Australian Toys R Us Catalogue (Circa 1992)

 

The Star Trek Toyfare Legacy (Part 2)

In part two of my selection of Toyfare images, you'll get a close up look at the unreleased Ultra Trek Seven Of Nine and an archival interview from Chris Overley - product manager for the Star Trek Playmates line!

Once more - all  of these rare images are courtesy of Martin from Star Trek Toyhunter.  Thanks for being a friend to the Star Trek Playmates collector community, Martin!

There's never been a better time to visit Martin’s site 'Star Trek Toyhunter'  as he prepares to show off some of the unique items in his collection, including Voyager and TNG Wave 1 Prototypes.  Its essential viewing for any fan of the Playmates Star Trek line: http://startrek-toyhunter.blogspot.com/

The Star Trek Toy Fare Legacy (Part 1)

Back in the day, Toyfare magazine provided Trek fans with a number of action figure exclusives which could be ordered via mail through their publication.  What follows is  a collection of original advertisements (and even order forms!) for these figures.

Once more - all  of these rare images are courtesy of Martin from Star Trek Toyhunter.  Thanks for being a friend to the Star Trek Playmates collector community, Martin!

Please visit Martin’s rapidly growing site Star Trek Toyhunter to get a look at card variations, rare figures and some close up images of the incredibly rare "1701" figures: http://startrek-toyhunter.blogspot.com/

Star Trek Bandai Catalogue (1996) First Contact, Warp Factor + Limited Edition Beverly Crusher

This second batch of images is from Bandai’s 1996 catalogue.  Understandably, the First Contact movie range is highlighted.

  

You can also check out solicitations for the first three waves of Warp Factor figures as well as the introduction of the hard-to-find Beverly Crusher in movie uniform!

All images are courtesy of Martin from Star Trek Toyhunter.

Be sure to check out Martin’s site Star Trek Toyhunter for a look at card variations, rare figures and some great images of the TNG Wave 1 German exclusives: http://startrek-toyhunter.blogspot.com/

Star Trek Bandai Catalogue (1995)

Happy New Year and thank you to everyone who has supported this tiny blog!

Thanks to the generosity of Martin of Star Trek Toyhunter, I’m able to share some high quality scans of the Star Trek Bandai catalogues!  Bandai was the European distributor of Playmates’ Star Trek product until the cancellation of the line.

In this first batch of images, you’ll see the introduction of Data and Geordi in “movie” uniforms, get a good look at Lwaxana Troi’s dress and see some gorgeous Innerspace concept art.

Be sure to check out Martin’s site Star Trek Toyhunter for a look at card variations, rare figures and some great images of the TNG Wave 1 German exclusives: http://startrek-toyhunter.blogspot.com/

Above: Check out the detail on Lwaxana Troi's dress - the black "stripes" didn't make it to the final produced figure.

Star Trek Playmates 1994 Catalogue Part 3: Deep Space Nine & Beyond

The third and final batch of images from the Playmates 1994 catalogue covers Deep Space Nine, The Original Series and the then newly announced Voyager.

Look carefully and you'll see a slightly modified Runabout Orinoco (with translucent bussard collectors) and the sadly unreleased Cardassian Galor Class Warship.

Once again, I'd like to thank Martin Reibe of Star Trek Toyhunter for generously sharing these images with me, so that I can then share them with Playmates fans around the world.  

Head to  http://startrek-toyhunter.blogspot.com/ to check out Martin's collection (along with some amazing prototypes!)