Comments on: The Collective: Hallmark and Kurt Adler Gearing Up For Star Trek Christmas 2009

By: spocklives.com - the ultimate site for spock fans

spocklives.com - the ultimate site for spock fans — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:07:41 +0000

[...] no other character stockings or decorations available (aside from the Hallmark ornaments), despite what TrekMovie reported in [...]

By: Lynn A. Norton

Lynn A. Norton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:55:56 +0000

#47-One never knows what ship will show up on your tree. I would love to sculpt every vessel ever seen in Star trek if I live long enough. I’m guessing that the success of the ‘09 movie will jettison everything else out of the airlock in the near future.

Yes, in a way the Enterprise D from “All good things” was a modification of the 1993 ornament. Hallmark allows us to keep the original sculpts in our personal, artist portfolio. I still had the the “D” but it was badly scarred and broken from the product development process. After putting “humpty” back together, I was able to sculpt the third nacelle and all of the additional shapes and details that were needed to complete the modification. Paramount sent me some great photographs of the modification stages of the original studio model that was used for filming.
Even though my master pattern had some original elements from 1993, Hallmark had to build all new production tooling to manufacture the ornament. They only keep their tooling for a couple of years and then it is recycled.

By: AdamTrek

AdamTrek — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:36:43 +0000

#46
How cool for you to be here posting about the process of these ornaments. I only collect the ships every year, and am still missing the original E, completely sold out before I could get my hands on one back in high school. But I have the shuttlecraft and all up to last year’s ornament. Finally glad to see the Klingon ship. Been waiting for that one. Also for the JJprise next year. Would a Star Trek IV alien probe be feasible with sound effects and a ‘retractable/spinning ball’? I don’t know why I want that one, but it sure would be cooler than a Borg cube (which you made look good, by the way, with the subtle backlighting). Also out of curiosity, was the alternate future version of the Enterprise D a modified “D” from 1993 or was it a brand new sculpt?

Looking forward to many more Star Trek ships in your retirement.

By: Lynn A. Norton

Lynn A. Norton — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:57:28 +0000

#45-Many thanks, Baily. I always try to put as much detail into the ornaments as the cost managers will tolerate. Actually, I have sculpted all of the Hallmark, Star Trek ships ornaments except the TOS Shuttle from 1992 (sculpted by Dillard Rhodus). In the early years, Paramount would not allow Hallmark to publish the name of their sculpting artists on the retail packages.

By: BAILY

BAILY — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:40 +0000

#38

Hallmark is very smart to value your sculpting skills. Some of the best ornaments I own were sculpted by you. I cannot wait to buy the new Enterprise next year. I saw a photo of it from Comic-Con and it was a thing of beauty… I can only imagine how great it will be in person. You have many Trek fans here I can assure you and the new Klingon ship from this year is definitely one of my favourites. The detail you are able to put into the ornaments is amazing.

By: The TOS Purist aka The Purolator

The TOS Purist aka The Purolator — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:26:49 +0000

TOS everywhere I look!! I love it!!

By: Lynn A. Norton

Lynn A. Norton — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:19:18 +0000

#40 & 41-It’s been my pleasure to make these little contributions to the Trek universe, especially since I’m also a fan. I’m grateful to Hallmark and CBS/Paramount for giving me the opportunity to blend my enthusiasm for Star Trek with my skills as a sculptor. Sometimes it doesn’t even seem like work…well, almost.

By: NoRez

NoRez — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:21:48 +0000

…and another year goes by without a Trek menorah.

Thankfully.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:58:36 +0000

#38- Hey Lynn! Cool, you sculpted the new Enterprise, not my favorite design, but I’ll be sure to add it to my collection!

Regarding SLA’s, I’ve seen some of the newer machines that output a finer resolution and while much better then the steps from each of the layers you see from the older SLA’s, I don’t think you’ll be out of a job!

I find the new technology ever more interesting. But when it comes down to it, every project I’ve been involved with still needed a human to do the finish and detail work and any post operations. There’s still a lot of the art involved with the human touch.

I look forward to more ships of the line from Hallmark by your hands!

By: Tony Whitehead

Tony Whitehead — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:50:12 +0000

Lynn, it’s a pleasure to meet a true artist. Thank you for your contribution to the world of Star Trek.