78/Bats89 said:

Probably "The Cage" figures, "Discovery" Pike, and some other characters Nanjin feels wouldn't sell enough to warrant a full production run like the pre-order figures.

This is what I was concerned about with his FB post. I feel the same way you do; I love just being able to relax, pre-order the figures as they are announced and actually being able to enjoy my hobby. All this sweating and stressing sucks the fun right out of it. It would be my luck there would be several characters I really want (Yar, "The Cage" characters, Pike, Rand, Chapel, just for some examples) would be immediate purchase and I'd miss out somehow. It would make me seriously rethink getting into this line.

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It is his recent “logistical” statements re: Kolinar Spock that sets that anxiety in motion. The thing sells out during the 45 minutes that I’m on the road or in a dental chair I will be quite sad. I would hope I could catch up with Sideshow or Cotswold but that may not be easy either.

Honestly I sometimes curse the day some brilliantly evil mind, likely at Sideshow, came up with the idea of manufactured limited editions and FOMO driven advertising. It works sure. But it's no way to have a "relaxing" hobby that takes your mind off your troubles. Really puts the FU in fundamental pleasures.

Raven said:

Honestly I sometimes curse the day some brilliantly evil mind, likely at Sideshow, came up with the idea of manufactured limited editions and FOMO driven advertising. It works sure. But it's no way to have a "relaxing" hobby that takes your mind off your troubles. Really puts the FU in fundamental pleasures.

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Todd McFarlane. Other toy companies followed suit.