That’s the craziest part to me. It would be one thing if this toy was a tie-in made when the show was still on the air or something, but this was sold in 1976!
Also, you could put other crew member’s names on the helmet instead of Spock’s if you really wanted to do anything with this toy other than thank Grandma and never take it out of the box again.
The animated series ended in 1974. This was before my time, so pure speculation, but Star Trek was likely still in the minds of kids of the appropriate age for the toy.
They were going through a few different movie scripts at the time. Interestingly, a rejected one was about a black hole that threatened to consume reality, not dissimilar to the prime timeline part of '09.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s the craziest part to me. It would be one thing if this toy was a tie-in made when the show was still on the air or something, but this was sold in 1976!
Also, you could put other crew member’s names on the helmet instead of Spock’s if you really wanted to do anything with this toy other than thank Grandma and never take it out of the box again.
VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 1 year ago
Early pre-production for the first movie started that year. Might have been to build hype.
radix@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The animated series ended in 1974. This was before my time, so pure speculation, but Star Trek was likely still in the minds of kids of the appropriate age for the toy.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Was it pre-production for the movie or were they still working on the Star Trek II TV series at that point?
VindictiveJudge@startrek.website 1 year ago
They were going through a few different movie scripts at the time. Interestingly, a rejected one was about a black hole that threatened to consume reality, not dissimilar to the prime timeline part of '09.