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Has the three-foot shooting model been found?
It’s possible this Enterprise is an elaborate fake, but it sure looks like the real thing.
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Display your collectibles, the Mego edition
Happiness is walls and shelves full of Star Trek stuff.
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Avoid the Blurg: playing 1975’s Star Trek Game from Palitoy
It’s colourful and silly and fun — everything a ’70s collectible should be.
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One big ship: the Polar Lights NCC-1701
It’s big. It’s pricey. It’s gorgeous.
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Should there be lines on the primary hull?
No. Well, maybe
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I hope to revisit the real Enterprise soon
My favourite Star Trek character lives in a museum in Washington.
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Playing with dolls: the Mego Enterprise Action Playset
Mego’s bridge playset was a big miss on accuracy but a big hit for playability.
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Starship class, part two: Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies
I wrote recently that the Enterprise is in fact a Starship-class vessel. Lots of people disagreed. Lots. But then they also disagree with Gene Roddenberry and Matt Jefferies.
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The Enterprise is not a Constitution-class ship
Knowing the Enterprise’s class was a point of honour for young me, a bit of trivia that set me apart from kids who only liked Star Trek. It’s unfortunate young me had it wrong.
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What did AMT get for building the Galileo? And how much does a shuttlecraft cost?
If I had a time machine, I would return to August 1966 and pay AMT to make me a Galileo. And I wouldn’t need to bring much cash.