tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58395831695304774202024-02-06T21:04:51.086-05:00Zach TrekA showcase of Zach's Star Trek collection past and present, and a collection of resources for things Star TrekUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-52837633078383090732021-05-19T20:16:00.003-04:002021-05-19T20:16:56.214-04:00Zach Trek Random #000 - Destruct - 0: Zach Trek II!<p>Greetings! If you have stumbled across this blog, you are visiting a rather sadly neglected site. I always intended to resume it, but ultimately decided that, rather than trying to redesign this site, fix all the broken links and poor formatting, and update everything that needs updating, I would instead start fresh with a whole new blog. So, I invite you to visit the new, "refit" version of this blog, <a href="https://usagoodsblog.wpcomstaging.com/" target="_blank">Zach Trek II</a>!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://usagoodsblog.wpcomstaging.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-hDb3WJwtjE6K-iBQFikb153DMsCJFuqIQDXQZE6n9VfHX_6cKOYds9yrsj0eSh72fYGSMB6mHOAAvQaBdW6Jz8SrUAUngEp0V3PD4ZuCulCUQxCSwCnIA6kQzW0YWZlKo_bB2vsECE9/s320/Favicon.png" /></a></div><br /><p>As I detail in <a href="https://usagoodsblog.wpcomstaging.com/zach-trek-ii-random-1-zach-trek/" target="_blank">this post on Zach Trek II</a>, I have decided to allow this site, Original Zach Trek, to remain drifting across the internet, mostly untouched (and, obviously, not actually engaging the "auto-destruct"!).</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-39754556276054743552015-02-27T23:46:00.000-05:002015-02-28T00:02:39.738-05:00Zach Trek Random #9: RIP Leonard Nimoy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Although I have been very remiss in my blogging duties, there would be no excuse for failing to take note of the passing of the great Leonard Nimoy, beloved portrayer of Spock.<br />
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Most Star Trek fans are well familiar with his period of conflicting feelings about his association with the character, but we are all fortunate that he later enthusiastically embraced the role, reprising it more than once and referencing it in cameos in other shows and commercials, and finally serving as the bridge between all previous Star Trek installments and the 2009 reboot. It was quite fitting that the character of Spock was his final role in <i>Star Trek Into Darkness.</i><br />
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I spent a good bit of time searching for a suitable tribute video to post here, but most of the videos I found were news reports featuring polished reporters reciting the same platitudes without a lot of emotion, and so I found this one from gaming web site IGN to be perhaps my favorite:<br />
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For those who didn't know, the Vulcan salute was Nimoy's brainchild. This video of Nimoy explaining its origins will give you a greater appreciation for it, and for Nimoy himself:<br />
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As many have rightly said, Nimoy did indeed "live long and prosper", and he will be missed.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-81442379469716345962014-08-12T23:38:00.002-04:002017-06-20T22:13:49.684-04:00Zach Trek Random #8: RIP Robin WilliamsAs un-active as I've been here for a while, I felt the need to say something about the passing of Robin Williams. It is very sad to see someone who brought joy and laughter to so many and outwardly appeared to be so vibrant, happy, and full of life go out this way. By all accounts that I've read, he was as kind and funny off the screen as on.<br />
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Thanks to TrekMovie.com for <a href="http://trekmovie.com/2014/08/12/star-trek-celebrities-mourn-robin-williams-the-star-trekwilliams-connections/" target="_blank">this article</a> detailing Star Trek actors' comments on Williams' death, and giving us some history of his connections to and interest in Star Trek, including this video of a William Shatner (or is it Captain Kirk?) cameo in his TV show <i>Mork and Mindy</i>:<br />
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[Edit: Unfortunately the video is no longer up. It was a short clip of a couple of minutes in which Shatner made a cameo on Mork and Mindy, brought in by way of a transporter accident. Here at least is a still photo from the scene.]<br />
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I have not given up on this blog, by the way! I still have lots of items to add, including a couple of slightly unusual items that I'm pleased to have. Right now, I have been busy with a variety of other things, but I have every intention of adding to this blog in the future.<br />
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RIP, Mr. Williams. As Leonard Nimoy said, "May his memory LLAP."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-43198733282417896612014-04-02T00:17:00.000-04:002014-04-02T00:17:36.178-04:00Zach Trek Video #16: Learn Klingon With Rosetta Stone!An exciting opportunity to use Rosetta's immersive approach to learn this language! Sadly, I live in a location in which this course is not available according to a disclaimer at the end of this video:
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If you also live in an area where this offer is not available, but would still like to learn some Klingon, check out <a href="http://www.bing.com/translator" target="_blank">Bing's translation tool</a>, which features two different forms of Klingon, or check the <a href="http://kli.org/" target="_blank">Klingon Language Institute's web site</a>. While, for those who, like Samuel T. Cogley, prefer books, there's always <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2010/09/klingon-dictionary-by-marc-okrand.html" target="_blank">the Klingon Dictionary</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-83523969495283830432013-07-05T19:43:00.002-04:002013-10-31T21:28:16.689-04:00Zach Trek Random #7: Star Trek GIFI recently discovered this Star Trek GIF, which I found strangely difficult to stop watching...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-83145585817898905192013-05-15T20:50:00.003-04:002014-04-01T23:12:19.787-04:00Zach Trek Video #15: Bing Features Star TrekToday (May 15, 2013) Bing had a Star Trek feature on their home page. By typing in "beam me up" and pressing enter, this happened:<br />
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Now, I know this is in anticipation of the release of <em>Star Trek Into Darkness </em>tomorrow, but the transporter sound effect is an original series sound effect, so I feel it is appropriate for this blog.<br />
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And before you leave angry comments, I know, Google's Star Trek doodle was way better than this, I just didn't have the means to display it here when it came out. I'll try to add it at some point.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-40810343297865041632013-03-27T00:09:00.002-04:002013-03-27T00:09:23.313-04:00Stickers<strong><em>This is a category page for Star Trek stickers.</em></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">- Aviva -</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">- Pocket Books -</span></strong><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-67356812812114808462013-03-26T23:57:00.002-04:002013-03-26T23:57:44.316-04:001979 Aviva "Dimension Weld" Star Trek The Motion Picture StickersGreetings! Although it may seem to you that it has been over a year since the <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2011/09/1986-star-trek-pocket-books-sticker.html" target="_blank">last post on Zach Trek</a>, disruptions in the space time continuum have made it seem like...well, about the same amount of time to me.<br />
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However, we'll pick up right where we left off: not wanting our sticker from that previous post to be lonely. Therefore, here are some fellow stickers:<br />
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These stickers are dated 1979 and are made by Aviva. I was able to find almost no information on this company. All I have been able to find out is that it was a toy company that produced many plastic toys (especially Peanuts and Garfield) from the 1960s to early 1980s. I can't find out what happened to it.<br />
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Let's have a closer look at these stickers:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, the backs are a little plain.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let's be honest: If you didn't know it was Star</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Trek, you wouldn't know this was McCoy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Again, if you didn't know it was Star Trek,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">you'd think this was a Twilight vampire with</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">extra-bad </span><span style="font-size: small;">makeup.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This Spock may be the best of any of</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cFD7uErkMM1XTdiSgXjaL31v26j78vmWVgtJvK3SE352acksa77C7akDicBAbCu9zRJqju0JqRdRP2N_LCC7f5-ZPOrioAQWb19TUeAI4rwRUFi_gs2ksFFhmrHZPgppIV9BIDHPZUxe/s1600/avivastickersa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cFD7uErkMM1XTdiSgXjaL31v26j78vmWVgtJvK3SE352acksa77C7akDicBAbCu9zRJqju0JqRdRP2N_LCC7f5-ZPOrioAQWb19TUeAI4rwRUFi_gs2ksFFhmrHZPgppIV9BIDHPZUxe/s320/avivastickersa.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This Kirk is much better than the other one.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I thought the Vulcan salute sticker was creative.</span></td></tr>
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<li>Check out the Zach Trek <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430303646/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1430303646&linkCode=as2&tag=zactre-20">Vintage Scratch & Sniff Sticker Collector's Guide</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=zactre-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1430303646" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />">Stickers</a> page</li>
<li>The only concrete information I could find on Aviva was in <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vfeTriMBr3IC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=vintage+aviva+stickers&source=bl&ots=iwHxPUr1UK&sig=XLTDHHF-SGYWoRx3A7ZELWhMdGs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OFpSUb2tJqe60AGgwIDgDw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=vintage%20aviva%20stickers&f=false" target="_blank">this Google Books excerpt</a>, discussing their association with Kat's Meow in making scratch & sniff stickers in the early 1980s. This is from the <em>Vintage Scratch & Sniff Stickers Collector's Guide</em>, and if you've just got to add that book to your library, you can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430303646/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1430303646&linkCode=as2&tag=zactre-20">get it on amazon.com</a>.</li>
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<em>Coming Next on Zach Trek:</em> It's been so long since any new items appeared on Zach Trek that U.S. postage rates have gone up! Look out for a postage-related item next (no, it's not a stamp!).<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-83309179794082994772011-09-25T10:35:00.004-04:002011-09-25T10:40:54.926-04:001986 Star Trek Pocket Books Button (or Bookmark?)As promised, here is the first item of a Zach Trek "double header." Also
as promised, both of these items are book-related. Here is item number
one:<br />
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This is a button from 1986, promoting Pocket Books' Star Trek books.
With this type of button, you simply fold down the tab and slide it onto
your collar, shirt pocket, or anywhere else you'd like to wear it.<br />
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I added "bookmark?" to the title because I have seen it described as
that. I don't think that was an intended purpose, and I didn't think it
would work very well as one, but I boldy went and tried it out and found
that it actually does work as a bookmark. You can just leave the very
top sticking out of the book. I wouldn't recommend it, though, because
it is metal, which could damage the pages of a book (or your fingers!),
and because it is a little thick for a bookmark, and if you left it in
too long it might cause your book to flip open to the place you'd
"marked" even after you remove it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, the back is a little plain.</span></td></tr>
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<li>Pocket Books has indeed published a lot of Star Trek books. You'll find several of them on the <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2010/09/books.html">Zach Trek Books page</a></li>
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Check out the <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2011/09/1986-star-trek-pocket-books-sticker.html">next item</a> below:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-91238133911875515362011-09-25T10:33:00.000-04:002011-09-25T10:36:41.669-04:001986 Star Trek Pocket Books StickerHere is the second item of this Zach Trek "double header":<br />
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This sticker, produced by Pocket Books, celebrates the 20th anniversary of Star Trek and promotes reading Star Trek books (especially Pocket Books' Star Trek books!).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's hard to tell from the front, but</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">you can see on the back that just the round</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">part is the actual sticker.</span></td></tr>
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<li>Check out the <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2010/09/books.html">Zach Trek Books page</a> to see some of the many Star Trek books Pocket Books has published (and to read one of my favorite Star Trek quotes, which pertains to books).</li>
<li>Click <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2011/09/1986-star-trek-pocket-books-button-or.html">here to see the first item of this pair</a>.</li>
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<i>Coming Next on Zach Trek: </i>Since I've added this sticker, I'll need a Stickers page. I don't want this sticker to be lonely though...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-65699184970396971642011-09-25T10:18:00.001-04:002013-03-27T00:01:26.759-04:00Pins and Buttons<b><i>This is a category page for Star Trek pins and buttons.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>- Pocket Books -</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1986</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-26042009886172360192011-08-19T21:50:00.004-04:002011-08-19T23:14:09.039-04:00Zach Trek Random #5: Vulcan, Alberta: Canada's Star Trek-Themed Town!Welcome to Zach Trek Random #5. If you've always dreamed of living a Star Trek themed town, you're in luck because there is one:<br />
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The city of Vulcan, in Canada's province of Alberta, was already named Vulcan before Star Trek began and they decided to make Star Trek the theme of their city. The photo above shows the sculpture of the Enterprise in the city.<br />
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In addition to Star Trek sculptures and murals, Vulcan hosts the annual "Spock Days/Galaxyfest" convention.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is Vulcan, Alberta's "Tourism and Trek Station."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pharmacy, appropriately, displays a mural</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> of the doctors of Star Trek.</span></td></tr>
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</div><ul><li>Check out <a href="http://www.vulcantourism.com/" target="_blank">Vulcan's tourism site</a> for information on Trekkie tourism and other things to do in Vulcan (the whole city isn't completely devoted to Star Trek, so there's other stuff to see and do)</li>
<li>Read the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan,_Alberta" target="_blank">Wikipedia article on Vulcan, Alberta</a> </li>
</ul>Below is a promotional video about Vulcan (wait out the first minute or so to get to the most interesting part)...<br />
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...and here's a video of Leonard Nimoy's April 23, 2010 visit to Vulcan:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="261" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K2_ZOkQuBV0?rel=0" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">(it seemed to me the crowd was a little lukewarm about New Star Trek...)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Vulcan is a long way from Georgia, but I'd love to visit someday. It looks like they've got lots of great collectibles in that gift shop!<br />
</div><em>Coming soon on Zach Trek:</em> Check back for a "double header" of book-related items...no, not bookmarks...<br />
<ul></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-23435659316763118842011-08-12T10:03:00.001-04:002011-08-18T21:12:30.203-04:00"Stardate" 1979 Star Trek Calendar - Ballantine BooksWith this item, join us for a little time travel -- back to the late 20th century:<br />
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This was produced by Ballantine Books in, well, 1978. It features a picture from an episode each month, and a "poster" in the middle. For some reason, this calendar has three pictures from <i>Tomorrow Is Yesterday</i>, and two from <i>Catspaw</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This shows what the calendar's design looks like.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">November features a picture from one of my all-time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">favorite episodes, <i>Return of the Archons.</i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This calendar is big on angled shots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the center of the calendar is "A magnificent new</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">pull-out poster suitable for framing!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The back of the calendar enticed 1978 Star Trek fans</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">to want to look at this for the next year.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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I may save this calendar and use it in 2018, which has all the same dates as 1979.<br />
<ul><li>If you've got a vintage Star Trek calendar you want to put to use, you can use this <a href="http://www.hermetic.ch/cal_sw/idcal/idcal.php" target="_blank">calculator</a> to find what years you can use it in. If you've got a 1984 calendar, you're in luck -- you can use it next year!</li>
</ul><i>Coming soon on Zach Trek: </i>Keep an eye out for the next Random, where we'll take a look at a place on earth related to Star Trek (not Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco). For the next collectibles, watch for a "double header" of book-<i>related</i> items. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-24723702902263123672011-08-12T09:52:00.001-04:002013-03-27T00:02:02.361-04:00Calendars<b><i>This is a category for Star Trek calendars.</i></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-35941913928312955212011-08-11T23:25:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:25:08.486-04:00Magnets<b><i>This is a new category for Star Trek magnet items.</i></b><br />
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<b>- Ata-Boy -</b></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1042841993"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1997 "Mix 'N' Match Adventure Playset"</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">America in Star Trek</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">In Part II of this Random, we'll take a look at America as it appears and is referred to in original series Star Trek:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><ul><li>We'll start with the U.S.S. Enterprise:</li>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Enterprise "appeared" in Star Trek IV, as the ship from which the crew of the starship Enterprise drew power for their ship. I put "appeared" in quotation marks because the real Enterprise was at sea for the filming of the movie, and they had to use the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ranger as a "stand-in." I guess even aircraft carriers have stunt doubles! (the photo above really is the Enterprise)</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The U.S.S. Enterprise, CVN-65, was christened in September, 1960. It is the world's first, and fastest, nuclear powered aircraft carrier. As I am writing this, the Enterprise is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2013-2015. They'd better make sure nothing happens to the first officer, because we don't want the Captain stealing this ship and blowing it up!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">The Enterprise is an impressive ship with an impressive history. These two sites are well worth taking a look at:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> - The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%28CVN-65%29" target="_blank">Wikipedia article on the Enterprise</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> - The <a href="http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/%20" target="_blank">Enterprise's official web page</a>. Under the "History" tab, click on "THE LEGEND" to read about this ship as well as the seven previous U.S. Navy ships to bear the name Enterprise</div><br />
On to the rest...<br />
<ul><li>The crew of the Enterprise visited the United States several times via time travel:</li>
<ul><li>In <i>Tomorrow Is Yesterday</i> they accidentally visited the U.S. in 1969</li>
<li>In <i>The City on the Edge of Forever</i> Kirk, Spock, and McCoy traveled back to the U.S. in 1930</li>
<li>In <i>Assignment: Earth</i> the Enterprise travels back to the U.S. in 1968</li>
<li>In <i>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home</i> the crew of the Enterprise travels back to the U.S. in the late 1900s (the movie was released in 1986)</li>
</ul><li>In <i>Court Martial</i>, Samuel Cogley makes reference to the U.S. Constitution as one of the documents from history that have secured people's rights </li>
<li>In <i>The Squire of Gothos</i>, Trelane reproduces the pistols used in the duel between former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804 (see a picture of the <a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Trelane%27s_dueling_pistols.jpg" target="_blank">pistols from the episode</a>, and compare to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hamilton-Burr_pistols.jpg" target="_blank">real pistols used in the duel</a>)</li>
<li>In <i>A Piece of the Action</i>, society on the planet Sigma Iotia II is patterned after a copy of the book <i>Chicago Mobs of the Twenties</i>, left by a starship from Earth</li>
<li>In <i>The Omega Glory</i>, the crew of the Enterprise encounters a collapsed society that was once almost identical to the U.S., even having the exact same flag, and a slurred and distorted version of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, which Kirk corrects with a passionate recitation </li>
<li>In <i>Spectre of the Gun</i>, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Chekov are put into a partial re-creation of 1881 Tombstone, Arizona</li>
<li>In <i>The Savage Curtain</i>, Kirk and Spock meet an image of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the U.S.</li>
</ul>These are all the appearances and references I know of to the U.S. as a country. There are, of course, many references to places in the U.S. (Kirk being from Iowa, for example), but it is never made clear if the U.S. still exists as an independent nation at these times. There are also very possibly references that I've missed. If you can think of any, comment below or on Zach Trek's Facebook page, and I'll add them to this post.<br />
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Keep an eye out for Zach Trek's next collectible, for which we'll do a little time travel of our own.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-39917462735248480852011-07-10T19:24:00.000-04:002011-07-10T19:24:15.321-04:00Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - RCA VideoDiscThe latest addition to Zach Trek is what may be Zach's favorite Star Trek movie, in what may be Zach's favorite format:<br />
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Although I don't have a VideoDisc player, and have therefore never seen a Star Trek (or other) movie played from this format, I just like the actual objects. They are large enough to appreciate the artwork on the front and the photos on the back, and once you've mastered the art of cracking them open (which you're not really supposed to do, as you could damage the disc), the discs themselves are beautiful (see photos below).<br />
<ul><li>Check out the heading "RCA VideoDiscs" on Zach Trek's <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2010/10/tapes-laser-discs-and-other-media.html">Tapes, Discs, and Other Media page</a> for a little history on these discs</li>
<li>Watch a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQfH1z4QcvY"><span style="color: cyan;">video on YouTube showing exactly how the players read a disc</span></a></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The size of these discs allowed for much more impressive</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once you can figure out how to get them out of their protective</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Coming Soon on Zach Trek:</em> A little later than I'd planned, Zach Trek Random #4 - Part II will be a Star Trek tie-in for my celebration of America's Independence Day (see <a href="http://zachtrek.blogspot.com/2011/07/zach-trek-random-4-happy-birthday.html">Part I</a>). For our next collectible, join me for some time travel back to a previous stardate.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-79773734977285522682011-07-04T11:48:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:23:09.512-04:00Zach Trek Random #4: Happy Birthday, America - Part IToday, I stray from our Star Trek collectibles course to wish my country a happy 235th birthday! I do have a Star Trek tie-in, but I've chosen to include it in a "Part II" of this Random, which I will post next week. <br />
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I hope this will give anyone who is reading this and is not from the U.S. an idea of what we're celebrating, and anyone who is from the U.S. a reminder.<br />
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<em>What exactly are we celebrating?</em><br />
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On July 4, 1776 representatives from Great Britain's thirteen American colonies signed this document:<br />
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</div>This is the United States' Declaration of Independence. The colonies felt that Great Britain, especially their king, George III, had treated them unjustly, denied them basic rights to which they were entitled, and ignored their petitions for resolving these issues. This document detailed all of their grievances and culminated with their declaring themselves a new and independent nation.<br />
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However, it is not only our <em>independence</em> that we celebrate on this day, but also our <em>freedom</em>. This Declaration of Independence would have been an unremarkable event in history if the <em>freedom</em> sought by the men who drafted and signed it had not been won, defended, and protected throughout this nation's history. An event equal in importance to the Declaration was the Constitutional Convention of 1787, in which representatives once again met -- including many of the same men who had signed the Declaration -- and, over the course of four months of passionate debate forged our Constitution, which shaped our government in a form that has kept it from becoming too powerful and safeguarded our freedom.<br />
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Following are the beginning and ending of the Declaration. I recommend reading them, even if you've read them before. It begins with this:<br />
<blockquote> "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.<br />
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."</blockquote> It closes with this:<br />
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<blockquote> "... And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>Over the seven years of war that followed, many of the men who signed this document did indeed lose some or all of those things they pledged -- but they secured this nation's independence, and, thereby, its freedom.<br />
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Now, 235 years later our independence is secure, but we must always fight to keep our <em>freedom</em>. And to my fellow Americans I say, should we not be as dedicated to this task as the men who signed that document?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Happy Independence Day, and God bless America!</span></em></strong></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Jefferson<br />
Author of the Declaration of Independece<br />
and 3rd President of the United States</td></tr>
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<div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></em></strong></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;">Check out <a href="http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/index.htm" target="_blank">an excellent resource on the Declaration of Independence</a> at ushistory.org, including the <a href="http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/" target="_blank">full text</a></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Read the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence" target="_blank">Wikipedia article on the Declaration of Independence</a></div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Visit the U.S. <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html" target="_blank">National Archives and Records Administration's site on the Declaration</a>, where you can print a copy of the Declaration <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_sign.html" target="_blank">with your own signature added</a>!</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: left;">Visit <a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/" target="_blank">earlyamerica.com's page on the Declaration</a>, where you can test your knowledge of this document and its history with a <a href="http://www.earlyamerica.com/declaration-quiz.html" target="_blank">quiz</a></div></li>
</ul>Thanks for looking at this not-very-Star-Trek post. We'll resume course on Thursday with a new Star Trek collectible, and continue next week on Monday with a Star Trek related Part II of this Random.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-29398371451905625942011-06-30T12:22:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:21:58.524-04:001997 Ata Boy Star Trek Magnet PlaysetAs promised, this week's featured item is attractive -- literally:<br />
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This is a "Mix 'N' Match Adventure Playset," featuring two backgrounds, five characters and a variety of accessories for them to "hold."<br />
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Ata Boy is still in business, and still has some Star Trek items available, although they sell mainly wholesale to dealers.<br />
<ul><li>Check out <a href="http://shop.ata-boy.com/home/index/9528.0?Name=Value">Ata Boy's web site</a> to see their Star Trek items, as well as many other licensed products</li>
<li>If you're just interested in the Star Trek stuff, go straight to <a href="http://ataboy.cameoez.com/Scripts/PublicSite/index.php?template=RetailKeySearchPublic.tpl&userid=&PHPSESSID=e0pfg2805c7mnnunaa96v737i0&Keyword=STAR+TREK&SearchText=">Ata Boy's Star Trek wholesale items</a>, or check out their shorter list of <a href="http://shop.ata-boy.com/home/search/9528.0.1.1?q=star+trek">Star Trek retail items</a></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The playset was shrink wrapped in plastic. The front </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">is just a sheet of paper. Flipping it over, we see our</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">cast and props. Hmm. I don't remember seeing Shatner,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Nimoy or DeKelley striking quite these poses in the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">episodes...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsq5eFbaQL_aGtMWx3-yD48Jw6zlIau8X9TjNhXnq9xaSJ3irf1D_sUTJ-elesSLMMQRabp6OweY8HPu7Q98j3g_PLe7EAQ5g9kMrvk93bveDvDfAKzMpm_6F47LRohVN7e7JvJCXogVp/s1600/magplaysetd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsq5eFbaQL_aGtMWx3-yD48Jw6zlIau8X9TjNhXnq9xaSJ3irf1D_sUTJ-elesSLMMQRabp6OweY8HPu7Q98j3g_PLe7EAQ5g9kMrvk93bveDvDfAKzMpm_6F47LRohVN7e7JvJCXogVp/s320/magplaysetd.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and I don't remember Shatner wearing rings as Captain</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Kirk. Any chance that these are only Shatner, Nimoy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and DeKelley from the neck up?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I thought it was interesting how they prevented cutting </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">errors from causing white edges by extending the colors </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">around all the edges.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of our backdrops is the bridge of the Enterprise, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">with some extra characters already in place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our other backdrop is an "alien" landscape. Since the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Gorn is included, I assume this is supposed to be from </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Arena, </em>but without re-watching the episode, I can't be </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">sure if it is really from the episode.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. Spock, taking lessons from a small, green, pointy-eared </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">alien, has learned to levitate objects.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAACGTfIYYlTSPLfQ3DbBmQPwmAQFeCdWIpt94Kis-d6I3kNi4oKfI4XsqvCrynrxVra5M-QdzRDKFRKEmaLF6hnfmtIUu8knTqFN9yt1_C1YHSja02NjmJgJpB3Oo4HUi6aYL2eaze8PA/s1600/magplayseth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAACGTfIYYlTSPLfQ3DbBmQPwmAQFeCdWIpt94Kis-d6I3kNi4oKfI4XsqvCrynrxVra5M-QdzRDKFRKEmaLF6hnfmtIUu8knTqFN9yt1_C1YHSja02NjmJgJpB3Oo4HUi6aYL2eaze8PA/s320/magplayseth.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here, Dr. McCoy displays an early and unsuccessful </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">prototype of the insignia badge communicator.</span></td></tr>
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This is the second printing of the book, made in 1995. It was published by O.S.P. Publishing, Inc., which pubilshed movie scripts for Star Trek II through VI. As far as I can tell, these are the only Star Trek books they published. They also published a variety of other movie scripts and screenplays for movies such as <em>Star Wars </em>and <em>Indiana Jones </em>as well as classics such as <em>Gone With the Wind</em>, <em>It's A Wonderful Life</em>, and <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>. They appear to have gone out of business sometime in the '90s. This book was published for the Premiere movie magazine's "Movie Script Library," and has an introduction by John Housley, associate editor of the magazine, that gives information on the movie. According to Wikipedia, Premiere was published from 1987 through 2007, and the original version, started in France in 1976, is still in publication there. <br />
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This is a very nice book, although some Denebian slime-devil put a sticker on the front, which has left a mark on it. I've never really looked at a movie script before, and I found it fairly interesting. It gives me a new respect for good directors and actors who are able to take the plain dialog and instructions in a script and turn it into a meaningfully spoken, smooth-flowing movie.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">All the script text is on the right hand side of the book.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the back of the book, on glossy </span><span style="font-size: small;">paper, </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The back of the book is a little plain.</span></td></tr>
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If you've just got to have one of these, you can get one on amazon.com:<br />
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<em>Next Week on Zach Trek: </em>Stop by next Thursday to see a truly attractive collectible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-79788631270478575822011-06-16T11:59:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:21:58.525-04:00November 1967 Star Trek TV GuideThis week's featured item is one of the very earliest Star Trek collectibles:<br />
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One nice thing about collecting something that has only been around since 1966 is that it is not too difficult or expensive to find one of the "earliest" items related to it.<br />
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The only thing that disappointed me about this magazine is that it was from Thanksgiving week of 1967, during which Star Trek was not aired, so you won't find it in this magazine's listings.<br />
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The article is titled "'Star Trek' Wins the Ricky Schwartz Award." Not familiar with that award? The very end of the article explains:<br />
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<blockquote>"...a 12-year-old boy named Ricky Schwartz was so annoyed that the program did not receive a TV Academy Award he saved his money and bought an impressive 2-foot-high trophy which he had inscribed, 'To Gene Roddenberry and the <em>Star Trek</em> cast.' According to Roddenberry, 'That Ricky Schwartz Award means more to me than the Emmy would have.' He says it as if he means it, too."</blockquote><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This cartoon appears at the end of the article, which I liked</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">because I ride horses, as does William Shatner.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This ad appears on the page following the article, promising,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> "It's not a little portable you can carry aroung the</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> house. It's big screen color tv for $299.95." That was "big </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">screen" in the '60s.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is another ad from the magazine, attempting to</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> win over customers who are "still nervous" about color TV.</span></td></tr>
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<em>Next Week on Zach Trek: </em>Stop by next week as we add yet another volume to Zach Trek's growing accumulation of books.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-33269019701418164642011-06-09T10:56:00.002-04:002011-08-11T23:21:58.526-04:00The Music of Star Trek by Jeff BondThis week's item is music related, but won't make noise by itself:<br />
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Now, this is a book <em>about</em> the music of Star Trek, not a book <em>of </em>the music of Star Trek. It was published in 1999 by Lone Eagle Publishing Company, which seems to have only published books from about 1998-2003, and, as far as I can tell, no longer exists.<br />
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This book starts with a long chapter on music from the original TV series, then has a shorter chapter for each movie from <em>The Motion Picture</em> all the way through <em>Star Trek: Insurrection</em>, and concludes with a long chapter on the music of the <em>Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, </em>and <em>Voyager</em> TV series. There are interesting interviews with the composers and fragments of the compositions throughout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are <em>fragments</em> of the music throughout the book,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">including some pages in the composers' original writing,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">such as the music for the fight scene from <em>Amok Time</em> on</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">left. Unfortunately, there are no complete songs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are interviews with the composers throughout the book,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">such as these with Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The back of the book.</span></td></tr>
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This book can be found on amazon.com:<br />
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<em>Next Week on Zach Trek: </em>Stop by next Thursday for a special item, one of the <em>very earliest</em> Star Trek collectibles!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-70040078372916295722011-06-09T10:53:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:22:51.193-04:00Comic Books<strong><em>This is a new category for Star Trek comic books.</em></strong><br />
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<strong>- Whitman -</strong><br />
Whitman was part of Western Publishing Company, Inc. This series was originally published only under the Gold Key label, and later using Gold Key for news stand issues, and Whitman for those sold in retail stores.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Star Trek #53 - July 1978</td></tr>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-64550573206922747912011-06-02T11:19:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:21:58.526-04:00Whitman Comic Book: Star Trek No. 53 - July 1978This week, we finally add an example from the vast array of Star Trek comic books to Zach Trek:<br />
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This comic book was published in 1978 by Western Publishing Company, Inc. This series ran for 62 issues from 1967 - 1979. According to information from the links below, these comics were originally published only under the Gold Key label, and later using Gold Key for news stand issues, and Whitman for those sold in retail stores.<br />
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<ul><li>Read about<a href="http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek_(Whitman)"> these comics on memory-alpha.org</a> (this is basically Wikipedia for Star Trek subjects)</li>
<li>Read about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Publishing#Comic_books">Western Publishing Company's comic book division on Wikipedia</a></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The artwork is not too bad, except that William Shatner is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">apparently hard to draw.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not quite sure what to think of the transporter effects.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amongst the ads in this comic book there is, appropriately</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">enough, an ad for Star Trek collectibles, as well as an</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">offer to join the official fan club for "Star Trek II" --</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">as this was years before <em>The Wrath of Khan</em>, I assume</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">this is for the planned second television series.</span></td></tr>
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<em>Next Week on Zach Trek: </em>Stop by next Thursday for a music-related, yet inaudible Star Trek item.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839583169530477420.post-89113041868288458732011-06-02T11:01:00.000-04:002011-08-11T23:22:51.194-04:00Models<strong><em>This is a new category for Star Trek models.</em></strong><br />
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</div><div align="center"><strong>- Polar Lights -</strong></div><div align="center"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701<br />
2008</td></tr>
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