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'''Aluminum Model Toys (AMT)''' was the original producer of [[Star Trek model kits|''Star Trek'' model kits]], acquiring the license in {{y|1966}} shortly after the premiere of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original series]].
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== History ==
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| colspan="3" |[[File:AMT-Matchbox European company logo.jpg|310px]]
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| colspan="3" |[[File:AMT-Matchbox European company logo.jpg|175px]]
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1977-1981 (outside US)
! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1977-1981 (outside US)
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|colspan="3" |[[File:AMTErtl company logo 1982-1986.jpg|100px]] [[File:AMTErtl company logo 1987-1992.jpg|100px]] [[File:AMTErtlLogo.jpg|100px]]
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| colspan="3" |[[File:AMTErtl company logo 1982-1986.jpg|55px]] [[File:AMTErtl company logo 1987-1992.jpg|55px]] [[File:AMTErtl logo.jpg|55px]]
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!style="text-align:center;" | 1982-1986
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! style="text-align:center;" |'82-'86
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!style="text-align:center;" | 1987-1992
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! style="text-align:center;" |'87-'92
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!style="text-align:center;" | 1993-1999
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! style="text-align:center;" |'93-'05
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| colspan="3" |[[File:AMTErtl-Platz company logo 2010.jpg|175px]]
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'''Aluminum Model Toys (AMT)''' was the original producer of [[Star Trek model kits|''Star Trek'' model kits]] and acquired the license on {{d|1|August|1966}}, almost two months before the premiere of {{s|TOS}}. This licensing deal was brokered between [[Gene Roddenberry]] and [[Stephen Edward Poe]], an employee of an advertising firm which had been retained by AMT for marketing and communications purposes.
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The 1966 deal was brokered between [[Gene Roddenberry]] and [[Stephen Edward Poe]], an employee of an advertisement firm who at the time was hired as a consultant by AMT for marketing and communications purposes. Michigan based AMT started out in 1948 as a manufacturer of model cars and trucks, both as model kits and display pieces for marketing purposes, model kits becoming the core business during the mid-sixties. The ''Star Trek'' model kits from 1966 onwards, became the first branching out of the product line beyond automobiles.
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With the 1966 deal, AMT is one of the earliest known, if not the earliest, companies to hold an official license to produce ''Star Trek''-related merchandise on a commercial basis and therefore one of the cornerstones of what was later recognized as the "[[Star Trek franchise|''Star Trek'' franchise]]". As it still holds the license as of 2019, AMT is presently also the oldest and longest surviving franchise partner of ''Star Trek''.
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AMT ended its existence as an independent company in 1977 when it was acquired by [[Lesney Products]], owner of {{w|Matchbox (toy)|Matchbox}}, and in 1981 by die cast toy and model kit manufacturer [[Ertl Company]] resulting in the brand '''AMT/Ertl'''. That was reflected in the logos the products from then on carried.
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==History==
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A quarter of a century as AMT/Ertl came to an end in {{y|1999}}, shortly after the release of the last new model kits, as the company was acquired by [[Racing Champions]] ( or '''RC2 Corporation''' as it is currently called}, a larger die-cast company which also bought [[Playing Mantis]], the parent company of [[Polar Lights]], [[Johnny Lightning]] and Memory Lane. The combined company was then known as '''Racing Champions/ERTL'''. However, the holding company redefined its mission in 2003 and AMT/Ertl was split up in its original components. AMT, not being part of the newly defined parent company's identity, was sold in 2007 to its current owner [[Round 2 LLC]].
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Troy, Michigan-based AMT started out in 1948 as a manufacturer of model cars and trucks, both as model kits and as finished display pieces made for marketing purposes. Model kits became the company's core product line in the mid-1960s and ''Star Trek'' models were the company's first foray into producing products other than automobile and truck kits. In a reflection of this, AMT needed a company to build both full-scale and scaled automobile mock-ups (typically out of wood at the time) to promotional ends, as well as to manufacture the templates or masters in order to construct the molds from which the parts for their model kits were extracted or cast. To this end they asked [[Gene Winfield]] to start and head a subsidiary company, [[Speed & Custom Shop|Speed and Custom Division Shop]]. Set up in Phoenix Arizona, Speed & Custom Shop, the more commonly used abbreviation, started operations in 1966.
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AMT ended its existence as an independent company in 1977 when it was acquired by [[Lesney Products]], the owner of {{w|Matchbox (toy)|Matchbox}}. In 1981, the die-cast toy and model kit manufacturer [[Ertl Company]] acquired AMT from Lesney and established the '''AMT/Ertl''' brand and logo in 1982.
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The AMT/Ertl brand came to an end in 1999 when the company was acquired by [[Racing Champions]], now known as '''RC2 Corporation'''. The combined company was then re-branded as '''Racing Champions/ERTL'''. However, the acquiring company was traditionally a toy and die-cast model manufacturing company, and had no affinity with model kits, the production of which virtually halted after AMT/Ertl was taken over. The company redefined its mission in 2003 and AMT/Ertl was split into its original components, ERTL originally being a die-cast model manufacturer. In 2007, AMT was sold to [[Round 2 LLC]], its current owner.
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Since then, after a hiatus of nearly a decade, AMT model kits were again released on a regular basis, though the majority of them are actually re-releases of previously released kits, with relatively few newly conceived kits sprinkled in.
==''Star Trek'' association==
==''Star Trek'' association==
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[[File:Galileo AMT model kit.jpg|thumb|right|''Galileo'' model kit]]
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[[File:AMT Model kit S595 Galileo 7 1975 reissue.jpg|thumb|''Galileo'' shuttlecraft model kit]]
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AMT was given the rights in 1966 to produce models based on the show in exchange for helping out [[CBS Studios]] with the construction of set pieces when needed. Stephen Poe was instrumental in brokering the deal, who wasalso was given free access to the studio lot which eventually resulted in the book [[The Making of Star Trek]]. Throughtheirsubsidiary at the time,[[Custom& Speed Shop]], headed by [[GeneWinfield]], AMTwascalledupontoconstructthe[[studiomodel]] of the''[[Galileo(2267)|Galileo]]''[[ClassFshuttlecraft]]aswellas the full scale exterior mock-up.Alsoproduced at the Speedshopwas the [[studio model]]ofthe [[Klingon]] {{Class|D7}}, which originatedfrom the desire of AMT to do a follow-up of the very successful{{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}modelkit-over a million copies sold at that time according to [[MattJefferies]](''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 9]]'', p.66).SpecificallydesignedforAMTbyJefferies,oneof the two"mastertoolingmodels"(templatesforthemoldsfromwhichtheproductionmodelkitsweretobecast)fabricated, wasimmediatelyappropriatedbythestudio(strugglingatthetimewithseverebudgetcuts)foruseasfilmingmodelinthethirdseasonof ''[[StarTrek: TheOriginalSeries]]'', betrayingitsorigin as a master for a model kit by not having internal lighting. The''Enterprise''and''D7''model kits were the onlymodelkitsreleasedwhilethe series was stillrunning.Thecompanyfurther released versions of [[RomulanBird-of-Prey (23rd century)|Romulan Bird-of-Prey]], a model of [[Spock]], the ''Galileo'' shuttlecraft, a standard exploration set ([[communicator]], [[phaser]],and[[tricorder]]),the[[bridge]],and[[DeepSpaceStationK-7]],evenafterthe series was canceled in {{y|1969}}.
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AMT was given the rights in 1966 to produce models based on the show in exchange for helping out [[Desilu|Desilu Studios]] with the construction of set pieces when needed. Stephen Poe was instrumental in brokering the deal, who in return was also given free access to the studio lot which eventually resulted in the book ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]''. The details of the deal were negotiated by Edwin Perlstein, Director of Business Affairs at Desilu, and Don Beebe of AMT, and closed successfully on 1 August 1966, starting the decades-long association between the franchise and the model kit company, which thereby became the very first recorded franchise partner. For Producer [[Robert H. Justman]], this was a godsend as the production costs for the upcoming episode {{e|The Galileo Seven}} were spiraling out of control, as he stated in a memo he sent Roddenberry, evidently relieved, "''{{'}}''[Perlstein]'' has made what I consider a very advantageous deal and has accomplished this at a time when everyone thought all was lost.''" (''[[These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One]]'', 1st ed, p. 304) Through their subsidiary at the time, Speed & Custom Shop, AMT was called upon to construct the [[studio model]] of the ''[[Galileo (2267)|Galileo]]'' [[Class F shuttlecraft]] as well as the full scale interior and exterior mock-ups.
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Also produced at the Speedshop was the studio model of the [[Klingon]] {{Class|D7}}, which originated from the desire of AMT to do a follow-up of the very successful {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} model kit – over a million copies sold at that time according to [[Matt Jefferies]] ({{STTM|2|9|66}}). Specifically designed for AMT by Jefferies, who also created the construction blueprints for the previous and subsequent outing in the ''Star Trek'' model kit line, one of the two solid wooden "master tooling models" (templates for the molds from which the production model kits were to be cast) fabricated, was immediately appropriated by the studio (struggling at the time with severe budget cuts) for use as filming model in the third season of {{s|TOS}}, betraying its origin as a master for model kit manufacturing by not having internal lighting rig. The ''Enterprise'' and D7 model kits were the only model kits released while the series was still running, before its cancellation in {{y|1969}}.
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During the period 1966-1972, AMT chose not to license the Star Trek name outside of the US. During that period, [[Aurora Plastics Corporation|Aurora]], another noted model kit company, leased AMT's molds and released the models outside of the US. Though the molds were the same and even the packaging was, besides the imprint, virtually identical, legally, Aurora's releases of the four models were not associated with AMT. The Spock figure kit originated from Aurora but a reciprocal leasing agreement gave AMT the exclusive rights to release the figure in the US. AMT bought the Spock figure's tooling from Aurora in 1976.
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As the series began to pick up popularity in [[syndication]], AMT, starting in the early 1970s, resumed further expansion of their ''Star Trek'' model kit line by releasing versions of [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey]], a model of [[Spock]], the ''Galileo'' shuttlecraft, a standard exploration set ([[communicator]], [[phaser]], and [[tricorder]]), the [[bridge]], and [[Deep Space Station K-7]].
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The company retained the license through the 1970s, and, at the time owned by Lesney (1977-1981), eventually produced kits for {{film|1}}. In {{y|1981}}, the company was bought by '''Ertl''', becoming '''AMT/Ertl'''. In 1984, after having renegotiated the license the previous year, the new combination began releasing ''Star Trek'' model kits, starting with reissues of some of the previously marketed kits under a new numbering system. The company began a true expansion of their ''Star Trek'' line with kits based on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' models followed in the 1990s, as well as more ships from the subsequent [[Star Trek films|eight motion pictures]]. The company did not acquire the license for ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', which went to [[Revell-Monogram]]. The last new kits were released by {{y|1999}}. Later that year the company was acquired by Racing Champions.
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During the period 1966-1972, AMT chose not to market the ''Star Trek'' name outside of the US themselves. During that period, [[Aurora Plastics Corporation|Aurora]], another noted model kit company, leased AMT's molds and released the models outside of the US. The molds were the same and even the packaging was, besides the imprint, virtually identical. Legally though, Aurora's releases of the four models were not associated with AMT. The Aurora Spock figure kit actually started out as a company original, but a reciprocal leasing agreement gave AMT the exclusive rights to release the figure in the US. AMT bought the Spock figure's tooling from Aurora in 1976.
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Releases of ''Star Trek'' model kits went dormant as the new parent company was trying to decide in what direction it would evolve. A half hearted attempt to revive the line occurred when re-releases were announced, of which only four were marketed in 2005 under its original brand "AMT/Ertl", though the company by that time was already split up in its two original components. Those four kits were the only releases of the AMT line that were marketed in eight years. However, in 2007, AMT changed hands yet again, this time acquired by Round 2 under whose ownership AMT (sporting the original imprint of AMT) started the run of re-releases in 2008 with a commemorative edition of its very first ''Enterprise'' model kit - (though the Enterprise kit was not a reissue of the original kit, but was instead a reissue of the model from much later renditions of the tooling, and was substantially different from the original AMT Enterprise model from 1966.)
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It should be noted that it was Matt Jefferies who drew up the construction plans for the first three outings in AMT's ''Star Trek'' model kit line, that of the ''Galileo'' included, in his spare time and in initial conjuncture with Poe, but that both men were excluded from any and all royalties arrangements resulting from their hugely successful sales. (''[[Inside Star Trek: The Real Story]]'', 1997, p. 173) From this it could be inferred that the ''Galileo'' model kit was slated for a release during the production of the ''Original Series'', but that its cancellation had postponed the release until its renewed popularity in [[syndication]].
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The company retained the license through the 1970s, and, at the time owned by Lesney (1977-1981), eventually produced kits for {{film|1}}. In {{y|1981}}, the company was bought by '''Ertl''', becoming '''AMT/Ertl'''. In 1984, after having renegotiated the license the previous year, the new combination began releasing ''Star Trek'' model kits, starting with reissues of some of the previously marketed kits under a new numbering system. The company began a true expansion of their ''Star Trek'' line with kits based on {{s|TNG}}. {{s|DS9}} models followed in the 1990s, as well as more ships from the subsequent [[Star Trek films|eight motion pictures]]. During the live-action ''Star Trek'' production in the [[Rick Berman|Berman-era]], the company did not acquire the license for {{s|VOY}}, which went to [[Revell-Monogram]], nor for {{s|ENT}}, {{film|10}} and {{s|DIS}}, which went to later sister company [[Polar Lights]]. The last "new" AMT kits of the Berman-era were released by {{y|1999}}, all of them essentially reissues. Later that year the company was acquired by Racing Champions.
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Releases of ''Star Trek'' model kits went dormant as the new parent company was trying to decide in what direction it would evolve. A half-hearted attempt to revive the line occurred when re-releases were announced, of which only four were marketed in 2005 under its original brand "AMT/Ertl", though the company by that time was already split up in its two original components. Those four kits were the only releases of the AMT line that were marketed in eight years. However, in 2007, AMT changed hands yet again, this time acquired by Polar Lights owner Round 2 under whose ownership AMT (sporting the original imprint of AMT) started the run of re-releases in 2008 with a commemorative edition of its very first ''Enterprise'' model kit – (though the Enterprise kit was not a reissue of the original kit, but was instead a reissue of the model from much later renditions of the tooling, and was substantially different from the original AMT ''Enterprise'' model from 1966.) Being presently a sister company, Polar Lights, occasionally releases [[Polar Lights#Accessories sets|accessories sets]] at the behest of AMT in order to enable their customers to customize their ''Star Trek'' kits. The relationship between the two was further strengthened when the ''Star Trek'' box-art was synchronized for the model kit releases of both companies from 2018 onward.
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[[File:Assembled AMT Round 2 Ships of the Line models.jpg|thumb|240px|Assembled 2016 ''Ships of the Line'' pre-painted models]]
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In 2010, Round 2 sub-licensed the manufacture of four former AMT/Ertl ''Star Trek'' model kits, representing the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s B through E, to model kit company [[Platz|Platz Co., Ltd.]] as limited editions for the Japanese market only. All four of them ''The Next Generation'' related, these kits were issued to commemorate the series' [[20th anniversary]] first time airing in Japan and marketed as "Platz-AMT/ERTL" products; they were released prior to AMT/Round 2's own reissues that started later that year. To date, Platz has been the only company that has been given an international model kit sub-license, as Round 2 LLC administers the international marketing of their products themselves.
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Remarkably and as of 2022, no truly new ''Star Trek'' model kit designs, excepting the 2017 AMT953 [[F-104 Starfighter]] kit, have been released by AMT ever since the line was revitalized under new ownership, when discounting the rescaled and/or remolded kit releases based off pre-existing kits – which the ''Star Trek'' version of the F-104 Starfighter actually also is {{el|scalemates.com/nl/kits/amt-ertl-8759-lockheed-f-104-c-g-starfighter--130154}}; instead Round 2 LLC has apparently appointed Polar Lights as the lead company to market such new releases.
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The history and development of the AMT ''Star Trek'' line was featured in the "''Star Trek''" episode of ''[[The Toys That Made Us]]'' in {{y|2018}}. In the documentary collectors and toy experts alike, favorably credit AMT as the first bonafide ''Star Trek'' merchandise company, as their 1966-1972 releases were not only closely associated with ''Star Trek'', but also highly accurate for the times, in stark contrast to, for example, the contemporary toy releases of [[Remco]]. Former ''Star Trek'' production staffer, but then "[[Trekkie]]", [[Doug Drexler]] spoke for all his contemporaries when he commented on the first kit release, that of the USS ''Enterprise'', "''[T]he model kit was pretty close. It was the best thing that we had. I still remember vividly opening it up, and being able to be intimite with all the little parts of the ''Enterprise'', I mean the [[impulse engine]]s, the [[intercooler]]s, you know where the [[bridge]] was. To actually be able to see these things, I was flipping out!''" Gene Winfield has also made an appearance in the documentary, commenting on his company's contributions to the AMT releases. The documentary ends with the conclusion that, of all the ''Star Trek'' toys and models ever made, it were the various incarnations of the USS ''Enterprise'' – perceived as the real star of ''Star Trek'' – that captured the imagination of generations of [[Trekkie|''Star Trek'' fans]] in particular, first and foremost, as well as starting with, the first original AMT model kit.
===''Star Trek'' releases===
===''Star Trek'' releases===
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{| class="grey" colspan="6" style="width:100%;"
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{| class="grey" style="width:100%;" colspan="7"
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! colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" id="Star Ship Model Kits" | '''Star Ship Model Kits'''
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" id="Star Ship Model Kits" | '''Starship Model Kits'''
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! Item
! Item
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! As
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! Brand
! Scale
! Scale
! Issue
! Issue
! Item No.
! Item No.
! Notes
! Notes
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! Box art
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|rowspan="12" | {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}
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| rowspan="15" | {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}
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|rowspan="4" |AMT
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| rowspan="4" |AMT
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|rowspan="7" | 1:650
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| rowspan="7" | 1:650
|{{y|1966}}
|{{y|1966}}
|S921
|S921
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|Issued with rudimentary lighting option
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|With rudimentary lighting option; Desilu copyright statement on box cover
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S921 USS Enterprise 1966.jpg|90px]]
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|{{y|1968}}
|{{y|1968}}
| rowspan="3" | S951
| rowspan="3" | S951
|Re-tooled and renumbered; new box; enhanced lighting option; varying plastic colors were used
|Re-tooled and renumbered; new box; enhanced lighting option; varying plastic colors were used
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S951 USS Enterprise 1966.jpg|180px]]
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|{{y|1973}}
|{{y|1973}}
|New box art; enhanced decal sheet (sister ships)
|New box art; enhanced decal sheet (sister ships)
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S951 USS Enterprise 1973.jpg|180px]]
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|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
|New box format; re-tooled; no lighting option from this issue onward
|New box format; re-tooled; no lighting option from this issue onward
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S951 USS Enterprise 1975.jpg|90px]]
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|AMT/[[Lesney Products|Lesney]]
|AMT/[[Lesney Products|Lesney]]
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|PK5102
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|European reissue of S951; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
|European reissue of S951; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
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| rowspan="3" | AMT/[[Ertl Company|Ertl]]
| rowspan="3" | AMT/[[Ertl Company|Ertl]]
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| rowspan="2" |6676
| rowspan="2" |6676
|Reissue under new numbering scheme; logo not yet adjusted but slightly adjusted box art to reflect new ownership
|Reissue under new numbering scheme; logo not yet adjusted but slightly adjusted box art to reflect new ownership
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|[[File:AMT Model kit 6676 USS Enterprise 1984.jpg|90px]]
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|{{y|1989}}
|{{y|1989}}
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|Reissue, new horizontal format box
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|Reissue, new horizontal format box
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|[[File:AMT Model kit 6676 USS Enterprise 1989.jpg|180px]]
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|8790
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|"Cut-away" version; option to have the model built as "open" or "closed "; scale on box erroneously stated as 1:650
|"Cut-away" version; option to have the model built as "open" or "closed "; scale on box erroneously stated as 1:650
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|[[File:AMT Model kit 8790 Cut-Away USS Enterprise 1996.jpg|180px]]
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| rowspan="4" | AMT/[[Round 2 LLC|Round2]]
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| rowspan="7" | AMT/[[Round 2 LLC|Round2]]
| rowspan="4" | 1:650
| rowspan="4" | 1:650
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2008}}
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2008}}
|AMT609
|AMT609
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|Limited edition (1701 pieces); Reissue of S921; Tin box with art print
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|Limited edition (1701 pieces); Reissue of 6676; Tin box with art print. Retooled to remove the grid from the saucer
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT609 USS Enterprise 2008.jpg|90px]]
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|AMT610
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|"Legacy" reissue of S921 in 1966-style packaging
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|"Legacy" reissue of 6676 in 1966-style packaging (without Desilu copyright statement); Retooled to remove the grid from the saucer
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT610 USS Enterprise 2008.jpg|90px]]
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|{{y|2009}}
|{{y|2009}}
|AMT640
|AMT640
|Reissue of AMT609, cast in blue plastic
|Reissue of AMT609, cast in blue plastic
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT640 USS Enterprise 2009.jpg|90px]]
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|{{y|2011}}
|{{y|2011}}
|AMT695
|AMT695
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|Includes 2 in-scale [[Tholian starship (22nd century)|Tholian web-spinners]]; Includes [[USSDefiant (NCC-1764)|USS ''Defiant'' (NCC-1764)]] decals; cast in phosphorescent plastic.
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|Reissue of AMT609 Includes 2 in-scale {{dis|Tholian ship|22nd century|Tholian web-spinners}}; Includes {{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}}(NCC-1764) decals; cast in phosphorescent plastic
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT695 USS Enterprise 2011.jpg|180px]]
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|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S921 USS Enterprise 1966.jpg|125px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S951 USS Enterprise 1966.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S951 USS Enterprise 1973.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S951 USS Enterprise 1975.jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6676 USS Enterprise 1984.jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6676 USS Enterprise 1989.jpg|225px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8790 Cut-Away USS Enterprise 1996.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT609 USS Enterprise 2008.jpg|125px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT610 USS Enterprise 2008.jpg|125px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT640 USS Enterprise 2009.jpg|125px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT695 USS Enterprise 2011.jpg|250px]]
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|AMT891
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|Improved "Cut-away" reissue of 8790
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT891 USS Enterprise Cutaway 2015.jpg|180px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit S952 Klingon Battle Cruiser 1968.jpg|180px]]
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|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
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|New boxformat; no lighting option from this issue onward
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|New box format; no lighting option from this issue onward
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S952 Klingon Battle Cruiser 1975.jpg|90px]]
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|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
|{{y|1991}}
|{{y|1991}}
|6743
|6743
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|[[Anniversary#1991_.2825th.29|25th Anniversary]] reissue with new stand; labeled as "Original Edition Klingon Cruiser"
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|[[25th anniversary]] reissue with new stand; labeled as "Original Edition Klingon Cruiser"
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|[[File:AMT Model kit 6743 Klingon Cruiser 1991.jpg|180px]]
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|rowspan="2" |AMT/Round 2
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| rowspan="3" |AMT/Round2
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|rowspan="2" |{{y|2011}}
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| rowspan="2" |{{y|2011}}
|AMT699
|AMT699
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|Collector's edition; re-issue of S952; tin box with poster box-art; cast in light-green with chrome parts
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|Collector's edition; re-issue of S952; tin box with poster box-art; cast in light-green with chrome parts. New Decal sheet. Holes for lighting the head removed, 2 grills removed from top of 'wing', 2 small lights on 'head' made much smaller
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT699 Klingon Battle Cruiser 2011.jpg|90px]]
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|AMT720
|AMT720
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|Re-issue of S952; cast in light-green with chrome parts; new decal sheet
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|Re-issue of S952; cast in light-green with chrome parts; new decal sheet, as with AMT699 holes for lighting the head removed, 2 grills removed from top of 'wing', 2 small lights on 'head' made much smaller
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT720 Klingon Battle Cruiser 2011.jpg|180px]]
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|{{y|2024}}
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|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S952 Klingon Battle Cruiser 1968.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S952 Klingon Battle Cruiser 1975..jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6743 Klingon Cruiser 1991.jpg|225px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT699 Klingon Battle Cruiser 2011.jpg|125px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT720 Klingon Battle Cruiser 2011.jpg|250px]]
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|AMT1480
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|Reissue with revised decals; molded in color; classic Aurora 923 (1972) box art and title
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|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1428 Klingon Battle Cruiser 2024.jpg|180px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit S595 Galileo 7 1974.jpg|180px]]
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|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
|New boxformat
|New boxformat
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S595 Galileo 7 1975 reissue.jpg|90px]]
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|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
|{{y|1991}}
|{{y|1991}}
|6743
|6743
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|[[Anniversary#1991_.2825th.29|25th Anniversary]] reissue with new decals, horizontal format box, and retooling of windows.
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|25th anniversary reissue with new decals, horizontal format box, and retooling of windows
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|[[File:AMT Model kit 6006 Galileo II Shuttlecraft 1991.jpg|180px]]
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| rowspan="3" | Exploration Set
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|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S959 Galileo 7 1974.jpg|250px]] [[File:Galileo AMT model kit.jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6006 Galileo II Shuttlecraft 1991.jpg|225px]]
−
|-
−
| rowspan="2" | Exploration Set
| rowspan="2" | AMT
| rowspan="2" | AMT
−
| rowspan="2" | 1:2
+
| rowspan="3" | 1:2
|{{y|1974}}
|{{y|1974}}
−
| rowspan="2" | S598
+
| rowspan="2" | S958
−
|Comprises [[phaser]], [[tricorder]] and [[communicator]]
+
|Comprises [[phaser]], [[tricorder]] and [[communicator]] extremely inaccurate and about 1/3 the size of the 'real' props
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S598 Exploration Set 1974 original.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
−
|New boxformat
+
|New box format
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S598 Exploration Set 1974.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
+
|AMT/Round2
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S598 Exploration Set 1974 original.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S598 Exploration Set 1974.jpg|150px]]
+
|{{y|2014}}
+
|AMT848
+
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT848 Exploration Set 2014.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
−
| rowspan="2" | USS ''Enterprise'' [[Bridge]]
+
| rowspan="4" | USS ''Enterprise'' [[Bridge]]
|AMT
|AMT
−
| rowspan="2" | 1:35
+
| rowspan="4" | 1:35
|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
|S950
|S950
|Included scale figures of [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Spock]] and [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]
|Included scale figures of [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Spock]] and [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]]
+
| [[File:AMT Model kit S950 USS Enterprise Bridge 1975,jpg.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
|{{y|1991}}
|{{y|1991}}
|6007
|6007
−
|25th Anniversary reissue with new decals and retooling of figures.
+
|25th anniversary reissue with new decals and retooling of figures
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6007 USS Enterprise Bridge 1991.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|rowspan="2"|AMT/Round2
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S950 USS Enterprise Bridge 1975,jpg.jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6007 USS Enterprise Bridge 1991.jpg|225px]]
+
|{{y|2013}}
+
|AMT808
+
|With additional wall panel to complete bridge, and parts to compose 6 characters, and much better decals
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT808 USS Enterprise Bridge 2013.jpg|180px]]
|Reisue of AMT808 (2013); scale stated on box as 1:32
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1270 USS Enterprise Bridge 2022.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
| rowspan="4" | [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey]]
|AMT
|AMT
| rowspan="4" | 1:650
| rowspan="4" | 1:650
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|S957
|S957
|
|
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|[[File:AMT Model kit S953 Romulan Bird of Prey 1975.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Lesney
|AMT/Lesney
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|PK5106
|PK5106
|European reissue of S957 as "Romulan Space Ship"; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
|European reissue of S957 as "Romulan Space Ship"; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
+
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
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|AMT665
|AMT665
|Re-issue op S957, 1975 style packaging
|Re-issue op S957, 1975 style packaging
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT665 Romulan Bird of Prey 2011.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT666
|AMT666
|Collector's edition; re-issue of S957; tin box with poster box-art
|Collector's edition; re-issue of S957; tin box with poster box-art
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT666 Romulan Bird of Prey 2011.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
+
| rowspan="5" | [[Deep Space Station K-7|Space Station K-7]]
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S953 Romulan Bird of Prey 1975..jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT665 Romulan Bird of Prey 2011.jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT666 Romulan Bird of Prey 2011.jpg|150px]]
−
|-
−
| rowspan="4" | [[Deep Space Station K-7|Space Station K-7]]
|AMT
|AMT
−
| rowspan="4" | 1:7600
+
| rowspan="5" | 1:7600
|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
|S955
|S955
|Included small, in-scale model of the USS ''Enterprise''
|Included small, in-scale model of the USS ''Enterprise''
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S955 Space Station K-7 1976.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Lesney
|AMT/Lesney
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|PK5105
|PK5105
|European reissue of S955; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
|European reissue of S955; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
+
|
|-
|-
−
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Round2
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2010}}
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2010}}
|AMT644
|AMT644
|Reissue of S955 in 1976-style packaging
|Reissue of S955 in 1976-style packaging
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT644 K-7 Space Station 2010.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT645
|AMT645
|Collector's edition; reissue of S955; tin box with [[Tribble]]
|Collector's edition; reissue of S955; tin box with [[Tribble]]
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT645 K-7 Space Station 2010.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2023}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S955 Space Station K-7 1976.jpg..jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT644 K-7 Space Station 2010.jpg|150px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT645 K-7 Space Station 2010.JPG|150px]]
+
|AMT1215/12
+
|Reissue AMT644 (2010), albeit with classic box cover
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1415 K-7 Space Station 2023.jpg|90px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit S970 USS Enterprise 1979.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|PK5110
|PK5110
|European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
|European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
+
|[[File:AMT-Matchbox Model kit PK5110 USS Enterprise 1979.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" | AMT/Ertl
| rowspan="6" | AMT/Ertl
|{{y|1984}}
|{{y|1984}}
| rowspan="2" | 6675
| rowspan="2" | 6675
+
|{{film|2}} Moulding has inaccurate panel lines added from this issue onward, causing the original issue to be called the 'smoothie'
−
|{{film|2}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6675 USS Enterprise 1984.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1985}}
|{{y|1985}}
|{{film|3}} imprint
|{{film|3}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6675 USS Enterprise 1985.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1987}}
|{{y|1987}}
|6693
|6693
|{{film|4}} imprint
|{{film|4}} imprint
+
| [[File:AMT Model kit 6693 USS Enterprise 1987.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1989}}
|{{y|1989}}
|6693
|6693
−
|{{film|5}} imprint; included a [[Galileo type shuttlecraft|shuttlecraft]] at 1:230 scale
+
|{{film|5}} imprint; included a [[Galileo type shuttlecraft|shuttlecraft]] at 1:230 scale
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6876 USS Enterprise and Shuttlecraft 1989.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1991}}
|{{y|1991}}
|6959
|6959
−
|With lights and sound effects
+
|With lights and sound effects
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6959 USS Enterprise 1991.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1992}}
|{{y|1992}}
|8617
|8617
−
|{{film|6}} imprint; reissue of 6876; firstreleasebatchalso included [[Galoob]]'s Enterprise-D toy
+
|{{film|6}} imprint; reissue of 6693; limited to 5,000 pieces; included [[Galoob]]'s Enterprise-D toy
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8617 USS Enterprise 1992.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|AMT/Round2
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S970 USS Enterprise 1979.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT-Matchbox Model kit PK5110 USS Enterprise 1979.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6675 USS Enterprise 1984.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6675 USS Enterprise 1985.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6693 USS Enterprise 1987.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6876 USS Enterprise and Shuttlecraft 1989.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6959 USS Enterprise 1991.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8617 USS Enterprise 1992.jpg|210px]]
+
|{{y|2018}}
+
|AMT1080
+
|First-time reissue of 8617 under new ownership; new: metal support rod and updated decals (no aztec)
+
|[[File:Round2 AMT Model Kit USS Enterprise 1-537 2018.jpg|180px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit S971 Klingon Battle Cruiser 1979.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|PK5111
|PK5111
|European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
|European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
+
|[[File:AMT-Matchbox Model kit PK5111 Klingon Cruiser 1979.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
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|6682
|6682
|{{film|1}} imprint
|{{film|1}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6682 Klingon Cruiser 1985.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1992}}
|{{y|1992}}
|8229
|8229
|{{film|6}} imprint
|{{film|6}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8229 Klingon Cruiser 1992.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|AMT/Round2
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S971 Klingon Battle Cruiser 1979.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT-Matchbox Model kit PK5111 Klingon Cruiser 1979.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6682 Klingon Cruiser 1985.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8229 Klingon Cruiser 1992.jpg|210px]]
+
|{{y|2012}}
+
|AMT794
+
|First re-issue of the model in twenty years
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT794 K't'inga class battle cruiser 2012.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="5" | [[long range shuttle|Vulcan Shuttle]]
+
| rowspan="5" | [[long range shuttle|Vulcan Shuttle]]
−
|rowspan="2" |AMT/Lesney
+
| rowspan="2" |AMT/Lesney
−
|rowspan="5" | 1:187
+
| rowspan="5" | 1:187
−
|rowspan="2" |{{y|1980}}
+
| rowspan="2" |{{y|1980}}
|S972
|S972
|
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S972 Vukcan Shuttle 1979.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|PK5112
|PK5112
|European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
|European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range"
+
|[[File:AMT-Matchbox Model kit PK5112 Vukcan Shuttle 1979.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
|{{y|1984}}
|{{y|1984}}
| rowspan="2" | 6679
| rowspan="2" | 6679
−
|{{film|1}} imprint; reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|{{film|1}} imprint; reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6679 Vukcan Shuttle 1984.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1985}}
|{{y|1985}}
|{{film|3}} imprint, though the model never appeared in that film
|{{film|3}} imprint, though the model never appeared in that film
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6679 Vukcan Shuttle 1985.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Round2
|AMT/Round2
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|AMT641
|AMT641
|Improved release, with magnetic attachment and revised detailing
|Improved release, with magnetic attachment and revised detailing
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT641 Vukcan Shuttle 2009.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
| rowspan="11" | {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S972 Vukcan Shuttle 1979.jpg|190px]] [[File:AMT-Matchbox Model kit PK5112 Vukcan Shuttle 1979.jpg|190px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6679 Vukcan Shuttle 1984.jpg|190px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6679 Vukcan Shuttle 1985.jpg|190px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT641 Vukcan Shuttle 2009.jpg|190px]]
+
| rowspan="4" |AMT/Ertl
−
|-
−
|rowspan="7" | {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}
+
| rowspan="7" | 1:1400
−
|rowspan="4" |AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="6" | 1:1400
|{{y|1988}}
|{{y|1988}}
|6619
|6619
|
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6619 USS Enterprise-D 1988.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{y|1995}}
| rowspan="2" | {{y|1995}}
|8772
|8772
−
|Contains fiber optic lighting
+
|Contains fiber optic lighting
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8772 USS Enterprise-D 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|8793
|8793
|{{film|7}} imprint
|{{film|7}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8793 USS Enterprise-D 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1996}}
|{{y|1996}}
|8400
|8400
−
|"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush
+
|"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8400 USS Enterprise-D 1996.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Ertl-[[Platz]]
|AMT/Ertl-[[Platz]]
−
| rowspan="3" | {{y|2010}}
+
| rowspan="4" | {{y|2010}}
|GDS8138
|GDS8138
−
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue; improved decal sheet
+
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for [[20th anniversary]] Japan premiere; improved decal sheet
+
|[[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8138 USS Enterprise-D 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="6" | AMT/Round2
+
| AMT643
−
|AMT656
−
|"SpecialEdition";castintransparentstyreneforlightingpurposes; replacement release for announced but canceledkitAMT643whichwasan intended re-issue of 6619[http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=48412&mode=threaded&pid=513199];Twoissuesin2010,eachwhichdifferentbox-art.
+
| Announced and intended reissue of AMT 6619 (1988), but cancelled at the eleventh hour, {{bl|britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic{{=}}48412&mode{{=}}threaded&pid{{=}}513199}} though some review kits were already circulated
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT656 USS Enterprise-D 2010.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
| AMT656
+
| "Special Edition"; cast in transparent styrene for lighting purposes; replacement release for announced but cancelled kit AMT643
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT656 USS Enterprise-D 2010 variant.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|1:2500
|1:2500
|AMT662
|AMT662
−
|"Cadet Series"
+
|"Cadet Series"; Snap-Kit
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT662 USS Enterprise-D 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|1:1400
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 6619 USS Enterprise-D 1988.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8772 USS Enterprise-D 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8793 USS Enterprise-D 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8400 USS Enterprise-D 1996.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8138 USS Enterprise-D 2010.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT656 USS Enterprise-D 2010.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT656 USS Enterprise-D 2010 variant.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT662 USS Enterprise-D 2010.jpg|210px]]
+
|{{y|2016}}
+
|AMT955
+
|50th anniversary "Clear Edition" for lighting purposes; removable saucer section
+
|[[File:Round2 Model kit AMT955 Enterprise-D Clear Edition 2016.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
|1:2500
+
|{{y|2019}}
+
|AMT1126(M)
+
|Re-issue AMT662
+
|[[File:Round2 AMT Model Kit USS Enterprise D Snap 1-2500 2019.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|Klingon {{Class|Vor'cha}} Battle cruiser
−
|AMT/Ertl
|1:1400
|1:1400
+
|{{y|2024}}
+
|AMT1429
+
|Reissue molded in translucent white plastic; additional decals for {{USS|Syracuse}}; removable saucer section with detachable [[captain's yacht]]
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1429 USS Enterprise-D 2024.jpg|180px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6630 USS Excelsior 1994.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1995}}
|{{y|1995}}
|8761
|8761
|{{film|7}} imprint; retooling of 6630
|{{film|7}} imprint; retooling of 6630
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8762 USS Enterprise-B 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Ertl-Platz
|AMT/Ertl-Platz
|{{y|2010}}
|{{y|2010}}
|GDS8136
|GDS8136
−
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue; improved decal sheet
+
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet
+
|[[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8136 USS Enterprise-B 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Round2
|{{y|2011}}
|{{y|2011}}
|AMT676
|AMT676
|Re-issue 8761
|Re-issue 8761
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT676 USS Enterprise-B 2011.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2016}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 6630 USS Excelsior 1994.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8762 USS Enterprise-B 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8136 USS Enterprise-B 2010.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT676 USS Enterprise-B 2011.jpg|210px]]
+
|AMT843
+
|50th anniversary NX-2000 or NCC-2000 versions; Improved molding tools
+
|[[File:Round2 AMT Model kit AMT843 USS Excelsior 2016.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2021}}
−
|rowspan="3" | [[Deep Space 9]] Space Station
+
|AMT1257(M)
−
|rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
+
|Re-issue AMT843
−
|rowspan="3" | 1:3300
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1257M USS Excelsior 2021.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
| rowspan="3" | [[Deep Space 9]] Space Station
+
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
+
| rowspan="3" | 1:3300
|{{y|1994}}
|{{y|1994}}
|8778
|8778
|
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8778 Deep Space Nine Space Station 1994.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1995}}
|{{y|1995}}
|8764
|8764
|Includes fiber optic lighting
|Includes fiber optic lighting
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8764 Deep Space Nine Space Station 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Round2
|AMT/Round2
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|AMT751
|AMT751
|New decal sheet; cast in clear plastic for lighting purposes; includes 1:2500 USS ''Defiant'' model
|New decal sheet; cast in clear plastic for lighting purposes; includes 1:2500 USS ''Defiant'' model
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT751 Deep Space Nine Space Station 2012.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
| rowspan="7" | [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]]
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 8778 Deep Space Nine Space Station 1994.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8764 Deep Space Nine Space Station 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT751 Deep Space Nine Space Station 2012.jpg|210px]]
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Ertl
−
|-
−
|rowspan="5" | [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]]
+
| rowspan="7" | 1:350
−
|rowspan="3" | AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="5" | 1:350
|{{y|1995}}
|{{y|1995}}
|8230
|8230
|{{film|7}} imprint
|{{film|7}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8230 Klingon Bird of Prey 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="2" | {{y|1997}}
+
| rowspan="2" | {{y|1997}}
|6339
|6339
−
|Includes "Flight Display" base, transparent mount for floating in mid-air appearance
+
|Includes "Flight Display" base, transparent mount for floating in mid-air appearance
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6339 Klingon Bird of Prey Flight Display 1997.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|8015
−
|''unknown''
|"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush
|"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit Klingon Bird of Prey 1997.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/RC2
|AMT/RC2
|{{y|2005}}
|{{y|2005}}
|38389
|38389
−
|Presented as {{Class|B'rel}}
+
|Presented as {{Class|B'rel}}
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 38389 Klingon Bird of Prey 2005.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Round2
|{{y|2011}}
|{{y|2011}}
|AMT664
|AMT664
|Improved tooling; includes optional landing gear
|Improved tooling; includes optional landing gear
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT664 Klingon Bird of Prey 2011.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2016}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 8230 Klingon Bird of Prey 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6339 Klingon Bird of Prey Flight Display 1997.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit Klingon Bird of Prey 1997.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 38389 Klingon Bird of Prey 2005.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT664 Klingon Bird of Prey 2011.jpg|210px]]
+
|AMT949
+
|50th anniversary reissue; revised wing baffles and landing gear parts; Star Trek: III version
+
|[[File:Round2 AMT Model kit AMT949 Klingon Bird of Prey (ST3) 2016.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="3" |{{USS|Reliant}}
+
|{{y|2023}}
+
|AMT1400(M)
+
|Reissue AMT949
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1400 Klingon Bird of Prey 2023.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
| rowspan="4" |{{USS|Reliant|NCC-1864}}
|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="3" |1:537
+
| rowspan="4" |1:537
|{{y|1995}}
|{{y|1995}}
|8766
|8766
|
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8766 USS Reliant 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="2" |AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="3" |AMT/Round2
|{{y|2011}}
|{{y|2011}}
|AMT667
|AMT667
−
|Re-issue 8766; improved tooling
+
|Reissue 8766; improved tooling
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT667 USS Reliant 2011.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|2012}}
|{{y|2012}}
|AMT714
|AMT714
−
|"Clear Edition"; cast in transparent plastic for lighting purposes
+
|Limited "Clear Edition"; cast in transparent plastic for lighting purposes
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT714 USS Reliant 2012.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2017}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 8766 USS Reliant 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT667 USS Reliant 2011.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT714 USS Reliant 2012.jpg|210px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8255 USS Defiant 1996.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1997}}
|{{y|1997}}
|8398
|8398
|"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush
|"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8398 USS Defiant 1997.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|AMT/Round2
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 8255 USS Defiant 1996.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8398 USS Defiant 1997.jpg|250px]]
+
|{{y|2014}}
+
|AMT845
+
|First-time reissue under new ownership
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT845 USS Defiant 2014.JPG|180px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6326 USS Enterprise-E 1997.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1999}}
|{{y|1999}}
|30065
|30065
|{{film|9}} imprint
|{{film|9}} imprint
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 30065 USS Enterprise-E 1999.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Ertl-Platz
|AMT/Ertl-Platz
|{{y|2010}}
|{{y|2010}}
|GDS8139
|GDS8139
−
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue; improved decal sheet
+
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet
+
|[[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8139 USS Enterprise-E 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Round2
|{{y|2009}}
|{{y|2009}}
|AMT613
|AMT613
−
|Reissue of 6326
+
|Reissue of 6326
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT613 USS Enterprise-E 2009.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|1:2500
|1:2500
|{{y|2010}}
|{{y|2010}}
|AMT663
|AMT663
−
|"Cadet Series"
+
|"Cadet Series"
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT663 USS Enterprise-E 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|1:1400
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 6326 USS Enterprise-E 1997.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 30065 USS Enterprise-E 1999.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8139 USS Enterprise-E 2010.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT613 USS Enterprise-E 2009.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT663 USS Enterprise-E 2010.jpg|210px]]
+
|{{y|2013}}
+
|AMT853
+
|Cover art by [[John Eaves]]
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT853 USS Enterprise-E 2013.jpg|180px]]
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8001 USS Enterprise-C 1999.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|30038
−
|30065
−
|"Pro Shop""; cast in clear plastic; featuring lighting rig
+
|"Pro Shop"; cast in clear plastic; featuring lighting rig
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 30038 USS Yamaguchi 1999.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Ertl-Platz
|AMT/Ertl-Platz
−
|rowspan="2" | {{y|2010}}
+
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2010}}
|GDS8137
|GDS8137
−
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue; improved decal sheet
+
|Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet
+
|[[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8137 USS Enterprise-C 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="6" | AMT/Round2
|1:2500
|1:2500
|AMT661
|AMT661
|"Cadet Series"
|"Cadet Series"
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT661 USS Enterprise-C 2010.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|1:1400
+
| rowspan="2" |1:1400
|{{y|2011}}
|{{y|2011}}
|AMT721
|AMT721
|Reissue 8001; with battle damage decals
|Reissue 8001; with battle damage decals
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 721 USS Enterprise-C 2012.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2022}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 8001 USS Enterprise-C 1999.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 30038 USS Yamaguchi 1999.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT-Platz Model kit GDS8137 USS Enterprise-C 2010.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT661 USS Enterprise-C 2010.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 721 USS Enterprise-C 2012.jpg|210px]]
+
|AMT1332(M)
+
|Reissue in clear/translucent plastic; multiple decal options
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1332M USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C 2022.jpg|180px]]
! colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" id="Multi-Piece Star Ship Model Kit Sets"|Multi-Piece Star Ship Model Kit Sets
+
| rowspan="4" |AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="4" |1:2500
+
| rowspan="4" |{{y|2015}}
+
|AMT914-1
+
|"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted, snap-together, 11 pieces
+
|[[File:AMT 2016 Ships of the Line USS Enterprise.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|USS ''Reliant'' NCC-1864
−
|rowspan="3" | 3-Piece Space Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'', Klingon ''D7'' Battle cruiser, Romulan Bird of Prey
+
|AMT914-2
+
|"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted with stick-on saucer rim decals, snap-together, 11 pieces
+
|[[File:AMT 2016 Ships of the Line USS Reliant.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
|{{USS|Defiant|2370| NX-74205}}
+
|AMT914-3
+
|"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted, snap-together, 6 pieces
+
|[[File:AMT 2016 Ships of the Line USS Defiant.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
|[[D7 class|Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser]]
+
|AMT914-4
+
|"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted, snap-together, 10 pieces
+
|[[File:AMT 2016 Ships of the Line Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" id="Multi-Piece Star Ship Model Kit Sets" |Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets
+
|-
+
| rowspan="3" | 3-Piece Space Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'', Klingon ''D7'' Battle cruiser, Romulan Bird of Prey
|AMT
|AMT
−
|rowspan="3" | 1:1600
+
| rowspan="3" | 1:1600
|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
|S953
|S953
|First 'mini kit'; contains in-scale models
|First 'mini kit'; contains in-scale models
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S953 Space Ship Set 1975.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
+
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Ertl
|{{y|1984}}
|{{y|1984}}
−
|rowspan="2" | 6677
+
| rowspan="2" | 6677
−
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6677 Space Ship Set 1984.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1989}}
|{{y|1989}}
−
|Reissue with new packaging
+
|Reissue with new packaging
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6677 Space Ship Set 1989.jpg|180px]]
−
|-
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S953 Space Ship Set 1975..jpg|210px]] [[File:3PieceShip-F.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6677 Space Ship Set 1989.jpg|210px]]
|-
|-
−
|rowspan="4" | 3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-D
+
| rowspan="4" | 3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-D
−
|rowspan="3" | AMT/Ertl
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="4" | 1:2500
+
| rowspan="4" | 1:2500
|{{y|1988}}
|{{y|1988}}
|6618
|6618
|
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6618 3-piece USS Enterprise Set 1988.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1991}}
|{{y|1991}}
|6005
|6005
−
|25th Anniversary chrome plated edition
+
|25th anniversary chrome plated edition
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6005 3-piece USS Enterprise Chrome Set 1991.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1995}}
|{{y|1995}}
|8787
|8787
|Includes "Flight Display" base, transparent mount for floating in mid-air appearance
|Includes "Flight Display" base, transparent mount for floating in mid-air appearance
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8787 3-piece USS Enterprise Flight Display Set 1995.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/RC2
|AMT/RC2
|{{y|2005}}
|{{y|2005}}
|38387
|38387
−
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 38387 3-piece TV Enterprise set 2005.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
| rowspan="2" | 3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />"Adversary Set" containing Romulan Warbird (1:3200), Klingon Bird of Prey (1:1400) and [[D'Kora class|Ferengi Marauder]] (1:3700)
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 6618 3-piece USS Enterprise Set 1988.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 6005 3-piece USS Enterprise Chrome Set 1991.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8787 3-piece USS Enterprise Flight Display Set 1995.jpg|210px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 38387 3-piece TV Enterprise set 2005.jpg|210px]]
−
|-
−
|rowspan="2" | 3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />"Adversary Set" containing Romulan Warbird (1:3200), Klingon Bird of Prey (1:1400) and [[D'Kora class|Ferengi Marauder]] (1:3700)
|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="2" | Multiple
+
| rowspan="2" | Multiple
|{{y|1989}}
|{{y|1989}}
|6858
|6858
|First issue of the "Bird of Prey" (with movable wings); only issue of the Ferengi Marauder until 2012
|First issue of the "Bird of Prey" (with movable wings); only issue of the Ferengi Marauder until 2012
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 6858 3-piece adversary set 1989.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/RC2
|AMT/RC2
|{{y|2005}}
|{{y|2005}}
|38390
|38390
−
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 38390 3-piece adversary set 2005.jpg|180px]]
−
|-
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 6858 3-piece adversary set 1989.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 38390 3-piece adversary set 2005.jpg|225px]]
|-
|-
|3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />"Legendary Space Encounter" contains the USS ''Enterprise'' and two ''D7''-class Klingon Battle cruisers
|3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />"Legendary Space Encounter" contains the USS ''Enterprise'' and two ''D7''-class Klingon Battle cruisers
Line 582:
Line 812:
|{{y|1996}}
|{{y|1996}}
|8254
|8254
−
|Featuring fiber optic display, and episode audio clips from {{TOS|The Enterprise Incident}}
+
|Featuring fiber optic display, and episode audio clips from {{TOS|The Enterprise Incident}}
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8254 Legendary Space Encounter 1996.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
| rowspan="2" | 3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-C, NCC-1701-E
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 8254 Legendary Space Encounter 1996.jpg|250px]]
−
|-
−
|rowspan="2" | 3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-C, NCC-1701-E
|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="2" | 1:2500
+
| rowspan="2" | 1:2500
|{{y|1999}}
|{{y|1999}}
|8002
|8002
|
|
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 3-piece USS Enterprise Set 1999.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/RC2
|AMT/RC2
|{{y|2005}}
|{{y|2005}}
|38388
|38388
−
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|Reissue under new numbering scheme
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 38388 3-piece movie Enterprise set 2005.jpg|180px]]
−
|-
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit 3-piece USS Enterprise Set 1999.jpg|250px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 38388 3-piece movie Enterprise set 2005.jpg|225px]]
|-
|-
|3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A and NCC-1701-B
|3-Piece Star Ship Set<br />Contains the USS ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A and NCC-1701-B
−
|AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="9" |AMT/Round2
|1:2500
|1:2500
|{{y|2010}}
|{{y|2010}}
|AMT660
|AMT660
−
|"Cadet Series"
+
|"Cadet Series"
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT660 3-piece USS Enterprise Set 2010.jpg|180px]]
−
|-
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit AMT660 3-piece USS Enterprise Set 2010.jpg|250px]]
|-
|-
|2-Piece Adversary Set<br />Contains "Klingon Bird of Prey" (with movable wings) and "Ferengi Marauder"
|2-Piece Adversary Set<br />Contains "Klingon Bird of Prey" (with movable wings) and "Ferengi Marauder"
+
|1:1400<br />1:3700
−
|AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="2" |{{y|2012}}
−
|1:1400<br/>1:3700
−
|{{y|2012}}
|AMT752
|AMT752
|Reissue of two pieces from kit6858; new decal sheet
|Reissue of two pieces from kit6858; new decal sheet
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT752 Adversary Set 2012.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|3-piece ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' Set<br />Contains ''K't'inga''-class, USS ''Reliant'', refit-USS ''Enterprise''
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit AMT752 Adversary Set 2012.jpg|250px]]
+
| rowspan="3" |1:2500
+
|AMT762
+
|"Cadet Series", new toolings ''K't'inga''-class and USS ''Reliant''
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT762 3-piece Motion Picture Set 2012.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|3-piece ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' Set<br />Contains D7-class, Romulan Bird-of-Prey, USS ''Enterprise''/original
−
! colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" id="Figure Model Kits"|Figure Model Kits
+
|{{y|2013}}
+
|AMT763
+
|"Cadet Series", new toolings D7-class and Romulan Bird-of-Prey
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT763 3-piece Original Series Set 2013.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|3-piece ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' Set<br />Contains {{USS|Defiant|2370}}, the {{USS|Saratoga|NCC-31911}} and the {{class|Galor}} starship.
−
| rowspan="6" | Mr. [[Spock]]
+
|{{y|2014}}
+
|AMT764
+
|"Cadet Series", new toolings
+
|[[File:AMT 2015 Defiant, Saratoga, Galor class models.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
|2-piece USS ''Enterprise'' Set<br />Contains two differently scaled models.
+
| 1:1000<br/>1:650
+
|{{y|2015}}
+
|AMT913
+
|"Build 2Gether", parent-child kit; use of [[Polar Lights]]' set of molds for the smaller model
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT913 2-piece USS Enterprise Set 2015.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
|[[F-104 Starfighter]] (with USS ''Enterprise'')
+
|1:48<br>1:1600
+
|rowspan="2"|{{y|2017}}
+
|AMT953
+
|50th anniversary {{e|Tomorrow is Yesterday}} edition; ''Enterprise'' from kit S953 (1975) in smaller scale for forced-perspective display
|All seven [[prime universe]] ''Enterprise'' versions; Snap-fit reissues of Cadet Series with new {{NX|01}}, derived from the Polar Lights molds
+
|[[File:Round2 Model kit AMT954 Enterprise-SET-SNAP 2017.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
|Deep Space 9 with USS ''Defiant'' and Cardassian {{class|Keldon}} Cruiser
+
|
+
1:3300<br>
+
1:2500<br>
+
1:2500
+
|{{y|2021}}
+
|AMT1245
+
|16" wide DS9 and 2¾" long '' Defiant'' (reissue AMT751 from 2012) molded in clear ABS, 5¾" long ''Keldon'' (modified reissue of AMT764 from 2014) in white
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT1245 Deep Space 9, USS Defiant, Keldon class cruiser.jpg|180px]]
+
|-
+
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" id="Figure Model Kits" |Figure Model Kits
+
|-
+
| rowspan="7" | Mr. [[Spock]]
| rowspan="2" | AMT
| rowspan="2" | AMT
| rowspan="3" | 1:12
| rowspan="3" | 1:12
|{{y|1974}}
|{{y|1974}}
| rowspan="2" | S956
| rowspan="2" | S956
−
|US market release; use of [[Aurora Plastics Corporation]]'s set of molds
+
|US market release; use of [[Aurora Plastics Corporation|Aurora]]'s set of molds
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S956 Spock 1973 original.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|{{y|1975}}
|{{y|1975}}
|Reissue; new box format
|Reissue; new box format
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S956 Spock 1973.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Lesney
|AMT/Lesney
|{{y|1980}}
|{{y|1980}}
|S973
|S973
−
|Retooled version of 1968 release adjusted for {{film|1}}; this kit was not released separatelyinEurope
+
|US-only retooled version of S956, adjusted for ''The Motion Picture''
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S973 Spock 1979.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT/Ertl
|AMT/Ertl
Line 640:
Line 917:
|8704
|8704
|Vinyl kit
|Vinyl kit
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8704 Spock 1995.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
−
| rowspan="2" | AMT/Round2
+
| rowspan="3" | AMT/Round2
−
| rowspan="2" | 1:12
+
| rowspan="3" | 1:12
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2009}}
| rowspan="2" | {{y|2009}}
|AMT624
|AMT624
−
|Collector's edition; Reissue of S956; Tin box with art print
+
|Collector's edition; Reissue of S956; Tin box with art print
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT624 Spock 2009.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|AMT625
|AMT625
|Reissue of S956 in 1974-style packaging
|Reissue of S956 in 1974-style packaging
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit S625 Spock 2009.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
+
|{{y|2013}}
−
|colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:AMT Model kit S956 Spock 1973 original.jpg|240px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S956 Spock 1973.jpg|140px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S973 Spock 1979.jpg|140px]] [[File:AMT Model kit 8704 Spock 1995.jpg|115px]] [[File:AMT Model kit AMT624 Spock 2009.jpg|115px]] [[File:AMT Model kit S625 Spock 2009.jpg|240px]]
+
|AMT810
+
|Lunch box tin edition with art print and bonus sticker
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit AMT810 Spock 2013.jpg|180px]]
|-
|-
|[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]
|[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]
−
|rowspan="6" | AMT/Ertl
+
| rowspan="6" | AMT/Ertl
−
|rowspan="6" | 1:6
+
| rowspan="6" | 1:6
−
|rowspan="2" | {{y|1994}}
+
| rowspan="2" | {{y|1994}}
|8773
|8773
|Vinyl Kit
|Vinyl Kit
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8773 Captain James T. Kirk 1994.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|[[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]]
|[[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]]
|8774
|8774
|Vinyl kit
|Vinyl kit
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8774 Doctor Leonard McCoy 1994.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|[[Quark]]
|[[Quark]]
−
|rowspan="4" | {{y|1995}}
+
| rowspan="4" | {{y|1995}}
|8719
|8719
|Vinyl kit
|Vinyl kit
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8719 Quark 1995.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|[[Odo]]
|[[Odo]]
|8761
|8761
|Vinyl kit
|Vinyl kit
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8761 Odo 1995.jpg|90px]]
|-
|-
|Collector's Gift Set
|Collector's Gift Set
+
|8771
−
|8761
|Containing 8773, 8774 and 8777
|Containing 8773, 8774 and 8777
+
|[[File:AMT Model kit 8771 Collectors Gift Set 1995.jpg|180px]]
| [[File:AMT Model kit 8777 Chief Engineer Mr.Scott 1995.jpg|90px]]
+
|}
+
+
=== Trivia ===
+
* The {{USS|Constellation|NCC-1017}} as seen in {{TOS|The Doomsday Machine}} is an AMT [[Star Trek model kits|model kit]], No. S921, appropriately battle-damaged. The ship was given the registry NCC-1017, mostly because it was simple to rearrange the model's decal sheet and was the first time the reciprocal arrangement between AMT and the studio panned out in one of AMT's model kits showing up on screen.
+
* The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} as seen in {{TOS|The Trouble with Tribbles}} was another AMT kit, seen in [[Lurry]]'s office window and orbiting the far side of [[Deep Space Station K-7]].
+
* [[Industrial Light & Magic]] made use of a number of kits, No. S970, to construct custom-made smaller sized [[studio model]]s of the refit-''Enterprise'' and {{USS|Reliant|NCC-1864}}, both appearing for the first time in {{film|2}}.
+
* AMT/Ertl models often appeared as set dressings during the first few seasons of {{s|TNG}}, including the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} and an appraisal prototype of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} itself.
+
* [[Rick Sternbach]] and [[Andrew Probert]] created the {{Class|Constellation}} [[NCC-7100]] study model from two ''Enterprise''-A kits and various other parts.
+
* [[File:Constitution class model, Kirk's quarters.jpg|thumb|Moore's AMT ''Enterprise'' model in its big screen appearance]]The AMT model of the original ''Enterprise'' was released many times over nearly thirty years. One of these models was built by future producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] when he was young. It ended up as a set decoration in [[James T. Kirk]]'s [[crew quarters]] during {{film|6}}.
+
*AMT/Ertl models were used for several [[Studio model#Kitbash|"kitbashed"]] starships from TNG and DS9. Parts from the ''Enterprise''-D models were incorporated into the [[Starships at Wolf 359|wrecked ships]] seen in {{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}} and the {{Class|Nebula}} [[Studio model#Study model|study model]] seen in {{TNG|Future Imperfect}} and {{e|The Wounded}}. Many background ships seen during the [[Dominion War]] saga used parts from AMT/Ertl and [[Revell-Monogram]] model kits, specifically the ''Enterprise''-A, the {{USS|Excelsior|NCC-2000}}, the {{USS|Reliant|NCC-1864}}, the [[runabout]], the [[Maquis raider]], and the {{USS|Voyager}}, most notably in the episode {{DS9|A Time to Stand}}.
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* Parts of AMT model kits were sometimes used by visual effects houses to embellish their professional [[studio model]]s. An early example is the use of a [[warp nacelle]] from the [[Romulan warbird]] model kit and two nacelle caps of the USS ''Enterprise''-D model kit used as features underneath Industrial Light & Magic's [[Film studio models#SD-103|SD-103 studio model]] in ''The Undiscovered Country''. {{eas|scans/fedshuttles2.htm}} The Romulan warbird nacelle model part also doubled as a medical device used by [[Julian Bashir]] in {{DS9|Visionary}}. Coincidentally, the Romulans were the main adversaries in the episode.
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* For the occasion of ''Star Trek''{{'}}s [[30th anniversary]], AMT/Ertl commissioned the production of two cutaway posters of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} and {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} and inserted those in their 1995-1996 model kit issues as a bonus. Which one was included was indicated by a sticker on the packaging. The artwork was done by C. Bruce Morser. As with the similar [[Sci-Pub Tech]] publications, the cutaway posters are not considered [[canon]].
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* Most of the gold [[model]]s in the display cases in the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} [[conference lounge]], featured in {{film|8}} and {{film|10}} were gold plated, resin-reinforced AMT/Ertl models, built by [[John Eaves]].
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* Set decorator [[James Mees]] used a colorfully repainted [[Hallmark]] "Keepsake" USS ''Voyager'' and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey for Miral Paris' baby crib mobile in {{VOY|Prophecy}}. The mobile's Klingon D7-class battle cruiser was made from a small plastic model from the AMT ''Star Trek'' 3-Piece Space Ship Set.
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*[[File:Star Trek modelkits on the set of Young Sheldon.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' AMT and Polar Lights models on the ''Young Sheldon'' set; unseen is that of the ''Enterprise''-D to the right]]Two AMT modelkits have made an interaction with a [[Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (live action television)|''Star Trek'' parody and pop culture production]]. In the ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' television franchise kits S951 (USS ''Enterprise'', alongside a Polar Lights model of the refit-''Enterprise'') and 6619 (USS ''Enterprise''-D), or one of their many respective reissues, were featured in the ''[[The Big Bang Theory#Season 2 (2018-2019)|Young Sheldon]]'' spin-off series as set dressing, suspended from a bedroom set ceiling. Remarkably, no AMT modelkits had hitherto been featured in the longrunning, otherwise heavily ''Star Trek'' referencing franchise.
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== Trivia ==
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====The ''Leif Ericson''====
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[[File:Star Trek AMT 1975 catalog.jpg|thumb|The confusing combined advertising in AMT's 1975 ''Hobby Shop Catalog'']]
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*The {{USS|Constellation|NCC-1017}} as seen in {{TOS|The Doomsday Machine}} is an AMT [[Star Trek model kits|model kit]], nr. S921, appropriately battle-damaged. The ship was given the registry NCC-1017, mostly because it was simple to rearrange the model's decal sheet and was the first time the reciprocal arrangement between AMT and the studio panned out in one of AMT's model kits showing up on screen.
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In 1974 AMT included an ''Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship'' into the ''Star Trek'' line, thereby suggesting that the design was part of the ''Star Trek'' universe, though it was not, its combined advertising on the box sides, pamphlets and catalogs of the time notwithstanding, a somewhat questionable industry practice known as "label slapping". (''[[The Toys That Made Us]]''; see also in this regard: ''[[Remco]]'') It had, as one contemporary ''Star Trek'' collector put it in later life, "(…) confused the heck out of me as a kid." {{el|plaidstallions.com/amt/startrek.html}} Nonetheless, it ''did'' have some behind-the-scenes ''Star Trek'' connections.
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* The {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} as seen in {{TOS|The Trouble with Tribbles}} was another AMT kit, seen in [[Lurry]]'s office window and orbiting the far side of [[Deep Space Station K-7]].
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*In 1974 AMT included a ''Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship'' into the ''Star Trek'' line, thereby suggesting that the design was part of the ''Star Trek'' universe, though it was not, its combined advertising on the box sides, pamphlets and catalogues of the time notwithstanding. It did have however, had some behind-the-scenes connections. First off, the ''U.F.O. Mystery Ship'' was originally designed as the ''[[Leif Ericson]]'' by [[Matt Jefferies]] (with the forward bridge module having more than a passing resemblance of the conning tower of the {{SS|Botany Bay}}) for an abandoned Sci-Fi project named, "Strategic Space Command."[http://www.projectrho.com/SSC/model.html#merrillblueprints]. The concept was thought up by Jefferies together with his friend Stephen Edward Poe. [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/s-s-conestoga/#comment-22058] AMT's idea behind backing the project was–buoyed on by the success of their first ''Star Trek'' model kits–to release a series of Sci-Fi kits accompanied by a worked-out "mini" background story and eventually create a ''Strategic Space Command'' universe, beefed out with an accompanying line of model kits [http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/lestory.htm]. AMT eventually released the model in 1968 as kit No.S954. The original kit was considered a commercial failure and the project fell apart. Secondly, according to [[Michael Okuda]] the design, being a Jefferies design, was seriously considered to be part of the ''Star Trek'' universe, when it was briefly considered to make an appearance in ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', already showing up in several preliminary story boards [http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/leif_ericson_model.htm][http://frank.bol.ucla.edu/le.html]. In a ploy to recuperate their investments, AMT re-released the model kit twice, now designated ''Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship'', molded in phosphorscent plastic to achieve a glow-in-the-dark effect. The first re-release was an attempt to marry the ship into the ''Star Trek'' franchise through combined advertising, and was timed to coincide with the airing of the ''The Animated Series'', though its appearance there never came to fruition. Still, AMT's latest owner, '''Round 2 LLC''', opted to re-release the the kit, starting in 2009 with the 1975-issue as a retro edition.
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Firstly, the ''U.F.O. Mystery Ship'' was originally designed as the ''[[Leif Ericson]]'' "Galactic Cruiser" by ''Original Series'' Art Director [[Matt Jefferies]] (with the forward bridge module having more than a passing resemblance of the conning tower of his {{SS|Botany Bay}}) for an abandoned science fiction model kit line project named "Strategic Space Command." {{el|projectrho.com/SSC/model.html#merrillblueprints}} The concept was thought up by Jefferies together with his friend Stephen Edward Poe. {{DrexFiles|2009/05/11/s-s-conestoga/#comment-22058}} AMT's idea behind backing the project – desiring to capitalize on the success of their first ''Star Trek'' model kits – was to release a series of science fiction themed kits accompanied by a worked-out "mini" background story and eventually create a Strategic Space Command universe, beefed out with an accompanying line of model kits. {{el|frank.bol.ucla.edu/lestory.htm}} AMT eventually released the model in 1968 as kit No. S954. When released, AMT had music recording studio Auravision even record a soundtrack as ''Sounds of Outer Space'' with a narrator speaking over futuristic sound effects with poetic lines like, "''To be afraid and not care that you are afraid is the courage of which astronauts are made''", and which came as a cardboard record with the initial release of the model. {{el|2warpstoneptune.wordpress.com/category/model-kits}} The original kit was considered a commercial failure though, and the project fell apart.
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[[File: The Slaver Weapon storyboards, featuring the Leif Ercison design.jpg|thumb|"The Slaver Weapon" storyboards, featuring the ''Leif Ericson'' design]]
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Secondly, according to [[Michael Okuda]] the design, being a Jefferies design, was seriously considered to be part of the ''Star Trek'' universe when it was briefly considered to make an appearance in {{s|TAS}}, already showing up in several preliminary storyboards. {{bl|war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/leif_ericson_model.htm}} {{el|frank.bol.ucla.edu/le.html}} However, it took the publication of the 2019 [[reference book]] ''[[Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series]]'' to somewhat nuance Okuda's recollections; on page 108 it was stated that the series layout/storyboard artist, [[Robert Kline]], had drawn Jefferies' design in his storyboards for the episode {{e|The Slaver Weapon}} as mere placeholders for the then yet-to-be conceived long range [[shuttlecraft]] ''{{dis|Copernicus|2269}}''. A bonafide appearance of the design proper therefore, has more than likely never been considered in earnest.
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In a ploy to recuperate their investments, AMT reissued the model kit twice more, now designated ''Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship'', molded in phosphorescent plastic to achieve a glow-in-the-dark effect. It was the first 1974 reissue that became the attempt to marry the design into the ''Star Trek'' franchise through combined advertising, and was therefore timed to coincide with the airing of the ''The Animated Series'', though its appearance there never came to fruition. Still, AMT's latest owner, '''Round 2 LLC''', opted to reissue the kit twice more as well, starting in 2009 with the 1975 retro reissue edition, followed in 2011 by the original 1968 ''Leif Ericson'' retro reissue edition.
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[[File:The Leif Ericson as the Pegasus.jpg|thumb|The ''Leif Ericson'' as the ''Pegasus'']]
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Jefferies himself, though, appeared to have been quite taken with his ''Leif Ericson'' and was not yet ready to let go of his design when he resubmitted it in 1973 as the "hyperspace carrier" ''Pegasus'' while working as production designer for legendary science fiction movie maker {{w|George Pal}} for his proposed ''War of the Worlds'' television series, an intended follow-up of his classic 1953 [[Paramount Pictures]] ''War of the Worlds'' movie. Unfortunately, like the Strategic Space Command concept, the proposed series did not come to fruition, even though the series was briefly reconsidered four years later by Paramount for its projected fourth television network as a backup for ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'', which was to serve as its flagship and on which Jefferies was now working. (''[[Star Trek Movie Memories]]'', 1995, p. 59; {{bl|war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/war_of_the_worlds_tv_pal.htm}}) For this occasion he redesigned the [[shuttlecraft]] that came with the original model kit, and its redesigned configuration served as the basis for the [[refit]]-''{{dis|Galileo|2267}}'' shuttlecraft design for the ultimately abandoned ''Phase II'' television project. However, it too did not come to fruition as ''Enterprise'' shuttlecraft were not featured in the first four {{Star Trek films}}.
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Additionally, according to [[Doug Drexler]], the design of the ''Leif Ericson'' was a co-influence on the design of the {{SS|Conestoga}}, "''The ''Conestoga'' is a colony transport ship with a slight design echo of the old [[DY-100 class|DY-100]], [[Greg Jein]]’s {{ste|c}} ship, the [[SS Valiant|''Valiant'']], and the Poe/Jefferies ''Lief ''[sic.]'' Erickson''.''" {{DrexFiles|2009/05/11/s-s-conestoga/}} In 2014 though, Drexler, a huge admirer of Jefferies, seized upon the opportunity to have the design finally featured in a live-action production, when he, together with [[Gabriel Koerner]], built a [[CGI model]] of the design which was featured as an [[Orion]] ship in the second episode "Lolani" of the [[fan film]] series '' {{el|startrekcontinues.com|Star Trek Continues}}''. {{el|hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showpost.php?p{{=}}4744100&postcount{{=}}22}} Koerner used his co-build a year later for his May entry in the 2015 [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2015)|''Star Trek: Ships of the Line'']] [[calendars|calendar]], appropriately called "''Leif Ericson''", finally introducing the design into the official franchise, albeit in a licensed print production only.
*[[Industrial Light & Magic]] made use of a number of kits, no.S970, to construct custom-made smaller sized [[studio model]]s of the refit-''Enterprise'' and {{USS|Reliant}}, both appearing for the first time in {{film|2}}.
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* AMT/Ertl models often appeared as set dressings during the first few seasons of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', including the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)|''Enterprise''-A]] and an appraisal prototype of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} itself.
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* [[Rick Sternbach]] and [[Andrew Probert]] created the {{Class|Constellation}} [[NCC-7100]] study model from two ''Enterprise''-A kits and various other parts.
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* AMT/Ertl models were used for several [[Studio_model#Kitbash|"kitbashed"]] starships from TNG and DS9. Parts from the ''Enterprise''-D models were incorporated into the [[Starships at Wolf 359|wrecked ships]] seen in {{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}} and the {{Class|Nebula}} [[Studio_model#Study_model|study model]] seen in {{TNG|Future Imperfect}} and {{e|The Wounded}}. Many background ships seen during the [[Dominion War]] saga used parts from AMT/Ertl and [[Revell-Monogram]] model kits, specifically the ''Enterprise''-A, the {{USS|Excelsior}}, the {{USS|Reliant}}, the [[runabout]], the [[Maquis raider]] and the {{USS|Voyager}} most notably in the episode {{DS9|A Time to Stand}}.
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* The AMT model of the original ''Enterprise'' was released many times over nearly thirty years. One of these models was built by future producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] when he was young. It ended up as a set decoration in [[James T. Kirk]]'s [[crew quarters]] during {{film|6}}.
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* Parts of AMT model kits were sometimes used by Visual Effects houses to embellish their professional [[studio model]]s. An early example is the use of a [[warp nacelle]] from the [[Romulan warbird]] model kit and two nacelle caps of the USS ''Enterprise''-D model kit used as features underneath Industrial Light & Magic's [[SD-103 type]] studio model in ''The Undiscovered Country''. [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scans/fedshuttles2.htm]
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*On the occasion of the [[Anniversary#1996_.2830th.29|30th Anniversary]] AMT/Ertl commissioned the production of two cutaway posters of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} and {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} and inserted those in their 1995-1996 model kit issues as a bonus. Which one was included was indicated by a sticker on the packaging. The artwork was done by C. Bruce Morser. As with the [[Sci-Pub Tech]] publications, the cutaway posters are not considered [[canon]].
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* A medical device used by [[Julian Bashir]] in {{DS9|Visionary}} was an other warp nacelle from the Romulan warbird model kit. Coincidentally, the Romulans were the main adversaries in the episode.
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* Most of the gold [[model]]s in the display cases in the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} [[conference lounge]], featured in {{film|8}} and {{film|10}} were gold plated, resin-reinforced AMT/Ertl models, built by [[John Eaves]].
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* Set decorator [[James Mees]] used a colorfully repainted [[Hallmark]] "Keepsake" USS Voyager and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey for Miral Paris' baby crib mobile in {{VOY|Prophecy}}. The mobile's Klingon D7 class battle cruiser was made from a small plastic model from the AMT Star Trek 3-Piece Space Ship Set.
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.culttvman2.com/dnn/Features/Articles/tabid/74/PageID/17/ArticleID/6/articleType/ArticleView/Default.aspx A History of the AMT Enterprise Model by Jay Chladek] at [http://www.culttvman2.comculttvman2.com]
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*[http://www.round2models.com/models/amt Current AMT ''StarTrek'' lineup]
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*{{el|collectormodel.com|Collectormodel.com}} – Round2 blog including AMT products
With the 1966 deal, AMT is one of the earliest known, if not the earliest, companies to hold an official license to produce Star Trek-related merchandise on a commercial basis and therefore one of the cornerstones of what was later recognized as the "Star Trek franchise". As it still holds the license as of 2019, AMT is presently also the oldest and longest surviving franchise partner of Star Trek.
Troy, Michigan-based AMT started out in 1948 as a manufacturer of model cars and trucks, both as model kits and as finished display pieces made for marketing purposes. Model kits became the company's core product line in the mid-1960s and Star Trek models were the company's first foray into producing products other than automobile and truck kits. In a reflection of this, AMT needed a company to build both full-scale and scaled automobile mock-ups (typically out of wood at the time) to promotional ends, as well as to manufacture the templates or masters in order to construct the molds from which the parts for their model kits were extracted or cast. To this end they asked Gene Winfield to start and head a subsidiary company, Speed and Custom Division Shop. Set up in Phoenix Arizona, Speed & Custom Shop, the more commonly used abbreviation, started operations in 1966.
AMT ended its existence as an independent company in 1977 when it was acquired by Lesney Products, the owner of Matchbox. In 1981, the die-cast toy and model kit manufacturer Ertl Company acquired AMT from Lesney and established the AMT/Ertl brand and logo in 1982.
The AMT/Ertl brand came to an end in 1999 when the company was acquired by Racing Champions, now known as RC2 Corporation. The combined company was then re-branded as Racing Champions/ERTL. However, the acquiring company was traditionally a toy and die-cast model manufacturing company, and had no affinity with model kits, the production of which virtually halted after AMT/Ertl was taken over. The company redefined its mission in 2003 and AMT/Ertl was split into its original components, ERTL originally being a die-cast model manufacturer. In 2007, AMT was sold to Round 2 LLC, its current owner.
Since then, after a hiatus of nearly a decade, AMT model kits were again released on a regular basis, though the majority of them are actually re-releases of previously released kits, with relatively few newly conceived kits sprinkled in.
Star Trek association
Galileo shuttlecraft model kit
AMT was given the rights in 1966 to produce models based on the show in exchange for helping out Desilu Studios with the construction of set pieces when needed. Stephen Poe was instrumental in brokering the deal, who in return was also given free access to the studio lot which eventually resulted in the book The Making of Star Trek. The details of the deal were negotiated by Edwin Perlstein, Director of Business Affairs at Desilu, and Don Beebe of AMT, and closed successfully on 1 August 1966, starting the decades-long association between the franchise and the model kit company, which thereby became the very first recorded franchise partner. For Producer Robert H. Justman, this was a godsend as the production costs for the upcoming episode "The Galileo Seven" were spiraling out of control, as he stated in a memo he sent Roddenberry, evidently relieved, "'[Perlstein] has made what I consider a very advantageous deal and has accomplished this at a time when everyone thought all was lost." (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed, p. 304) Through their subsidiary at the time, Speed & Custom Shop, AMT was called upon to construct the studio model of the GalileoClass F shuttlecraft as well as the full scale interior and exterior mock-ups.
Also produced at the Speedshop was the studio model of the KlingonD7-class, which originated from the desire of AMT to do a follow-up of the very successful USS Enterprise model kit – over a million copies sold at that time according to Matt Jefferies (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 9, p. 66). Specifically designed for AMT by Jefferies, who also created the construction blueprints for the previous and subsequent outing in the Star Trek model kit line, one of the two solid wooden "master tooling models" (templates for the molds from which the production model kits were to be cast) fabricated, was immediately appropriated by the studio (struggling at the time with severe budget cuts) for use as filming model in the third season of Star Trek: The Original Series, betraying its origin as a master for model kit manufacturing by not having internal lighting rig. The Enterprise and D7 model kits were the only model kits released while the series was still running, before its cancellation in 1969.
During the period 1966-1972, AMT chose not to market the Star Trek name outside of the US themselves. During that period, Aurora, another noted model kit company, leased AMT's molds and released the models outside of the US. The molds were the same and even the packaging was, besides the imprint, virtually identical. Legally though, Aurora's releases of the four models were not associated with AMT. The Aurora Spock figure kit actually started out as a company original, but a reciprocal leasing agreement gave AMT the exclusive rights to release the figure in the US. AMT bought the Spock figure's tooling from Aurora in 1976.
It should be noted that it was Matt Jefferies who drew up the construction plans for the first three outings in AMT's Star Trek model kit line, that of the Galileo included, in his spare time and in initial conjuncture with Poe, but that both men were excluded from any and all royalties arrangements resulting from their hugely successful sales. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, 1997, p. 173) From this it could be inferred that the Galileo model kit was slated for a release during the production of the Original Series, but that its cancellation had postponed the release until its renewed popularity in syndication.
The company retained the license through the 1970s, and, at the time owned by Lesney (1977-1981), eventually produced kits for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In 1981, the company was bought by Ertl, becoming AMT/Ertl. In 1984, after having renegotiated the license the previous year, the new combination began releasing Star Trek model kits, starting with reissues of some of the previously marketed kits under a new numbering system. The company began a true expansion of their Star Trek line with kits based on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine models followed in the 1990s, as well as more ships from the subsequent eight motion pictures. During the live-action Star Trek production in the Berman-era, the company did not acquire the license for Star Trek: Voyager, which went to Revell-Monogram, nor for Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek: Discovery, which went to later sister company Polar Lights. The last "new" AMT kits of the Berman-era were released by 1999, all of them essentially reissues. Later that year the company was acquired by Racing Champions.
Releases of Star Trek model kits went dormant as the new parent company was trying to decide in what direction it would evolve. A half-hearted attempt to revive the line occurred when re-releases were announced, of which only four were marketed in 2005 under its original brand "AMT/Ertl", though the company by that time was already split up in its two original components. Those four kits were the only releases of the AMT line that were marketed in eight years. However, in 2007, AMT changed hands yet again, this time acquired by Polar Lights owner Round 2 under whose ownership AMT (sporting the original imprint of AMT) started the run of re-releases in 2008 with a commemorative edition of its very first Enterprise model kit – (though the Enterprise kit was not a reissue of the original kit, but was instead a reissue of the model from much later renditions of the tooling, and was substantially different from the original AMT Enterprise model from 1966.) Being presently a sister company, Polar Lights, occasionally releases accessories sets at the behest of AMT in order to enable their customers to customize their Star Trek kits. The relationship between the two was further strengthened when the Star Trek box-art was synchronized for the model kit releases of both companies from 2018 onward.
Assembled 2016 Ships of the Line pre-painted models
In 2010, Round 2 sub-licensed the manufacture of four former AMT/Ertl Star Trek model kits, representing the Enterprise's B through E, to model kit company Platz Co., Ltd. as limited editions for the Japanese market only. All four of them The Next Generation related, these kits were issued to commemorate the series' 20th anniversary first time airing in Japan and marketed as "Platz-AMT/ERTL" products; they were released prior to AMT/Round 2's own reissues that started later that year. To date, Platz has been the only company that has been given an international model kit sub-license, as Round 2 LLC administers the international marketing of their products themselves.
Remarkably and as of 2022, no truly new Star Trek model kit designs, excepting the 2017 AMT953 F-104 Starfighter kit, have been released by AMT ever since the line was revitalized under new ownership, when discounting the rescaled and/or remolded kit releases based off pre-existing kits – which the Star Trek version of the F-104 Starfighter actually also is [1]; instead Round 2 LLC has apparently appointed Polar Lights as the lead company to market such new releases.
The history and development of the AMT Star Trek line was featured in the "Star Trek" episode of The Toys That Made Us in 2018. In the documentary collectors and toy experts alike, favorably credit AMT as the first bonafide Star Trek merchandise company, as their 1966-1972 releases were not only closely associated with Star Trek, but also highly accurate for the times, in stark contrast to, for example, the contemporary toy releases of Remco. Former Star Trek production staffer, but then "Trekkie", Doug Drexler spoke for all his contemporaries when he commented on the first kit release, that of the USS Enterprise, "[T]he model kit was pretty close. It was the best thing that we had. I still remember vividly opening it up, and being able to be intimite with all the little parts of the Enterprise, I mean the impulse engines, the intercoolers, you know where the bridge was. To actually be able to see these things, I was flipping out!" Gene Winfield has also made an appearance in the documentary, commenting on his company's contributions to the AMT releases. The documentary ends with the conclusion that, of all the Star Trek toys and models ever made, it were the various incarnations of the USS Enterprise – perceived as the real star of Star Trek – that captured the imagination of generations of Star Trek fans in particular, first and foremost, as well as starting with, the first original AMT model kit.
Collector's edition; re-issue of S952; tin box with poster box-art; cast in light-green with chrome parts. New Decal sheet. Holes for lighting the head removed, 2 grills removed from top of 'wing', 2 small lights on 'head' made much smaller
AMT720
Re-issue of S952; cast in light-green with chrome parts; new decal sheet, as with AMT699 holes for lighting the head removed, 2 grills removed from top of 'wing', 2 small lights on 'head' made much smaller
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Moulding has inaccurate panel lines added from this issue onward, causing the original issue to be called the 'smoothie'
The USS Constellation as seen in TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" is an AMT model kit, No. S921, appropriately battle-damaged. The ship was given the registry NCC-1017, mostly because it was simple to rearrange the model's decal sheet and was the first time the reciprocal arrangement between AMT and the studio panned out in one of AMT's model kits showing up on screen.
Parts of AMT model kits were sometimes used by visual effects houses to embellish their professional studio models. An early example is the use of a warp nacelle from the Romulan warbird model kit and two nacelle caps of the USS Enterprise-D model kit used as features underneath Industrial Light & Magic's SD-103 studio model in The Undiscovered Country. [3] The Romulan warbird nacelle model part also doubled as a medical device used by Julian Bashir in DS9: "Visionary". Coincidentally, the Romulans were the main adversaries in the episode.
AMT/Ertl 30th Anniversary bonus posters
1995-1996
For the occasion of Star Trek's 30th anniversary, AMT/Ertl commissioned the production of two cutaway posters of the USS Enterprise-A and USS Enterprise-D and inserted those in their 1995-1996 model kit issues as a bonus. Which one was included was indicated by a sticker on the packaging. The artwork was done by C. Bruce Morser. As with the similar Sci-Pub Tech publications, the cutaway posters are not considered canon.
Set decorator James Mees used a colorfully repainted Hallmark "Keepsake" USS Voyager and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey for Miral Paris' baby crib mobile in VOY: "Prophecy". The mobile's Klingon D7-class battle cruiser was made from a small plastic model from the AMT Star Trek 3-Piece Space Ship Set.
The Enterprise AMT and Polar Lights models on the Young Sheldon set; unseen is that of the Enterprise-D to the right
Two AMT modelkits have made an interaction with a Star Trek parody and pop culture production. In the The Big Bang Theory television franchise kits S951 (USS Enterprise, alongside a Polar Lights model of the refit-Enterprise) and 6619 (USS Enterprise-D), or one of their many respective reissues, were featured in the Young Sheldon spin-off series as set dressing, suspended from a bedroom set ceiling. Remarkably, no AMT modelkits had hitherto been featured in the longrunning, otherwise heavily Star Trek referencing franchise.
The Leif Ericson
The confusing combined advertising in AMT's 1975 Hobby Shop Catalog
In 1974 AMT included an Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship into the Star Trek line, thereby suggesting that the design was part of the Star Trek universe, though it was not, its combined advertising on the box sides, pamphlets and catalogs of the time notwithstanding, a somewhat questionable industry practice known as "label slapping". (The Toys That Made Us; see also in this regard: Remco) It had, as one contemporary Star Trek collector put it in later life, "(…) confused the heck out of me as a kid." [4] Nonetheless, it did have some behind-the-scenes Star Trek connections.
Firstly, the U.F.O. Mystery Ship was originally designed as the Leif Ericson "Galactic Cruiser" by Original Series Art Director Matt Jefferies (with the forward bridge module having more than a passing resemblance of the conning tower of his SS Botany Bay) for an abandoned science fiction model kit line project named "Strategic Space Command." [5] The concept was thought up by Jefferies together with his friend Stephen Edward Poe. [6](X) AMT's idea behind backing the project – desiring to capitalize on the success of their first Star Trek model kits – was to release a series of science fiction themed kits accompanied by a worked-out "mini" background story and eventually create a Strategic Space Command universe, beefed out with an accompanying line of model kits. [7] AMT eventually released the model in 1968 as kit No. S954. When released, AMT had music recording studio Auravision even record a soundtrack as Sounds of Outer Space with a narrator speaking over futuristic sound effects with poetic lines like, "To be afraid and not care that you are afraid is the courage of which astronauts are made", and which came as a cardboard record with the initial release of the model. [8] The original kit was considered a commercial failure though, and the project fell apart.
"The Slaver Weapon" storyboards, featuring the Leif Ericson design
Secondly, according to Michael Okuda the design, being a Jefferies design, was seriously considered to be part of the Star Trek universe when it was briefly considered to make an appearance in Star Trek: The Animated Series, already showing up in several preliminary storyboards. [9](X)[10] However, it took the publication of the 2019 reference bookStar Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series to somewhat nuance Okuda's recollections; on page 108 it was stated that the series layout/storyboard artist, Robert Kline, had drawn Jefferies' design in his storyboards for the episode "The Slaver Weapon" as mere placeholders for the then yet-to-be conceived long range shuttlecraftCopernicus. A bonafide appearance of the design proper therefore, has more than likely never been considered in earnest.
In a ploy to recuperate their investments, AMT reissued the model kit twice more, now designated Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship, molded in phosphorescent plastic to achieve a glow-in-the-dark effect. It was the first 1974 reissue that became the attempt to marry the design into the Star Trek franchise through combined advertising, and was therefore timed to coincide with the airing of the The Animated Series, though its appearance there never came to fruition. Still, AMT's latest owner, Round 2 LLC, opted to reissue the kit twice more as well, starting in 2009 with the 1975 retro reissue edition, followed in 2011 by the original 1968 Leif Ericson retro reissue edition.
The Leif Ericson as the Pegasus
Jefferies himself, though, appeared to have been quite taken with his Leif Ericson and was not yet ready to let go of his design when he resubmitted it in 1973 as the "hyperspace carrier" Pegasus while working as production designer for legendary science fiction movie maker George Pal for his proposed War of the Worlds television series, an intended follow-up of his classic 1953 Paramount PicturesWar of the Worlds movie. Unfortunately, like the Strategic Space Command concept, the proposed series did not come to fruition, even though the series was briefly reconsidered four years later by Paramount for its projected fourth television network as a backup for Star Trek: Phase II, which was to serve as its flagship and on which Jefferies was now working. (Star Trek Movie Memories, 1995, p. 59; [11](X) ) For this occasion he redesigned the shuttlecraft that came with the original model kit, and its redesigned configuration served as the basis for the refit-Galileo shuttlecraft design for the ultimately abandoned Phase II television project. However, it too did not come to fruition as Enterprise shuttlecraft were not featured in the first four Star Trek films.
Jefferies' design officially featured in Star Trek at last, courtesy Drexler and Koerner
Additionally, according to Doug Drexler, the design of the Leif Ericson was a co-influence on the design of the SS Conestoga, "The Conestoga is a colony transport ship with a slight design echo of the old DY-100, Greg Jein’s Star Trek Chronology ship, the Valiant, and the Poe/Jefferies Lief [sic.] Erickson." [12](X) In 2014 though, Drexler, a huge admirer of Jefferies, seized upon the opportunity to have the design finally featured in a live-action production, when he, together with Gabriel Koerner, built a CGI model of the design which was featured as an Orion ship in the second episode "Lolani" of the fan film series Star Trek Continues. [13] Koerner used his co-build a year later for his May entry in the 2015 Star Trek: Ships of the Linecalendar, appropriately called "Leif Ericson", finally introducing the design into the official franchise, albeit in a licensed print production only.
