Triple Shot of Star Trek Model KIts

[Mikey]

They weren't that bad, but still undersized enough to be a letdown

I would guess they would be in scale to a midget

[Mikey]

Also, if i'm remembering correctly their design wasn't very correct.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Man, I loved all of these models. Loved the artwork on the boxes, too. Especially to the shuttle.

[david_b]

Yeah I found that out many years later so I'm kinda glad I didn't get them after all. I wanted them so I could play Star Trek.
Rich

Scaled down..?? 'Course it was a bit of a letdown, but we didn't care, we STILL played with 'em all summer long.. I was getting a bit old for them at the time, but I had some younger friends who LOVED 'em. It was tough finding a decent strap for the tricorder; should of had my mom cut down a black strap, but we were a bit poor back then.

There wasn't much else to use back then if you recall.

david_b

[mego73]

Scaled down..?? 'Course it was a bit of a letdown, but we didn't care, we STILL played with 'em all summer long.. I was getting a bit old for them at the time, but I had some younger friends who LOVED 'em. It was tough finding a decent strap for the tricorder; should of had my mom cut down a black strap, but we were a bit poor back then.

There wasn't much else to use back then if you recall.

david_b

Yeah, they were scaled down not only for cost but because kid's hands are smaller and companies thought kids want something that fits their size.

[toys2cool]

the Spock one is fresh

[johnmiic]

What used to drive me crazy was the Klingon Ship has a sort of tirck of the light illusion to it's secondary hull. It looks like it's bending one way when it is really going another way.

As for the Enterprise being silver; does anyone remember a White Castle commercial in the early 1970's where there was a silver Enterprise model parked next to a White Castle in space and I think you hear Shatner's voice say, " I'd like 470 hamburgers to go please." Then the Enterprise flys straight up 2 feet into the shadows like it went away? I recall something like thant and I remember it being painted silver. That's all I got on the paint job.

[Mikey]

As for the Enterprise being silver; does anyone remember a White Castle commercial in the early 1970's where there was a silver Enterprise model parked next to a White Castle in space and I think you hear Shatner's voice say, " I'd like 470 hamburgers to go please." Then the Enterprise flys straight up 2 feet into the shadows like it went away? I recall something like thant and I remember it being painted silver. That's all I got on the paint job.

I remember it very well .. Whenever it played I had to run over to the TV to watch it

[TrueDave]

I saw the Mr Spock Reissue at the local model shop in a collectors tin! I just loked at the clerk ( whom Ive been going to for nearly 25 years ) and said "A tin? How much money do they think were made of?"
I mad teh bridge when it was reissued. I tried making it go all the way around. Doesnt fit. I saved all my Captain Kirks from extra Bridge sets to crew teh Shuttlecraft but I never got around to it.

As for Spock in my Aurora days I had to get a mtion picture Spock kit , turn him BACK into an original series and instead of three snakes I used a nacelle and some parts to make it look like he was investigating a crashed Shuttle.

All gone now . . .

[MightyMegs]

I never knew the Galileo was so tiny.
I had the Enterprise, Romulan BOP, the Bridge and the K-9 Space Station. I kept the Enterprise for a LONG time, and she ended up with so many layers of spray paint from re-painting, that she must have ended up weighing 20 pounds. I have no idea what became of K-9 and the Romulan BOP... but I do remember a friend and I setting fire to the Bridge...

[Mikey]

The ones I had (back in the day was)

USS Enterprise ... 4 versions (got them throughout my years of growing up)
--- molded in white - no lights - no pockets in secondary hull to hold warp engines
--- Lesney molded in blue version (imo, best version-EVER)
--- Amt/Ertl molded in gray one (early 80's issue)
--- Ertl molded in gray re-issue in new box (late 80's-early 90's issue)

Klingon ship (small box)

Romulan ship (small box)

Exploration set (small box)

Bridge (small box)

Mini 3-ships

Generic UFO ... Ericson Spaceship (in Trek style box)

I never could find K-7, Galileo or Spock back in the day.