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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago
[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago
[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 27 points 11 months ago
[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 11 points 11 months ago

Damn good catch! I totally missed that was among the contraband Mariner smuggled into the Ceritos.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 11 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

That's the craziest part to me. It would be one thing if this toy was a tie-in made when the show was still on the air or something, but this was sold in 1976!

Also, you could put other crew member's names on the helmet instead of Spock's if you really wanted to do anything with this toy other than thank Grandma and never take it out of the box again.

[-] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago

Early pre-production for the first movie started that year. Might have been to build hype.

[-] radix@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

The animated series ended in 1974. This was before my time, so pure speculation, but Star Trek was likely still in the minds of kids of the appropriate age for the toy.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Was it pre-production for the movie or were they still working on the Star Trek II TV series at that point?

[-] VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago

They were going through a few different movie scripts at the time. Interestingly, a rejected one was about a black hole that threatened to consume reality, not dissimilar to the prime timeline part of '09.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago
[-] dejected_warp_core@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

This video is a roller-coaster of emotion.

  • Ethan Peck
  • Unboxing complete collectable in-box and everything
  • Bewilderment ensues - this thing is weird
  • Ethan Peck tries it on
  • Doesn't fit on Spock's head
[-] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

It's like a Heathcliff crossover episode

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