STAR TREK BEYOND™ U.S.S. Franklin™ Ornament With Light Regular price $32.95
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Discovered half-buried on an alien world more than a century after its launch from Earth, the U.S.S. Franklin proved its worth to Captain Kirk and the stranded crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise in 2016’s STAR TREK BEYOND™. This Christmas ornament brings the ship to life with handcrafted detailing and lighting effect. Battery-operated light feature includes three replaceable LR41 batteries. Learn more about Keepsake Ornaments. Christmas tree ornament. Magic Light. Press button to see the ship light up. Dated 2017 in copyright. Battery operated. Three (3) LR41 batteries included. Pre-packaged for easy gift-giving, preservation and storage. 3.5″ W x 1.1″ H x 5.15″ D
Hallmark’s 2017 U.S.S. Franklin ornament was announced on August 4, 2017 at Star Trek Las Vegas by artist Kevin Dilmore.
Concept art poster of U.S.S. Franklin for Star Trek Beyond motion picture.
Hallmark sculptor Lynn Norton was at this week’s Star Trek Las Vegas convention and with him came news of the first ornament of 2017. Star Trek Beyond’s U.S.S. Franklin will be soaring in for the 2017 holidays.
Hallmark’s 2017 U.S.S. Franklin Ornament
“Norton revealed that each ship takes him anywhere from 100 to 120 hours of work from start to finish. His first Star Trek ornament was in 1991 — a replica of the Enterprise model from the second series pilot in 1966. He explained that he had to modify the proportions of various parts of the ship — the size of the saucer, position of the nascelles, etc. — so it would fit into the Keepsake Ornaments display box.
Norton later told fans that a number of the Hallmark ornaments have been used as props on Voyager and Deep Space Nine including as a mobile for a baby on a Voyager episode and in the Dominion War DS9 episodes to help create the illusion of huge armadas.”
– See more at: http://www.startrek.com/article/whoopi-nichelle-headline-star-trek-las-vegas-day-2#sthash.QeB6tZb4.dpuf
“We love being in this community for years and years and years, but we made the tough decision that it’s time to retire,” said David Hamrick, curator of the Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Museum.
Retirement means that The Party Shop at 3418 Lake City Highway in Warsaw will close in three to four weeks. The Party Shop has housed the ornament museum since 1996.
“So, right now, we’ve actually had two different national museums that have contacted us inquiring about possibly acquiring the collection,” Hamrick said. “Yeah, honestly, I don’t see it staying here in Kosciusko County, but stranger things have happened, I guess.”
The challenge now is to keep the collection intact, keep it available to the public after the store closes and keep the memories flowing.
The Party Shop 3418 Lake City Hwy. Warsaw, IN 46580 574-267-8787
Open 7 Days a Week! Mon-Sat: 9:30AM-8:00PM Sun: Noon-5PM
“This priceless collection is on display in over 30 oak cabins with glass fronts. It’s helpful to see the ornaments in a price guide, but when you can actually see every ornament made in person it is amazing. One of the first things you’ll see when you start with the early years 1973-1979 is that the vast majority of the ornaments are glass balls and the amount of designs offered was minimal. Over the last couple of years there have been over 300 designs per year.
The Party Shop does NOT sell any of the ornaments within the Museum. We do have another room full of other Back Issue Hallmark Ornaments in stock from present to 1973. We also have a variety of other Hallmark collectibles, from Merry Miniatures, Miniature Ornaments, puzzles & more. If we do not have an ornament you are looking for, we will try to find it for you. We buy sell & trade Ornaments with collectors all over the world. We have shipped Ornaments to Australia, Japan, Europe & beyond. There are people who enjoy collecting & hunting for the Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments all year. If you are looking for a fun trip for your family, church group or bus group contact me to arrange a tour. We are easy to find located on US 30 in Warsaw, IN. We are in Northern Indiana between Ft. Wayne & South Bend.”
August 4, 2016 – 12:00pm STARTREK.COM PRESENTS…ICONIC ORNAMENTS
Hallmark invites fans to take a journey into Christmas pasts and revisit some of the most iconic Keepsake Ornaments. First introduced in 1991, Hallmark’s iconic Star Trek ornaments celebrate their 25th anniversary this year. Join legendary Hallmark ship ornament sculptor Lynn Norton as well as Hallmark’s Christine Taylor and Kevin Dilmore as they share insight on the selection of process, the creation as well as the success of these annual fan favorites.
“The Star Trek Las Vegas Convention, celebrating 50 years of Gene Roddenberry’s legacy, is going to be an unprecedented 5 day event!!! It is sure to be the biggest Trek celebration in all the galaxy. We are completely sold out but we wanted all Trekkers to be able to follow along with this milestone event. Here is your one stop shop for all of the #STLV50 social media posts. Follow along with updates and photos from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest all in one convenient streaming location! http://stlv.worldsecuresystems.com/tablet/index.html”
Big news from San Diego Comic Con! The new Star Trek series has a name and it is Star Trek: Discovery (STD for short – oops). With the new series comes a new flagship, the U.S.S. Discovery NCC-1031. Look for a Discovery ornament maybe as soon as next year since Paramount will want to promote their new series as much as possible.
“Discovery is so intrinsic as a concept to the philosophy that is Star Trek and it felt like it was a beautiful way to acknowledge that spirit and also… what Star Trek has provided for me is an inspiration on where we’re going as a species and a planet… and it has given me so much hope for a better world because we need it in the world we’re living [in] right now. We need curiosity and we need inspiration and we need to find better versions of ourselves and we need to discover better versions of ourselves.” – Brian Fuller
“For hardcore Trekkies, the design of the ship is both comfortingly familiar, and surprisingly retro. And not exactly retro in a 1960’s or a 1990’s kind of way, but instead, in a pop-culture alternate-dimension kind of way. The U.S.S. Discovery is a throwback to an alternate dimension of the 1970s, when the fledgling Trek and Wars franchises blended together in concept art. The design for the U.S.S. Discovery on the new show is almost identical to designs that Ralph McQuarrie, the late and famous Star Wars concept designer, sketched for the original U.S.S. Enterprise back in 1976. Back then, Paramount was planning to reboot Trek on TV with a show called Star Trek: Phase II .” Read more at…https://www.inverse.com/article/18731-star-trek-discovery-star-wars-influence.
Unfortunately, Hallmark did not preview their 2017 Star Trek line up at San Diego Comic Con. It seems they are sharing a booth with LucasFilm and could only display LucasFilm products. Star Wars fans were able to preview 5-6 of next year’s Star Wars ornament.
It hasn’t been confirmed but it is probably safe to assume we will get our Star Trek ornament previews at Star Trek: Mission New York, scheduled Sept. 2-4.
We got our first look at the new Event Exclusive Hallmark Star Trek Maxine ornament today.
A Hallmark-branded exclusive ornament featuring Maxine, the star of Hallmark’s “Crabby Road” cartoons, dressed in her finest Star Trek cosplay. This ornament is a repainted version of one available this year in stores selling Hallmark-branded ornaments.
Sold in limited quantities at:
Star Trek: Mission New York, scheduled Sept. 2-4 in New York, NY New York Comic Con, set for Oct. 6-9 in New York, NY
Comic-Con International: San Diego returns to the San Diego Convention Center in 2016, beginning with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 20, and running Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. 2016 marks the 47th year for the show, making it the country’s longest continuously-run comics and popular arts convention.
This will be the first chance to get the convention exclusive pilot episode Enterprise Hallmark ornament. A limited number will be available each day at SDCC.
Preorders have been selling on eBay since April but look for current availability to drive prices down.
This convention exclusive ornament will be made available at Star Trek: Mission New York, scheduled Sept. 2-4 and New York Comic Con, Oct. 6-9, both conventions located in New York City.
The San Diego Comic-Con has its preview night tonight, July 20, 2016 before it opens for business tomorrow. Preview Night runs from 6:00 -9:00 pm local time. In what has become an annual tradition each July, expect to see images of the 2017 Hallmark Star Trek ornaments leak out today and tomorrow.
The Star Trek Legends Series appears complete with this year’s Chekov release so we may see a Next Generation Legends Series begin. A ship from this month’s Star Trek Beyond seems likely but I am holding out hope for an Enterprise B. As far as what scene we will get in 2017? Popular untapped episodes include The Doomsday Machine, Space Seed, The Enterprise Incident, Journey to Babel and Balance of Terror. After the year we have had I am hoping for an ornament based off Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.
Looking even further into the future, 2018 will likely bring a new ornament based on January’s new Star Trek series.
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The Legacy Cord is compatible with all 15 Star Trek Magic pigtail ornaments and more than 200 other Keepsake ornaments. All “Magic” Hallmark Star Trek ship ornaments from 2005-2016 have been battery-operated and stay powered-on for less than thirty seconds after the “on” button is pushed. The Magic Cord is not compatible with any Hallmark Star Trek ornaments.
Legacy Cord 2009 & Before (Powers up to four ornaments) $14.95
Free your vintage magic Keepsake Ornaments from their light strings! This convenient cord will power up to four Magic Keepsake Ornaments produced in 2009 and earlier. Learn more about Keepsake Ornaments.
Keepsakes electrical power supply cord.
Powers up to four vintage Keepsakes magic ornaments (2009 and before).
The Legacy Cord is only compatible with vintage Keepsake magic ornaments (2009 and before) that were light-string powered originally.
15 Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments compatible with the Legacy Cord:
1991 Enterprise
1992 Galileo
1993 Enterprise D
1994 Klingon Bird of Prey
1995 Romulan Warbird
1996 Voyager
1997 Defiant
1998 Enterprise E
1999 Rio Grande
2000 Borg Cube
2002 Delta Flyer
2003 Scorpion
2004 Vulcan Command
2004 “The City on the Edge of Forever”
2005 Locutus of Borg
Magic Cord 2010 & Later (Powers up to 7 ornaments or 6 ornaments and a tree topper) $5.95
Oohs and aahs abound when a Magic Cord is around. It’s perfect for Christmas trees and mantels to power Magic Cord ornaments from 2010 or later.
Hallmark Gold Crown Exclusive.
Powers up to 7 Magic Cord ornaments, or 6 ornaments and a tree topper.
Powers only Magic Cord ornaments from 2010 and later.
Connect up to 3 Magic Cords.
Ornaments not included.
Instructions included.
Magic Cord is not compatible with any Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments.
Refreshments in case you need your energy replenished while shopping.
Get ’em while they’re still available.
So I guess this is a part of the Legends Series after all. This was promoted as “inspired” by the Legends Series as the 2015 Uhura was claimed to be the last in the series. I’m not a real big fans of the sculptor bios on the back of the boxes either.
Chekov looks a little like one of The Monkees if you stare at him too long.
Kirk looks a bit iffy.
Not sure Jake “got it right” when it came to Kirk’s face.
The Star Trek 50th Anniversary Enterprise! A much better ornament than the dull gold plastic look images have shown.
A long checkout line winding to the back of the store.
Some snacks with my purchase and I was off. Same time next year!
“The Keepsake Ornament Premiere event is always exciting, and this year is no exception. With more than 200 new Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments available for purchase for the first time, it’s your chance to add to your collection, find special gifts or start a new tradition. You won’t want to miss our limited-quantity ornaments; and we’re excited about showing you our newest Keepsake Ornament Club-exclusives, too.
But wait, there’s more! Not only can you load up on ornaments, you can score major Bonus Points while you’re at it! Keepsake Ornaments can be purchased beginning July 9 both in store and online, with online availability beginning at 4:00 a.m. CT. Please join us to kick off a fun year of Keepsake Ornaments.”
Tomorrow’s Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments…
STAR TREK™ “The Man Trap” Kirk and Salt Monster Ornament With Sound
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS, SQUEELYS® ARE COMING SOON
You’ve seen them fighting crime and threats against humanity. Now see them in our super hero Squeelys collection. These vinyl figurines feature nostalgic cars with your favorite pop culture icons. Get ’em fast, because these crime fighters will not need their superpowers to fly off the shelves
STAR TREK™ 50TH ANNIVERSARY SQUEELYS
Set phasers to fun and buckle up as Captain Kirk brings his Squeelys in at warp speed.
Convention-goers will get a first look at Squeelys, a new Hallmark-exclusive vinyl collectible line inspired by classic customized cars. While the full line of Squeelys will debut in Hallmark Gold Crown® stores and on Hallmark.com in August, an event-exclusive Batman and Batmobile will be available at the comics conventions.
Hallmark is offering a convention exclusive Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Starship Keepsake Ornament at their booth. The 2016 Star Trek Keepsake Ornament collection and the Star Trek itty bittys® Collector Set will be available at Nerd HQ in the Children’s Museum. They will have an itty bitty exclusive button giveaway at Nerd HQ, as well as unveil the new Star Trek Squeely.
July is always a huge month for Hallmark with their annual release of ornaments but 2016 seems to have more crammed in it than normal.
This is what we have to look toward to…
July 1st-20th
Preorders are all over eBay for the SDCC exclusive Enterprise ornament from the pilot episode of the original Star Trek series. There are a wide range of asking prices but $120 seems to be a common price tag.
July 9th
Hallmark’s Ornament Premiere! Star Trek fans can look forward to three ornaments that are making their debut.
STAR TREK™ “The Man Trap” Kirk and Salt Monster Ornament With Sound $29.95
STAR TREK™ U.S.S. Enterprise™ 50th Anniversary Edition Musical Ornament $32.95
Ensign Pavel Chekov $15.95
July 20th
San Diego Comic-Con sneak preview from 6:00-9:00 P.S.T. Guests will get their first looks at Hallmark’s 2017 Star Trek line-up.
July 21st-24th
San Diego Comic-Con officially opens to the public. The convention exclusive Enterprise will be available in limited quantities each day. Expect a flood of ornaments on eBay and prices to drop under the preorder costs. Although it is a covention exclusive ornament, Hallmark has announced it will be available at two additional conventions later in 2016.
July 22nd
Star Trek Beyond premieres and with it the possibilities of future Star Trek ornaments.
Concept art poster of U.S.S. Franklin for Star Trek Beyond motion picture.
Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments 
