For the third year in a row, Star Trek fans have the opportunity to hype up the holidays with a franchise-inspired calendar — following similar projects from Eaglemoss and Numskull, this year it’s Insight Editions who carries the torch for fans of mini-gift countdown collections.
 
The 2023 Insight Editions advent calendar is modeled after the Next Generation-era Type 6 Starfleet shuttlecraft, specifically the Goddard shuttle (loaned to Montgomery Scott at the end of “Relics”). The box splits open lengthwise to reveal 12 compartments, each of which contain a small Trek collectible from one of nearly all the franchise television series.

In a cute touch, each small box contains a description hinting towards what might be inside each daily reveal — and the contents are a mix of novelty and useful items, from a USS Cerritos shot glass to a Deep Space Nine-inspired Christmas ornament.

Compared to last year’s build-the-Enterprise box from Numskull, the new Insight Editions calendar has some actually items you’ll actually use.

While I won’t give away all of the different gifts found in the 2023 release, the box contains some drinkwear items like liquid-filled metal Starfleet ice cubes and office-space collectibles like a shuttlepod-styled ‘trinket box’ for your desk.

Of the three big advent boxes released to date, Insight Editions’ calendar is the most successful in terms of the included products — but I’m sure that many will likely balk at the $150 price tag, which was the same price as Eaglemoss’s 24-box release from 2021.

Some of the items certainly may have had a higher manufacturing cost (and it’s no exaggeration to say that shipping costs are higher than ever), but it’s still more expensive than most collectors are likely to pay for less than two weeks’ of holiday surprises.

All that said, if you’d like to pick up one of these shuttle-inspired gift boxes for the Trek fan in your life, you can order directly from the Insight Editions website today to ensure delivery before the Christmas holiday season.

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