Nacelle Company used its San Diego Comic-Con 2026 panel to give Star Trek collectors a genuinely substantial update, covering multiple upcoming waves of its 1/10-scale action figure line rather than a single new reveal. San Diego Comic-Con panels are typically reserved for a company's biggest reveals of the year, and Nacelle used the spotlight to address the line's future in detail rather than teasing a single figure. For a license this deep in franchise history, that kind of roadmap clarity is worth paying attention to. Collectible lines built around decades-old franchises don't always get this kind of forward visibility, so a panel that lays out multiple waves at once is worth treating as a genuine event rather than routine convention programming.
The panel also included a first look at a long-teased collectible playset, giving the line a display-anchor piece beyond individual figures. Pairing a wave-by-wave figure roadmap with a dedicated playset reveal is the kind of combined announcement that signals a studio treating a license as a long-term platform rather than a series of one-off drops.
Here's what was actually announced.
Nacelle confirmed Wave 2 of the line is targeting the final quarter of 2026, while Wave 3 is on schedule to ship in the third quarter of 2027. That's a notably transparent multi-year runway for a collectible figure line, giving pre-order collectors a real sense of what's coming and when.
Most collectible figure lines announce one wave at a time, leaving collectors to plan purchases reactively rather than budgeting ahead. Nacelle laying out multiple waves at once, spanning into 2027, gives Star Trek collectors an unusually clear window to plan pre-orders, set aside funds, and pace out purchases across a full year instead of scrambling each time a new wave is announced.
That kind of transparency also tends to build collector confidence in a license's stability, since a company willing to commit publicly to a multi-year wave schedule is signaling it expects the line to still be running when those waves ship. For a franchise as long-running as Star Trek, that's a meaningful signal on its own.
The panel also previewed the TOS Captain Kirk figure and confirmed the general release of a Kirk-as-Romulan variant, expanding the line's TOS-era coverage beyond its initial figures. Previewing a variant alongside the standard figure also gives collectors an early signal of how deep Nacelle plans to go with alternate versions of core characters, which matters for anyone trying to plan a complete crew display rather than picking up figures one at a time.
Nacelle revealed its official first look at the Star Trek Build-A-Bridge Collectible Playset, planned to launch alongside the franchise's 60th anniversary celebrations. A modular bridge playset gives the figure line a genuine display centerpiece, something collector-scale action figure lines don't always get. Playsets like this tend to anchor a whole display around them, giving individual figures a purpose-built setting rather than leaving collectors to improvise their own backdrop or shelf arrangement.
Details on full pricing and exact release timing weren't finalized at the panel, so collectors following the line should watch Nacelle's official channels for the formal listing. Anniversary-tied releases like this one also tend to draw interest beyond the line's regular collector base, since a milestone anniversary is exactly the kind of moment that pulls lapsed fans back into a franchise's current merchandise.
Following Nacelle's contract renewal after the Paramount-Skydance merger, the studio's relationship with the franchise remains on track, which the panel's multi-year wave roadmap reflects directly. That's a meaningful signal for a licensed collectible line, since ownership changes at the studio level have disrupted other franchises' toy licensing before. A confirmed renewal removes a real source of uncertainty for collectors who might otherwise hesitate to commit to pre-orders on a line whose future wasn't guaranteed.
For collectors building out a complete bridge crew or playset display, this kind of long-range planning makes it easier to budget and plan acquisitions across waves rather than reacting to each release individually. It also gives collectors time to source and protect earlier-wave figures properly before the collection grows large enough that retrofitting a display or storage setup becomes a bigger project.
Nacelle targeted the final quarter of 2026 for Wave 2 at the SDCC panel.
A modular Star Trek bridge playset planned to launch alongside the franchise's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Not yet, full pricing and exact release timing weren't finalized at the SDCC panel.
Yes, a Kirk-as-Romulan variant was confirmed for general release alongside the standard TOS Kirk preview.
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