In the 90s many of the Star Trek Keepsake character ornaments were modeled after publicity stills taken to promote their respective series during their original run. At first glance the 1997 McCoy ornament appears to be just a generic pose but it bears an uncanny resemblance to a publicity still taken thirty years earlier.

Comparing the ornament to the photo (see below) the medical tricorder slung from McCoy’s left shoulder to right hip, head looking slightly off center toward his right and his right arm bent and away from his body.

During the 90s, Hallmark refrained from placing a hook in a character’s head or body so character ornaments were integrated with scenery. It is likely McCoy’s pose was lifted from the publicity photo below and incorporated with a transporter chamber to sidestep the hook issue.

More ‘Artist Inspirations’…

• 1992 Galileo Shuttlecraft
• 1995 Kirk
• 1996 Spock
• 1998 Janeway
• 1999 Enterprise Stamp
• 2000 Seven of Nine
• 2001 Q
• 2001 Sisko
• 2002 The Doctor
• 2003 Archer
• 2003 T’Pol
• 2003 The Scorpion
• 2004 “The City on the Edge of Forever”, 2005 “Locutus of Borg”, 2008 ”The Trouble with Tribbles”, 2009 ”The Menagerie”, 2010 ”Amok Time”, 2011 ”Mirror, Mirror”, 2012 ”An Extraordinary Meeting”, 2013 ”Arena”, 2014 ”The Devil in the Dark”, 2015 ”The Needs of the Many”, 2016 ”The Man Trap”, 2018 ”The Naked Time”, 2019 ”Saru and Burnham”
• 2007 Uhura *Red*, 2009 Uhura *Gold*, 2015 Legends: Uhura, 2020 Storytellers: Uhura
• 2008 Communicator, 2009 Phaser, 2018 Tricorder
• 2009 Ilia Probe
• 2010 Legends: Kirk, 2011 Legends: Spock, 2012 Legends: McCoy, 2013 Legends Scotty, 2014 Legends Sulu, 2015 Legends: Uhura, 2016 Legends: Chekov, 2018-19 Kirk QUOG
• 2014 Vina
• 2016 Enterprise ”Pilot” Painted
• 2016 ”To Boldly Go”
• 2018 M’Ress
• 2019 Tabletop Transporter
• 2020 Storyteller: Kirk, 2020 Storyteller: Sulu, 2020 Storyteller: Uhura, 2021 Storyteller Spock, 2021 Storyteller: Chekov
• 2021 Picard
• 2021 HMS Bounty
• 2022 Storyteller: Scotty
• 2022 Storyteller: McCoy