Comments on: TMP@30: The Merchandise of Star Trek The Motion Picture

By: Jhon

Jhon — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:17:44 +0000

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By: Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:09:16 +0000

On the last post on the Rare Gold Spock,my e-mail is jimbeam11@verizon.net If anyone has any interest feel free to e-mail me about it,Thanks,Steve.It looks like an Oscar Award. It is a beautiful piece.

By: Steve Wilson

Steve Wilson — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:03:44 +0000

Hi,I have a Very RARE GOLD SPOCK Decanter.It lists for $2-3,000. I am willing to sell it..Does anyone know who would be interested in this Rare piece?Please e-mail me if you or anyone you know might be interested in this Rare piece.It was made by Paramount Pictures in 1979.It is new & never opened.I can e-mail pics. of it.They were never released.It belonged to a man who had an inside connection with Paramount & bought the entire mintage of them.He never sold any.If you look under Grenadier Decanters.They have a picture of it in thier site.It just says RARE.The guy who purchased them all just passed away 2 weeks ago.I have access to more from his wife.This is the Gold Spock that everyone is missing from their collection.Feel free to e-mail me about it.

By: Dances With Klingons

Dances With Klingons — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:55:53 +0000

I had the “secret ring” from the Happy Meal for TMP. Wish I knew where it was? I also had two “cards” from the back of a Cheerios box. Kirk in his white space suit from the cut scene and Uhura at her post on the bridge.
Had those Marvel comics too. But over the years have sold them off.

TMP for those of my generation, was a way to connect in a different way and took our love of a tv show and put it out there for more people who would never have turned on the show. Personally, I liked TMP and love what has been done to “fix” the visuals and make the movie fit with the other films. Now if only we could fix ST:V and have the vision that was originally planned for the end of the movie.

By: Charybdis

Charybdis — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:12:16 +0000

I still have some of my Star Trek – The Motion Picture memorbilia in storage. Be it the books, comics, toys, and other collectibles, I have them stored away safely. After three decades, they are still in very good condition.

Even though Star Trek VI – The Undiscovered Country is my favorite TOS film out of the first six, I will always have fond memories of Star Trek – The Motion Picture.

Despite what some fans have said, it is still an excellent Star Trek film and a cinematic experience to be remembered.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:34:05 +0000

I remember the Star Trek Happy Meals quite well. I had more than one! :)

By: freakshowmonkey

freakshowmonkey — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:36:31 +0000

I have a couple of the McDonalds happy meal items, the Marvel comics adaptation, the above picture with the crew looking up at the Enterprise as a poster, and a gigantic movie-house one sheet for the film that I have framed and up in my dining room. :)

The interesting thing about Roddenberry’s TMP adaptation is that the story is framed as Kirk telling Roddenberry “what really happened” during the encounter with “Vejur” (as Roddenberry spelled it through most of the book) because certain elements from other tellings of the story may have been exaggerated. I’ve never seen this actually addressed by any reputable sources, but I’ve always assumed this very slightly different version of events came about because Roddenberry constantly fought with Harold Livingston over rewrites (causing him to quit the production at least twice) and other facets of the story, and the novel was the perfect opportunity to put out his version of the story with no interference from anyone. (This kind behavior is exactly what got him removed from any sort of active role in the making of TWOK.)

But yes, the novel is brilliant in it’s own weird sort of way. It sort of sets up exactly why Decker made the choice he did at the end of the story through an examination of his backstory…And then on the other end spends about a paragraph on Kirk staring at Ilia’s nipples, and his thoughts on a homosexual relationship with Spock. “I would hate to be thought of as so foolish as to select a partner that only comes into heat every seven years”, Roddenberry writes as Kirk.

Yeah. Just straight weird.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:29:03 +0000

I saw ST:TMP when I was 3. I actually remember going to the theater. The only thing I had was a ST:TMP t-shirt. My mom has a picture of me wearing it. My brother and I were and still are Star Trek fans but we had far more Star Wars merchandise as kids.

By: Jim Nightshade

Jim Nightshade — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:56:07 +0000

Attention Carbon Units what would you do, if you had to save the earth from something attacking you, youd find the best man u had, duwad duwad duwad, judging from his work that would be captain james kirk, but whats that u say, the mans an admiral today, to give him back his enterprise should come as no surprise…ncc-1701 those are the magic numbers to get the job done, with bones and Chekov, scotty and sulu too and with those star trekkers thered be no fear attacking you……

From the Meco STAR TREK TMP Album…hehehe….the other side was The black hole disco music….these words done today as rap would work fine….Wheres Slim Shady?

Anybody remember their Star wars album. NUG NUG disco ewoks heeh

By: ryanhuyton

ryanhuyton — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:35:17 +0000

So you don’t collect stuff Anthony? Wow, I figured you’d have a few things.
I hope you at least buy the DS/AA figures, ships and props. And I wonder if John might put up a video featuring stuff he’s collected?