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Nacelle Launches Preorders for New STAR TREK Action Figures — with Detailed, Surprising Accessories

We first covered the exciting announcement that The Nacelle Company is venturing into the world of Star Trek action figures back in October — with a focus on lesser-served characters from the long-running franchise — and today, their first releases have launched for preorder ahead of an anticipated fall 2025 release.

Each figure comes with some unique accessories, beyond the usual interchangeable hands and Starfleet accessories that usually accompany action figures of this type; the Nacelle team has been taking input from fans to give each character truly specialized accessories that show a depth of knowledge about each one.

Each of these first eight figures retail at $28.99, and are available for preorder today at NacelleStore.com — shipments for each are expected to begin this fall.

One important note: Nacelle has confirmed to us the figures are only available for purchase in the United States at present, as currently they do not have an international distributor (and their license only allows for sales in the USA).

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Captain Edward Jellico from “Chain of Command” comes with a Starfleet phaser and padd, but also his children’s drawings, a book about Cardassian politics, and Captain Picard’s fishtank (which he had removed from the ready room).

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Captain Rachel Garrett from “Yesterday’s Enterprise” comes with an early-24th century phaser and communicator, a Next Gen-era phaser and padd, and an alternate head to depict her death on the Enterprise-C bridge.

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Valkris from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock includes not only traditional Klingon accessories like a disruptor, tricorder, and bat’leth, but also a complete Genesis Device torpedo, casing, and control station – along with a data card containing the stolen Genesis secrets she smuggled to Kruge.

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Captain Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country comes of course with his Excelsior teacup, era-appropriate phaser and communicator, and an ‘open flap’ uniform attachment — but nacelle has also included Star Trek II-era phaser and communicator accessories to let you stage Sulu at an earlier point in his career.

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Tuvix from “Tuvix” comes with a Voyager-era phaser and tricorder, a flora collection canister (as seen in the episode), an alternate ‘angry’ head, as well as the dreaded flower which caused Tuvok and Neelix to merge.

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Mirror Jonathan Archer from “In A Mirror, Darkly” comes wearing that green TOS-era uniform wrap, a 22nd century Terran Empire phase pistol and communicator, a 23rd century phaser and tricorder, a bottle of green Aldebran whiskey (with glasses), and a pair of champagne flutes… including one replicating the moment of pouring the beverage all over his face.

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Weyoun from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine includes expected Vorta accessories like a Ketracel-White crate (with three tubes of the Jem’Hadar drug), a viewscreen headset, an interchangeable smiling head — and pizza with chopsticks, as sampled by the ‘defective’ Weyoun 8 in “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River.”

(Photo: The Nacelle Company)

Finally, Peter Preston from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan comes with a Khan-era tricorder, phaser, communicator, and engineering tools, plus an engineering breathing mask and an interchangeable head depicting his wounds during Khan’s attack on the Enterprise.

Prototype ‘paint masters’ of all eight figures were on display this week at New York Toy Fair, along with early editions of the large accessories:

Jellico prototype at New York Toy Fair. (Photo courtesy of The Nacelle Company)
Preston, Tuvix, Archer prototypes at New York Toy Fair. (Photo courtesy of The Nacelle Company)
Garrett, Weyoun, Sulu prototypes at New York Toy Fair. (Photo courtesy of The Nacelle Company)
Valkris (and Genesis Device) prototypes at New York Toy Fair. (Photo courtesy of The Nacelle Company)

Nacelle is continuing to take suggestions for future Star Trek action figures (and their accessories) through StarTrekIdeas@nacellecompany.com; feedback from fans has already heavily influenced the upcoming second wave figures.

More details on Nacelle’s Wave 2 figures — plus news on full Trek series bridge crew releases — are expected to come later in 2025.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest news on Star Trek action figures — including an extensive interview with Nacelle’s Brian Volk-Weiss, where we dive deep into the company’s ideas behind their new Trek figures, and learn some hints about what’s in the works for the future of the product line!

TrekCore 20th Anniversary Fundraiser: Help Keep Us Boldly Going!

Our founding team launched TrekCore.com all the way back in 2005, and we’re proud to have been able to share our massive library of media content with the Star Trek fan community for two decades!
 
We’ve had a blast bringing you in-depth news coverage on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the Section 31 movie… and of course, our live reporting from conventions, premiere screenings, and other Star Trek events.
 
Our site has remained proudly ad-free for its entire history, and we’re working hard to keep it that way for as long as we can going forward… and as the Star Trek universe continues to expand, so has our coverage and readership. From the continuing television universe on Paramount+ to more new products and merchandise announcements each month, there’s still a long road ahead of us all!
 

TrekCore’s first homepage, back in 2005.

We’re hoping that you’ll once again help us keep our site warping ahead (without those annoying ads) as we journey through the next generation of Trek adventures — your donations will allow us to keep expanding our heavily-frequented Trek screencap and image galleries, to keep producing our WeeklyTrek news podcast, and more.

Over the last year, we’ve greatly expanded our content, including:

While we know how to stretch a dollar, sharing these terabytes of Trek treasures isn’t cheap — but in the year since our last fundraiser, our costs have increased by 30%, with site management expenses now topping $3200 per year. Our fundraising goal is to build one to two years of funding through your generous contributions.

If you love our site as much as we do, please donate today — big or small, any contribution helps to extend the life of this site and the resources we offer to Star Trek fans.

Thank you as always for your ongoing support of our work!

TrekCore is a purely volunteer effort owned by Trapezoid Media LLC; any donations received will strictly be used for server hosting and site management costs only.

TrekCore.com and the WeeklyTrek podcast are entirely volunteer-run, not-for-profit projects owned by Trapezoid Media LLC, and are not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with Paramount, CBS Studios, or the Star Trek franchise. All Star Trek images, trademarks and logos are owned by CBS Studios Inc. and/or Paramount.

Season 4 STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Production Begins!

We’re still waiting for the return of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds after more than 18 months since the “Hegemony” cliffhanger in August 2023, but the crew of Captain Pike’s Enterprise are back aboard ship for the launch of production on Season 4!

Announced through StarTrek.com this afternoon with this new photo from the Enterprise bridge, Anson Mount (Pike), Ethan Peck (Spock), and Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura) begin work on the new 10-episode run of Season 4 production in Toronto.

Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, and Anson Mount. (Photo: StarTrek.com)

Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is set to arrive on Paramount+ later this year –  hopefully sooner rather than later. Though there’s been no official Season 3 trailer yet released, these two preview clips were featured at last year’s big conventions.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for news on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds when it breaks!

STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Lands on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD April 29

The most recent chapter in the Star Trek franchise, January’s Section 31 movie, may not have connected with most of the fanbase — but that doesn’t mean you won’t get a chance to own a physical copy of the Michelle Yeoh-led film!

Arriving on 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on April 29, Star Trek: Section 31 will be released in both standard and special Steelbook packaging options, and contain about an hour of special behind-the-scenes features detailing the making of the film.

Here’s the special features breakdown:

Art Squad – Production Designer Paul Kirby and Set Decorator Summer Gaal take us through the sets designed for Section 31. (available only on UHD, Blu-ray and Digital)

 

Alpha Squad – A breakdown of each of the six members of the Section 31 Squad: Alok, Quasi, Zeph, Rachel Garrett, Melle and Fuzz.

 

Stunts Squad – Stunt Coordinator Christopher McGuire and his team take us through the prep and execution of many of the stunts designed for the film.

 

Gear Squad – Prop Master Mario Moreira gives a look inside the prop closet and all the gadgets.

 

Georgiou – Philippa Georgiou is one of the most complex characters in Trek history. Sometimes a villain. Sometimes a hero. The producers, screenplay writer Craig Sweeny, the team that created her look, and the Emperor herself, Michelle Yeoh, talk about further developing this fascinating character.

 

Gag Reel

Outside of the US and Canada, fans in the UK will get the film on April 28, Germany will get the film on May 8, and the Benelux region will get it on May 15.

You can preorder the 4K Steelbook and the standard 4K Blu-ray combo pack today.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for the latest in Star Trek home media news!

Weekend STAR TREK News Updates: The KHAN Audio Drama Lives, Plus New Starship Models & Books

We’ve been away from the Star Trek world for the last few days, so it’s time to play catch-up with two new franchise announcements — starting with the surprising news about a project many believed had quietly gone away.
 

First announced by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan writer/director Nicholas Meyer during the Star Trek Day celebration in September 2022, the nearly-forgotten Star Trek: Khan — Ceti Alpha V audio drama has not only survived the last two-and-a-half years of silence, but has already been recorded!

CBS Studios revealed Thursday that the 9-episode scripted audio drama, now shortened to simply Star Trek: Khan, has been fully written and recorded — with episodic release planned for later this year. The drama stars actors Naveen Andrews (Lost) as Khan Noonien Singh and Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind) as former Enterprise lieutenant Marla McGivers, in the time period between the events of “Space Seed” and of Khan’s return in Star Trek II.

Naveen Andrews and Wrenn Schmidt. (Photos: CBS Studios)

Star Trek: Khan was written by Star Trek: Picard co-creator and Trek novelist Kirsten Beyer and fellow Trek novelist David Mack, based upon a story by Nicholas Meyer.

The exciting expansion of the Star Trek universe will explore the dramatic untold events that unfolded in the desolate world of Ceti Alpha V after Captain Kirk left Khan and his followers stranded there, paving the way for the iconic clash in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. STAR TREK: KHAN will be available for streaming on all major podcast platforms later this year.

 

History remembers Khan Noonien Singh as a villain, the product of a failed attempt to perfect humanity through genetic engineering whose quest to avenge himself on Admiral James T. Kirk led to unimaginable tragedy and loss. But the truth has been buried for too long beneath the sands of Ceti Alpha V. How did Khan go from a beneficent tyrant and superhuman visionary with a new world at his fingertips to the monster we think we know so well? Recently unearthed, the rest of Khan’s story will finally be told in STAR TREK: KHAN.

 

In this highly anticipated audio series, Naveen Andrews takes on the role of the iconic villain Khan, exploring his complex psyche and the depths of his anger, ambition and pain. Alongside him, Wrenn Schmidt is set to play Lt. Marla McGivers, a former Starfleet historian who followed Khan into exile on Ceti Alpha V. 

Additional members of the Khan cast, along with a specific release date and schedule, will be announced later in 2025.

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Master Replicas has announced a new venture into small-scale Star Trek starship models, with a new line of books that include palm-sized renditions of some of the franchise’s hero vessels.

(Master Replicas)

The new Star Trek: The Starship Library series from Master Replicas launched Friday as a planned series of 4″-5″ die-cast Trek ship models, each of which comes paired with a 48-page book about the starship itself — starting with the Enterprise from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, along with the Kelvin Timeline’s Enterprise, and the USS Cerritos from Star Trek: Lower Decks.

These are not re-uses of old Eaglemoss starship stock or even the same production tooling, but new models (and display stands) designed at this smaller scale for this new project.

(Master Replicas)
(Master Replicas)
(Master Replicas)

Each book-and-model set retail at $34.99 (£29.99 in the UK), and combine together to make a display featuring critical facts about each starship under the replica itself — the first three starships are expected to begin shipping to preorders in July.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for more Star Trek news!

Fanhome Reveals Next STAR TREK Starship Models, Including the USS Dauntless from STAR TREK: PRODIGY

Fanhome showcased several of their first entries in the new Star Trek Official Starships Collection back at New York Comic Con in October — with several of those ships now in subscriber’s hands — and today the company has debuted first looks at a few additional releases set for arrival later this year.
 

The first six Fanhome starships. (Photo: Fanhome)

Subscribers to the new program have already received the USS Titan-A and the USS Stargazer from Star Trek: Picard, the USS Farragut from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and some are just beginning to receive the Odyssey-class USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) as seen in Picard Season 3. Following the Enterprise-F, collectors will receive the SS Eleos XII and Shrike.

The next wave of new models begin shipping to subscribers in April 2025, starting with the Luna-class USS Titan (NCC-80102), which is based upon the Titan-class digital model used in Picard — upgraded by Tobias Richter of the Star Trek Online gaming team.

The USS TITAN. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS TITAN. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS TITAN. (Photo: Fanhome)

The USS Enterprise-G, the rechristened Titan-Awill be May’s arrival — sized a bit larger than the opening Titan-A model collectors received last fall.

The TITAN-A compared to the ENTERPRISE-G model, as seen at NYCC 2024. (Photo: TrekCore.com)

Following that will be the Excelsior II-class USS Excelsior (NCC-42037) from Picard Season 2, coming to subscribers in June.

The USS EXCELSIOR. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS EXCELSIOR. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS EXCELSIOR. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS EXCELSIOR. (Photo: Fanhome)

Finally, the July release will be the first model from Star Trek: Prodigy — Admiral Janeway’s USS Dauntless (NCC-80816) from Prodigy Season 1.

The USS DAUNTLESS. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS DAUNTLESS. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS DAUNTLESS. (Photo: Fanhome)
The USS DAUNTLESS. (Photo: Fanhome)

Due to overwhelming initial demand, new subscriptions for Fanhome’s Official Starships Collection program have been paused for a few months — but the company will reopen the subscription program for newcomers starting March 10.

You can learn more about Fanhome’s Official Star Trek Starship Collection, sign up for subscriptions, or preorder single releases at their official website.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest in Star Trek collectible news!

WeeklyTrek Podcast #271 — STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY Wraps Season 1

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On this week’s episode of WeeklyTrek — TrekCore’s news podcast — host Alex Perry is joined  by First Flight co-host Abby Sommer to discuss all the latest Star Trek news.
 

 
This week, Alex and his guest discuss the following stories from TrekCore and around the web:

In addition, stick around to hear Abby’s wish for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 to premiere this summer, and Alex’s thoughts on the recent spate of Star Trek action figure announcements.

WeeklyTrek is available to subscribe and download each week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify — and we’ll be sharing the details of each new episode right here on TrekCore each week if you’re simply just looking to listen in from the web.

Do you have a wish or theory you’d like to share on the show? Tweet to Alex at @WeeklyTrek, or email us with your thoughts about wishes, theories, or anything else about the latest in Star Trek news!

WeeklyTrek Podcast Interview Special — Ben Robinson on Master Replica’s New STAR TREK Action Figure Plans

On this week’s episode of WeeklyTrek — TrekCore’s news podcast — host Alex Perry is joined by special guest Ben Robinson to discuss Master Replica’s newest Star Trek announcement.
 

 
This week, Alex and Ben discuss the recent news that Master Replicas is releasing a new line of Star Trek action figures covering the Paramount+ era, produced in the same 4.5″ scale as the beloved Playmates Toys figures from the 1990s.
 
Ben discusses how the figures will release, their prices, their hopes for how deep the line can go, additional plans for playsets and roleplaying toys — and why Master Replicas thinks that it has the ingredients to go the distance and deliver a full range of new figures to eager collectors.
 

WeeklyTrek is available to subscribe and download each week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify — and we’ll be sharing the details of each new episode right here on TrekCore each week if you’re simply just looking to listen in from the web.

Do you have a wish or theory you’d like to share on the show? Tweet to Alex at @WeeklyTrek, or email us with your thoughts about wishes, theories, or anything else about the latest in Star Trek news!

STAR TREK: SECTION 31 Soundtrack Releases February 14

Lakeshore Records has announced the next Star Trek soundtrack release, and it’s right around the corner: Jeff Russo’s theatrical score from the Section 31 movie is coming tomorrow, February 14.
 

(Image: Lakeshore Records)

Announced today through StarTrek.com, the 27-track collection will arrive Friday on all the usual digital music platforms, with this full track listing:

01. Phillipa Returns
02. The Last Task
03. Crowning The Emperor
04. Star Trek: Section 31 Main Title
05. The Baraam
06. Georgiou and Alok
07. The Target
08. Luring Dada
09. Georgiou Intruder Fight
10. Fight At Club
11. Emperor Flashback
12. The Godsend
13. Grilling Dada Noe
14. Work Together
15. Finding Zeph
16. Tunnel Fight
17. San
18. The Garbage Scow
19. Use The Torpedoes
20. On The Ship
21. Georgiou Fight
22. The Doll
23. I Believe In You
24. The Doll 2.0
25. Goodbye
26. Activate
27. Back On The Baraam

Here’s a preview track featured on StarTrek.com today:

 

You can pre-order / pre-save the Star Trek: Section 31 soundtrack today ahead of the February 14 debut.

STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY Season 1 Wraps Filming

Six months after production began on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the cast and crew wrapped active production work on the first 10-episode season this week up in Toronto.
 
Starfleet Academy cast members shared the news on their personal social media accounts, showcasing Starfleet Academy jackets and banners outside the franchise-named Star Trek Stage at Pinewood Toronto Studios.
 

(Photo: Zoe Steiner / Instagram)

Said Zoe Steiner on her Instagram page:

“That’s a wrap on Starfleet Academy Season One! Beyond grateful to have had this HUGE experience alongside my Starfleet fam… it’s easily been one of the most challenging and fulfilling things I’ve ever done — on both a creative and personal level.

 

Big love to the entire crew and production team for their insane commitment and hard work, creative collaboration, and consistent support throughout the process.

 

6+ months & lots of 12 hour days on set, i’m feeling very blessed…and sleepy.”

(Photos: Bella Shepard / Facebook)

Bella Shepard showed a few more celebratory photos on her Facebook page, including a photo with her fellow cadets and returning Star Trek: Discovery actor Tig Notaro.

Shepard’s photographs also give us a good look at what may be the 31st Century logo for the Starfleet Academy institution itself.

(Photo: Bella Shepard / Facebook)

George Hawkins celebrated the show’s Season 1 wrap party:

(Photo: George Hawkins / Instagram)

We still don’t know exactly when we’ll get to see this first season of Starfleet Academy, as all of the modern Trek shows have extensive post-production timelines;  all estimates to date project that the series will debut on Paramount+ sometime in 2026. In the meantime, the show has already been renewed for a second season of production.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest in Starfleet Academy news!