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Published Apr 9, 2016

TOS Retro Bridge Playset

The classic Mego Enterprise Bridge Playset comes alive again with the Star Trek TOS

Retro Bridge Playset, available now from Diamond Select Toys. Lovingly recreated by DST, the retro set retains all the main features of the original release, enabling your 8-inch retro cloth figures to explore the galaxy with interchangeable viewscreens or to vanish with the turn of a transporter dial. Boasting the familiar fold-up design, the playset morphs into a carrying case.The product is constructed from vinyl and card board, and is packaged in a full-color, retro-style box. It's priced at $60. Go to www.diamondselecttoys.com to purchase.

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Star Trek Universe: Original Series 21" U.S.S. Enterprise Ship with Lights and Sounds

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• HIGHLY DETAILED: 18” replica of the historic U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 from the Original Series, with authentic attention to detail
• AUTHENTIC SOUNDS: Includes original sound effects and command phrases from Captain Kirk and the Classic Star Trek series
• BATTLE LIGHTS: Includes Light-Up Bridge, Impulse Engines and Nacelle Warp Engines
• DISPLAY STAND: Comes with a transparent stand for easy display
• RETRO PACKAGING: Inspired by the Original Star Trek series

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In 2063, Earth made its first contact with an alien species, launching the planet and its inhabitants onto an interstellar stage. In the next century, United Earth established a space exploration and defense service called Starfleet and co-founded The United Federation of Planets, a benevolent organization of hundreds of worlds. The chronicles of Starfleet are collectively known as the Star Trek Universe. The most iconic ship in Starfleet, originally under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, the U.S.S. Enterprise was made famous by one of Starfleet’s greatest captains, James T. Kirk. Though its crew has had many adventures, it was the Enterprise’s original five-year mission under Kirk that brought the ship permanent renown.

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Founded in Hong Kong in 1966, Playmates Toys is one of the leading toy marketers in the world today. Over the past 45 years, Playmates has brought to market a number of toy brands that defined generations of kids, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Waterbabies , Star Trek , Simpsons , Space Jam , Nano , and the Amazing dolls, among others.

The Company was founded as Playmates Industrial in 1966, as primarily a doll manufacturing subcontractor for US and European toy marketers. By the mid-1970s, Playmates had earned a reputation as a supplier of top quality dolls.

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Customers like the appearance, sound effects, and value of the art craft kit. They mention that it looks decent, has wonderful sound effects and is great value for money. Customers also like the size. However, some customers are disappointed with the lighting. Opinions are mixed on sturdiness, and performance.

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Customers find the appearance of the art craft kit decent, cool, and nice. They also say it's a durable toy build and a decent display piece. Customers also say the colors are a very close match to the filming model in the Smithsonian.

"...The scale is spot on, making it a stunning display piece ...." Read more

"...It looked so cool , I decided to display it outside the box. Sturdy model, larger than I thought it would be. The sounds are cool, too...." Read more

"...However this one is the best on I've seen. The colors are a very close match to the filming model in the Smithsonian kudos there, the decals are..." Read more

"...It's sturdy enough and it's a pleasure to look at . It sits on my bar area and it's definitely enjoyable. The sound effects are good...." Read more

Customers like the value of the art craft kit. They say it's genuinely great for the money, works for the price, and is affordable. Some say it is a well-done large replica of the original TV and is enjoyable.

"...It sits on my bar area and it's definitely enjoyable . The sound effects are good...." Read more

"...Very well made, and it lights up. Totally awesome !!..." Read more

"...In summary, a very, VERY good value for the money , as it feels almost like a collectible, but it has a kid's toy price." Read more

"...so bad, so for what I purchased it for (simple room decor) it does work for the price ." Read more

Customers are satisfied with the sound effects of the art craft kit. They mention that it makes great sound effects, including the phaser sounds. Some appreciate the sturdy construction and satisfying lights.

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"...Sturdy model, larger than I thought it would be. The sounds are cool , too. A few flaws on the plastic, but nothing crazy...." Read more

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"...It sits on my bar area and it's definitely enjoyable. The sound effects are good ...." Read more

Customers find the art craft kit a great piece for their collection, a toy, and a trinket for Star Trek fans. They also say the box is awesome and if you're a Trekkie it's a really fun addition to their desk.

"... Great gift and never seen him this happy before. The sound effects are great and overall looks pleasing to the eye...." Read more

"This item was a perfect addition to my collection . I'm so happy that I purchased it." Read more

"This is a really fun addition to my desk . I have always been fascinated by the form of the Enterprise and it’s so fun to have it lit up over my desk...." Read more

" This is awesome and a must have, if you are a Trekkie!It’s time to nerd out. It makes great sound effects." Read more

Customers are satisfied with the size of the art craft kit. They mention that the proportions are wonderful, the scale is spot on, and the model is large. Some say that the decals are on the model with a very accurate registry.

"...The scale is spot on , making it a stunning display piece...." Read more

"...Sturdy model, larger than I thought it would be . The sounds are cool, too. A few flaws on the plastic, but nothing crazy...." Read more

"...the Smithsonian kudos there, the decals are on the model with very accurate registry not a stick on vinyl tag. The sounds are very nice...." Read more

"...It is a rather large model , at 14" long-..." Read more

Customers are mixed about the sturdiness of the art craft kit. Some mention that it's very well made, while others say that it feels like cheap construction and the display stand is a bit weak.

"...It looked so cool, I decided to display it outside the box. Sturdy model , larger than I thought it would be. The sounds are cool, too...." Read more

"...The only minor downside is the stand, which could be a bit sturdier , but it's a small price to pay for such a fantastic replica...." Read more

"I love the model and it has a number of nice features. It's sturdy enough and it's a pleasure to look at...." Read more

"... Very well made , and it lights up. Totally awesome!!..." Read more

Customers are mixed about the performance of the art craft kit. Some mention that the stand for the Enterprise works well, and everything works perfectly. However, others say that the demo doesn't work and the warp drive will not light up. This is extremely disappointing and the product is incomplete.

"...The only single issue is that the light and other features do not stay on . You turn the lights on and they automatically go off after 30 seconds...." Read more

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"...i changed the batteries but it still does that and the demo switch does not work ." Read more

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Customers are dissatisfied with the lighting of the art craft kit. They mention that the lights stay on for a minute, 5 seconds, or so after hitting a button. Some say that the nacelles don't light up well, and the lights are not constant.

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Star Trek Enterprise Bridge Playset

Introduction: Star Trek Enterprise Bridge Playset

This project started when I found my old Star Trek TOS playmates figures. I gave them to my eight year old son who had become a fan of the old show. He began building simple cardboard play pieces. Inspired by the clean wooden design of some of his other toys I set out to design and create a modular play set that he could use to assemble various rooms aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. I wanted a set that could break down and store easily. I tried to use scrap materials where I could. The bridge was the biggest challenge so I started there.

- 1/2 inch MDF

- 1/8 inch PVC sheet

- Flexstone texture spray

- Filler putty

- SEM High Build Primer

- Apoxie Sculpt

- RTV silicone

- Model Cast Urethane resin

- Behr Latex Paint

- Photoprint paper

- Polyacrylic spray

The Bridge:

After doing research I found some existing blue prints of the bridge. I scaled everything to match the size of the figures. I came to realize that the playmates figures are not exactly human proportion. A friend who is a toy nut informed me that the Playmates figures are in the proportion of children. Makes sense for toys I guess. So I had to make some adjustments while keeping as accurate as possible.

Step 1: Cutting Build Stock

I began by breaking the angles of the control consoles into three basic profile shapes. I then ripped the profiles on the table saw. This gave me the stock to build the consoles with.

Step 2: The Deck

Making the deck floor started with slotting a strip of 1/2 MDF plywood and cutting the “pie” pieces. Getting these angles right was critical. The slots would be used for registration of the different pieces. Eventually I filled the slots with inserts and filler to make smaller registration key slots.

Step 3: Consoles

Using the floor pieces as guides for the angles I cut and stacked the shapes to make the console perimeter. This proved to be very difficult because the upper consoles pitch forward. I found the easiest way to get everything in alignment was to glue the three layers together and trim the final angle on the table saw. On the bottom of each section I attached tabs for registration in the floor slots.

Step 4: Captain's Chair

Then I created the captain’s chair, and command console. These were basic wood construction. I cut block sizes and ripped thing pieces to make the seat parts. Everything was held together with a screw so it could swivel.

Step 5: Main View Screen

I then made the elevator and view screen. The viewscreen was built with interchangeable screen panels. I printed different images and glued them to the different wood inserts. I left a few blank so my son could create his own viewscreen images.

Step 6: Check Alignments

Everything seems to be lined up. Ready for finishing.

Step 7: Filler and Texture

I did a pass on everything with filler. Then used Fleckstone on the floor. The original set was carpet so it gave it a nice texture when painted over.

Step 8: Railings

I then used pieces of plastic1/8th inch PVC sheet to make the removable rails. They registered into the key slots in the deck which held them in place. I used spray paint for the black supports and red rails

Step 9: Primer

Everything then got a coating of SEM high build primer. The parts we then sanded and recoated to try to minimize some of the grain.

Step 10: Chairs

I used styrene to make a crew chair. I added padding to the captains chair and crew chairs with Apoxie putty. The bridge has multiple stations so I needed a lot of chairs so I poured a silicone mold of the master crew chair .

Step 11: Casting Multiples

I then cast multiples from urethane resin. I then painted the blue area and added printed details to the back. Everything then got a clear coat to lock it all in.

Step 12: Paint

With all of the parts sanded and primered they were ready for base colors. The details were going to be printed graphics so the painting required a minimum of masking.

Step 13: Client Review

Once everything was dry it was then time for a test assembly by an eager client.

Step 14: Graphics

After doing research, fortunately there was quite a bit out there, I then laid out graphics in Photoshop. This took a lot longer than I thought it would. I printed them on photo paper. I found that the gloss paper held the color the best when clear coated.

Step 15: Placing Details

I cut the detail pieces out from the prints and glued them onto the painted forms. Thats when the whole thing really came together. After some testing I found that Elmers white glue secured the best and didn’t alter the print. Finally I sprayed the parts with clear Polyacylic to seal the piece. I used gloss to give it toy like finish.

Step 16: Assembly

Then we assembled the pieces. Using the slots, the pieces all dropped into place.

Step 17: Finally

Once it was all assembled it really looked like the bridge. The little fudges I made to accommodate the weird figure proportions were hardly noticeable.

Step 18: Playtime

The modular nature lead my son to almost immediately create a multi-deck configuration.

Once played with the set could be easily broken down and stored.

He has already asked how soon he will get the rest of the ship.

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Star Trek TOS Enterprise Bridge Photoetch Set

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Star Trek TOS Enterprise Bridge Photoetch Set:

Add extra detail to AMT's classic USS Enterprise bridge kit. Specially designed to work with the newly released full bridge, and the impeccable decals designed by TOS Graphics.

Raised control panels, just like on the original set, include through holes for every button making lighting a breeze.*

Raised switches and "floppy disks" add extra surface texture.

All intercoms are included.

Frames for the alert lights.

Grills with the correct pattern for beneath each station.

The triangular details on the back of each chair.

Two copies of the Mirror Universe's imperial insignia. One copy is split in two so each half can be placed on each panel of the turbolift door.

Electronics not included.

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The web portal will allow fans to virtually explore the many dozens of evolutionary iterations of the famous Starship Enterprise bridge, across every epoch of Star Trek‘s history, with each bridge made accessible in the timeline as a 1:1 scale, “in-universe,” 360 recreation. De Lancie, who has portrayed extra-dimensional being Q since 1987’s Star Trek: The Next Generation, narrates a supplementary documentary, offering a deep dive into the evolution and legacy of the bridge — from its inception in Pato Guzman’s 1964 sketches, through its portrayal across decades of films and TV series, to its latest incarnation on the Enterprise-G, as revealed in the final episode of Star Trek: Picard.   This combined documentary and exploratory online experience brings the legacy and history of the starship Enterprise to life through meticulous recreations of the filming sets used for production as well as the aforementioned “in-universe” life size, functional immersive virtual interiors. The recreations were produced for the Gene Roddenberry Estate, and overseen by veteran Star Trek artists including Denise and Michael Okuda, who authored The Star Trek Encyclopedia, as well as Daren Dochterman, Doug Drexler and Dave Blass.   The Archive will also, for a limited time, allow fans to try an experimental technology preview through the web portal, enabling them to walk onto the bridges of the Enterprise (boasting working turbolifts and consoles) and explore them in every detail, all from an instantaneous livestream.

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‘Star Trek’ Fan Leaves Behind a Collection Like No One Has Done Before

When Troy Nelson died, his shelves were filled to the rafters with memorabilia from the popular franchise. Soon, the massive collection will be boldly going, going, gone.

Evan Browne said her brother Troy’s love of “Star Trek” began with the original series, which he and his siblings watched at dinnertime. Credit... Connie Aramaki for The New York Times

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• Published April 1, 2024 Updated April 3, 2024

Editors’ Note, April 2, 2024: After publication, The Times learned that Troy and Andrew Nelson were named in a civil lawsuit filed in Pierce County Superior Court in 1998, in which they were accused of molesting three disabled adults in a state-licensed facility that they operated. After a six-week jury trial, Washington State was ordered to pay $17.8 million to the plaintiffs. The state said it intended to appeal but missed the deadline and paid the victims. The Nelson brothers denied the allegations and were never criminally charged.

Troy Nelson and his younger brother Andrew were almost inseparable.

The two youngest of six, they were born two years apart. They lived together in their childhood home in Bremerton, Wash., for more than half a century. Near their home, there is a park bench on which they carved their initials as young boys.

The Nelson brothers never married or had children. They worked together at the same senior home. They even once, as teenagers, dated the same girl at the same time while working different shifts at the same pizza shop. This lasted a week until they realized it.

“Two parts of one body,” Evan Browne, their older sister, said of their relationship in an interview.

On Feb. 28, Andrew Nelson, who had been treated for cancer for years, went to feed the chickens and ducks that were gifts from Ms. Browne to her brothers. He had a heart attack and died. He was 55. Just hours later, Troy Nelson, who was stricken with grief, took his own life. He was 57.

“He had talked about it before,” Browne, 66, said, tearfully. “He said, ‘Hey, if Andrew goes, I’m out of here. I’m checking out.’ Andrew would say the same thing, and then it really happened .”

What Troy Nelson left behind has become a sensation. After his death, family members posted pictures on social media of his massive — and, really, the keyword is massive — collection of “Star Trek” memorabilia, which have now been shared thousands of times.

The items took up two living rooms and a bedroom, all lined with bookshelves, according to Elena Hamel, one of the brothers’ nieces. The centers of the rooms were lined with additional bookshelves — all packed to the brim — to create aisles. There were jewelry cabinets serving as display cases.

The shelves contained action figures. Dolls. Models of ships. Posters. Ornaments. Lunchboxes. Legos. Several toy phasers and tricorders. (For non-Trek fans, the phaser is a weapon, and a tricorder is, essentially, a fancy smartphone.) Multiple “Star Trek” lamps. (Yes, there are “Star Trek” lamps.) Trading cards. Comic books. Trek-themed Geeki Tikis (stylized tiki mugs). Life-size cutouts of famous characters. A life-size captain’s chair.

While it’s impossible to account for every private collector in the world, Troy Nelson’s collection is almost assuredly among the largest — if not the largest.

The last additions to the collection came in the final weeks of his life: Stuffed rabbits in “Star Trek” uniforms. “I’ve never seen a collection that size,” said Russ Haslage, the president of the International Federation of Trekkers , a “Star Trek”-themed nonprofit that Haslage founded with Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the franchise.

Haslage’s organization opened in 2020 a “Star Trek” museum in Sandusky, Ohio, that has received donations of memorabilia from estates. Those collections “pale in comparison” to Mr. Nelson’s, he said. (Haslage has reached out to the family to ask about donations from the collection.)

The older brother’s love of “Star Trek” began with the original series, which he’d watch with his siblings.

“It was our dinner meal,” Ms. Browne said. “When we had dinner, we were sitting in front of ‘Star Trek.’”

Troy Nelson began collecting in the late-1970s. His first acquisition was a model version of the Starship Enterprise. Then came Star Trek conventions. Why the franchise was such a draw to him remains a mystery to his family.

“I really can’t say. I mean, other than the fact that he was brainwashed with it at dinner time,” Browne said, laughing. “That sounds ridiculous. When we grew up, it’s like, ‘Dinner is at this time. And if you don’t get here at this time, you don’t get dinner.’ So it might’ve been a comfort for him .”

Troy Nelson would often monitor sites like eBay for items he didn’t have. On several occasions, he would express frustration on losing out on an item before being able to bid on it. Until he found out the reason.

“Andrew already got it for him,” Ms. Browne recalled.

Obsessive “Star Trek” fandom has long become an indelible part of pop culture, especially as the franchise — which has spawned several television series, movies, novels and comics — has been a long-running institution. There have been documentaries that have studied the subject, such as “Trekkies” in 1997. It’s been lampooned on “The Simpsons,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Family Guy,” and become a story line in an episode of “The West Wing,” among many others. For dedicated fans, accruing collectibles isn’t uncommon.

“When you collect these things, you’re closer to that genre that you enjoy so much,” Haslage said. “When I first started in 1979, I was grabbing everything I could get my hands on because it was cool, and it was a piece of the whole ‘Star Trek’ mythos. If you have these pieces, you’re a part of that universe in some way.”

It turns out that collecting is a pursuit that runs in the family.

Andrew Nelson collected mall swords, Ryobi-branded tools and statues of warrior women, like Xena, the warrior princess .

Browne’s house has a wall with thousands of smashed pennies and her living room windows are full of glass sugar and creamer bowls.

Browne’s father, Bud Peers, collected salt and pepper shakers, guns and knives. Troy and Andrew’s father, Norman Nelson, collected scrap metal and wood.

Hamel has 17 Christmas trees, all fully decorated with separate themes.

Browne’s son, Michael, who is 36, collects anything and everything related to black bears.

“ When you have a large collection like that and it’s displayed like that,” Hamel said, “and it’s something that is important to you, it’s often really calming to be in a space like that. It’s just all the things that you love. It’s soothing.”

As far as Browne knew, Troy had no history of mental illness or any previous suicide attempts. After Andrew died, she received a distraught and frantic call from Troy with the news. She told him that she was on her way.

Ms. Browne said she called him when she got to the Tacoma Bridge. No answer. And then again, at the Manette Bridge. No answer. When she reached their home, the back door was open. And then she found him. The phone call was the last time they spoke.

Troy Nelson did not leave a note, but did leave some things meticulously arranged by his computer, including a key to the house, burial plans for the two brothers, and bills.

“ I don’t know really what I thought,” Ms. Browne said. “All I could do was just scream.”

The Nelson family is boxing up Troy’s “Star Trek” collection to prepare it for auction. Andrew’s ashes will be placed in an urn carved in the likeness of the supermodel Bettie Page . (He was a fan.) Troy’s ashes will be placed in a “Star Trek” lunchbox.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Sopan Deb is a Times reporter covering breaking news and culture. More about Sopan Deb

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