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FIRST LOOK: FanSets’ 2018 STLV-Exclusive STAR TREK Pins

TrekCore Staff

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July 16, 2018

FIRST LOOK: FanSets’ 2018 STLV-Exclusive STAR TREK Pins

We’re just two weeks away from the biggest Star Trek event of the year, and today we can share with you the first look at what our friends at FanSets will be debuting at the 2018 Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas!

Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, FanSets continues their series of “poker chip” convention pins this year with Captain Sisko in his 1960s-era tuxedo, straight from Vic’s lounge in “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang.”

The Sisko poker chip pin will be on sale at STLV for $15.00. It will also be available for online orders at the FanSets.com store before the convention — but online preorders will ship out after the convention and will not be available for pickup at STLV.

Following last year’s Next Generation 30th Anniversary set, the 2018 Deep Space Nine 25th Anniversary cast set is a 9-pin, framed piece which will be limited to 176pc, the same number of episodes in the television series.

The set includes the already-released anniversary pin, and will be priced at $225. (Note: If this set sells out at STLV, it will not be available online.)

FanSets will be kicking off their “Autograph Pin” line at STLV with a Captain Kirk pin hand-signed by William Shatner. While this Shatner pin is the first release in the planned series, other pins signed by Star Trek personalities will follow at a future date.

This 2″x4″ pin is limited to 100 pieces total (and will be numbered). Only 16 pieces will be available each day at the convention, and will retail for $150.00 each. (Note: If this pin sells out at STLV, it will not be available online.)

Based on FanSets’ best-selling pin of 2018, the company will be bringing a special black-and-white variant of this Original Series pin to Las Vegas — since many fans watching the series as it aired back in 1966 could only view the show on black-and-white television sets.

This $20.00 pin will be limited to only 100pc. (Note: If this pin sells out at STLV, it will not be available online.)

In addition to the limited-edition exclusives, FanSets will also be launching four wide-release pins at STLV, including “Odo and his bucket” ($6.95), a “LLAP” lapel pin ($5.95), the Vulcan “IDIC” symbol ($9.95), and a “We Are Starfleet” pin from their Star Trek: Discovery line ($9.95).

These designs will be up for sale first at the convention, and will then be available for purchase through the FanSets webstore after STLV concludes.

For Trek fans who have already bought Star Trek: Discovery pins, this large Discovery backing card will be available for purchase (framed for $40.00, or loose for $22.00) first at STLV. It will also be available through the online store after the convention.

Finally, FanSets will be hosting their second annual STLV convention party on Friday, August 3 at The Otheroom inside the Caesar’s Palace mall on the Las Vegas strip, in partnership with the Trek Geeks podcast team.

The party will run from 8PM – 11PM without cover charge, but all attendees must have STLV credentials to gain entry. In addition to the above “FanGeeks” party pin which will be a free gift for to every party attendee, FanSets will also be doing several giveaways during the event — from framed Star Trek pin sets, to autographed Trek artwork from John Eaves, to signed books by Trek novelist Dayton Ward.

Come back often for all the latest in Star Trek product news — and keep an eye out for your chance to win some of these FanSets exclusives from TrekCore!

REVIEW: Eaglemoss’ Shepard-Class USS KERALA Model

Ken Reilly

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July 14, 2018

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REVIEW: Eaglemoss’ Shepard-Class USS KERALA Model

It’s been almost five months since Eaglemoss released a ship in their Star Trek: Discovery model series — the USS Discovery itself came out all the way back in February — but now after a long break the starship collection returns with the Shepard-class USS Kerala.

Discovery featured three Shepard-class ships in Season 1, with the USS Kerala and USS Ride participating at the Battle at the Binary Stars, and the USS Gagarin later in the season, a ship which met its end after a Klingon attack.

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Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the Shepard-class began life as a concept design for what later became the USS Shenzhou while designer John Eaves was working out the final form of Captain Georgiou’s vessel.

After rescuing the design from rejected Shenzhou concepts, Eaves flipped the ship over, smoothed out some of the less-streamlined hull areas, and stretched the length for to give the nacelles more Discovery-esque proportions.

The Kerala — which is named for the state in southern India — features the usual mix of materials in its construction, with the underside of the saucer and primary hull in metal and all other parts, including the secondary hull and nacelles, in plastic.

The ship’s registry markings are printed in small text that is somewhat plain compared to the other starships from Discovery, especially when looking at the Gagarin’s registry in big, bold characters. There’s understated, and then there’s an afterthought: this is clearly the second.

(This isn’t Eaglemoss’ fault, however — it’s accurate to the CBS design.)

The stern of the KERALA, with central observation deck and impulse engines.

Like the Walker-class Shenzhou, the Shepard-class design features a split secondary hull bridging the two nacelle struts, coming together at the rear of the vessel around the impulse engine assembly.

The warp nacelles themselves are very similar to the Discovery‘s spindly components, complete with a three-lobed Bussard collector (colored red, here, instead of blue). Unlike the Discovery and Shenzhou, there’s no translucent plastic in these nacelles to represent the warp manifolds; no part of the ship has color that isn’t from paint or a decal.

The KERALA’s long nacelles mirror the DISCOVERY, a deliberate choice by John Eaves.

Red is the dominant accent color of both the top and bottom of the Kerala, with Starfleet pennants and hull lighting all painted the same cherry color — including the angled color behind the ventral deflector dish at the front of the ship.

The underside of the Shepard-class is where you can really see the Walker-class design lineage in this ship — when you flip the Kerala over, it really feels like the starship is a smoothed-out version of the Shenzhou, from the placement and design of the deflector to the shape of the ventral hull.

Despite the differences in color, hull markings, and nacelle design, the ships clearly come from the same family.

The USS KERALA (inverted) and the Walker-class USS SHENZHOU.

In terms of the model’s construction, we didn’t notice any major flaws in paint or decal application — there aren’t any molded windows to misalign this time around. The paint around the ship makes the Kerala feel like an older vessel, though it’s difficult to tell if that’s a deliberate paint application choice.

There is one annoyance that we did notice right away, however, one that seems to have impacted many purchasers: the deflector dish on the underside of the ship is glued on lopsided, putting it way out of alignment.

It seems like something that may have been simply rushed through assembly — but fortunately, it’s a plastic component that seems to be removable (with a bit of effort), allowing owners to re-glue it back into place properly.

We don’t have much else negative to say about Eaglemoss’ presentation of the Shepard-class, though with it being so closely related to the Walker-class design, it seems like it would make more sense to put this model out further down the line — flip it over, and it feels a bit repetitive.

That being said, if this was to be released this early in the Discovery Starships Collection, the short-lived USS Gagarin may have been a better choice (with its much more pleasant registry markings), since at least that version of this starship design got a time in the spotlight.

Here’s a full gallery of the Shepard-class USS Kerala model:

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The USS Kerala model is available now as part of Eaglemoss’ Official Star Trek: Discovery Starships Collection subscription, and can also be purchased directly in the US for $54.95 (or for £34.99 in the UK).

We’ll be back soon to give you our review of the next two big Eaglemoss releases for the month, the redesigned Klingon Bird of Prey from Discovery, and the ‘XL’-sized USS Defiant!

Come back to TrekCore often for the latest Trek merchandise news and reviews!

New Look at Upcoming STAR TREK III Model Pairing

TrekCore Staff

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July 14, 2018

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New Look at Upcoming STAR TREK III Model Pairing

It’s been a few months since we heard anything about Polar Lights’ forthcoming Star Trek III: The Search for Spock model kit, but this week the company revealed the best look yet at this nearly-completed two-ship set.

Featuring the Oberth-class USS Grissom, and ship that destroyed it over the Genesis Planet — Kruge’s Bird of Prey — this 1:1000 snap-together model kit pairing was originally due out this past May but was delayed due to tooling issues in manufacturing.

The Grissom is based on CAD work by Angelo Bastianelli, while the Bird of Prey is based upon the existing larger model (sold under the AMT branding) and comes with two sets of wing baffles to build in either cruising or attack modes. Each ship measures about 4.25″ when built.

Here’s more detail from Polar Lights:

These are two fan-favorite ships and the Grissom is getting produced as a kit for the first time ever thanks to the numerous requests we’ve heard over the years. These two kits make a fine addition to our line or 1:1000 scale snap kits.

Here is a look at the packaging which features box lid artwork by Star Trek Production Artist, John Eaves. The box utilizes the updated Star Trek style guide and as has become our habit, we show a full color decoration guide on the sides of the box bottom. Both models come with stands and the Bird-of-Prey can be assembled with its wings up in cruising position or down in attack position.

After some delays in the tooling and test fit phase the kit is in production now, and product should arrive around the end of August.

The set also comes with decals to allow the Oberth-class ship to represent many of that design’s incarnations from throughout the Star Trek franchise, including the Pegasus (from “The Pegasus”), the Vico (from “Hero Worship”), and the Cochrane (which made several appearances on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine).

More images of the Star Trek III model kit can be found at the latest CollectorModel.com news update, and the set is available for preorder through many only hobby shops now with an MSRP of $31.95.

Come back to TrekCore often for the latest in Star Trek product news!

First STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 2 Images Arrive

TrekCore Staff

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July 13, 2018

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First STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 2 Images Arrive

A week from know, we’ll have learned all the new reveals at Star Trek: Discovery’s big San Diego Comic Con panel, but today we’re getting a tease at next season with two new images released from the season premiere.

Debuting in this week’s Entertainment Weekly Comic Con preview issue, this first image of Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) echoes the on-set filming footage CBS released back in April, with the science officer boarding Captain Pike’s USS Enterprise.

While the EW caption describes this as the “bridge of the Enterprise,” it appears to us more as her entry into Spock’s quarters, as we first mentioned in our Season 2 teaser analysis.

Entering cabin 3F-125, the quarters of one Lieutenant Commander Spock.

In the accompanying small article, Martin-Green doesn’t reveal much about the second season of Discovery — aside from stating that “it’s going to be phenomenal” — but reiterates previous comments regarding the opportunity to examine Burnham’s life in Sarek, Amanda, and Spock’s home.

“A lot of questions are going to be raised,” she says, “some are going to be answered.”

UPDATE: Here’s a larger photo of “Linus,” played by actor David Benjamin Tomlinson — who played the role of two different Klingons in Season 1.

The second big reveal is our first look at a fully-formed Saurian crew member, named “Linus,” a Starfleet science officer. While we don’t yet know the name of the actor under that alien headpiece — though we’re certain it isn’t another “Javid Iqbal” situation — this makes the first appearance of a Saurian in Star Trek since 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Actor Cedric Taporco as a Saurian in “The Motion Picture.”

We saw the Saurian makeup prosthetic design in progress back in April’s teaser as well, where Discovery’s Emmy Award-nominated makeup department head James MacKinnon was applying it to the actor in question.

James MacKinnon (right) applies the Saurian prosthetic to the actor. (CBS)

The newest issue of Entertainment Weekly,f featuring these images, is in stores now.

Keep coming back to TrekCore for all the latest in Star Trek: Discovery news!

Huge STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Cast Attendance Set for STLV

TrekCore Staff

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July 13, 2018

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Huge STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Cast Attendance Set for STLV

CBS and Creation Entertainment have pulled out all the stops for this year’s adventure in Las Vegas, as StarTrek.com today announced that in addition to all the other names already set for STLV 2018, the entire main cast of Star Trek: Discovery will be attending the annual convention.

Sonequa Martin-Green (Burnham), Doug Jones (Saru), Anthony Rapp (Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Tilly), and Shazad Latif (Tyler) — along with new addition Anson Mount (Pike) — will be joining the fun when STLV kicks off the first week of August.

Along with creative contributors Gersha Phillips, Glenn Hetrick, Neville Page, and Jeff Russo, the other Discovery cast members previously announced for this year’s celebration include Jason Isaacs (Lorca), Mary Chieffo (L’Rell), Ken Mitchell (Kol), Wilson Cruz (Culber), James Frain (Sarek), Rainn Wilson (Mudd), Jayne Brook (Cornwell), Sara Mitich (Airiam), Emily Coutts (Detmer), Oyin Oladejo (Owosekun), and Sam Vartholomeos (Connor).

For those of you attending, tickets for both autographs and photo ops are now listed for each Discovery guest at Creation’s STLV website.

Eaglemoss to Feature Upcoming STAR TREK Merch at SDCC

TrekCore Staff

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July 13, 2018

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Eaglemoss to Feature Upcoming STAR TREK Merch at SDCC

We’ve got more news today about what to expect from Star Trek licensees at San Diego Comic Con next week — our friends over at Eaglemoss will be on site featuring not only some of their recently-announced Trek starships, but offering fans a look ahead to the rest of their 2018 slate as well.

Here’s their official announcement:

EAGLEMOSS SAILS INTO SAN DIEGO WITH NEW SHIPS, NEW BUSTS, NEW COLLECTIONS AND A BOATLOAD OF BUNDLES!

(July 11, 2018 – New York, NY) – After a record-breaking showing in 2017, Eaglemoss Hero Collector, designers, manufacturers and publishers of high-quality collectibles from across the world of pop culture, are back at Comic-Con International: San Diego and bigger than ever!

Fans will be able to start or add to their collections – as well as purchase outstanding gifts for the fans in their lives – with special prices throughout the convention at Booth #3249, beginning Wednesday, July 18 through Sunday, July 22 at the San Diego Convention Center. They’ll also be among the first to get a look at some of Eaglemoss’ most exciting new releases.

After the tremendous success of Season 1 of Star Trek: Discovery, Eaglemoss is now gearing up for season 2 with a preview of two soon-to-be released ships from the Star Trek: Discovery Official Starships Collection – the U.S.S. Europa and one of the few Vulcan designs seen in the series so far, the Vulcan Cruiser.

Fans in attendance will also be among the first to get their hands on two recent additions to Eaglemoss’ line of Star Trek Starships XL Editions – the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A and the U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205, Starfleet’s first true warship. On display, but not yet available for purchase, will be the next pair of XL Editions due to be released in Q4 of 2018 – the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B and the Miranda-class U.S.S. Reliant.

Visitors will also get a first look at two new Bonus ships from the original Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection – Rick Sternbach’s U.S.S. Voyager Concept and the Klingon Bird-of-Prey (Landing Position).

At their SDCC Booth (#3249), the company will be showcasing the next entries in their Star Trek: Discovery model collection: the new Klingon Bird of Prey, the USS Europa and the Vulcan Cruiser introduced in “Lethe” last season.

We’ve already got our hands on Issue #3 (the USS Kerala) and Issue #4 (the Bird of Prey), so be sure to watch for our review of those ships soon!

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In addition, Eaglemoss will also have on display the newest additions to their XL Starships line of larger Trek models. The USS Enterprise-A (which we reviewed last month) and the USS Defiant (which we’ll be reviewing shortly!) will be available to purchase on site; targeted for release later in 2018 will be the Enterprise-B and Miranda-class USS Reliant.

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Last for the starships, the first preview models from April’s announced special-issue vessels will be on display, including the Rick Sternbach-designed USS Voyager prototype, and the ‘landing position’ variant of the classic Klingon Bird of Prey.

Eaglemoss Special-Issue Models

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Eaglemoss will be running a daily giveaways on site in San Diego, with convention attendees given the chance to win these Trek model bundles throughout the week:

July 18 – Win the Defiant Bundle: U.S.S. Defiant Starship, U.S.S. Defiant XL Edition, U.S.S. Defiant Bridge Dedication Plaque
July 19 – Win the Voyager Bundle: U.S.S. Voyager Starship, U.S.S. Voyager XL Edition, U.S.S. Voyager Bridge Dedication Plaque
July 22 – Win the Discovery Bundle: U.S.S. Shenzhou, U.S.S. Discovery, U.S.S. Kerala

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Besides all the model starships, Eaglemoss will also be offering the first public view of their upcoming Star Trek character bust collection as well, with four creations from the Original Series and The Next Generation at their SDCC booth for fan review.

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Rounding out Eaglemoss’ Star Trek presence is perhaps their most exciting news yet – the all-new Official Star Trek Collector’s Busts. This new collection features the iconic captains of Starfleet and other memorable characters from over 50 years of Star Trek TV and movie history, capturing them in impressive detail with highly accurate likenesses, uniforms and props.

These hand-painted polyresin busts are 4.5 to 6” tall, come complete with a fact-filled magazine, and form an essential addition to any Star Trek collection. On display at SDCC for the first time anywhere will be four fan favorites – Kirk, Spock, Worf and Data.

We don’t have details on pricing or availability for these busts, but we’ll be sure to share that information when it becomes available.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest in Star Trek product news — and watch for our reviews of the XL USS Defiant, the USS Kerala, and Discovery Bird of Prey models in the coming days!

New Supplements Expand STAR TREK ADVENTURES Game

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July 12, 2018

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New Supplements Expand STAR TREK ADVENTURES Game

Modiphius Entertainment’s Star Trek Adventures tabletop game is expanding this year, with a a series of new supplemental rulebooks to send players down new paths of Trek action!

Star Trek Adventures kicked off in 2017 with a core rulebook, but 2018 brings new expansion supplements to allow players to branch off into new areas of character action –starting with the new Star Trek Adventures: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook, which extends the game to the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, and adds several familiar Trek alien species to the mix… and features newly-created starbase schematics by Rick Sternbach.

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You judge yourselves against the pitiful adversaries you’ve encountered so far: the Romulans, the Klingons…they’re nothing compared to what’s waiting. The Beta Quadrant sourcebook provides Game Masters and Players with a wealth of source material about the Galaxy of Star Trek.

The Beta Quadrant sourcebook provides Gamemasters and Players with a wealth of source material about the Galaxy of Star Trek. Focused on the Beta Quadrant, this 128 page hardback sourcebook contains:

– Information on the Federation’s presence in the Beta Quadrant, including the homeworlds of Andoria, Earth, and Vulcan.
– Material about the Klingon Empire and its history, including information on its core words of Qo’noS, Boreth, Khitomer, and Rura Penthe.
– Information from the Romulan Star Empire on their history and politics, and information about their worlds Romulus and Remus.
– A host of new Federation species to choose from during character creation, including Benzite, Bolians, Efrosians, and Klingons.
– A selection of alien starships, from the Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, Gorn Hegemony, Orion Syndicate, and civilian craft.
– Guidance for the Gamemaster on running missions and continuing voyages in the Beta Quadrant, with a selection of new Non-Player Characters to enhance encounters.

The Beta Quadrant Sourcebook is available now for $33.99 (£24.99 GPB).

Also joining the party are a series of Starfleet division-specific supplement books — centered on the Command, Engineering, and Medical tracks — starting with the just-released Star Trek Adventures: Command Division Supplement.

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When you command a starship, you make a hundred decisions a day—hundreds of lives are staked on you making every one of them right. The Command Division supplement provides Game Masters and Players with a wealth of new material for use in Star Trek Adventures for characters in the command division.

The Command Division supplement provides Gamemasters and Players with a wealth of new material for use in Star Trek Adventures for characters in the command division. The Command Division supplement includes:

– Detailed description of the command division, including its role in Starfleet, the various branches within the command division, the role of Fleet Operations, life as a command division cadet, and details on starship operations.
– Expanded 2d20 Social Conflict rules, enhancing social encounters and galactic diplomacy.
– An expanded list of Talents and Focuses for command and conn characters.
– Over a dozen additional starships and support craft to command and pilot, including the NX, Nebula, Sovereign, and Steamrunner classes, as well as many shuttle types and the indomitable Work Bee!
– Advice on creating command division focused plot components for your missions to test the mettle of your captain and flight controller.
– New rules on running Admiralty-level campaigns that let you command entire fleets, as well as information on commanding starbases.
– Detailed descriptions and game statistics for a range of Command and Conn focused NPCs and Supporting Characters.

The Command Division Supplement is also available now for $33.99 (£24.99 GPB).

Just announced this week is the second division expansion, the Star Trek Adventures: The Operations Division, centering around Engineering, Security, and even Starfleet Intelligence and the secretive Section 31.

Here’s the full announcement and cover art — the second part of a three-piece design set to span all three division books:

Star Trek Adventures: The Operations Division

Join Starfleet’s miracle workers or its steadfast defenders with the Operations Division supplemental rulebook for Star Trek Adventures, this November.

Leading the writing team is Chris McCarver (Marvel Cinematic Universe Guidebook) alongside Andrew Peregrine (Dr. Who: Adventures in Time and Space, Firefly Roleplaying Game), Jack Geiger (Scarred Lands, A Song of Ice and Fire RPG), John Snead (Blue Rose, Eclipse Phase, Mindjammer), and Sam Webb (Star Trek Adventures).

Players can expect new choices for their security officers and engineers, as well as detailed background information on the Starfleet Corps of Engineers, Starfleet Intelligence, and even the elusive Section 31. The supplemental rulebook also expands the equipment available to Starfleet personnel, with new rules on their inclusion in the game.

The Gamemaster also has their choice of new resources for running operations-focused missions, and a new selection of named NPCs, and engineering and security archetypes including Luther Sloan, Leah Brahms, and MACO soldiers.

Miniatures fans will be in for a treat, with the Red Alert rules for miniatures combat using a streamlined version of the 2d20 system, developed by prolific wargame designer Mark Latham and Sam Webb, line developer for Star Trek Adventures.

The Operations-centric supplement will also be priced at $33.99 (£24.99 GPB) when it goes up for preorder at Modiphius’ webstore in September — with plans for release in November.

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In addition to these three supplement books, Modiphius has set the third division rulebook — covering the Medical and Sciences specialties — for debut in January 2019, with three more quadrant-specific sourcebooks to follow later next year.

These will introduce more species from the known Alpha Quadrant, the Dominion and other Gamma Quadrant influences, and the many alien races encountered by the USS Voyager crew in the Delta Quadrant.

A convention-exclusive Khan miniature given out at Modiphius’ Shore Leave panel.

Representatives from Modiphius were on hand an last weekend’s Shore Leave Convention in Maryland, where it was also announced that — while the game is playable in any era of the Star Trek franchise — the company is working to design Original Series-themed editions of its core rulebooks to feature 23rd Century graphics.

They also revealed that the team is planning to follow 2017’s massive Star Trek Adventures Borg Cube collector’s set with a more travel-friendly Original Series tricorder travel case, complete with shoulder strap, to help gamemasters get around with their STA gear more easily.

Have you been playing Star Trek Adventures? Share your thoughts on the game, and the news of its new expansions, in the comments below!

Moebius Models Adds USS KELVIN to STAR TREK Fleet

TrekCore Staff

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July 12, 2018

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Moebius Models Adds USS KELVIN to STAR TREK Fleet

Following up on their first Star Trek Kelvin Timeline model from earlier this year — Star Trek Beyond’s featured starship Franklin — Moebius Models returns with a new addition to its starship fleet, the USS Kelvin from the first film in the new series.

This 11″, 1/1000-scale model of George Kirk’s ill-fated starship comes as a 58-part kit for hobbyists to assemble, paint, and decal to bring the styrene parts to the on-screen appearance of this ship.

When assembled, the Kelvin is mounted on an included faux-dedication plaque featuring the ship’s registry information.

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Here’s the full announcement from Moebius Models:

Moebius Models is proud to announce the second release in an all-new series of ‘Star Trek’ model kits based on the new ‘Star Trek’ movies.

The fan-favorite U.S.S. Kelvin, from the opening sequence of ‘Star Trek’ (2009), is recreated as a precision-tooled, styrene kit. Measuring 11 inches long and 7 inches wide, the U.S.S. Kelvin model kit is based on actual digital visual effects files.

This skill-level 3 kit includes clear engine details and deflector dish, as well as a Starfleet registry plaque display base. The kit also includes decals and a full-color instruction booklet, including detailed painting tips.

Packaging features box art by noted ‘Star Trek’ production illustrator, John Eaves. (Kit requires paint and cement — sold separately.)

The USS Kelvin model kit is available for preorder now with an MSRP of $59.99, and is projected to ship in the last quarter of 2018.

Check back here at TrekCore for the latest Star Trek product news!

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Lands Two Emmy Nominations

TrekCore Staff

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July 12, 2018

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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Lands Two Emmy Nominations

Today’s the day: the 70th Annual Emmy Award nominees were announced in Hollywood, and for the first time since 2005, Star Trek is in the running for television’s top honors.

Star Trek: Discovery was nominated today for two Emmy Awards stemming from the 2017-2018 season, for the work completed by the series’ production team.

L’Rell oversees her new domain: the Klingon Empire. (“Will You Take My Hand?”)

Makeup artists Glenn Hetrick and James MacKinnon, along with the entire prosthetics team, landed a nomination for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series for their work specifically in the Season 1 finale, “Will You Take My Hand?”, which featured plenty of Klingons on Qo’noS, as well as appearances from Tellarite, Vulcan, and Kelpien Starfleet officers, plus Discovery bridge officers Airiam and Detmer, each with their own special appliances.

OUTSTANDING PROSTHETIC MAKEUP FOR A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL

Glenn Hetrick, Special Makeup Effects Department Head
James Mackinnon, Special Makeup Effects Department Head
Hugo Villasenor, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Rocky Faulkner, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Chris Bridges, Additional Makeup Effects Artist
Shane Zander, Additional Makeup Effects Artist
Neville Page, Prosthetic Designer
Michael O’Brien, Prosthetic Designer

Burnham listens to the Charon’s systems, modern and TOS-era sound effects combined. (“What’s Past is Prologue”)

In addition, Supervising Sound Editor Jon Mete and his team have been nominated in the area of Outstanding Sound Editing, for the USS Discovery’s escape from the Mirror Universe (“What’s Past is Prologue”) — an episode which featured mixed-era sound effects of the ISS Charon’s computer systems, the violent battle between Terran forces and the human rebels led by Gabriel Lorca, and the crazy trip through the Mycelial Network back to the prime universe.

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)

Jon Mete, Supervising Sound Editor
Tim Farrell, Sound Designer
Chris Assells, Sound Editor
Matt Taylor, ADR Editor
T. Ashley Harvey, Dialogue Editor
Angelo Palazzo, Sound Effects Editor
Peter D. Lago, MPSE, Sound Effects Editor
Chris Scarabosio, Sound Effects Editor
Matt Decker, Music Editor
Trevor Sperry, Foley Artist
Ale Ulrich, Foley Artist

Prior to this year, Star Trek was last recognized by the Emmy Awards in 2005, when the final season of Star Trek: Enterprise received nominations in Hairstyling, Prosthetic Makeup, and Stunt Coordination for episodes that year.

The last win for the franchise was 2004’s “Countdown,” where the Enterprise episode nabbed the Emmy for Visual Effects.

In Trek-adjacent Emmy news, Black Mirror’s dark twist on Trek tropes, their episode “USS Callister,” was nominated for seven Emmy Awards in the “Limited Series or Movie” classification, including a nod for lead actor Jesse Plemmons.

The 70th Annual Emmy Awards will air on September 17 at 8PM on NBC.

ThinkGeek: TREK “Rock Mood Light” Debuting at SDCC

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July 11, 2018

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ThinkGeek: TREK “Rock Mood Light” Debuting at SDCC

While July is just about the hottest month of the year for most Americans, ThinkGeek is planning to make Star Trek fans shiver like they’re on the icy surface of planet Alfa 177 with this year’s upcoming San Diego Comic Con-exclusive release!

Based upon Lieutenant Sulu’s misadventures in “The Enemy Within,” where he had to heat up rocks with his phaser for the stranded landing party to survive in freezing temperatures as low as 120° below zero, ThinkGeek’s Star Trek Phaser Controlled Rock Mood Light will debut at their SDCC booth (#3349) during the convention.

Mimicking a phaser-blasted stone, the $70 set includes a “replica first-season Type-1 Phaser” (rather than a Type II phaser, as seen in the episode) which will trigger the inner lighting of this product to glow like in the classic Trek episode, along with “a whole spectrum of relaxing atmospheric settings” to “provide an ambient glow in numerous colors.”

It also includes a “Starfleet-issued” emergency survival blanket to keep you safe from the cold.

Announced via StarTrek.com this morning, the ‘Rock Mood Light’ will be available to San Diego Comic Con attendees when the event begins next week, and we expect it to be available for purchase through ThinkGeek.com sometime later.

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