Skele-Treks update: T-shirts and packaging

Last summer Neca announced the birth of a quirky new Star Trek sub-brand, Skele-Treks; a range of skeleton-like Star Trek characters inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. The designs by Spanish artist Javi Molner for Maya Studio, are to feature on toys, clothing, accessories and more. So far only toys have appeared, in the form of three five-inch tall figures, and two series of six two-inch figurines.

Now the line is now starting to diversify as promised, with Your Favourite T-shirts now listing six Skele-Treks T-shirt designs, two for each of the first three characters; Kirk, Klingon, and Borg. For the most part they are pretty run-of-mill character and caption designs, but there is one stand-out garment, featuring a full-bleed monotone rendition of the Borg:

I've not come across any other Skele-Treks products so far, but from what was announced, I expect they will follow a similar pattern to the other quirky Star Trek sub-brands, Quogs and Trexels, and will be popping up on all sorts of things over the coming years, as licensees find suitable applications.

Continue after the jump for a look at the packaging of the Skele-Treks toys so far released:

Trek Toys updates: Latest figures and props

A few bits of toy (and general collectables news), starting with the reveal of the next wave of Skele-Treks figures. The new range of Mexican inspired TOS and TNG characters is due to start in December with a collection of three five-inch tall figures, they are to be followed by six two-inch versions (of the same characters, joined by three others), in January. Now retailers are starting to list wave two of the smaller scale figures, which are expected in March. Those will be Uhura, a Mugato, Khan (Wrath of Khan style), Riker, Worf, and Deanna Troi. Ikon Collectables posted this artwork depicting the new characters:

At a somewhat larger scale, DST have revealed the packaging for their first TNG figure in the seven inch Star Trek Select range. Captain Picard and his broken Borg are expected in December. Here's how DST describe him:

Dynamically sculpted by Patrick Pigott, Art Asylum’s lead Star Trek figure sculptor since 2003, Picard’s default stance is firing a phaser at an unseen foe, but seven points of articulation in his upper body allow him a wide range of expressive poses. Also, his hands and legs are interchangeable with other figures in the Select line, which means you’ll be able to give him Mr. Spock’s classic Tricorder and Phaser. He stands atop a base representing the interior of a Borg cube, and the torso and arm of an exploded Borg rests at his feet. The parts are also removable from the base, so you can take them back to the Enterprise for study when the figure hits stores in late December.

If you prefer to be the one pointing a phaser at things, then there's good news from Round 2 Models. Last year they were planning to re-issue the "exploration set" (a set of prop model kits including the TOS phaser, communicator, and tricorder), but then pulled it from their schedule due to issues with the tooling. It would appear that has been remedied, as they have now relisted it on their website, and expect it to be out in January. They have also updated their packaging design.

Finally, for a fancier prop, QMx are offering a new set of commbadges are part of the variety of items items they are selling on Black Friday. The badges have been made using the original prop molds, and using the same techniques, with painted resin and velcro attachments to a plaque. Included are the TNG badge, and for the first time from QMx Voyager and Bajoran badges. There will be just a hundred in this format available:

QMx's other Black Friday offerings include the very limited edition ringship Enterprise replica model, a stand-alone release of the nuTrek phaser from the Amazon exclusive bluray set, and combo packs of their Trekkies figurines.

Trek Toys, loads of them!

All of a sudden there seems to be an abundance of new Star Trek toy information! So here's a look at the many varied Star Trek play things on the way:

First up, just when maybe you were thinking the nuTrek toy range might be winding down after Into Darkness, Hasbro have released another set in the Kre-O collection. This Toys'r'us exclusive appears to be a reissue of the USS Enterprise set, but come with battle damage stickers, and a wholly new Klingon battle cruiser model! Also included is the first Chekov Kreon figure, and new uniform variants of other characters.

Square Enix will be giving us another rather stylised take on the Trekverse, with their new Star Trek action figures, from their Play Arts KAI range. They displayed the painted versions of these for the first time at the New York Comic Con. The photo below comes from Cool Toys Review's coverage of the display. You can get a closer look at them in other photos in Cool Toys' gallery, and if you really want to scrutinise them, Toy News International, Toy Ark, and Tomopop have all posted galleries too!

Continue after the jump for news of many more figures and ship models on the way:

Meet the friendly new Skele-Treks

Another Comic Con reveal! Launching in September, from NECA comes Skele-Treks a new Star Trek sub-brand to include figurines, cuddly toys, games, clothing and accessories. The Skele-Treks characters are inspired by representations from Mexican culture, created by Spanish artist Javi Molner, for Maya Studio. The first wave of releases will be trio of figures; Kirk, Kor, and a Borg, with more characters following later. StarTrek.com posted these images of the figures:

Maya Studio's website also has some illustrations showing us the look for the other characters in the series: