mwest

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[–] mwest@toot.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

@HWK_290 sure!

A lot of the people replying to the vid said the same thing. Because the ‘92 had nacelles that detached for packaging, they were easily lost. Also, the version I bought on eBay didn’t come with a display stand from factory.

Star Trek: The Playmates 2023 Enterprise D
https://youtu.be/dfcZKfHcnjI

[–] mwest@toot.works 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@StillPaisleyCat @ValueSubtracted
I did a video on the new 2023 Ent D vs the 1992 one. As updated and shiny as the lighting is, the hull details are really atrocious. The entire bottom side of the toy is not detailed color wise.

I was hoping to fill out the old Playmates Bridge with crew that fit in the chairs, and they got 3 out of all of them.

A decently cast type 2 TNG Phaser with good buttons & an updated tricorder with better SFX feels like a no brainer.. Marketing is weird.

[–] mwest@toot.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@VindictiveJudge @sj_zero You're right about both. I was going to mention how close the phaser emitter was to the actual nacelle on the F, but Voyager's phaser is just as close. And there are instances I think of Voyager firing phasers from all angles, but specific episodes don't pop into my head. But hey, it's something fun to talk about!

[–] mwest@toot.works 2 points 1 year ago

@sj_zero The glow seems to suggest it's coming from an emitter, so I'd say you read it right.

In TMP, the antimatter imbalance cut the phasers off because they're channeled through the engines. Which has probably been fixed in the "current" Star Trek technobabble schematics. Engines and phasers not mixing is an established thing, though!