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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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Listen to Leonard Nimoy defend I Am Not Spock in this long-lost radio interview from 1976
He also talks about playing Sherlock Holmes, on stage and in an educational film for the Kentucky school system.
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Star Trek film history: a terrible trailer, Saavik’s parentage, and preliminary effects shots
Author Howard Weinstein shared three Star Trek films with me. Each is fascinating. One is terrible.
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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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Harlan Ellison put a drug dealer on the Enterprise. That was not the biggest script problem
Gene Roddenberry was right: Ellison’s version of The City on the Edge of Forever was not suitable for Star Trek, but the story is inventive and compelling and IDW’s graphic novel brings it to life with beautiful illustrations.
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33 stickers that take you back to Star Trek collecting in the ’70s
You have likely never seen this licensed Star Trek kids’ booklet. It was made in Canada and the only one I have ever seen in person is the one I own. But you can download a copy right here.
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Inside Star Trek issue 2: two days to make Spock’s ears, 90 minutes to get Nimoy into them
It took two days to make Spock’s ears and 90 minutes to get Nimoy all the way into them. Issue 2 of Inside Star Trek featured makeup man Fred Phillips and art by modeler Greg Jein.
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Inside Star Trek issue 1: selling IDIC and dumpster diving for set pieces
The Inside Star Trek newsletter is an invaluable source for Star Trek’s early voices. Issue 1 detailed William Shatner’s busy schedule, told us about searching through studio garbage and shared a made-up story about the Vulcan IDIC medallion.
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Leonard Nimoy sued Paramount — and won
Henry Fonda kicked off a dispute over a beer ad that almost kept Spock from appearing in The Motion Picture.
Collecting Trek
A TOS collection 40 years in the making
Collecting Trek 