Category Archives: 058. 2011 Spock LGD

058. Spock (Legends #2)

No. 058
Released: July 16, 2011
Ornament: Spock
Series: Star Trek: The Original Series
Product code: QX8829
Artist: Anita Marra Rogers
Original retail: $14.95
Dimensions: 4.25” H x 1.35” D x 1“ W
Branding: Keepsake
Material: Styrene
Packaging: White box
Magic: None
Power source: None
Front box text:
Series
Hallmark
KEEPSAKE
STAR TREK™
Spock™ STAR TREK™ Legends
christmas tree ornament décoration pour l’arbre de noël
Back box text: 
Spock™ STAR TREK™ Legends
As first officer and science officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, the ever resourceful Spock was frequently pressed into service to explore strange new worlds. Captain James T. Kirk’s most trusted friend and adviser, Spock performed time and again as an invaluable member of the Enterprise crew. Yet privately, he struggled in his efforts to suppress the emotions of his half-human heritage in keeping with the ancient, logic- based teachings of his home planet, Vulcan.
Each of the ornaments in this series features a different character from the original STAR TREK™ television series.
Aula Marra Rogers
Anita Marra Rogers
Hallmark Keepsake Artist
Second in the Series. Look for 2 on this ornament.
For decorative use only.
Conçu à des fins décoratives seulement.
handcrafted dated 2011
Bottom box text:

TM & © 2011 CBS Studios Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mfd. for/Fabriqué pour Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, MO 64141 Made in Sri Lanka
QX8829
Pros: Instantly recognizable.
Cons: Unfortunately, the sculpt is a little off. Nimoy’s long, narrow, angular face is recreated more roundish. It does look quite good at certain angles though.

Artist Inspirations: Legends Series

The iconic poses found in the Hallmark Legends series can be found in Trek merchandise like character standees, trading cards, figures and posters.

Left: Cardboard Standee Cutout on Amazon.
Middle: 2016 Dave and Buster’s trading card.
Right: Uhura poster.

Many of the Hallmark Legends poses can be found in the Star Trek Quotable Notables Boxed Card Set that was first available on Amazon in 2017, the year after the final Legends ornament was released.

Send the coolest greetings with this Star Trek Quotable Noteables Boxed Card Set! Each boxed set includes cards and sticker sheets of your favorite Star Trek characters. 
Characters include: Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov. Box Contents: 7 Cards, 7 Envelopes, 7 Sticker sheets.

Star Trek Quotable Notables Boxed Card Set
Left: Season 3, Episode 14 “That Which Survives”
Middle: 2010 Hallmark Legends: Kirk.
Right: Star Trek Quotable Notables Boxed Set.
Left: Likely publicity still taken on the set during ”City on the Edge of Forever”.
Middle: 2012 Hallmark Legends: McCoy.
Right: Star Trek Quotable Notables Boxed Set.
Image from “City on the Edge of Forever”.
Left: Nichelle Nichols as Uhura in a 1966 publicity still, the Legends ornament has slightly less hair and missing the front overlap on her skirt.
Middle: 2015 Hallmark Legends: Uhura.
Right: Star Trek Quotable Notables Boxed Set.
Left: Season 2, Episode 2 ”Who Mourns for Adonis”
Middle: 2016 Hallmark Legends: Chekov.
Right: Star Trek Quotable Notables Boxed Set.

Four of the seven Legends ornaments share the same pose as those that can be found in Star Trek Notable Quotables Box Set but three Legends ornaments did not as you can see below.

Top Row: Star Trek Quotable Notables.
Bottom Row: 2011 Hallmark Legends: Spock , 2014 Hallmark Legends: Sulu, 2013 Hallmark Legends: Scotty.
Left: Season 1, Episode 8: “Miri”
Right: 2011 Hallmark Legends: Spock.
Left: Season 3, Episode 14 “That Which Survives”
Right: 2014 Hallmark Legends: Sulu.

Interestingly, both Kirk and Sulu in the Legends series were modeled after moments in the same episode when the away team visited a Moon-sized planet.

Left: Season 2, Episode 6 “The Doomsday Machine”.
Middle: From the game Star Trek Timelines.
Right: 2013 Hallmark Legends: Scotty.

Scotty seen holding a Trident Scanner which was used to repair power relays. 

The term “trident scanner,” was first described almost thirty years later, in the script for “Trials and Tribble-ations,” where the device is apparently named after its general shape, which resembles a trident.

Memory Alpha

I’ll take some of the credit/blame for the standees deviations! In the design phase, when I was asked about Spock, I said something to the effect of, “Can we please NOT have him just standing there doing the hand thing?” And we didn’t. I remember being asked what Scotty could be doing, and I suggested his use of the trident scanner; it’s my favorite of his engineering tools. As for the Sulu deviation, I’m pretty confident the decision was made early that Kirk would be the only one of the seven brandishing a hand phaser. We did want each of the Star Trek Legends appear to be actively doing something, so Sulu got a tricorder. I mean, legends don’t just stand there!

A closer look should show that of all our Star Trek ornaments, the percentage depicting the use or display of a weapon is pretty low. By my (quick) count, it’s only nine:

1996—Riker (phaser)

1999—Worf (bat’leth)

2010—Kirk and Spock (lirpa)

2013—Gorn and Kirk (stone dagger)

2018—Kirk and Sulu (épée), M’Ress and Arex (phaser)

2020—Sulu (dagger), Uhura (dagger)

2021—Chekov (phaser)

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. Not familiar with Star Trek Quogs? Check out this link from 2009—you’ll even see the greeting card we did with them.

-Kevin Dilmore, February 22, 2022

Note: 2019—Transporter (Kirk, Spock and McCoy with phasers)

58) 2011 2nd in the Star Trek Legends Series: Mr. Spock

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Original Retail:  $14.95

Artist:  Anita Marra Rogers

Material: 

Novelty:  None

Box Text:  As first officer and science officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, the ever resourceful Spock was frequently pressed into service to explore strange new worlds.  Captain James T. Kirk’s most trusted friend and adviser, Spock performed time and again as an invaluable member of teh Enterprise crew.  yet privately, he struggled in his efforts to suppress the emotions of his half-human heritage in keeping with the ancient, logic-based teaching of his home planet, Vulcan.

Each ornament in this series features a different character from the original STAR TREK television series.

Serial #:  QX8829

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