Star Trek: The Next Generation Waves 5 & 6 (1994-95)

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Star Trek: The Next GenerationFollowing the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s sensationally successful final year on the air, Playmates began making plans to draw that toy line to a close, after which a new “generic” range of Star Trek toys would include characters from Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and even the movies.

The fifth wave was a very minor supplement to the fourth wave, adding the long-awaited Tasha Yar figure (as she appeared in her first season uniform; an incredibly rare Yesterday’s Enterprise uniform variation was released a year or so later), and the only toy ever created of the late Mark Lenard’s trademark Vulcan character Sarek.

Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com
Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com

The final wave of Next Generation-specific characters saw a major package redesign and, again, a very small number of new characters, including Picard as Dixon Hill, Data and Geordi in their correct Star Trek: Generations uniforms (an apology for the fiasco of Playmates’ prematurely-manufactured figures from that movie in the wrong uniforms), Tapestry’s bad-ass Nausicaans, Beverly Crusher in Starfleet uniform sans doctor’s jacket, and Lwaxana Troi.

Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com

Other Next Generation characters, including some major characters and fan favorites, would eventually appear under the new toy line with the simple “Star Trek” blister cards.

Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures - photo copyright 1999 Earl Green / theLogBook.com

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