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Lead Review · From: Star Trek
Logical But Dismembered: Spock Fails to Survive Pete
Pete topples the stoic Commander with a nudge, harvests the detached arm and sliding black box as fresh additions to his under-refrigerator collection.

My staff has presented me with what appears to be a miniature, plastic effigy of a creature with offensively pointy ears. This "Commander Spock" from "Art Asylum" (a rather dramatic name for a plastic factory) is, by my estimation, a glorified shelf-sitter. It possesses no inherent kinetic properties, no enticing scent, and no features designed to engage a …

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★☆☆☆
A moderate success as losable parts.
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