Toy Bender

I want to just put it out there that sometimes I have odd tastes in things that I think are funny, therefore this video is both funny and extremely entertaining to me. Since I don’t have much else going on this Sunday and I thought I’d share it if you are in the same boat:

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I don’t normally care much about Star Trek toys, but I sure do like to keep track of the greatest villain in the entire Star Trek franchise, Mr. Khan Noonien Singh. Diamond Select Toys will have an exclusive Khan from Star Trek the Original Series in the cool retro Mego-style line.

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Star Trek doesn’t get enough loving on this site. That’s partially because it kind of sucks and is not at all as cool as Star Wars, but it still has it’s place. I decided to share this Star Trek ad for mainly one reason:

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I’m not the world’s biggest Star Trek fan, but I gotta give it props where props are due and when it comes to excellence in kick assery, nobody does it better better than Patric Stewart as Captain Picard. Sure I likes me some Kirk, but I’m a Stewart man all the way. The upcoming Star Trek 20th Anniversary Picard & Command Chair from Diamond Select is sculpted by Art Asylum and is nearly a perfect replication of The Picard.

You can almost hear this plastic Picard saying, “Make it so.” This figure has 16 fantastic points of articulation. Better yet, Picard comes with his mighty Captain’s chair. If you’re a Star Trek fan chomping at the bit to get this figure (and really who could blame you), expect him to be released sometime in August.

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Diamond Select announced an upcoming series of Wrath of Khan figures. The first wave consists of Captain James T. Kirk, the incredibly evil Khan, and a limited edition Captain Terrel who was played by the late Paul Winfield. Do I smell a Damnation Alley mod for Mister Winfield’s figure? The world would be a much better place with one than it is now.

One can argue that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the greatest of all the Star Trek films, and perhaps the only one to reach a climatic cinematic orgasm of perfection. There is nothing sweeter than the powerful man-chest of Ricardo Montalban*, except for maybe the sweet mullet of Ricardo Montalban and his Chippendales dancer thugs. There are just so many things to love about this film: The ear slugs, the great character interactions, the Moby Dick stuff, Spock’s death scene, and of course:

KHAAAN!!! is seriously the “What would Jesus do?” for nerds. That moment of pure and utter hatred is the crowning achievement of the Star Trek franchise. The whole thing should have just ended with the film, because you can’t top this stuff.

I’m not a huge Star Trek fan by any means so consequently I have almost no use for Star Trek toys, but an effigy of Khan Noonien Singh is almost a requirement for any red blooded, toy collecting, sci-fi nerd.

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*The director of Star Trek II has gone on record saying that chest is real. The lack of any hair on it? Well, that might be some heavy grooming work.