Star Trek Merchandise and Memorabilia Thread

[Vger23]

I just got a Dimond Select Enterprise D from eBay for 66$ (a MASSIVE steal considering they generally are going for 250-350 USD and sometimes more on the secondary market!).

Does anyone have one of these? My concern is that I believe the earlier release (which this is) did not have painted windows on the neck. There used to be a decal (see link), but I haven't been able to figure out how to acquire one...and customer service has not responded as of yet.

http://www.artasylum.com/2009/10/guide-enterprise-d-decal-application/

 

[ToddKent]

Here are the Trek related entries in my matchbook collection (yes, I have a matchbook collection):

 

[Tomalak]

The Quarks one is awesome!

 

[publiusr]

Did anyone ever build the AMT / Ertl Enterprise A from the movies? For me the nacelles seemed just too heavy and once assembled they kept pulling at the lower hull and that was only two plates that were supposed to be glued in place, After a while if you hadn't glued it properly it would fly apart..

The model was most excellent in every other way with scored panel lines and sunken windows where windows should be. It was a lovely model but that lower hull and pylons was a real bona fide pain in the ass to fix.

The smoothy is the one everyone wants:
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Aluminum_Model_Toys

No panel lines that were supposed to be the aztek pattern

DLM may be gone though
http://www.culttvmanshop.com/Refit-Starship-22-Accurizing-Parts-from-Dons-Light-Magic_p_338.html

 

[Hey Missy]

I can't believe you can finally buy the Wolf 359 kit bashes as a model.
We live in the best timeline.

 

[Tesophius]

Finally decided to buy DVDs of the original Star Trek movies

 

[Vger23]

Anyone a big collector of the Playmates action figures? I get confused on how they are different. Some have multiple points of articulation, others do not. I tried to build a cool TMP set for display and added an Ilia to it, and while the other figures had moveable joints, she did not, despite beiong the same scale.

 

[Tomalak]

Anyone a big collector of the Playmates action figures? I get confused on how they are different. Some have multiple points of articulation, others do not. I tried to build a cool TMP set for display and added an Ilia to it, and while the other figures had moveable joints, she did not, despite beiong the same scale.

Yeah, they did vary the articulation, especially towards the end of the range. The Ilia Probe figure was in the Warp Factor range which was the last few waves they did.

The figures which weren't just headswaps or reuses of older tooling had very limited articulation - the Seven of Nine figures were basically statues. Probably to cut costs. The Generations line (with the incorrect uniforms) was similar for some reason.

If you want a nice Ilia, you could do a headswap and repaint of an Uhura body. A shame they never did Decker as part of that TMP wave. I don't think they did Scotty either.

 

[Vger23]

Yeah, they did vary the articulation, especially towards the end of the range. The Ilia Probe figure was in the Warp Factor range which was the last few waves they did.

The figures which weren't just headswaps or reuses of older tooling had very limited articulation - the Seven of Nine figures were basically statues. Probably to cut costs. The Generations line (with the incorrect uniforms) was similar for some reason.

If you want a nice Ilia, you could do a headswap and repaint of an Uhura body. A shame they never did Decker as part of that TMP wave. I don't think they did Scotty either.

Exactly...I've got Kirk (Admiral's uniform), Spock (cool TMP collar), McCoy (grey collared shirt), and Uhura and Sulu both in a yellow/beige uniform (I don't think Sulu ever wore yellow in the film, and Uhura only wore it in the very first bridge scenes if I remember correctly). Those all are from the "movie" wave (along with Chang, Martia, Khan, etc) and the Ilia probe in provocative outfit was from the Warp Factor wave.

The other thing I've noticed is that they are near impossible to stand up on their own without the accompanying stands. It's like they were designed only for those stands.

Beautiful figures (I actually think the head sculpts are better than DST's releases), but some frustrating elements to be sure.

 

[Tomalak]

I think Sulu wore that outfit in the publicity photos, which is what they based it on. I also heard a theory that Uhura and Sulu were supposed to be Ilia and Decker, which actually would make sense. You'd have the big three plus the two main guest stars, rather than a weird, incomplete set of the TOS cast.

With the exception of the Enterprise figures (which were scanned), the AA/DST likenesses were very hit and miss. They never did a good Kirk for example. The Playmates figures were caricatures but somehow captured the characters better, by and large.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

What's the weirdest place you ever saw Trek stuff for sale? I saw Surak shuttle models for sale in the dairy aisle at a grocery store. "Okay, let's see...I need milk, eggs, and a Vulcan starship. Well, what do you know? One-stop shopping!"

 

[K]

Here's my display; mostly Playmates.

 

[ozzfloyd]

I have a bunch of Quark's menus and silverware a friend swiped from The Experience shortly before it closed.

 

[publiusr]

Ha ha..

 

[wayoung]

Two more autographs on my poster today - Gates McFadden and my first ENT actor, John Billingsley (who was hung over because fans recognized him in a pub last night and bought his meal, and so he spent the rest of the night drinking with them).

Also a couple other small things. Photos later.

 

[cultcross]

Here's my display; mostly Playmates.

Very themed, I love it.

 

[Yon-kur sav'el]

My Enterprise-D keychain came in. I opened the Amazon box and me keychain was in a Star Wars: The Force Awakens package. None of my family members knew what I was freaking out about and when I told them all they had to say was "what's the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek?" I honestly wanted to murder someone at the time

 

[publiusr]

None of my family members knew what I was freaking out about and when I told them all they had to say was "what's the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek?" I honestly wanted to murder someone at the time

That's nothing.

My Mom hated--I mean hated--Star Trek. I was watching the TAS ep How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth and when the "thankless child" bit came on--oh, she jumped all over that. There was another TAS episode--Time Trap--where the ejected capsule blew up and it looked like the Enterprise blew up all the same--she said "Good."

The worst was when I was at my Grandmother's house (her Mom)

Stupid me brought the long box AMT model with me. I heard a mean cousin was coming over--and I hid it in the closet. I knew he'd break it.

Well, he showed up all right. My Mom looked straight at me and said: "Jeff--why don't you show Donny your star track"

I resisted--but they all ganged up on me.

The little bastard ran like mad all over the house--me following telling him to slow down--and he hooked an ankle (on a recliner that dated to the pre-Cambrian) and fell. The AMT went into a million pieces.

I think five year olds can have light strokes--that's how mad I was.

 

[wayoung]

Off to Montreal for comic con - 4 more autographs incoming for my poster. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Jason Isaacs, and Tony Todd.

(And Nathan Fillion for my Serenity poster)

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

My Enterprise-D keychain came in. I opened the Amazon box and me keychain was in a Star Wars: The Force Awakens package. None of my family members knew what I was freaking out about and when I told them all they had to say was "what's the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek?" I honestly wanted to murder someone at the time

Hope you contacted Amazon about that.... I'd be pissed if that happened.