Star Trek the Next Generation Borg Cube Ship Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been pulling out a lot of these older Playmates toys from storage to display, and am getting my first look at a lot of them in about 15 years. After pulling this one back out, I find my initial reaction is about the same as when I first saw it: It's not all that.
As a replica it has been greatly simplified. The filming model was literally covered with hundreds of 'greeblies' and had a very dense, layered look. While this toy has some surface detailing, it's all oversized and lacks the depth and density to give it the large scale look of the original. As a child's toy, it doesn't have a lot of playability either. You get a basic cube, four external panels, and about 24 clips that plug in to hold the panels off the surface. This doesn't give a child a lot of ways to hold the toy without pulling those side panels off. I'm sure a lot of those clips ended up lost and littering landfills everywhere too. The box art shows a battle scene similar to those seen on 'Star Trek The Next Generation' and 'Star Trek Deep Space Nine', with several Federation ships attacking a massive cube, but disappointingly this toy doesn't even come with one in-scale starship to play war games with ( much less an armada ). So after the kid has played the sound effects a few times, what's left to do with it? It would have improved the toy a bit if Playmates had included, at least, the same miniature U.S.S. Enterprise that would later be included in their much better Deep Space Nine Space Station replica.
The one saving grace for collectors of this toy is that one of these actually did end up being used on-screen in an episode of 'Star Trek Voyager' ( being played with by the "Seven Of Nine" character as a child ), so in that sense, it is an accurate replica of an actual prop. So, overall, while it's cute, it's hardly worth the over-inflated prices being charged on the collector's market.

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Mega Bloks Star Trek Enterprise Review

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(More customer reviews)First of all, the model in the picture on this site is not assembled correctly- the two engines (nacelles) are actually a bit longer and have rounded ends.
The finished Enterprise has a nice weight to it and is fun to fly around. It would have been nice if it was easier to separate the saucer from the main ship (like in the show), but I'm guessing that wasn't possible for structural integrity reasons (the saucer is heavy). But overall, it looks surprisingly good. In addition to the section that holds the nacelles being smooth, there is a specialized bridge section which is also smooth and balances the smooth/blocky aesthetic. My only complaint might be that the underside lacks detail compared to the top (a frequent complaint of mine for Lego, i.e. Millennium Falcon, great detail up top, nothing underneath).
I like the Captain Picard figure included. The head sculpt looks pretty close to the character, who is bald. I think it's better that he has a smooth head rather than having a connector on the top (Lego characters look great with hair or hats, no so good bald - look at the NBA figures). The weapon looks very much like the phaser used in the show - much better than the guns that Lego gives to the Star Wars characters.
As for play value, the scale is not right for this to be a "play set" - it would have to be massive to have any meaningful interior play areas - and which ones would be included? The stories on the show take place all over the ship, so even if there was a bridge and engine room interiors, it would still be lacking - if the ship was to scale for a standard Megablock/Lego figure, the ship would have to be the size of a house - simply not possible.
The saucer section is relatively complicated to build - this is not a set for younger kids. But for teenage and (more likely) adult fans of Star Trek and Lego/Mega blocks, this is a nice set.


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MEGA BLOKS PROBUILDER USS KITTYHAWK Review

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(More customer reviews)Good grief- just when I thought I'd gained a modicum of maturity, I go and take another step back toward the womb. In this case, it was this particular contraption that led to my regression. Having been a Lego builder during my pre-middle school years, and a fan of naval vessels, I decided to relive my childhood for a little while with this little gem. Eight hours and two sore thumbs later, I managed to complete the task of assembly. And I must admit, this block model does have a pretty close resemblance to its real-life seafaring counterpart (aside from the somewhat- um- 'blocky' appearance, that is)! It even has an added feature that the real-life Kitty Hawk lacks: wheels! Yep, after putting it together, you can roll this naval behemoth along instead of dragging it! Definitely a wear-saver on wooden floors!
Although a few other folks have stated that Mega Bloks don't seem to adhere to each other as well as Legos do, I didn't encounter any difficulty with the finished product keeping itself together, except for some of the more weakly-anchored bits on the ship's deck (directional 'lights', thrust backwash flaps, etc.). My real problem was getting the blocks together- you really gotta push 'em in to get them to click together! I also had a bear of a time getting all the deck plates to be flush with one another- where no one plate was higher or lower than the other. I also had to deal with an elevator that wasn't level, and wouldn't stay in place. I try to put it up flat at deck level, and it just hangs a slight angle. Strangely enough, the other elevator didn't have these problems- it stayed perfectly flat with the plane of the deck. Of course, it could just be I didn't put the one elevator together correctly. So much for my career as an engineer...
My only other complaint is that the set comes with assembly instructions for just the Kitty Hawk, and not the other vessels depicted on the back of the assembly booklet. Although I'd like to try my hand at putting together these alternate configurations, I don't quite have the patience to figure out how to do it on my own...
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Star Trek The Next Generation Romulan Warbird Review

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(More customer reviews)We ordered the Romulan Warbird from Snow Leopard, and we were extremely satisfied with the prompt shipping and the condition of the toy. The free gifts included were a nice touch as well. It's nice to order from someone reliable. 5 stars!!!

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