Star Trek Returns To Playmates Toys

Star Trek figures are coming back to stores and from a familiar place. Playmates, after a while of teasing us, revealed their new line of figures and toys based on the mega-popular Sci-Fi franchise today. It has been twelve years since we last saw Playmates Star Trek toys, and they are hitting the ground running starting this July. Figures releasing then will be from Star Trek: The Next Generation,  Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, and Star Trek: Discovery with figures from the past in retro-style cardbacks to mimic the Playmates figures of old, while Discovery figures will be on a new cardback. They will be in the 5-inch scale. There will also be a new 21-inch Enterprise and Phaser from the original series.

“Some of the most iconic characters in the Star Trek universe are among the toys featured in the summer 2022 launch of Playmates Toys’ all-new collection of action figures and accessories. Playmates marks its much-anticipated return, after a 12-year absence, as the global licensee across action figures, vehicles, ships, and role-play for all ViacomCBS Star Trek Properties. The first figures and toys from Playmates will be available to fans this summer in a collection of retro figures from the most popular TV and movie franchises and from the latest hit series on Paramount+. The five-inch, 1:14 scale figures will feature the extraordinary attention to detail Playmates is known for, each with 14 points of articulation and packaged in either 1990s nostalgic packaging or newly designed Star Trek Universe blister cards, depending on the character. The first wave in the Star Trek Universe collection, available online in July 2022 and in stores in the fall, will include the following ten characters and items:

• Lt. Commander Data, The Next Generation, nostalgic packaging

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard, The Next Generation, nostalgic packaging

• Commander William Riker, The Next Generation, nostalgic packaging

• Admiral James T. Kirk, The Wrath of Khan, nostalgic packaging

• Captain Spock, The Wrath of Khan, nostalgic packaging

• Khan Noonien Singh,  The Wrath of Khan, nostalgic packaging

• Science Officer Michael Burnham, Discovery, new Universe packaging

• Commander Saru, Discovery, new Universe packaging

• Original Series Enterprise replica ship, 18-inch scale with lights, sounds, and phrases, nostalgic packaging

• Original Series Phaser, with lights and sounds, nostalgic packaging

The first wave in the Star Trek Universe collection will be available online in July 2022 and in stores this fall. Additional figures and accessories scheduled for release in early 2023 will be announced later this year.