Yearly Archives: 2023

25th Anniversary Revisit: 1998 Enterprise NCC-1701-E

A unique ornament – featuring the U.S.S. Enterprise-E NCC-1701-E from Star Trek: First Contact.  Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the crew of the 24th-century Starship Enterprise is traveling back in time to the 21st century.  There, they’ll confront the biggest threat to the Star Trek universe – the Borg, whose actions would alter history and turn Earth into a Borg colony.  The U.S.S. Enterprise seen in the movie is the sixth starship in the history of the Federation to carry the proud name Enterprise.

The front deflector shield as well as both warp engines and the impulse engines are lighted.

Original Retail:  $24.00
Artist:  Lynn Norton
Novelty:  String light
Product Code:  QXI7633

“There were a lot of products out there being developed right along side the model during (Star Trek: First Contact’s) production. I was getting the same photos from the studio as everyone else was, and originally the E had a blue-glowing deflector array. We went to see the movie and there’s that whole scene set on the deflector array and they’re out there walking around on it—and it’s amber! I was like ‘What the?’ But we were able to make that change while the ornament was in development at the toolmaker. Because it didn’t go to stores right away, our ornament was one of the few screen-accurate products on the market at the time.”

-Sculptor Lynn Norton, startrek.com 11/13/15
“Hallmark Sculptor Lynn Norton on the Storied History of Trek Keepsake Ornaments”

25th Anniversary Revisit: 1998 Captain Kathryn Janeway

CAPTAIN KATHRYN JANEWAY
Born: Indiana, Planet Earth
Graduate: Starfleet Academy
Rank: Captain of the U.S.S. Voyager, a 24th-century Federation starship.
Famous Words: “Somewhere, along this journey, we’ll find our way back. Set a course for home!”

On a short mission to investigate the disappearance of a Maquis ship in the Badlands area of the demilitarized zone, the Voyager encounters a massive displacement wave and is carried off to the Delta Quadrant, approximately 70,000 light-years away.

Captain Kathryn Janeway (played by actress Kate Mulgrew) is featured in the 1998 Star Trek Hallmark ornament. Captain Janeway is in command of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Voyager, and is hurled into an exciting and terrifying adventure in the Delta Quadrant, along with the rest of her crew and some Marquis that she picked up along the way. As she and the crew of voyager strive to find a way back to Earth, they encounter a wide variety of different species and obstacles, but none more treacherous than the Borg. With technology that Captain Janeway sent herself from the future, she is able to defeat the vile Borg queen, and use one of the Borg conduits to get Voyager and her crew back to Earth. We later discover that Captain Janeway is promoted to Admiral, most likely for her heroic deed by destroying the biggest enemy that the Federation had ever faced, and under the most dire of situations.

Artist: Anita Marra Rogers
Size: 5½” H x 3½” W
Original Retail: $14.95
Product Code: QX14046
Handcrafted – Stardated 1998

Quogs 101

Star Trek Quogs is a GoAnimate theme based on the original Star Trek series and the product line. It was released on February 2, 2009 to coincide the release of 2009 Star Trek reboot and the brand CBS/Paramount Pictures created at the time. It has many characters like Kirk, Spock, and McCoy (formerly known as Bones).

 Before June 3, 2009, five characters were created and added in for “The Backstory”
contest. On September 10, 2012, the theme was taken down. It was the second to last licensed theme to ever be taken down. And because this is a licensed theme, it was impossible for videos saved as draft or private with the theme involved to publish. The videos were still watchable until the middle of 2017.
GoAnipedia wiki
Available characters included: James T. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Uhura, Scotty, Chekov, Khan Noonien, Singh, Kang, Orion Slave Girl, Mirror Spock, Gorn (added before June 2009), Klingon Crewman #1 (added before June 2009), Mara (Kang’s Wife) (added before June 2009), Klingon Crewman #2 (added before June 2009), Nurse Chapel (added before June 2009).
GoAnipedia wiki
LTL PRINTS has just unveiled an exclusive collection of Star Trek QUOGS Wall Graphics that range from seven feet tall down to laptop-size. QUOGS, as both collectors and new fans know, is a proprietary – not to mention colorful, playful and fresh — animated art style that’s being applied to an array of products featuring original Star Trek characters, ships and even such aliens and creatures as the Gorn, Orion Slave Girl and Tribbles.
StarTrek.com 07.01.10
2017-19 Spock and 2018-19 Kirk Hallmark ornaments

We prefer not to show weapons in our Star Trek ornaments but we will when we feel it adds to the storytelling aspect of a design. Note that in 2018, the Kirk design released that year by Hallmark Ornaments substituted a communicator for the phaser he typically carries in that stance of his Quogs design, a move that was intentional on our part.

-Kevin Dilmore, February 22, 2022

2011 Defiant eBay Auction Underway

2011 Hallmark Star Trek – New York Comic-con exclusive ornament – glow in the dark USS DEFIANT – limited to only 700 qty!!! The ship has NEVER been on display and is in PERFECT condition. Please let me know if you have any questions or wish additional images. 


Shipping will be FREE via insured USPS, sorry NO International shipping on these auctions. I will combine shipping on multiple winning Hallmark auctions!!!

Auction: 296027515100

Update…

2023 Enterprise Tabletop Video Review

posted by outsider238

That’s a very flattering review! My hope is that everyone likes this as much as this reviewer did. 🙂

The questions about the decal markings on the primary hull are fair ones. The main reason they’re there is that they were approved by the licensor haha. But the actual reasons they are there is that these extra markings have carried over from a previous version of a U.S.S. Enterprise ornament, specifically the event exclusive repaint of the 2016 sculpt of the ship as designed for the first pilot.

The best visual I can find is this art for the box top of a model kit produced by Polar Lights called the U.S.S. Enterprise Pilot Edition that allows a build of three versions of the filmed model. That doesn’t explain the extra markings on the bridge dome, but there ya go. The next time we do an original U.S.S. Enterprise, I’ll be more attentive to that detail.

-Kevin Dilmore
Polar Lights Star Trek TOS U.S.S. Enterprise w/Pilot Edition Parts 1:350 Scale Model Kit

/Film Announces ‘23 Hallmark Ornaments

“Hallmark has been regularly producing “Star Trek” ornaments for decades, starting in 1991 with a handsome version of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Many Trekkies keen on collecting likely also have intimate knowledge of the 1992 talking Galileo shuttlecraft that featured original dialogue from Leonard Nimoy saying “Happy Holidays.” The 2023 season keeps the tradition going with a quartet of new ornaments culled from various points of “Star Trek” history.”

slashfim.com “Cool Stuff: The Best New Star Wars And Star Trek Hallmark Christmas Ornaments For 2023”, 11/3/23

Be sure to visit /Film to read their Star Trek and Star Wars ornament update.