Amazon sells some very cheap and inexpensive figures.They are called "200
Pieces People Figurines 1:75 Scale Model Trains Architectural Plastic
People Figures Tiny People Sitting and Standing for Miniature Scenes."
While reorganizing some boxes I found my two shuttle craft and thought it might be nice to have some Star Trek figures. Playmates made the shuttle craft and they came with two figures, and they also sold the figures separately in small packs of about six figures per pack, But they were very expensive, hard to find and only had a few poses, they also had a weird two part body so they could sit in chairs. They did not make TOS figures only those for one of the later shows.
I realized that Star Trek characters did not wear any equipment or carry any gear of any significance. The tricorder is only about the size of a couple paper back books, the phaser about the size of a pack of cigarettes and the medical scanner the size of a lipstick. In 1/72nd scale that is hardly worth bothering to make.
The other thing about TOS uniforms is they are simply a pullover shirt and a pair of pants, or a jumpsuit, or a minidress. These are all very easy to do in this scale. So my plan was to use those cheap Amazon figures and make my own Star Trek figures.
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How clever is that? It's been ages since I looked at blogspots. I may restart with my new engagement with plastics and 'LittleWarsTV' Ravenfeast & Ruthless rules. Thanks.
This is such a fun project. Well done!
Very imaginative! You're right, the Star Trek uniforms and equipment were pretty basic.
Thank you Irran, I have 5,000 other posts just waiting for you, and 30,000 photos.
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Thank you Playmonaut, nice name.
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Thank you J. And in this scale you don't have to worry about getting the Vulcan ears just right.
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