Star Trek Minimates Wave 5 Variant - Commander Sisko
And so we come to the final wave (for now at least) of the Star Trek
Minimates. A series that started well but was badly let down by poor
character choices leading to indifference from even the most hardcore
of Minimate collectors. The variant for this wave is Commander Sisko from Deep Space Nine.
Packaging
No great departures in the pack design. A simple blister pack with a
head shot of Kirk and Spock on the inlay card.
The backing card is a very dark blue.
The back of the card features the usual group shot of the figures in
this series.
The Figure
Commander Sisko
This is Benjamin Sisko as seen in the first three seasons of Deep
Space Nine when his role was more that of a diplomat than the military
leader he was fated to become.
Facially the likeness is not really there. Avery Brooks has a fairly high
forehead and that just can't be replicated in 'mate form. The only
part of the face that could be said to be similar to Brooks is
the mouth. Unlike the non-variant Sisko, this figure gets a hairpiece.
Sisko's wearing a later version of the Next Generation-era Starfleet
uniform. It's very plain, mainly black with a red flash across the
shoulders and tops of the arms. There is a hint on the chest block of
a grey undershirt and this shirt continues in a separate collar piece.
I believe there should be three gold pips on the collar to denote
Sisko's rank but these are missing. The only other hint of colour is
the Starfleet combadge
which sit on the left of Sisko's chest but is rather lost in all that
black.
The forearms have very noticeable marring which looks as though the
flashing wasn't removed properly. Remember this is a variant and
therefore premium figure.
I've tended to mention the shoes a lot in the course of my Star Trek
Minimate reviews, so it's probably worth noting that this 'mate is so
dull, so very very dull,
that it only has one shiny shoe. Bizarrely the right foot is matte and
the left gloss.
The knee on the right leg is incredibly loose, so loose in fact that
at first I thought I'd broken it.
The 'mate is also suffering from 'left leg lean' I've noticed this a
lot with recent Marvel 'mates where the left leg is noticeably shorter
than the right making the figure
very unstable. Please sort it out DST.
Sisko is accessorised with a 25th century era phaser, the same sidearm
as Captain Sisko and Wave 4's Captain Picard.
In conclusion: This variant is dull, it is not needed, and the clincher; it is not very well made. I have to say it's a bit irritating that once again a variant figure,
one that fans pay a premium for the privilege of owning, is so bloody
mediocre. The regular Sisko's a great Minimate. The variant? Just
dull. We should have had Riker, Worf, Kira Nerys!
Fandom just isn't crying out for two Sisko's. It's poor assortment
decisions like this that helped to kill off the Star Trek Minimates. I
hope to see them back at some point in the future and truly hope that
by then the necessary lessons will have been learned.
MMC Score - 2 out of 10
Review and pictures by Rad Kerrigan
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