Showing posts with label DS9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DS9. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Quantum Mechanix Star Trek insignia badges

Quantum Mechanix (otherwise known as QMx) have been releasing Star Trek insignia badges since 2009. Like many of QMx's products, the badges are highly accurate reproductions of screen used props, in some cases even using original production molds.

QMx have two different ranges: Full scale prop replicas (early badges had pin backs, but these were soon replaced with powerful magnets, allowing each badge to be worn without damaging clothing), and under-scaled pins (which continue to use pin fastenings).

The list below is split into those two groups, and then in reverse release order, with the latest badges at the top of each section.

Full-scale replicas

 Discovery mirror universe insignia badge pins

Discovery Enterprise insignia badges

Thursday, 25 August 2016

F-Toys Star Trek starship models

F-Toys is a Japanese maker of small models, which come packaged with sweets. They have released several Star Trek ships, starting in 2008, with the Star Trek Fleet Collection. Most of the same ships from that original series were reissued in 2016, and there have also been mirror universe variants of some designs.

The ships often require some limited assembly to complete them up, and come with an adjustable display base, with text describing the ship.

This list is in release order.

Enterprise NX-01
  • Notes: From the first Star Trek Fleet Collection range, and also included in the series when it was reissued.
  • Release date: 2008 and 2016.

USS Enterprise NCC-1701
  • Notes: From the first Star Trek Fleet Collection range, and also included in the series when it was reissued.
  • Release date: 2008 and 2016.

Monday, 8 August 2016

Star Trek Hallmark Keepsake decorations

Hallmark's Keepsake range is a huge ongoing series of Christmas decorations, featuring characters and other designs from numerous properties, including Star Trek. The first Star Trek design, a model of the USS Enterprise was released in 1991, and there have been new Star Trek ornaments every year ever since, with between one and six new Star Trek designs available every year.

For most of the run of the series Star Trek offerings have tended to fall into three categories: Models of ships, which have featured every year but one since the first Star Trek piece in the range. Figurines of individual characters, sometimes with sections of a location, which have featured almost most years since 1995. And dioramas featuring multiple characters and/or sections of locations, most often recreating specific moments from episodes and movies; these have been a regular feature in the range since 2004.

There have been a handful of other formats as well, including more traditional glass decorations, props, and even a postage stamp. There have also been occasional larger ornaments aside from the tree-hanging type, including table-top pieces and tree toppers. Many of the ornaments feature light or sound effects.

The 2020 introduces a new Storytellers range, which interact with each other to tell stories, varying depending on which decorations you have.

This list is split into six, collecting together the starships range, figurines, dioramas, Storytellers, other hanging decorations, and larger format releases. Within each section the lists are in reverse release order, with the latest designs at the top of the section.

Starships


La Sirena


HMS Bounty

  • Notes: Includes sound features. A convention exclusive limited edition of 3500, available at Comic-Con@Home, New York Comic Con, and Hallmark's Keepsake Ornament Club.
  • Release date: July 2021.
  • Coverage: Details.

Monday, 18 July 2016

Flying Star Trek starship models

While the ships of Star Trek are wholly designed for space, and not naturally inclined for atmospheric flight, that has not stopped numerous toy makers over the year trying their best to bring model Star Trek starships into the air. This page lists those efforts, in reverse release order, with the most recent flying ships at the top of the page.

USS Enterprise-A quadcopter
  • Overview: A remote controlled quadcopter, with the four propellers contained inside the saucer and lightweight polystyrene making up most of the rest of the ship. Also features lights and sounds.
  • Maker: Spin Master: Air Hogs.
  • Release date: June 2016.
  • Coverage: Toy Fair Announcement, images and video.
  • Purchase: Amazon.

Deep Space 9 flying disc
  • Overview: A hand-thrown foam flying disc with prints and cut-outs making it DS9-shaped.
  • Maker: Star Trek Shop.
  • Release date: July 2015.
  • Purchase: Star Trek Shop.

Monday, 16 May 2016

Royal Canadian Mint Star Trek coins

Page created 16th May 2016. Last updated 15th July 2018.

In 2016 the Royal Canadian Mint launched a series of Star Trek coins, initially offering a variety of designs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of TOS, and later releasing coins based on other parts of the franchise. Most of the coins were issued in precious metals, and were therefore sold for prices much higher than their given face values. Several coins have offered innovative features, such as being made in unique shapes, or glow in the dark printing.

This is a list is ordered in descending face value.

Starfleet delta
  • Face value: $200.
  • Material: Gold.
  • Mintage: 1500
  • Release date: September 2016.
  • Coverage: Images.
  • Purchase: Amazon.

USS Enterprise
  • Face value: $100.
  • Material: Silver (10oz).
  • Mintage: 1000
  • Release date: October 2017.
  • Coverage: Images.
  • Purchase: Amazon.

Sunday, 3 January 2016

Star Trek postage stamps

Postage stamps featuring Star Trek designs have been produced by numerous countries around the world, and have drawn inspiration from most of the Star Trek series (the only on-screen series not represented now are Discovery and TAS) featuring various characters, ships, and other icons of the series. As most special design stamps are released to appeal to a collectors market, many of the Star Trek designs have been released in souvenir miniature sheets, many featuring the stamps as part of a larger design.

This list is organised in reverse release order, with the newest designs at the top of the page.

Gold Key Comics stamps (set 3)
  • Overview: Set of six stamps featuring covers of Gold Key Comics. Released on a miniature sheet.
  • Country of issue: Marshall Islands.
  • Date of issue: 30th April 2019.

Gold Key Comics stamps (set 2)
  • Overview: Set of six stamps featuring covers of Gold Key Comics. Released on a miniature sheet.
  • Country of issue: Grenada.
  • Date of issue: 30th April 2019.

Sunday, 6 December 2015

Perth Mint Star Trek coins

Page created 6th December 2015. Last updated 12th November 2019.

In 2015 Perth Mint began releasing Star Trek coins; so far they have offered designs representing all the live action television series, featuring both characters and ships.

Initial releases came in pairs, one captain and one ship coin, offered both individually, and as a two-pack (see packaging examples at the bottom of this list). Subsequently there have been a variety of additional coins focusing on particular characters, episodes, and anniversaries.

Most of the coins feature colour print sections, either used to frame a low relief representation of the main subject of the coin, or forming the main design itself, additional details are formed in low relief details around the printed sections.

Each coin is legal tender of Tuvalu, with a face value normally of one or two dollars, although there has also been one eight dollar and one one-hundred dollar coin. Most of the coins have been cast in silver however, so are sold for significantly higher than this price. Lower price point versions has also been produced in bronze, and one coin offered in gold.

This list is in release order of the original release of each design, with any reissues noted alongside the original release.


Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise
  • Notes: This was Perth Mint's first release, a pair of coins offered both individually and as a two-pack. Additionally the Enterprise coin was reissued later in bronze, as part of a coin and stamp set.
  • Edition: 5000 each individually (silver). 1500 as two-pack (silver). 7500 stamp and coin set (bronze).
  • Material: One ounce silver, or aluminium bronze in stamp and coin set.
  • Face value: One Tuvalu dollar.
  • Release date: February 2015 (silver), May 2016 (stamp and coin set).
  • Coverage: Details and images.
  • Purchase:

Captain Picard and the USS Enterprise-D
  • Edition: 5000 each individually. 1500 as two-pack.
  • Material: One ounce silver.
  • Face value: One Tuvalu dollar.
  • Release date: May 2015.
  • Coverage: Details and images.
  • Purchase:

Sunday, 16 August 2015

Star Trek: Attack Wing

Star Trek: Attack Wing is a miniatures game from Wizkids, featuring small-scale models of ships from a huge variety of species and all the prime-timeline Star Trek series. Since its initial launch in 2013, the game has seen regular additions, in the form of single-ship expansion packs, which include the model ship, and a selection of cards which when used in game-play allow you to change your crew and ship-functions.

The first starter set was released in August 2013, featuring three ships. Simultaneously the first eight individual ship expansions were released. Further waves of four ships came periodically thereafter. As of wave five, there were three ships released in each wave, but the release rate was upped, with new releases almost every month. Additionally there have so far been three much larger miniatures of larger-sized ships/stations.

Some of the Attack Wing miniatures are based on earlier Wizkids releases: Unpainted versions of some of the ships previously appeared in the Fleet Captains game, and similar pre-painted versions appeared in Tactics - Unlike the Tactics versions of the ships, the Attack Wing ships do not feature ship names printed on them. As the series has continued, the ships featured are increasingly new molds; indeed with the large number of ships featured, several of the models have been the first ever official models of some ship designs.

Supporting the game are regular organised play events, where retailers can buy in kits, including prizes, featuring various themed scenarios. Often the prizes at these events see the debut of models, which will later get full retail releases. This page lists all the ships so far released (at retail) in the game.

Starter Set
  • Ships featured:
    • Federation USS Enterprise-D, Galaxy class.
    • Romulan IRW Khazara, D’deridex class warbird.
    • Klingon IKS Maht-H’a, Vor’cha class.
  • Release date: August 2013.
  • Notes: In additional to the usual assortment of cards that comes with each ship, the starter set includes the rule book, maneuver templates, and everything else you need to play the game.
  • Coverage: Preview images.
  • Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk.

Wave 0

Sunday, 9 August 2015

Becker & Mayer Star Trek books

Becker and Mayer is a book design company, which, partnering with a variety of different publishers, has produced several Star Trek non-fiction, in-universe, and novelty books. Becker and Mayer titles are notable for their use of innovative formats and high quality production.

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