Star Train.......
May. 11th, 2009 01:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundI just found this ad for a Star Trek-themed collectors HO-scale train set.
"For over 40 years, members of the Starship Enterprise™ have brought us incredible adventures exploring the Final Frontier! Now, celebrate this important anniversary with the exclusive collectible Star Trek electric train set. The voyage begins with Issue One featuring an impressive diesel locomotive. Soon, you'll receive Issue Two, the coordinating Star Trek engine, which includes a FREE HO gauge track. The HO scale train set collection continues with Issue Three, a passenger train car, which includes your FREE power pack. Additional coordinating Star Trek collectible train cars, each a separate issue, will follow.‡
Inspired by the original Star Trek series and available exclusively from The Hawthorne Village, this collectible Star Trek HO scale electric train set is emblazoned with dramatic scenes and imagery from the original TV series. You'll want to "explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations - to boldly go where no man has gone before™" with this intricately detailed Star Trek collectible that brings Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and others to life. Every inch of this Star Trek electric train set is precision scaled with authentic details - from the solid metal chassis and steel alloy wheels to the passenger train cars that actually light up. This is your chance to report to the transporter room and beam yourself aboard, but don't delay! Heavy demand is expected for this Star Trek gift, and it would be highly illogical to miss the chance to take a voyage on the Starship Enterprise. Order now!"
It looks like they just slapped some TOS graphics on a standard HO scale set, with the loco and cars based on mid-1960's running sets. But I wonder what the next sets will look like:
The Animated Series train - Bright primary colours, but you start to notice the same cars over and over again.
The TNG train - Looks like a TGV, but doesn't really pick up steam until the third or fourth time it goes around the track.
The DN9 train - Looks fancy, pretty lights and sounds, but just sits there on the track and doesn't go anywhere.
The Voyager train - Goes around the curve, disappears, and you find it later somewhere else in the house with more cars than it left with.
The Enterprise train - It limps along for a few turns, finally pick up steam, starts to run well, and then the power cord is pulled out.
Star Trek: The New Movie Train - Different gauge tracks, lots of bright lights and action but shakes a lot. Completely incompatible with earlier versions.
"For over 40 years, members of the Starship Enterprise™ have brought us incredible adventures exploring the Final Frontier! Now, celebrate this important anniversary with the exclusive collectible Star Trek electric train set. The voyage begins with Issue One featuring an impressive diesel locomotive. Soon, you'll receive Issue Two, the coordinating Star Trek engine, which includes a FREE HO gauge track. The HO scale train set collection continues with Issue Three, a passenger train car, which includes your FREE power pack. Additional coordinating Star Trek collectible train cars, each a separate issue, will follow.‡
Inspired by the original Star Trek series and available exclusively from The Hawthorne Village, this collectible Star Trek HO scale electric train set is emblazoned with dramatic scenes and imagery from the original TV series. You'll want to "explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations - to boldly go where no man has gone before™" with this intricately detailed Star Trek collectible that brings Captain Kirk, Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and others to life. Every inch of this Star Trek electric train set is precision scaled with authentic details - from the solid metal chassis and steel alloy wheels to the passenger train cars that actually light up. This is your chance to report to the transporter room and beam yourself aboard, but don't delay! Heavy demand is expected for this Star Trek gift, and it would be highly illogical to miss the chance to take a voyage on the Starship Enterprise. Order now!"
It looks like they just slapped some TOS graphics on a standard HO scale set, with the loco and cars based on mid-1960's running sets. But I wonder what the next sets will look like:
The Animated Series train - Bright primary colours, but you start to notice the same cars over and over again.
The TNG train - Looks like a TGV, but doesn't really pick up steam until the third or fourth time it goes around the track.
The DN9 train - Looks fancy, pretty lights and sounds, but just sits there on the track and doesn't go anywhere.
The Voyager train - Goes around the curve, disappears, and you find it later somewhere else in the house with more cars than it left with.
The Enterprise train - It limps along for a few turns, finally pick up steam, starts to run well, and then the power cord is pulled out.
Star Trek: The New Movie Train - Different gauge tracks, lots of bright lights and action but shakes a lot. Completely incompatible with earlier versions.
