Nostalgia lies. I firmly believe that. It can convince us that a show has held up magnificently, when in fact it has aged terribly, or perhaps, worse still, was never any good in the first place.
So what's this have to do with Star Trek?
Simple:
I just watched the original series from start to finish.
For the first time.
I was a first-time viewer sitting down to binge all three seasons (and now the animated series) with absolutely no prior affection for the franchise. Indeed, I spent a good number of years playfully mocking my Trekkie friends.
So... objectively speaking?
It's a stone-cold masterpiece.
And now I'm trying to decide which Trek toys to pursue.
I bought a couple of the Diamond Select figures at the start of my epic marathon. They looked pretty good, although the somewhat gloppy paint apps on the faces obscure the stellar sculpts. Combined with the limited articulation in the legs, this left me cold.
I really want to get the old playmates Bridge set, but I am also tempted by these two figures you enabling *******s have been celebrating throughout this thread. They are not within the bounds of my usual budget, but they seem to be worth saving up for.
My chief objection? The wrist joints. Those things are *******-ugly, and they don't look especially sturdy, although Michael Crawford in his review suggested that the hands swap out fine, so I'm sure they are solid. I still hate the look of them, and wish they'd gone with something more along the lines of Hot Toys or NECA wrists.
Still... this show has consumed my life these past few months, as my long-suffering friends on Facebook can attest... these two figures might be a nice way to cap off this experience.
