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New Storyteller Packaging Confirmed

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In July, we posted about Hallmark’s new Storyteller packaging seen in images found on the Hallmark website. At the time we didn’t know if it was something we would see on physical packages or just limited to online images. It can now be confirmed the larger artwork is on physical packaging and is slowly making its way into stock as older inventory is depleted.

2020 & 2021
2022

Along with the new artwork are new item numbers for the 2020 and 2021 Storytellers.

099. 2020-21 Storyteller Mirror Sulu Red Box QXI6071
099a. 2022 Storyteller Mirror Sulu White Box QXI7876

100. 2020-21 Storyteller Mirror Kirk Red Box QXI6061
100a. 2022 Storyteller Mirror Kirk White Box QXI7873

101. 2020-21 Storyteller Mirror Uhura Red Box QXI6074
101a. 2022 Storyteller Mirror Uhura White Box QXI7883

102. 2020-21 Storyteller Enterprise NCC-1701 Red Box QXI6004
102A. 2022 Storyteller Enterprise NCC-1701 White Box QXI7866

104. 2021 Storyteller Mirror Spock Red Box QXI7002
104a. 2022 Storyteller Mirror Spock White Box QXI7893

105. 2021 Storyteller Mirror Chekov Red Box QXI7005
105a. 2022 Storyteller Mirror Chekov White Box QXI7886

110. 2022 Storyteller Mirror Scotty QXI7003

111. 2022 Storyteller Mirror McCoy QXI7006

2022 Storyteller Packaging

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Hallmark’s third year of Star Trek Storytellers brings us our third version of packaging design. The 2021 Storytellers had an ornament image that was roughly 20% larger than its 2020 predecessors. The 2022 Lt. Commander Scott ornament has a large front image that takes up the majority of the packaging face conforming with the rest of the 2022 Hallmark lineup.

2022 Hallmark Store Display
2022 Hallmark Store Display

Although Hallmark stores (at least mine) are stocking Storytellers in their original packaging, Hallmark’s website has photos of the 2020-21 ornaments in updated 2022 packaging. No word if this is something that will actually be available in stores or if it is simply for marketing uniformity.

Artist Inspirations: Storytellers

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Evil Spock in the Transporter room “welcoming” the away team.
Spock went from arms crossed to the Terran Empire’s salute. I’m glad they didn’t make the ornament based off the far right image.
Good Uhura just after shutting down Evil Sulu’s advances.
Evil Chekov in an attempted coup after disembarking the Turbolift with Kirk.
Left: Evil Sulu in a second attempted coup.
Right: The blade of the dagger is turned fat side out so you can see it from your couch when the ornament is hanging on the tree.
In the episode, “Mirror, Mirror”, Kirk is never seen in the power stance with arms akimbo like the ornament depicts (A). He can be seen most of the time in his space-cowboy-strutting position (B) and once in the I-found-a-new-woman-in-my-room pose (C) and once in his I’m-gonna-kick-bad-Sulu’s-butt position (D). Kirk is the only Storyteller of the five released so far that isn’t based on a screen image from the episode.

Artist Inspirations: Uhura (2007-2020)

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Uhura in her iconic pose, left hand up to her ear and elbow pointed out, was recreated in Keepsake form in 2007.
Left: Uhura in “The Carbonite Maneuver”.
Right: The 2009 convention exclusive ornament is a simple repaint of the 2007 Uhura in red, happily, she strikes her famous pose wearing gold in the “The Carbonite Maneuver” (S:1, E:10). The back of the Hallmark box states Uhura had only wore gold in that one episode although she had donned it previously in “Mudd’s Women” (S:1,E:6).
Left: Nichelle Nichols as Uhura in a 1966 publicity still.
Right: 2015 Legends Series: Uhura ornament with slightly less hair and missing the front overlap on her skirt.
Left: Uhura in “Mirror, Mirror” (S:2, E:4).
Right: 2020 Storytellers Series: Uhura ornament.

2020 Star Trek Storytellers Hanging Around

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Kevin Dilmore has announced that the 2020 Hallmark Star Trek Storyteller ornaments will be available until the entire series has been produced.  This means Kirk, Sulu, Uhura and the Enterprise tree topper will be available to purchase in 2021 and 2022.

We still have Spock, McCoy, Scotty and Chekov to be released over the next two years. Although there hasn’t been any official announcement, it is likely we will see Spock and Scotty in 2021 and McCoy and Chekov in the final year.

Whichever ornaments are released next year they will be available in both 2021 and 2022.  There is still no word if the 2021-2022 Star Trek releases will be exclusively Storytellers or if we will see other Star Trek ornaments. With all the new Star Trek series that have and will be coming out it is hard to imagine we won’t see something from Picard or Lower Decks.

2020 Hallmark Pricing, Part 5 – The Final Chapter

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This will be the last post about Hallmark pricing for 2020.  In my response to their last email to me I asked why the equivalent Harry Potter Storytellers are cheaper than their Star Trek counterparts and below you will find their response.

Hopefully, the higher prices don’t drive away fans.

Keep Collecting the Future!

2020 Hallmark Pricing, Part 4 – Hallmark Response Received

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We have been covering not only the price hike in the Star Trek Storytellers series but also the discrepancies between the Dream Book and Hallmark’s official website.

April 05, 2020 – Part 1

April 10, 2020 – Part 2

April 10, 2020 – Part 3

Well, I said I would post Hallmark’s response when it was received and here it is.  I’ll let it speak for itself.

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