Mock Spock: My Custom Mr. Rock Figure

 A pointy-eared cousin of the Lincoln International Monsters, Mr. Rock is rarer than a Vulcan laugh.

A Spock rip-off, this figure has attained legendary status among Lincoln and Mego collectors and is seen, like the Victim, as a bone-fide member of the Lincoln International Monsters.

To create a pauper's version I enlisted my pointy-eared Hornby elf and his trousers.

I added a blue top, coloured the trousers black and re-styled the hair and eyebrows. I added shoes for 'elf and 'appiness! 

I've read that the figure came with a pink radio and a flare gun too.

Grabbing one of my new blisters and finding a picture of Mr.Rock in my copy of the Rack Toys book, I photographed a few different angles.

More of a comical impression of Mr. Rock, a knockoff of a knockoff! 

Live long and bodger.

LOOEY'S HOME-MADE THUNDERBIRDS AND STAR TREK GUM WRAPPERS .... and MORE!

Hi Woodsy! I was VERY impressed with Norman's ephemera collection. My Captain Scarlet choccy wrappers must be lurking around there too!

I was amused at the scrap booking with Sellotape holding the cherished items on place.

I have just finished my first ever Portrait of my friend Nick Stathopoulos, for the Blue Mountains Portrait Prize this year.

Nick is a Fine Artist, but I've known him since he was just a drooling fanboy and this work celebrates that history.

Here, he is surrounded by his closest friends and all the influences of his childhood ( mostly disaster movies!).

The display box is a mash-up of 1950's Bolland style amusement machines and 1970s style Greek action movie posters!

Of particular interest (maybe to Norman), are some decorations on the sides of the display box. Greek style Thunderbirds and Star Trek gum wrappers, glued down with yellowed Sellotape as if from 50 years ago!

Too bad none of them are real!

Keep on Bloggin' 

 Looey

Oz Base

DOCTOR McCOY'S SWEETENER

 

I always loved Bone's Tricorder on the original Star Trek.

Shaped like a medical cassette player, it was the little probe I liked the most, whirring up and down patients diagnosing cosmic aliments.

Well, I had to look twice at our new Hermesetas dispenser. It looks a lot like that Tricorder probe! 

Sweet! ha ha!

Have you any household objects that look like TV and film props?

MY FAVOURITE STAR TREK MOMENT IS ......

 .... when Apollo grows into a giant in the TOS episode Who Mourns for Adonais. 

Its Olympian!

What's you favourite Star Trek moment readers?

FOR STAR TREK DAY: THE FUNNIEST STAR TREK TV AD EVER?

 

Courtesy of You Tube, Shaun Edmonds and Canadian TV.

Is there a better one readers for Star Trek Day today?

Sunday Pickins

Slim pickins down the boot sale today. The Missus had more luck getting outdoor toys for the Juniors this summer. Here's my meagre haul for £2.

The car is an Airfix E Type I think. The two Star Trekkers are from 2009. Chewwy is a bootleg. Anything you like?

AMT USS ENTERPRISE COMMAND BRIDGE

Some photos of my AMT Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Command Bridge.

The original kit first appeared in 1975. (kit no. S950), and over time there has been a few re-issues with different box art, and improved decals.

Later updated versions released in 2013 (no. 808), and 2022 (no. 1270) include improved detailing and additional control stations to complete the full circle of the bridge enclosing it completely.

My build is the second reissue, which was released in 1991 (version 6007) which is similar to first release, in that it does have updated decals, and, in my opinion more appealing box artwork.

I got the kit at this year’s Cromford event, and included were some duplicated parts, which allowed me to add a couple of additional figures and chairs, plus some extra walls, which I figured might be useful when I came to take some photos of the finished model.

The kit diorama shows all of the starboard wall of the bridge, a view not generally seen as, although wall sections could be removed to allow filming from different angles, a good number of shots from the TV series show the two rear starboard control stations, the turbo lift, and two or more of the port side control stations.

This, I’m told gave a more effective look toward the helm and Captain’s chair, and allowed for a more dramatic effect for personnel entering the set from the turbo lift.

The finished model is very nicely detailed, although for the nit-pickers, it does have one or two inaccuracies, particularly the turbo lift area, which should be a little wider.

Although the model has plenty of detail I felt the model needed a little extra, so I decided to scratch-build the overhead bridge lights, using card and coloured acetate, to give a more pleasing effect to my photos.

Ahead Warp Factor 2, Mr Sulu!

Star Trek Heartbeat Reader Scratchbuild by Kevin

Not the most taxing of prop replicas here. This is my replica of McCoy's heartbeat reader as seen in the original Star Trek episode "Court Martial". I made it from the same sort of old microphone that they used.

Ideal for Star Trek karaoke.

Kevin D

UK

YO MAN! A STAR TREK JANICE RAND DOLL!

This amazing doll image+ link was sent to me in June by the Baron re. my old post JAMES IN JAPAN':

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1inZZY9_CmWsL9_h3IlYRHAK1MwjeJEgF/view?usp=sharing

Anyone got one of these or any other Janice Rand memorabilia?

THIS CHARMING NOMAD

I'm a big fan of Nomad from the (proper) Star Trek episode The Changeling, so I just had to have this charming little Eaglemoss replica.

This unit is different, it is well ordered

Kevin

UK

THE AMT STAR TREK USS ENTERPRISE BRIDGE SET

Last year I got something a little out of the ordinary for me - a science fiction model.

The American kit company AMT is best known for their car models, but since the 1960s they have also done many Star Trek models. Starting with the USS Enterprise herself in 1966. The Star Trek range expanded during the 1960s and 1970s, and in 1975 AMT introduced the U.S.S. Enterprise Command Bridge -showing the interior of the ship. Three of the main crew members were included.

This is a large model, being made to 1/32nd scale. According to the box top, the Bridge has a diameter of 12 inches. The model has been re-issued a few times over the years, and in 2022 it was up-graded with new parts, and extra figures. This is the version I have. The name of the kit has changed slightly, to U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge Set.

AMT is now owned by Round 2, and the kit itself is moulded in China. The box top has a rather poor painting of the Bridge, but this is surrounded by photographs from the show, with more on one side of the box. The bottom of the box has photographs of the assembled model, which looks stunning.

My first reaction on opening the box was Wow ! It is absolutely filled with large, white polystyrene parts, packed in four separate plastic bags. There are no clear parts. The total parts count is now 108. Oddly, the parts seemed dusty despite being in sealed bags, and will need a wash before assembly begins.

The Bridge is basically a circular room, with a lowered central floor, surrounded by walls. In the original version of this kit the walls did not fully enclose the Bridge - there was a gap for ease of viewing. In this revised kit, all the walls are present.

The original kit also came with only three figures - Captain Kirk, seated in his chair, with Mr Spock and Mr Sulu standing. The 2022 version now has six figures, and ten heads, so you can model most of the main crew from the original TV series. There are three Seated Males, one Seated Female, one Short Standing male, and one Tall Standing male. The heads are Captain Kirk; Doctor McCoy; Ensign Chekov; Mr Sulu; Lieutenant Uhura; Mr Spock; Mr Scott; and three unnamed generic heads (two male, one female). It may be possible to find some additional figures of the right size, to fully populate the Bridge.

The decal sheet is beautiful, and very detailed. There is a choice of three images for the Main Screen. You are advised to remove the raised detail from the chair, helm, and view screens before applying the decals.

The assembly instructions are not great, but should not be a problem for an experienced modeller. The painting guide is a single drawing, with the colours identified by name and Testors paint number. There is nothing on the uniform colours, or Star Fleet rank insignia. No indication of who should be wearing what. Your main reference is going to be the photographs from the series, and of the assembled model, on the box.

The decal placement guide is much better, and runs to two full pages.

Looking at the instructions, there seem to be a lot of joins in the floor and wall sections. From what others have said about this kit, it would probably be best to mount it on a solid base of some sort, for support.

I have a few other things to finish off first, before starting on this kit, but I am really looking forward to it. In the meantime, here are a few photographs of the kit, the decal sheet, and the box.

Five photographs. Hope you like them.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Where No Wool Has Gone Before

 

An odd snap of Star Trek on the telly with some of my Missus' wool in front! I couldn't resist!

WAS GARY SEVEN ALONE?

I recall a Star Trek episode involving a character called Gary Seven. Do you?

His mission was to tamper in some way with the first Apollo moon shot as the rocket stood ready on the gantry. I forget what he had to do.

It reminds me of something similar in the Men in Black films. I think its 2 or 3, where a young Tommy Lee Jones' character has to put something on the Apollo rocket.

I imagine there are more instances of this in film and comics. Did it ever happen in Gerry Anderson's worlds?

CAPTAIN'S BLOG

 Took Captain Kirk on a walk tother day.

I said How Dya Like Them Apples Captain?

He doesn't half know his onions!

Have you taken any toys on a walk?

A REALLY TALL GREEK GOD

Watching X-Men Apocalypse tonight I noticed something I recognised.

On a TV screen in someone's room, Storm's cellar, I saw a Star Trek episode playing. It was the one with Apollo in his temple, like Apocalypse the false God. I can't recall the name of the episode but it s musical motif was a two-note fanfare, which has stayed with me. The fanfare wasn't played in Apocalypse.

Completely coincidentally the fanfare was played tonight before X-Men, in Star Trek The Original Series, in an episode about a mineral which made people aggressive. The fanfare played when the huge citadels were shown.

Do you know the Star Trek Apollo episode I'm on about?

KEVIN'S STAR TREK NOMAD

Just took some photos of my scratchbuild of Nomad from the proper Star Trek episode 'The Changeling'. Made him years ago. He lights up and speaks.

Non-sequiter, your facts are uncoordinated.

Kevin D

UK