Deeply Committed to the Mythos. I have some merchandising but only that which my family buys me yearly for Christmas. I have Spock socks, the TNG cast pez dispensers, the potato heads from the reboot, and a mug with the original enterprise on it. The only thing I really want to buy myself is a shirt that says "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot"
What kind of Trekkie are you?
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I grew up as all of the above, more or less, but those days are gone now. I've gotten rid of all but my absolute favorite merchandise, and all of the schematics/klingon dictionary type stuff as well. I really only watch DS9 and (some of) the movies, now, although I keep thinking I might eventually pick up TOS again (if the time and the price is right).
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Yeah, I'm not as hardcore as I used to be, but I can still usually tell when someone is wrong about an episode detail (within reason), as long as it's among the series' I watched religiously (TOS, TNG, DS9).
I went with A and B. Though as soon as I clicked that I think I made a mess of it 
B's an obvious one, but A.... I have manuals, books etc but thats just out of a ridiculous need to know things. I have a bizarre obsession with trivia and I think the tech manuals have just extended that more than act as an obsessive resource.
C to a degree. I like trinkets and make outfit, but I've stopped collecting 'things' so it didn't quite fit. But at the same time I began thinking... I got married in dress uniform last year. Maybe I'm more C than B and I haven't noticed :/
B's an obvious one, but A.... I have manuals, books etc but thats just out of a ridiculous need to know things. I have a bizarre obsession with trivia and I think the tech manuals have just extended that more than act as an obsessive resource.
C to a degree. I like trinkets and make outfit, but I've stopped collecting 'things' so it didn't quite fit. But at the same time I began thinking... I got married in dress uniform last year. Maybe I'm more C than B and I haven't noticed :/
I am the kind that occasionally watches a few of the TV shows and movies, doesn't usually watch a few of the other shows and movies, and has some books and miscellaneous merchandise that has mostly been given as gifts by friends and relatives since I was 11 or so. There are definitely episodes of Voyager and TNG (largely in each respective series' final seasons, oddly enough) that I have never gotten around to seeing and I have never picked up a technical manual or encyclopedia or How To Speak Klingon reference book.
I do however have the DS9 "Rules of Acquisition" book, which was a gift. It's somewhat amusing.
I do however have the DS9 "Rules of Acquisition" book, which was a gift. It's somewhat amusing.
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A and B comes the closest to describing the kind of fan I am. I like the overall STORY. I watch episodes over and over, read the books and look in on the fanfiction to see what ideas people come up with but I don't have any toys or trinkets unless they were given to me as gifts.
I used to be more casual. Just a lover of a couple shows (TOS, TNG) and the films. Over the past couple years I've become very hardcore. Now I'm watching all the series in order, going to conventions, buying collectibles, etc. I've really gone off the deep end. lol
I'm a soft B. I love the world of Star Trek, have a favorable opinion of all the shows (even Enterprise) and 'most' of the movies, and have seen everything 'at least' once. But, as far as remembering every detail of everything, I just don't have the brain power for that. Not at knock on those who do, however.
I'm... a freak. I would have to say I have hard and soft elements of all three.
I've seen every episode of every series, own them all on DVD, and I find something to like about every one, (Except maybe "Shades of Grey") even though I have no illusions about "Gene's vision" stuff, and I will still make fun of it even while I enjoy it.
I have a copy of pretty much every Star Trek book ever written, even and/or pdf copies of really old fan manuals, out-of-print RPG's. I don't bother to memorize minutiae, but on the other hand my brain seems to hold a different point-of-view on that subject - it usually takes me about three seconds to identify an episode - even if I can't remember the title, I know what it's about.
I am mad for ships. I've got all the Eaglemoss figurines and a bunch of the old Micromachines, as well as the vast majority of AMT/Ertl & Polar Lights models. I've even - badly - kitbashed a few models on my own. I bought Jackill's manuals, saved all of TFVanguard/Vance's kits and pdfs, and ordered the Master Starships books from Starfleet Battles. I have organized spreadsheet lists of Star Trek ships in all media I can get ahold of and am always looking for more. OTOH I could not care less how long the Defiant is, or whether phasers are more or less powerful than disruptors (and don't talk to me about turbolasers.)
I leave my wife to worry about boring things like plot and characterization. I'm just having a GOOD TIME.
I've seen every episode of every series, own them all on DVD, and I find something to like about every one, (Except maybe "Shades of Grey") even though I have no illusions about "Gene's vision" stuff, and I will still make fun of it even while I enjoy it.
I have a copy of pretty much every Star Trek book ever written, even and/or pdf copies of really old fan manuals, out-of-print RPG's. I don't bother to memorize minutiae, but on the other hand my brain seems to hold a different point-of-view on that subject - it usually takes me about three seconds to identify an episode - even if I can't remember the title, I know what it's about.
I am mad for ships. I've got all the Eaglemoss figurines and a bunch of the old Micromachines, as well as the vast majority of AMT/Ertl & Polar Lights models. I've even - badly - kitbashed a few models on my own. I bought Jackill's manuals, saved all of TFVanguard/Vance's kits and pdfs, and ordered the Master Starships books from Starfleet Battles. I have organized spreadsheet lists of Star Trek ships in all media I can get ahold of and am always looking for more. OTOH I could not care less how long the Defiant is, or whether phasers are more or less powerful than disruptors (and don't talk to me about turbolasers.)
I leave my wife to worry about boring things like plot and characterization. I'm just having a GOOD TIME.
I can do this but only with TOS. Every episode of TOS is, at least in my mind, iconic or memorable in some way.
I used to be able to summarize the books' plots from memory too, but that ability faded around the time the 100th book came out. Also I got old. Now I'm lucky if I can remember "Remarkably stupid weapon. Do not use."
I'm B. I used to have a encyclopedia at one point but the internet/memory alpha has rendered that kind of obsolete. I have been known to go down the memory alpha rabbit hole for hours at a time.
I've seen...most of the shows, save season 2 and much of 3 of Enterprise. Haven't collected anything but DVDs/books since I was in school. If you broke into my house, the only givaways would be a bookcase devoted to nothing but Trek lit, and a poster of various Trek ship. As a kid I used to have lots of Trek action figures. I remember destroying my Data with a slingshot.
Didn't expect him to explode. I didn't realize how brittle plastic was at the time!
Didn't expect him to explode. I didn't realize how brittle plastic was at the time!
I've been quite casual as I grow up watching TNG and DS9 reruns, some Voyager when it was on the air, and most of Enterprise (though I can recall being more invested watching season 3 and 4). Then I saw TV airings of the Star Trek films once in a while.
Then I got around watching the reboot films and got a little more hooked thanks to the nostalgia coming back in full force. Enough to pick up the Star Trek encyclopedia to look up the lore a little bit closer.
Still, I'm kinda clueless over some things but I can say I'm a fan.
Then I got around watching the reboot films and got a little more hooked thanks to the nostalgia coming back in full force. Enough to pick up the Star Trek encyclopedia to look up the lore a little bit closer.
Still, I'm kinda clueless over some things but I can say I'm a fan.
B and a little of C (I'm more interested in making rather than buying though). Can't really try to go for A as I have issues with memory.
