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

[youngguns303]

Nice , I'd love see an armoury pack

 

[Mr.E]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but what color are the eyes on that Kirk? I'm sure to be sorely tempted by a quality set of "the Trio" once EXO-6 produces whatever version(s) get made.

 

[Vonhahn]

Honestly, I think these are the only two I would ever need from TMP. I never liked the pastel onsies. Maybe Scott in his engineering suit which can double for TWOK.

 

[Vonhahn]

Do those TMP figures put anyone else in the mood for the amazing score? Here is a reminder for anyone who has forgotten.....

 

[Vonhahn]

I am curious about the color of Kirk's uniform, Nanjin.

In every picture I have seen it looked grey and white to me. Yet on this figure it looks green than grey.
Was it color corrected for the screen and the actual uniform looked greenish?

FYI- I can't wait to order this figure.
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You are never going to win an argument with Nanjin on uniform colors. The uniform AS SEEN ON FILM is grey, it's not just you.....

And this is the what he's talking about with "green". This was one scene vs. 5 others......

 

[nanjin]

You are never going to win an argument with Nanjin on uniform colors. The uniform AS SEEN ON FILM is grey, it's not just you.....

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And this is the what he's talking about with "green". This was one scene vs. 5 others......

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Don't like the color? Skip this Kirk. Plenty of other Kirk coming

 

[Vonhahn]

You want to argue about colors. Go to some uniform club. Don't like it, skip it. Easy decision.

"I am being frank, and don't want to waste time in discussing any subject about changing colors. Either I will make these colors or not doing it all. I am this firm on these. You can discuss about it, but I won't change."

No one asking you to change Nanjin. I was responding to AlanJG1....not to you.......

 

[nanjin]

"I am being frank, and don't want to waste time in discussing any subject about changing colors. Either I will make these colors or not doing it all. I am this firm on these. You can discuss about it, but I won't change."

No one asking you to change Nanjin. I was responding to AlanJG1....not to you.......

Excuse me for not being professional. But I need this character to do things, and will easily pissed off by this subject. So, I won't participate. I have the same characteristics as those uniforms dude.

 

[Prime Clone]

I never liked the pastel onsies.

nanjin, would you consider the pastel onesies for the individual reissues? Or as an add-on uniform pack later?

 

[Jimmy C]

Forgot to leak another info about TMP. Admiral Kirk and Kolinahr Spock will be sold as Pair figures. I might offer individual figures but will be at a higher much higher price level and will take 9 months or more to deliver while the pair version will deliver within 2 months after presale. (This Spock is V1.0, the production version is 2.6)View attachment 569932

Does that (V1.0 vs production version 2.6) mean that the later individual versions would be of a higher quality ?

 

[AlanJG1]

Nanjin: How far are we from getting the 3rd king (Bones)?

What are the chances of the following?

Medical white 1.0

Medical white 1.2

Medical white 1.5

Standard uniform with collar

Civilian (bearded) McCoy

 

[Sixth Scale Man]

This really is an amazing phase of collecting. Looking forward to all the reveals, and though my Trek collecting will only be for TWOK, I’m in awe of what Nanjin is accomplishing with this incredible run of figures.

 

[Jimmy C]

Just a few words about “TMP”.
Most of you “younger“ people don’t realize HOW MUCH that film meant to us oldsters.
I’m old school. I’m 60 + years old. I watched TOS in its original run on NBC.
We had been teased and tortured for 10 years with rumor of a new series and/or films, only to be disappointed each year as published plans fell through.
I was 20 years old when TMP finally premiered. It was the FIRST time that an Enterprise was seen on a BIG wide theater screen. It was AWESOME !
And the audience applauded when each of the main characters entered the scene and appeared on screen .
The story and the film may have been longer than necessary and a somewhat slow moving and lacking a fierce Vader-like villain. But TREK WAS BACK !
It’s a matter of perspective and experience. Of course you younger people can’t appreciate it in the same context as us seniors. Many of you have commented that you have only seen it for the first time in recent years on your home television after growing up first being exposed to the red uniform Khan and Klingon films or the sequel/spinoff television series.

 

[Jimmy C]

You guys are almost creating in me an interest in a Dr. Chapel figure.

 

[Jimmy C]

“Star Trek: The Motion Picture opened in the United States and Canada on December 7, 1979, in 857 theaters and set a box office record for the highest opening weekend gross, making $11,926,421 in its first weekend”

Released in North America on December 7, 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture received mixed reviews, many of which faulted it for a lack of action scenes and over-reliance on special effects. Its final production cost ballooned to approximately $44 million, and it earned $139 million worldwide, short of studio expectations but enough for Paramount to propose a less expensive sequel.


Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released in North America on June 4, 1982, by Paramount Pictures. It was a box office success, earning US$97 million worldwide and setting a world record for its first-day box office gross.

 

[superdoug]

Wait did I understand that right? TWOK made less than TMP but beat it on the 1st day box office. Or was it $97 mil total on its opening weekend not its total run?

I definitely think my reaction the TMP would have been different if I had been alive and aware of Trek when it premiered. I also think the reaction would have been different if it came out before Star Wars instead of after it.

 

[AlanJG1]

Just a few words about “TMP”.
Most of you “younger“ people don’t realize HOW MUCH that film meant to us oldsters.
I’m old school. I’m 60 + years old. I watched TOS in its original run on NBC.
We had been teased and tortured for 10 years with rumor of a new series and/or films, only to be disappointed each year as published plans fell through.
I was 20 years old when TMP finally premiered. It was the FIRST time that an Enterprise was seen on a BIG wide theater screen. It was AWESOME !
And the audience applauded when each of the main characters entered the scene and appeared on screen .
The story and the film may have been longer than necessary and a somewhat slow moving and lacking a fierce Vader-like villain. But TREK WAS BACK !
It’s a matter of perspective and experience. Of course you younger people can’t appreciate it in the same context as us seniors. Many of you have commented that you have only seen it for the first time in recent years on your home television after growing up first being exposed to the red uniform Khan and Klingon films or the sequel/spinoff television series.

I couldn’t have said it any better Jimmy being 60 years old myself.

My early Trek memories are still with me today.
As a child I pretended my 12” GIJoes were Star Trek TOS characters.
When Nanjin offered the very first versions of Kirk, Spock and McCoy it was a childhood dream come true.
As soon as I got my driver’s license, I drove over the bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan because I heard that a Star Trek store had opened there.

I can remember one summer day reading an article in the NY Post that Paramount was going to revive the original series and being ecstatic. That eventually turned into TMP.
I was in college when I went to see TMP with friends and couldn’t contain my smile from the start until the end of the movie. We went out to eat after that and I was in my glory discussing the movie with them.

I will be ordering the Kirk, Spock 2 pack as soon as it is available as well as any other offerings from the time of the original series and subsequent films starring the original cast. I would also love figures from The Cage/Menagerie including Jeffrey Hunter’s Pike, early Spock and Number 1.

I am thankful to Nanjin and Exo-6 for continuing the dream.

 

[Prime Clone]

Reckon Kirk used a wrist communicator as admiral too?

 

[Jimmy C]

“Star Trek: The Motion Picture opened in the United States and Canada on December 7, 1979, in 857 theaters and set a box office record for the highest opening weekend gross, making $11,926,421 in its first weekend”

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released in North America on June 4, 1982, by Paramount Pictures. It was a box office success, earning US$97 million worldwide and setting a world record for its first-day box office gross.

Wait did I understand that right? TWOK made less than TMP but beat it on the 1st day box office. Or was it $97 mil total on its opening weekend not its total run?

I definitely think my reaction the TMP would have been different if I had been alive and aware of Trek when it premiered. I also think the reaction would have been different if it came out before Star Wars instead of after it.

I see the confusion in the wording. I cut and pasted 3 paragraphs from Wikipedia.
As I understand it and corroborate from further Google research.
Total box office
TMP = $ 139 million
TWOK = $ 97 million
III = $ 87 million
IV. = $ 133 million

TWOK apparently was large budget cut from TMP , so probably a greater profit.

 

[TheClient]

Wait did I understand that right? TWOK made less than TMP but beat it on the 1st day box office. Or was it $97 mil total on its opening weekend not its total run?

I definitely think my reaction the TMP would have been different if I had been alive and aware of Trek when it premiered. I also think the reaction would have been different if it came out before Star Wars instead of after it.

That is correct. Khan made less altogether but is considered more of a success not just because of more favorable general reception, but because it cost 75% less to produce than TMP. Much greater profits.

This set the standard for making all subsequent Trek films for CHEAP, thereby guaranteeing profit (until JJ).

As for Star Wars coming after, interesting to think about, but paradoxical. The only reason Trek movies exist is because Paramount wanted in on that sweet Star Wars cash.