David Bridges
At a glance
- Figures: Nacelle’s upcoming Star Trek action figures include obscure characters like T’Pol and Bem.
- Accessories: Each figure comes with a variety of accessories, enhancing their playability and display options.
- Release: Wave Two of the figures is set to ship out next year, with pre-orders currently available.
- Price: Each figure is expected to retail for around $29.
Even without a single one of them actually released and in our grubby little hands yet, the thing we love most about Nacelle’s line of Star Trek action figures is the company’s willingness to get as weird and dorky about its lineup as any Trekkie would. Picard and Kirk before calling it a day? Not here: how about Tuvix and Weyoun? How about Captain Janeway, but a version of her very specific to one episode? What about Jellico? What about Bem?
Nacelle’s desire to cover the whole breadth of Star Trek means we’ve had a look at three waves’ worth of wonderfully deep-cut action figures the company has plans for so far (wave three, at least, acquiesces to Trek’s 60th anniversary next year, with a round dedicated entirely to the main crew of the original Star Trek). And while we know the lineups already, io9 has beamed in your first actual look at two more highlights from one of those waves in the form of T’Pol and Bem.
Revealed to audiences today at Nacelle’s panel at FanX Salt Lake (and in T’Pol’s case, timed to Enterprise‘s 25th anniversary), these two new renders of Bem and T’Pol join wave two alongside Generations Captain Kirk; Worf and Geordi in their sailor uniforms from the same movie; Captain Janeway from the iconic “Year of Hell” two-parter; Ensign Nog from Deep Space Nine; Valeris from The Undiscovered Country; Carol Marcus from Wrath of Khan; and the Romulan Commander from one of the greatest episodes of Star Trek ever made, “Balance of Terror.” The wave is due to ship out next year, but check out more looks at T’Pol and Bem below!
T’Pol
Enterprise‘s no-nonsense science officer and XO aboard the NX-01, T’Pol comes with a host of accessories inspired by the back half of the show. Wearing her season three jumpsuit, T’Pol comes with four sets of alternate hands; she includes a PADD and extra data module, a phase pistol, a communicator, a Vulcan hand scanner and book, a canister of Trellium-D ore from “Impulse,” and her mother’s Syrrannite IDIC pendant from “Awakening.”
Bem
The very first Animated Series figure in Nacelle’s line, Ari bn Bem faithfully recreates the mysterious Pandronian commander from the TAS season two episode “Bem” down to a tee—including the fact that his head, torso, and legs can be split apart as they did in the show and connected back together by magnets. Bem’s accessories include an alternate head, two sets of type-1 phasers and handheld communicators, and two sets of inner, noodly arms. If that wasn’t enough, he even comes with a piece of wooden caging to replicate the rudimentary prison he found himself in on Delta Theta III.
Each figure, alongside the rest of Wave Two, will retail for around $29. They’re available to pre-order now, ahead of expected shipping sometime next year.
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