Excellent. I have a few different models of the Enterprise here as well.
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The Star Treks
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Alkali Ike
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I might have mentioned this already. TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise are on back-to-back six nights a week on the Heroes & Icons channel. They have the restored versions of TOS & TNG, and episodes air in chronological order. The best part is I can get them over the air for free. Needless to say I've been OD'ing on Star Trek lately. Check the OTA subchannels in your area to see if H&I is available to you. If your cable company doesn't carry H&I, they need some customer input. 
And so, I did.
Remember, you asked for it!
First, this tiny "1701-D." Not sure where it came from, but it's no bigger than a Hot Wheels car:
A larger and more detailed "1701-D:"
Here's an all-die-cast TOS Enterprise, from the shop at the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton (watched over by a Spock bobblehead):
Over Spock's left shoulder, with the gooseneck poking out of the docking bay, is a early USB webcam, from the also-early days of ThinkGeek (back when they were still a small indy shop, and cool). The cam's resolution was fairly quickly over-leapt by later generations of such devices, but the nacelles lit up when it was on, so it was great fun to have sitting above one's monitor. Now it does fine as a part of the collection:
The two widely-available electronic models that light up and plays sound clips and effects with a press of the "bridge" protrusion. I have the TMP version up front because I think that redesign, with its art-deco touches, remains the single best version of this ship anyone has come up with. The TOS version plays clips from the show, while the TMP version plays bits from TWOK, having been brought out only after the success of that movie:
You may have noticed, behind the "D" above, a TOS Enterprise mug:
While not a model per se, it's Enterprise-related, so here's another ThinkGeek gadget: An LED-illuminated schematic display. This came with two panels in the box; The TOS ship, and the TNG "D." The LEDs can be set to one of five colors, or to cycle through them all. I tend to leave it set to blue:
Last, but not least, a disclaimer: I am not, by any means, a serious model kit aficionado. There are large, highly detailed Trek ship and diorama models out there, but they are quite pricey, and I have no business blowing that kind of coin only to screw them up with my crappy, shaky-hands paint work.
The one that follows, however, is a cheapie snap-together kit I was pleasantly surprised to find on a shelf at a hobby shop. It's rare enough to see a "Refit" kit anywhere, but for only 20 bucks or so, I figured if I screwed it up, at least I wouldn't be out much money.
According to Memory Alpha, this is was a 2020 reissue of a kit by Polar Lights, tweaked to include TWOK-themed variant markings. I wasn't about to bother with all the detailed paint work, and several sheets of tiny decals that came with this kit (to be fair, pretty impressive for its size and price point), but I'd always liked the minimalist-styled, metallic-look models of Enterprise ships visible on the wall of the TNG "conference room" set, so I decided to make my own version of a "display model" version of the TMP ship.
I used some metallic aluminum spray paint by Tamiya (exceptionally good stuff, with a fine mist that doesn't gum up and fill in small details), a few red touches for the warp engine nacelles, phtoton torpedo launchers, and impulse engines, and metallic blue coats on the backs of the appropriate clear pieces for the inboard side of the nacelles and main deflector dish.
The results were, if I may say so, fairly decent for relatively small expense (and light work!), so I'm happy with "my" TMP Enterprise.
So there you have it! I have a few decks of Star Trek-themed playing cards among my other small-impulse collectibles, but I'm not going to dig those out for even more pictures. For the curious, they're in the top-left corner of the pic previously posted here.
NOW, @murphy, aren't you glad you suggested this??
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Wow!...Thank you for sharingAnd so, I did.
Remember, you asked for it!
First, this tiny "1701-D." Not sure where it came from, but it's no bigger than a Hot Wheels car:
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A larger and more detailed "1701-D:"
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Here's an all-die-cast TOS Enterprise, from the shop at the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton (watched over by a Spock bobblehead):
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Over Spock's left shoulder, with the gooseneck poking out of the docking bay, is a early USB webcam, from the also-early days of ThinkGeek (back when they were still a small indy shop, and cool). The cam's resolution was fairly quickly over-leapt by later generations of such devices, but the nacelles lit up when it was on, so it was great fun to have sitting above one's monitor. Now it does fine as a part of the collection:
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The two widely-available electronic models that light up and plays sound clips and effects with a press of the "bridge" protrusion. I have the TMP version up front because I think that redesign, with its art-deco touches, remains the single best version of this ship anyone has come up with. The TOS version plays clips from the show, while the TMP version plays bits from TWOK, having been brought out only after the success of that movie:
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You may have noticed, behind the "D" above, a TOS Enterprise mug:
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While not a model per se, it's Enterprise-related, so here's another ThinkGeek gadget: An LED-illuminated schematic display. This came with two panels in the box; The TOS ship, and the TNG "D." The LEDs can be set to one of five colors, or to cycle through them all. I tend to leave it set to blue:
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Last, but not least, a disclaimer: I am not, by any means, a serious model kit aficionado. There are large, highly detailed Trek ship and diorama models out there, but they are quite pricey, and I have no business blowing that kind of coin only to screw them up with my crappy, shaky-hands paint work.
The one that follows, however, is a cheapie snap-together kit I was pleasantly surprised to find on a shelf at a hobby shop. It's rare enough to see a "Refit" kit anywhere, but for only 20 bucks or so, I figured if I screwed it up, at least I wouldn't be out much money.
According to Memory Alpha, this is was a 2020 reissue of a kit by Polar Lights, tweaked to include TWOK-themed variant markings. I wasn't about to bother with all the detailed paint work, and several sheets of tiny decals that came with this kit (to be fair, pretty impressive for its size and price point), but I'd always liked the minimalist-styled, metallic-look models of Enterprise ships visible on the wall of the TNG "conference room" set, so I decided to make my own version of a "display model" version of the TMP ship.
I used some metallic aluminum spray paint by Tamiya (exceptionally good stuff, with a fine mist that doesn't gum up and fill in small details), a few red touches for the warp engine nacelles, phtoton torpedo launchers, and impulse engines, and metallic blue coats on the backs of the appropriate clear pieces for the inboard side of the nacelles and main deflector dish.
The results were, if I may say so, fairly decent for relatively small expense (and light work!), so I'm happy with "my" TMP Enterprise.
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So there you have it! I have a few decks of Star Trek-themed playing cards among my other small-impulse collectibles, but I'm not going to dig those out for even more pictures. For the curious, they're in the top-left corner of the pic previously posted here.
NOW, @murphy, aren't you glad you suggested this??
Now...Beam me up!
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I had a model Enterprise as a kid, but it fell apart years ago, I still have the saucer, then I got a couple of other Trek models, same thing, maybe I will look for them and take pictures
I used the have the Bandai 1701-D that played TNG sound effects, but it was apparently lost in a series of moves (best I can tell). Haven't seen one of them in years and years.
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Well, how about that! On a whim, I checked with my best friend (a "collector" of even more serious bent than I am), to whom I entrusted several things when I went overseas for a few months. He confirms that he still has it!
I'm not particularly anxious to get it back, but at least I know it's not "lost."
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the Star Trek thread! 
I dug back through my files, and found a couple of shots I took of it when it was in use.
The insignia was a clamp mount for the gooseneck, with an adhesive pad on the back for sticking to the side of the monitor:
In those same files, I also found a screenshot I took of the listing at ThinkGeek when they posted the pic above in the "customer action shots" section (thumbnail in the right margin).
Click to embiggen if you're curious about the camera's specs, or just want a fun OG ThinkGeek flashback:
As I did with the previous model post, I tend to forget about this little TOS one unless I'm sitting at my desk. It stays in the cabinet here, rather than with all the others on the shelf seen previously.
It's quite cool, because it lights up courtesy of LEDs powered by three (ridiculously tiny) LR41 watch batteries in the hull:
Ball point pen for scale; For its size, this is really a nicely detailed little model:
Pick your favorite NASA wallpaper, and assume standard orbit...
I think that's it...
...for now.
I dug back through my files, and found a couple of shots I took of it when it was in use.
The insignia was a clamp mount for the gooseneck, with an adhesive pad on the back for sticking to the side of the monitor:
In those same files, I also found a screenshot I took of the listing at ThinkGeek when they posted the pic above in the "customer action shots" section (thumbnail in the right margin).
Click to embiggen if you're curious about the camera's specs, or just want a fun OG ThinkGeek flashback:
As I did with the previous model post, I tend to forget about this little TOS one unless I'm sitting at my desk. It stays in the cabinet here, rather than with all the others on the shelf seen previously.
It's quite cool, because it lights up courtesy of LEDs powered by three (ridiculously tiny) LR41 watch batteries in the hull:
Ball point pen for scale; For its size, this is really a nicely detailed little model:
Pick your favorite NASA wallpaper, and assume standard orbit...
I think that's it...
...for now.
Sad news to report, Jeri Taylor passed away October 24, 2024. She was a writer / producer for Star Trek: TNG and Voyager. She joined The Next Generation staff during its fourth season before becoming co-executive producer with Rick Berman and Michael Pillar during its sixth season, and then serving as the series' executive producer and showrunner for its final season. She would go on to serve as Star Trek: Voyager's showrunner, which she co-created with Berman and Pillar. She ran the writers' room for Voyager its first four seasons and would in total pen over 30 episodes across the Star Trek franchise. link: www.startrek.com/news/remembering-jeri-taylor
Voyager was probably the last good Star Trek series. ENT was a misstep, but tried it's hardest. The latest stuff people are calling "Star Trek" is awful. The Chris Pine movies were especially egregious. Seriously just awful stuff, but all of the legacy rebranded stuff to come out on the last 10 years has been a joke. It's almost unbelievable that Star Wars could have gotten worse than the prequels, but that last crop of movies was unwatchable. Could they have picked a lead actress with less charisma? The whole thing stunk.
Dr Who... I never watched, but most of the people that did are in dismay with the last two doctors.
It seems a theme that everything a certain demographic used to identify with and enjoy had been seemingly warped to alienate them. It almost seems intentional.
Dr Who... I never watched, but most of the people that did are in dismay with the last two doctors.
It seems a theme that everything a certain demographic used to identify with and enjoy had been seemingly warped to alienate them. It almost seems intentional.
Sadly, it probably is aimed at the younger demographic. They have little idea of good music or, for that fact, good anything. I was blessed yesterday in that I was given some fresh cow's milk. Compared to the watery stuff we get today this is a cup of heaven! It even looks Yellow compared to the cow juice sold as "fresh milk" today!
