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065. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott (Legends #4)

No. 065
Released: July 13, 2013
Ornament: Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott
Series: Star Trek: The Original Series
Product code: QX9165
Artist: Anita Marra Rogers
Original retail: $14.95
Dimensions: 4.25” H x 1.5” W x 1.75“ D
Branding: Keepsake
Material: Styrene
Packaging: White Box, Red Trim w/ Dots
Magic: None
Power source: None
Front box text:
Hallmark KEEPSAKE
STAR TREK™
STAR TREK LEGENDS
CHIEF ENGINEER MONTGOMERY SCOTT™
christmas tree ornament |
décoration pour l’arbre de noël
Back box text:
Known affectionately as Scotty by those aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, Montgomery Scott earned the trust and respect of his fellow crewmen through his knowledge and expertise in every mechanical and technical aspect of the storied starship. Time and again, Captain James T. Kirk based his tactical decisions (and even staked his own life) on Scotty’s ingenuity and skills with warp drive, transporter, weapons, and defense systems. An esteemed and experienced officer, Mr. Scott’s service as Chief Engineer frequently extended to the bridge’s center seat as Second Officer of the Enterprise.
Anita Marra Rogers Hallmark Keepsake Artist
Each of the ornaments in this series features a different character from the original STAR TREK™ television series.
artist crafted
Bottom box text:
For decorative use only. Pour usage décoratif seulement.
09165
U.S.A. $14.95
CAN. $19.99
TM & © 2013 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, ΜΟ 64141
Made in China
QX9165
Additional information:
Keep the holidays running smoothly with the engineering “miracle worker” of the USS Enterprise, the 4th in our Star Trek Legends series.
Pros: Love that characters outside the big three are recognized. It’s great to see Montgomery Scott finally get his due in the Legends lineup, and his classic engineering stance is a nice touch.
Cons: Unfortunately, the likeness falls short. The under-detailed face makes the figure nearly unrecognizable without the context of the uniform and pose. A missed opportunity for one of Trek’s most beloved characters.

Artist Inspirations: Legends Series

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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