Spot the Trapezoids in TOS

[Mr. Adventure]

Turbolift elevator controls and lights.

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/2x14/Wolf_in_the_Fold_188.JPG

I wonder if Spock and Kirk could challenge each other in which direction the turbolift would go?

 

[Albertese]

Yeah Matt Jefferies was in love with trapezoids. They show up in a majority of his Trek stuff. Whenever I'm pencilling up some TOS type stuff, I try to slip in a trapezoid somewhere!

There's a recently build overhead skytram here in Portland (runs from the V.A. hospital, over I-5, and down to South Waterfront, for those of you in the area) that has a central support pylon that is built out of angular shapes that just screamed "Matt Jefferies!" at me. Of course, he had nothing to do with it, but it made me smile nonetheless.

--Alex

Pics?

http://www.portlandground.com/South Waterfront/2007-02-17ohsuTramSigns372.jpg

That's it exactly. Thank you, sir.

--Alex

 

[plynch]

Scotty's hair, third season.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_03/startrek_228x627.jpg

 

[WendellM]

the Tantalus Device itself, underneath the raised trapezoidal panel, is seen in the wall of McCoy's lab in a later episode -- "Journey to Babel," I think. It's presumably meant to represent a different piece of equipment, though.

That's why McCoy is the best doctor in Star Fleet. None of the patents under his immediate care ever died: they just... went missing .

Scotty's hair, third season.

LOL

 

[plynch]

Two from "Alternative Factor": tape reader and base of monitor for patients in bed:

tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x27/The_Alternative_Factor_226.JPG

 

[Captain MAJ]

All the Klingon Belt Buckles are trapezoids. No Pic, sorry.

 

[Christopher]

There are pictures of the TOS Klingon uniform here:

http://startrekpropauthority.blogspot.com/2009/04/star-trek-exhibition-in-detroit_29.html

The belt buckle was actually painted bubble wrap! They really were relying on low TV resolution back then...

 

[ALF]

Oh my. Weirdest Trek Game EVER!

 

[plynch]

All the Klingon Belt Buckles are trapezoids. No Pic, sorry.

Thanks for playing.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/399066884_55c8befcda.jpg

 

[plynch]

Gem's bed in The Empath! Just the fabric part. The whole thing looks like an agonizer. Hey - perhaps an in-joke since the episode deals with agony?! No.

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/3x12/empath056.jpg

 

[plynch]

Door into control room in "World is Hollow."

If my adding again to my own thread is considered a "bump" and a bad thing on bbs's someone let me know so i stop. "Stop me before I post again!" ha ha

 

[Gary7]

Gem's bed in The Empath! Just the fabric part. The whole thing looks like an agonizer. Hey - perhaps an in-joke since the episode deals with agony?! No.

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/3x12/empath056.jpg

Funny! I hadn't noticed that similarity before. Something was itching in the back of my mind that it was familiar. Definitely looks like a giant agonizer. And actually, what a peculiar design to begin with. I know that TOS often re-purposed ordinary things to use... I wonder if this was from something else, versus being constructed specifically in this design for a reason.

 

[plynch]

Gem's bed in The Empath! Just the fabric part. The whole thing looks like an agonizer. Hey - perhaps an in-joke since the episode deals with agony?! No.

http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/3x12/empath056.jpg

Funny! I hadn't noticed that similarity before. Something was itching in the back of my mind that it was familiar. Definitely looks like a giant agonizer. And actually, what a peculiar design to begin with. I know that TOS often re-purposed ordinary things to use... I wonder if this was from something else, versus being constructed specifically in this design for a reason.

Is it maybe supposed to imply a cross? The ep is about self sacrifice. You never know how intentional an art director or set designer was being, I guess. Or how their subconscious minds might have been at play.

 

[Albertese]

All the Klingon Belt Buckles are trapezoids. No Pic, sorry.

Thanks for playing.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/399066884_55c8befcda.jpg

The trapezoidal belt buckle here was from the post-TOS Klingons (Starting in TMP, which I suppose some might just count as TOS but I really hold it on it's own.) The bubblewrap buckle in the original TV show was more of a parallelogram than a trapezoid.

Just trying to be helpful.

--Alex