Hallmark’s second store display in 1995…
005OUT2. 1995 Ships of Star Trek and Romulan Warbird Store Display
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007OUT, 1995 Picard and Kirk Hallmark Ornament Display
Store display for the two captain ornaments of 1995…
004POS2. 1994 Hallmark Klingon Bird of Prey Poster #2
A second Hallmark Star Trek poster (30” x 20.5”) from 1994…
CAPTURE THE
KLINGON BIRD-OF-PREY
KEEPSAKE MAGIC ORNAMENT
FROM STAR TREK
THE NEXT GENERATION
SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED.
AS FEATURED IN THE UPCOMING MOVIE
STAR TREK: GENERATIONS COMING NOV. 25
FROM PARAMOUNT STUDIOS
84) 2017 Enterprise C Battle Damaged (Qty 3,325)
Source: Hallmark
PopMinded by Hallmark plans its highest-ever level of yearly participation at the nation’s largest pop culture fan gatherings with limited quantities of products and collectibles developed exclusively for events starting next month.
PopMinded, which debuted nationally last year, is Hallmark’s new way to celebrate fandom with gifts and collectibles created and chosen with all fans in mind. PopMinded continues and expands on Hallmark’s decade-long tradition of providing event attendees access to Hallmark’s ever popular event exclusive products through its event pop-up store.
PopMinded will appear at Planet Comicon Kansas City scheduled April 28-30 at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo.
Three exclusive Hallmark Keepsake Ornament designs including the Enterprise C repaint, an itty bittys® plush, and two other gift items will be sold in limited quantities at Comic-Con International, to be held July 20-23 in San Diego, Calif.
U.S.S. Enterprise™ NCC-1701-C, a Keepsake Ornament inspired by the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” depicts the iconic starship with a battle-damage paint scheme as it appeared on screen. This repaint of a 2015 Keepsake Ornament has a total production run of 3,325 and sales will be limited to 225 per day.
PopMinded will make its first appearance at The Official 2017 Star Trek Convention, scheduled Aug. 2-6 at the Rio Suites Hotel in Las Vegas. The repainted U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-C Keepsake Ornament previously available at Comic-Con International will be sold at this event with 100 available each day.
Another first for PopMinded will be Salt Lake Comic Con, scheduled Sept. 21-23 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Products to be sold at the PopMinded booth will be announced closer to the event.
At New York Comic Con, set for Oct. 5-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, PopMinded will offer all items previously available at Comic-Con International with the same daily allocations.
Additional details about prices for each exclusive product, as well as activity plans for each event will be announced closer to the respective convention dates.
013POS. 1997 Defiant Poster
A huge Hallmark Defiant Ornament poster from 1997 measuring 48” x 72”.
1992 Galileo Print Ad
003OUT1. 1993 U.S.S. Enterprise D Store Display
A 1993 Hallmark display for the Enterprise D ornament.
The cardboard display is an insert that looks to swap in and out of a Hallmark display similar to the one for the 1994 Bird of Prey display.
1993 U.S.S. Enterprise Magic Hallmark Ornament Store Display (Ornament not included)
Made of plastic and cardboard.
Appx. 16″ tall x 12″ wide.
On the back there is a pocket that holds the plastic pegs. Unsure what their purpose is.
004POS1. 1994 Hallmark Klingon Bird of Prey Poster #1
A 20.5” x 30” 1994 Hallmark store poster promoting the release of the Klingon Bird of Prey ornament. Unfortunately, this image is quite blurry and it difficult to make out anything but the largest type.
Join Us For A Stellar Weekend
September 10-11, 1994
Celebrate the Holiday with the KLINGON BIRD-OF-PREY Keepsake Magic Ornament
004OUT2. 1994 Hallmark Klingon Bird of Prey Store Display
1993 Hallmark Enterprise Promotional Button
Hallmark spread the word of the release of The Next Generation’s Enterprise NCC-1701-D ornament in 1993 with a 3.25″ promotional button. A similar promotional button for another Enterprise ornament was distributed earlier this year.
1991 Hallmark Article from Washington Post
Source: latimes.com
Star Trek Ornament Hits the Stars: A replica of the Starship Enterprise is this year’s hottest Christmas tree bauble
December 19, 1991|ROXANNE ROBERTS | THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Pick one: This year’s fastest-selling Christmas ornament is (a) a porcelain angel, (b) a Merry Olde Santa, (c) a replica of the Starship Enterprise from “Star Trek” complete with tiny red and green blinking lights on the spaceship’s bridge.
Answer: Beam me up, Santa.
The good news, for the clever shoppers who snapped up the $20 Hallmark Keepsake Magic ornament when it came out this summer, is that it’s the bauble to have. The bad news, for all of us who missed yet another hot trend, is that it’s completely sold out.
“If we had 1,000 of them, I’m sure we could have sold them all,” says Bonnie Dunnells, manager of Elm Tree Hallmark in Herndon, Va. “It’s the Cabbage Patch doll of ornaments.”
Demand for the Starship is the greatest that Hallmark has ever had for any ornament, says spokeswoman Betsy Helgager. The company will not release production figures but the Enterprise, which premiered this summer at about 11,000 retailers, was quickly reissued this fall when Hallmark realized it had a phenomenon on its branches. Each store got about 50.
Who knew? There was a spaceship last year, another one of the Keepsake Magic ornaments (“Lights! Music! Motion!”), but it wasn’t a big seller. This year Hallmark was banking on the $20 “It’s a Wonderful Life” with blinking lights, the $40 “Santa Special” train with talking Santa, and the $25 “Kringle’s Bumper Cars” with lights and motion.
But it’s the limited-edition Star Trek ornament, five inches long, which plugs into a miniature-bulb socket on the tree, that’s causing calls from desperate customers across the country. Hallmark attributes the demand to the show’s 25th anniversary, the recently released “Star Trek VI” movie and the death of the series’s creator, Gene Roddenberry.
Ornament collector Kay Layton of Germantown, Md., has 17 cartons of Christmas decorations. Usually she waits until the day after Christmas to buy, when everything goes on sale. But she snapped up an Enterprise in September. “I’m not a Trekkie but something told me to grab it.”
Since the ornament went on display in August, stores have been inundated with requests. Most started waiting lists; after a while, they stopped taking names. On Oct. 1, when retailers were allowed to reorder the spaceship, Hallmark received more than $1 million in orders, said one representative. Most shipments were sold out the day they arrived. People are still calling, even offering extra money.
The display ornament at Tysons Hallmark Corner was stolen in August. One woman threw a tantrum when she discovered customers were limited to one ornament each.
Even Hallmark employees have had to scramble. One wanted three ornaments for family members, so she called relatives in three different states and asked them to buy it for her. Dunnells–to be fair about it–put her own name on the waiting list in September and finally got her little Enterprise last week.
“I really have no feeling for it at all,” she said. “It’s just that I’m sure it’s going to be worth a lot of money someday.”
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
“Friendship One” Episode Features Voyager Hallmark Ornament
1996’s Hallmark Voyager ornament was featured at the end of the seventh season Voyager episode, Friendship One. The ship in a bottle was a project of Harry Kim.
Chakotay: “Impressive, isn’t it?”
Janeway: “The detail is amazing.”
Janeway holds the missing nacelle to complete the ship.
Below you will see the Voyager Hallmark ornament overlayed onto a still from the episode for comparison.
1993 Hallmark Article from Strange New Worlds
Source: strangenewworlds.com
Strange New Worlds was a science fiction collectors magazine published from 1992 through 1994, providing original articles, interviews, and news for science fiction collectors. This is a reprint of an article from Strange New Worlds Issue 10 – Oct/Nov 1993.
The Star Fleet of Hallmark
by Kevin Stevens
In 1991 Hallmark Cards produced the first in a series of Star Trek Keepsake Ornaments in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the television series. The Starship Enterprise ornament was unveiled in July 1991. The finely detailed ornament blinking red and green lights on the saucer section was a beautiful recreation of the classic starship.
By August, Hallmark found that demand for this particular ornament was overwhelming; it appealed both to collectors of Keepsake Ornaments as well as Star Trek fans and collectors. The Enterprise proved to be the most popular ornament made by Hallmark since the Keepsake Ornament line was introduced in 1973.
By October 1991, Hallmark made the unprecedented decision to go back into production with the Enterprise ornament. Still, by December these supplies of ornaments were also depleted. It immediately began climbing in value on the secondary market. By June 1992 collectible dealers were advertising the $20 ornament for anywhere from $50 to as high as $125. Prices would climb higher still.
In 1992, Hallmark, wishing to repeat its success with the Starship Enterprise, produced a second Keepsake Ornament: the Shuttlecraft Galileo. This lighted ornament included a voice chip featuring the voice of Mr. Spock. By pushing a button, collectors could hear Spock wishing all a happy holiday. Anticipating a repeat of the response to their Enterprise ornament, Hallmark produced the Galileo in greater numbers. Retailing for $24, this ornament was so available to retailers that demand never exceeded supply.
Fans and collectors bought the Galileo in quantity. Hallmark heavily advertised the ornaments in science fiction and Star Trek publications. This exposure, combined with the increased production numbers, meant that fans interested in obtaining the ornament were able to do so easily at retail prices. A year later, collectors can find the Shuttlecraft Galileo ornament for between $35 and $40.
However, because many more fans obtained the second ornament in the series, the demand grew to complete the set by finding the Enterprise ornament. Fans were now hungry for it. Prices for the Starship Enterprise ornament climbed to $175, eventually topping out at about $250. One dealer at a Los Angeles area Star Trek convention had priced the ornament at $400. Prices for this piece have since stabilized at about $200.
Although the Galileo ornament never achieved the collectibility status of the first ornament, a counter display promoting the ornament has become collectible. The display featured a plastic globe recreating a moon with the Galileo ornament orbiting above it. A button at the base of the display allowed shoppers to hear the greeting from Mr. Spock. This display, which included a cardboard back with advertising information about the ornament, has gone on to the secondary marketplace, with prices from $75 to $150.
For 1993, Hallmark has released the third in the series of Star Trek ornaments: the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. As with the first Enterprise ornament, this keepsake piece features blinking lights. No voice chip is included.
Hallmark announced that it would scale back production for the 1993 ornament, making the newest ornament a more promising collectible than the Galileo. Early reports from Hallmark Gold Crown Stores (retailers for the ornaments) bear this out. Stores that began receiving the ornaments in August have been sent only half their anticipated orders, making demand high from collectors. Even those who pre-ordered have had to wait for back orders to be received.
It remains to be seen how production numbers for the new ornament will stack up as the holiday season approaches. During the holiday season, collectors should anticipate increased prices for the earlier ornaments. If the pattern established in 1992 holds true, prices may spike again, but should stabilize in the new year.
Regardless of the fluctuating prices and collector frenzy, these ornaments remain among the most beautiful, and highly collectible, Star Trek items produced in recent years.
Kevin Stevens is editor of Trek Collector, a bimonthly newsletter for Star Trek fans and collectors. He has been a Star Trek collector since 1972. His collection was featured recently on Los Angeles’ Fox TV news station KTTV.
Back issues of Strange New Worlds available here.
1992 Hallmark Article from Strange New Worlds
Source: strangenewworlds.com
Strange New Worlds was a science fiction collectors magazine published from 1992 through 1994, providing original articles, interviews, and news for science fiction collectors. This is a reprint of an article from Strange New Worlds Issue 4 – Oct/Nov 1992.
Hallmark Ornament Update –
1992 Shuttlecraft Galileo Keepsake Ornament
by Jo Davidsmeyer
Hallmark officially kicked-off its promotion of the new Shuttlecraft Galileo Keepsake ornament on August 29 [1992], though ornaments were available for sale in select stores the first week in August. This lighted ornament is based on the shuttlecraft design from the classic Star Trek TV series. It features a holiday message from Mr. Spock (voice provided by Leonard Nimoy).
As with all Hallmark Keepsake ornaments, it is unknown how many of these ornaments will be produced. This is proprietary information that Hallmark closely guards. However, it is assumed that based upon the phenomenally successful sales of last year’s Enterprise ornament, that Hallmark will be producing enough of these to meet the demand. The Leonard Nimoy commercial for the Galileo encourages buying multiples of the ornament.
At the 50th World SF Convention, dealers were already asking $50.00 for this ornament that is still available elsewhere for the original retail price of $24.00. Stocks of the Galileo ornament were quickly depleted by eager collectors and dealers in many stores. Before paying inflated dealer prices, first check with your local Hallmark store.
You might also see in your local shop the charming Galileo counter display. It features a large three-dimensional cardboard asteroid (replete with meteor crates) with the Galileo suspended in “orbit” above it. A button clearly marked “press here” is at the base of the display and allows the customer to hear Spock’s holiday message.
As reported in Issue #2 of Strange New Worlds [“Hallmark’s Voyage of the Starship Enterprise”], Hallmark had more demand for last year’s Enterprise ornament than for any other item made by Hallmark since Keepsake Ornaments were first begun in 1973. It is still too early to judge if this latest addition to Hallmark’s Starfleet will enjoy equal attention. Hallmark collectors currently list the value of the 1991 Enterprise (original retail value of $20.00) at $175.00.
Back issues of Strange New Worlds available here.
1995 Romulan Warbird Commercial
Here’s a Hallmark commercial for the 1995 Romulan Warbird ornament I had never seen before. The quality isn’t great but it is still worth a look.
Martha Hackett auditioned for the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but lost out to Terry Farrell. She was cast as a member of the Terellian alien species in the finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “All Good Things…”. She appeared on Deep Space Nine as the Romulan Sub Commander T’Rul in the two part episode “The Search” in season three and starred as Seska in thirteen episodes of the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
Hallmark Button Featuring 2016 Star Trek Ornament
Hallmark gave away souvenir buttons back in September at Star Trek Mission New York. The buttons feature the 2016 50th Anniversary “Pilot” Enterprise with gold finish. You can still get the ornament in stores this month but good luck finding a button anywhere.
Star Trek “City on the Edge of Forever” Hallmark Ornament Repair
Helpful repair tutorial for Hallmark’s City on the Edge of Forever ornament.
83) 2017 Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Lieutenant Commander Data
STAR TREK: The Next Generation™ Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Lieutenant Commander Data Sound Ornament
Regular price $29.95
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
A Christmas ornament that captures the essence of operations aboard the bridge of the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D with Captain Jean-Luc Picard at the helm? Make it so! Fans of STAR TREK: The Next Generation™ won’t want to miss this cool decoration that also features beloved android Lieutenant Commander Data and dialogue from the show. Battery-operated sound feature includes two replaceable LR44 batteries. Learn more about Keepsake Ornaments.
Christmas tree ornament.
Magic Sound.
Press button to hear dialogue from the TV series.
Dated 2017 in copyright.
Battery operated. Two (2) LR44 batteries included.
Pre-packaged for easy gift-giving, preservation and storage.
3.9″ W x 5.1″ H x 3.3″ D
Picard: “Let’s see what’s out there. Engage.”
Picard: “Data, find a way to defeat that shield.”
Data: “That may be impossible, sir.”
Picard: “Things are only impossible until they are not.”
Data: “Yes, sir.”
Data: “Captain, I am seeking advice in how to…”
Picard: “And I will be delighted to offer any advice I can on understanding women. When I have some I’ll let you know.”
Picard: “Do we have clearance?”
Data: “Aye, sir. Standard parking orbit.”
Picard: “Make it so.”
Picard: “Data, I want this to be an away team of one…you. I don’t think there is a reason to risk anyone else.”
Data: “It is reasonable, sir. After all, I am a machine and dispensable.”
Picard: “Indispensable is the appropriate word.”
Data: “Captain, there is no rational justification for this course.”
Picard: “Then I’ll be irrational!”
Picard: “Let’s make sure that history never forgets the name…Enterprise.”
MARKING A MILESTONE
2017 is the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Lieutenant Data
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Plays dialogue from the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series.
$29.95
QXI3402
New York Comic-Con Launches This Week – Last Chance to Get Maxine Star Trek Cosplay and Enterprise Pilot Repaint
Visit pop minded by Hallmark (Booth 1920) at New York Comic-Con this week for your last chance to get the Maxine Star Trek Cosplay ornament. It will be sold in limited quantities; only 75 (25 per day) were sold at Star Trek Mission New York last month. I would expect more to be available at the larger New York Comic-Con. The ornament will retail for $10 at the convention abe has been showing up on the secondary market anywhere from $55 to $129.
Also at last month’s convention at the Hallmark booth was a display of every Hallmark Star Trek ornament produced. Surely, this booth will be on display again at New York Comic-Con.
2016 Hallmark Booth at Star Trek Mission New York
If you haven’t picked up this year’s 50th Anniversary Enterprise Repaint it will also be available for the last time at the Hallmark booth.
New York Comic Con will be held October 6-9, 2016 at the Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan. The Javits Center is located at 655 West 34th Street. New York Comic Con attracted over 167,000 attendees in 2015, easily making it the largest comic book and pop culture gathering in the country. And Crain’s New York Business has ranked NYCC as the second largest event in New York City!
Show Floor:
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hallmark’s Star Trek Maxine Cosplay Ornament Showing Up on eBay
Hallmark’s latest Star Trek ornament is beginning to show up on eBay after being first made available at last week’s Star Trek: Mission New York convention.
Image from trekcore.com http://trekcore.com/blog/2016/09/mission-report-star-treks-new-york-convention/2/
Word is they only made 25 ornaments available per day for the three-day event. The Maxine ornament will be available for the last time at next month’s New York Comic-Con. The biggest surprise is that the ornament is not a Keepsake ornament but “branded” with the Hallmark name. If you are looking to pick up the new Star Trek Maxine Cosplay ornament it is currently selling on eBay from $55-$129.
”…and exclusive ornaments from Hallmark, which sold out quickly each day of the convention. Of the two Hallmark exclusives, the U.S.S. Enterprise was awesome, while the Maxine figure was OK.” –Hollywood Soapbox
Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments 
