Re: Spoilers - Dreambook 2024
Qui-gon Grin
04/12/24 08:12 PM
I wasn't really sure where this should go, but I found this written by Hallmark writer Kevin Dillion on why the Enterprise B took so long to be made. This is taken from hallmarkstartrekornaments.com (it's posted in the middle of a page so I thought copying and pasting would be easier for all)
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Okay, letâs all sit down and have an honest chat about the B. I assure you that weâve had her on our sensors for a long time. (As also the U.S.S. Excelsiorâand yes, we are very in tune with the design differences between the starships.) The short answer is, sure, we could do the B . . . but you wouldnât be so happy about it.
Iâm hoping I can get an assist here with some top and side profiles (hint hint). I know a lot of us could do a pretty good job sketching the B from memory but take a good look at the design here. To do the B the way we would want toâwith light in all the right placesâthatâs not an easy trick. We have to pack those skinny nacelles (these are hardly ample, Scotty) with wires and lights and plot the placement of circuit boards and battery housings and all the things either in the primary hull, which is pretty shallow as well, or the pot-belly of a secondary hull that isnât quite as accommodating as you think.
One solution is just to make the whole ornament big enough to do everything youâd expect it to do . . . leaving you with a B that is unpleasantly out of scale with the rest of your collection and possibly a price point that would be a bump up, too.
Part of the wait weâre all experiencing is on technology. Advancements in consumer electronics, many of which come with price reductions, happen all the time. It was the introduction of a tiny wireless RF chip at the right price that unlocked our ability to do our Storytellers ornaments. Iâm hoping youâve enjoyed whatâs come of that so far. đ
In my own personal experience (and itâs matched by that of plenty of others) the B is the second-most requested Star Trek Keepsake Ornament Iâve heard. The only request Iâve heard more over the years is for a U.S.S. Enterprise tree topper and you know how that story ends. We get it; we want the B, too. I can tell you that itâs not an âif,â itâs a âwhen.â We just donât know when.
Iâd be remiss if I signed off without thanking each of you for your support of what weâre doing with the Star Trek license. Iâm over the moon from your responses to Star Trek Storytellersâitâs among my associations with Star Trek of which Iâm most proud. Iâm so eager for next yearâs additions to complete the story. Youâre all terrific and I appreciate you greatly.
Kevin
PSâif youâre gonna make a pitch of reasons to do the B, I might reconsider the mention of it being the place where Captain Kirk died. Weâve done a Star Trek death scene before and I still remember the social media response to THAT one. haha đ
-Kevin Dilmore, 11/18/21 aka Enterprise B Day
