Set Phasers to Fun: Hiya Toys Ventures into Star Trek Franchise with New Line of Figures
Shanghai’s Hiya Toys, known for their Warner Brothers toy lines, revealed on Twitter today that they’re expanding to the Star Trek Franchise with a new line of figures. This new line will be heading to the shelves to sit amongst their already successful lines of Aliens, Predator, and RoboCop figures.
This news may come as a surprise to some as Hiya Toys have made a name for themselves since 2010 delivering Warner Brothers properties to retail shelves. However Star Trek is owned by Paramount, making this the second mega network to work with Hiya Toys. Not much is known about this deal or the incoming toy line or which of many series they may be working on figures for, however one major hint came out today with the tweet. Accompanying the image Hiya Toys wrote:
“Space, the final frontier
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise,
Its five-year mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and civilizations,
To bravely go where no man has gone before.”
-@HiyaToys
With this newest venture Hiya Toys will be joining the likes of Playmates, Super7, Diamond Select, McFarlane and many more before in producing figures for this beloved franchise. Geeks galaxy wide are celebrating the news, and if you listen closely you might even hear the distant sounds of phaser fire shooting into the night sky.
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