Sunday, 1 August 2010

Prose updates

A couple of updates from Simon and Schuster:

Their online catalogue has been updated with a cover for David R. George III's DS9 Typhon Pact novel, Rough Beasts of Empire.Amazon.com now lists a fourth instalment in the Starfleet Academy young adult series, in paperback and hardcover again, due in May 2011.

Ships of the Line, in motion

Doug Drexler's excellent Drex Files blog has added a new feature, The Drex Files - A Video Addendum, which is being cross posted on startrek.com, featuring behind the scenes featurettes on various Star Trek bits and bobs. The first edition includes a feature on the Sphinx shuttle, a look at the construction of the NX-01's engineering room, an interview with Barbara Luna, and animated versions of various Ships of the Line images (which are insanely cool).

Check them out on Startrek.com, or in HD at the Drex Files.

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Cuddly Khan, from IDW?!

Well here’s an odder bit of Star Trek product news: As reported by Startrek.com, alongside the release of the first Khan: Ruling in Hell issue, in October, IDW will be releasing a plush Khan toy. So you can snuggle up with Khan to read his life story?

UPDATE: TrekMovie has posted an image of the design for this plushie:

Mondo, in tribble

Mondo have announced (and subsequently sold out of) their second Star Trek poster print, this time based on The Trouble with Tribbles:



IDW October

Comics Continuum have posted IDW's solicitations for October, which include two Star Trek comics and two omnibuses:

Captain's Log: Jellico
The story behind the man who replaced Captain Picard! When Captain Edward Jellico took command of the Starship Enterprise in the landmark NEXT GENERATION two-parter "Chain of Command," it took the STAR TREK world by storm! Now, learn the background of one of the most controversial characters in TREK history, as Captain Jellico's new first officer joins the U.S.S. Cairo only to find herself thrust into a conflict with the Cardassians...

Khan: Ruling in Hell #1
When the most infamous villain in STAR TREK history is last seen in the Original Series episode "Space Seed," Khan Noonian Singh's an elegant, proud warrior-king. When he's next seen in STAR TREK II, he's a grizzled maniac, twisted by loss and an unquenchable thirst for revenge. What has happened between these two points in time to so radically alter what seemed to be an unbreakable will?

Star Trek Movie Adaptation omnibus
J.J. Abrams' blockbuster revitalization of the Star Trek franchise was the most thrilling film of 2009. Now, under the direction of Abrams and screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, comes the highly anticipated graphic adaptation of the film! Additionally, new scenes and moments cut from the movie are revealed--an event no Star Trek fan can dare miss!

Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor omnibus
Space, the final frontier... And on that frontier and beyond, humans and aliens alike need medical care. Enter Leonard McCoy, Doctor of Space Medicine, later of the U.S.S. Enterprise! Now delight at John Byrne's tale set in the period before Star Trek: The Motion Picture! Featuring appearances by Captain James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott, and other familiar faces!


Hallmark 2011 ornaments!!

Startrek.com have posted a preview of Hallmark's christmas ornaments for 2011! The designs for next will be: Mr Spock, the second in the Star Trek Legends series; the mind meld scene from Mirror, Mirror, with a sound clip; and a TOS Romulan Bird of Prey with lighting effects.

Full details on the sculptures and sizes at Startrek.com.

Movie Adaptation #5 preview

Startrek.com have posted a four page preview for this week's fifth issue of the movie adaptation comic. Here's one page:See the rest at Startrek.com

New movie prop replicas

Trekmovie have announced details of new movie replicas coming from QMx. The first releases will be a "stunt" phaser (with no moving parts/lights/etc) and an Academy ring, both metal plated.

The phaser comes in at $49.95, with a more expensive version with moving parts and lights on the way later. More details on these products at trekmovie.

Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Ships of the Line 2011 covers

Between Andrews McMeel Publishing's website and calendarclub.co.uk I bring you the front and back covers of next year's Ships of the Line calendar, which is already starting to appear on sale now!Some interesting stuff in there: two new movie images, two TOS remastered images, two paintings this year! The proto-warbird which has already been previewed and a nice glimpse inside the Enterprise-E's shuttlebay. Two Enterprise images, plus the very exciting technical manual style center fold. And then everything else is TOS in one way or another. Not one image for DS9 or Voyager! (Or Titan again!) Two years in a row for poor old Voyager fans, hopefully they'll be compensated with a Project Full Circle fleet in 2012 *hint hint*!

UPDATE: Trekmovie have posted these pages too, plus a higher res image of the centerfold, good enough to read the text!

IDW goes camping with Khan

TrekMovie have announced the details of IDW's next Trek miniseries, the Tipton Brothers mystery next TOS series is, To Reign in Hell, *ahem* I mean, Khan: Ruling in Hell, a four part series depicting the exile of Khan and his augments on Ceti Alpha V. The series will start in October, with interior art by Fabio Mantovani and covers by Michael Stribling and Joe Corroney. And here are the first issue covers:
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