You would think with the first new material out since 2005, the first film since 2002, and something garnering significant buzz and critical acclaim... that Paramount would surely capitalize on this by having the annual Star Trek Hallmark Ornaments reflect Trek XI, right?
You could easily see the new Enterprise, or the two Spock's, or something else, right?
No.
Instead, despite all of the overwhelming reasons to do Trek XI, we've been treated to more of the same...
Now, I'll admit: the 30th anniversary of TMP K'Tinga class Klingon Battle Cruiser looks swanky. It's quite detailed, not at all the old D-7.
But the Kirk/Spock/Pike one looks... well, cheesy. And an ornament of the TOS type-1 phaser? WTF?!
I have every ornament they've ever done. Every. Single. One. I spent years collecting them. I've been buying them since 1997, and managed to acquire all the back ones, some at quite a cost in their day! I've understood the past few years with Trek on the rocks, doing some less-than-stellar ornaments mixed in with the occasional great ones -- great ones like the 1701-A, and last years Uhura, the first return to single-character diorama ornaments in a decade or so -- but... this is getting horribly bad.
I knew we wouldn't have the new Trek ornaments for the original 2008 release, since the ornaments are unveiled months before, begin being sold in August, and they'd not want to reveal that much that soon. But when they pushed it to May of 09, I said, "surely they'll do Trek XI ornaments now, as they'll be revealed around the same time as the film comes out, and be perfect for holiday gifts for new trekkies."
...
Idiots. Idiots, I tell you. Hallmark are a bunch of idiots!
You could easily see the new Enterprise, or the two Spock's, or something else, right?
No.
Instead, despite all of the overwhelming reasons to do Trek XI, we've been treated to more of the same...
Now, I'll admit: the 30th anniversary of TMP K'Tinga class Klingon Battle Cruiser looks swanky. It's quite detailed, not at all the old D-7.
But the Kirk/Spock/Pike one looks... well, cheesy. And an ornament of the TOS type-1 phaser? WTF?!
I have every ornament they've ever done. Every. Single. One. I spent years collecting them. I've been buying them since 1997, and managed to acquire all the back ones, some at quite a cost in their day! I've understood the past few years with Trek on the rocks, doing some less-than-stellar ornaments mixed in with the occasional great ones -- great ones like the 1701-A, and last years Uhura, the first return to single-character diorama ornaments in a decade or so -- but... this is getting horribly bad.
I knew we wouldn't have the new Trek ornaments for the original 2008 release, since the ornaments are unveiled months before, begin being sold in August, and they'd not want to reveal that much that soon. But when they pushed it to May of 09, I said, "surely they'll do Trek XI ornaments now, as they'll be revealed around the same time as the film comes out, and be perfect for holiday gifts for new trekkies."
...
Idiots. Idiots, I tell you. Hallmark are a bunch of idiots!
