Lost Mego Star Trek Vulcan Explorer New (to me) Photo

[Megotastrophe]

I remember years ago reading about the unproduced Vulcan Explorer and it was accompanied by a rendering someone had made that looked fun.
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Playing around on Google I found this photo of what looks like a prototype. Thought it was cool and I hadn't seen it posted here.
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[Nostalgiabuff]

i've seen these photos before. it would have been a neat toy to have as a kid, though not really Trek

[Megotastrophe]

I had seen the blue one before. It was a render put together from descriptions. The gray one I hadnt seen before and I thought it looked neat. And it is at least as Trek as the Remco train and helicopter haha.

[TrekStar]

Yes I remember seeing and reading about the unproduced blue Vulcan Explorer, definitely something I would have got as a kid if it was available.

Something like that I wish could be made as a remote control vehicle, the only difference I would change is perhaps a seat to sit in instead of having to drive it around on your stomach, kind of uncomfortable.

[Megotastrophe]

Yes the blue one is not news like I said. It was a render based on an interview with a Mego designer. Very interesting but not new at this stage. It's the white one I had never seen before. It looks like a real prototype. I do not know if it is but seems just detailed enough it looks like it to me. This looks like an older photograph, again talking only about the white vehicle, and I hadn't seen it here before. Thought it was cool and shared.

[scott metzger]

It looks kind of hard on the back, but I do kind of prefer the white one. More compact and sleek. Definitely would have wanted that back in the day.

[josephcardone]

This thing is cool - but I don’t know if I would have wanted it as a kid. It wasn’t on the show. I remember my Mom buying me the Mission to Gamma VI playset from Alexander’s for a couple dollars (clearance). I really only played with the bridge playset and Gamma didn’t get visited much.

Mego was probably thinking it would suffer the same fate of Mission to Gamma VI.

Now if they made a Galileo 7!!

Thank you Dida for making it briefly

[blastphemey]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I always wonder what has become of these prototypes.

[Wee67]

Thanks for sharing! I had never seen that second rendering, either. It's cool but I don't know if it would fit the needed pair of D batteries underneath