The folks at Factory Entertainment keep on coming with more new Trek products, this time announcing the first in a series of smaller-scale Star Trek prop replicas which won’t just fit on your shelf — but will fit your budget, too.
The company began their Star Trek adventure with a pair of high-end, full-sized Star Trek: The Next Generation prop replicas — the iconic Ressikan Flute late this spring, and the recently-announced TNG Sickbay set announced in July (with planned delivery in 2022).
Those 1-to-1 replicas are lovely, but we know their price tag is not to many of you. That’s why it’s great to hear about Factory Entertainment’s newest Star Trek product line, a series of shrunken replicas of the franchise’s best-known props, keeping the company’s desired quality and accuracy — while keeping the price point under $50 USD.
Revealed this week are a pair of Star Trek weapons from the Alpha Quadrant’s best-known races — starting with the Vulcan lirpa, the bladed staff weapon introduced in classic Trek’s “Amok Time” (and seen in further Vulcan stories like Enterprise’s “Kir’Shara” and Lower Decks’ “Kayshon, His Eyes Open.”)
Measuring in at 8″ long, the all-metal Vulcan lirpa will arrive next Spring, and comes with a convenient stand for easy display — it’s available for preorder now at a reasonable $34.99 price.
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The second scaled-down Trek replica is the familiar Klingon bat’leth, introduced in The Next Generation’s fourth season episode “Reunion,” a weapon that has since become a trademark accessory for any Klingon warrior.
FE’s bat’leth will measure in at about 7″ in length, and like the lirpa, the all-metal build will also come with a display stand for honorable warriors to showcase the Klingon Empire’s distinctive curved sword.
Also expected to ship next spring, the bat’leth can be preordered today at the same $34.99 price.
These are only the first in a planned series of Star Trek ‘scaled’ prop replicas in the works, as we expect to see more in this product line from Factory Entertainment as we get closer to the 2022 release of the lirpa and bat’leth.
For those of you who didn’t buy their Ressikan flute or Next Generation medical set, do these more-affordable Star Trek replicas get your attention? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!