We’re back from our spring hiatus with a bevy of new Star Trek merchandise announcements and reveals from the last two weeks, just in time for those new stimulus checks to motivate your spending!
First up is a trailer for the forthcoming first-season Blu-ray release of Star Trek: Lower Decks, which we first covered back on March 2; the footage here previews some of the behind-the-scenes interviews and special features included in the 2-disc set.
You can preorder Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season One on Blu-ray today, or preorder the special Blu-ray Steelbook edition if that’s your preference.
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Next is a closer look at the new non-fiction décor book we first covered in February, Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier – How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future, which also had a new cover revealed this past week.
Written by Daniel Chavkin and Brian McGuire, the new coffee-table publication from Weldon Owen focuses on the design philosophy of the 1950s and 1960s inspired the look of the classic Star Trek series, from famous-designer set dressing to the prop design of the era.
Celebrate Star Trek: The Original Series and the show’s distinctive Mid-Century modern design that would change design– and television– forever.
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) was the first installment of one of the most successful and longest-running television franchises of all time. Today, “Trekkers” champion its writing, progressive social consciousness, and aesthetic. Designing the Final Frontier is a unique, expert look at the mid-century modern design that created and inspired that aesthetic.
From Eames chairs to amorphous sculptures, from bright colors to futuristic frames, Star Trek: TOS is bursting with mid-century modern furniture, art, and design elements—many of them bought directly from famous design showrooms.
Author and mid-century modern design expert Dan Chavkin has created an insider’s guide to the interior of original starship Enterprise and beyond, that is sure to attract Star Trek’s thriving global fan base.
The 160-page hardcover book Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier is available to preorder today ahead of its August 3 debut.
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For those of you who dig the deep-dish life, Ukonic has introduced their next entry in the line of Star Trek pizza cutters — following the original Enterprise and the Enterprise-D — as the Crossfield-class USS Discovery becomes the latest starship to join the food fleet.
Perhaps the best fit yet for the rotating-saucer design, which easily mimics the in-universe spore drive saucer spin, the new 9-inch, stainless-steel Discovery pizza cutter is available now through Toynk for $34.99.
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Also coming from Ukonic (due out in May) are a series of multi-tool devices shaped like some famous shapes from the Star Trek universe.
Including bottle opener, cord cutter, ruler, wrench, and screwdriver functions, the 6-in-1 Klingon bat’leth, the 8-in-1 original Enterprise, and the 8-in-1 Enterprise-D multi-tools are up for preorder now at the Toynk store for $15.99 each.
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We brought you the first look at Mego’s Star Trek: Discovery-era Captain Pike action figure back in early February, and now both the good captain and Mego’s take on Season 2-era Commander Michael Burnham are both out in stores for those of you into the retro line of character dolls.
You can see more photos of each Discovery figure, along with a rundown of all the newest classic Star Trek characters to join the Mego lineup, over at The Trek Collective.
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If you’re really looking to blow out your budget on a mix of retro and futuristic tech, the folks over at CherryTree — the same company who released those Borg Cube custom PCs — now have rather curious item in their coming-soon section: a Star Trek: Picard Borg Cube record player!
Set to retail at $799 — so not exactly for the average collector — this record player is based upon the company’s Star Trek: Picard Borg Cube PC case, Audio-Technica AT-LP60X turntable with 2x125W Class-D amplifier, a Bluetooth vacuum tube preamplifier, and an internal PC with full-sized GPU — along with fiberoptic lights and RGB ‘forcefields’ in the case shell.
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If this is the kind of thing you’d like to put in your home entertainment system, keep an eye on CherryTree’s site for more details as they get closer to pre-order options.
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Finally, the gang at Funko is headed back once more to the classic Star Trek era for a new wave of their popular POP! vinyl figures this June, this time including the crew of the Mirror Universe and some famous Trek villains.
First up is the ISS Enterprise senior crew, the Terran Empire versions of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lt. Sulu, and Lt. Uhura (all available for preorder at Entertainment Earth)…
…followed by “Space Seed”-era Khan Singh (available at Entertainment Earth) and the green-skinned Gorn from “Arena,” the latter of which is going to be a Target exclusive when it’s released this July.
In addition, there’s an additional James T. Kirk POP! on the way, this time with the Enterprise captain sitting in his classic command chair (available at Entertainment Earth), as well as a Funko.com exclusive planned for the latter half of 2021: Spock with Isis the cat from “Assignment: Earth.”
Which of these new products will make your personal shopping list? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!