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Johnny Lightning was formed in 1994 as a subsidiary of Playing Mantis and is a company primarily known for producing collectible toy cars.

Star Trek association

The company produced a line of small painted Star Trek starship miniatures called "Legends Of Star Trek" from 2004 until 2008, after its parent company was acquired by the RC2 Corporation. The RC2 Corporation was itself acquired by Tomy in 2011. [1]

The ships measured from ten to twelve centimeters long and were made of PVC plastic while their display stands were cast in metal.

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Johnny Lightning Legends Of Star Trek starship prototypes

A USS Constellation, a Copernicus shuttlecraft with "atmospheric re-entry damage", a "cloaked" The Enterprise Incident USS Enterprise, and a Scorpion USS Voyager with "Borg detailing" were slated for possible release but were not produced. [2][3]

Platz, the distributor of many Star Trek models in the Japanese market, re-released the line in Japan from 2011 until 2015.

Legends Of Star Trek: Standard Releases

Series One

Released in 2004; packed on blue-backed cards with removable stickers; includes individually-labeled silver metal display stands

Enterprise NX-01 - with Enterprise assignment patch sticker
Galileo Shuttlecraft (TOS) - with TOS-era Sciences Division insignia sticker
Klingon D7 Battlecruiser - with Klingon Empire insignia sticker
Romulan Bird-of-Prey (TOS) - with Romulan Star Empire insignia sticker
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (TOS) - with TOS-era Command Division insignia sticker
USS Reliant NCC-1864 - with TMP-era Starfleet insignia sticker

Series Two: Red Alert

Released in 2005; packed on red-backed cards; includes Starfleet insignia (2370s) embroidered fabric patches and individually-labeled silver metal display stands

Enterprise NX-01 with Battle Damage - from "Azati Prime"
Klingon D7 Battlecruiser Cloaked - clear plastic
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (refit)
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (refit) with Battle Damage - from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 with Battle Damage (TOS)
USS Reliant NCC-1864 with Battle Damage - from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Series Three: Uncharted Territories

Released in 2006; packed on purple-backed cards; includes individually-labeled black metal display stands

Borg Cube - includes pegs to allow more cubes to dock and form larger cube
Future USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D - from "All Good Things..."; with removable saucer section
ISS Enterprise NX-01 - mirror universe repaint of Enterprise NX-01
Romulan Bird-of-Prey Cloaked - clear plastic
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D - with removable saucer section
USS Voyager NCC-74656 - with movable warp nacelles

Series Four: Battlestations!

Released in 2007; packed on red and black-backed cards; includes individually-labeled black metal display stands

Borg Cube - with attached Borg sphere from Star Trek: First Contact
USS Defiant NCC-1764 - repaint of USS Enterprise (TOS) with "phaser blasts"
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A - with attached "phaser blasts" and pearlescent white ("White Lightning") base color; repaint of USS Enterprise (refit)
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D - with atmospheric re-entry and battle damage from Star Trek Generations; with removable saucer section
USS Majestic NCC-31060 - repaint of USS Reliant with battle damage
USS Voyager NCC-74656 - with permanently lowered landing gear and movable warp nacelles

Series Five: Sacrifice

Released in 2008; packed on red-backed cards with purple stripe on right; includes individually-labeled black metal display stands

Enterprise NX-01 - with additional silver aztecing paint detailing on hull and "photons"
Galileo II Shuttlecraft NCC-1701⁄7 - repaint of Galileo Shuttlecraft
Klingon D7 Battlecruiser - with "explosions and torpedoes"
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (refit) - post-auto-destruct deco from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Series Six: Ships Of The Line

Released in November 2008; packed on red-backed cards with green stripe on right; includes individually-labeled black metal display stands

Borg Cube - with "phasers and explosions" on hull
Romulan D7 Battlecruiser (TAS) - repaint of Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser with Romulan markings
USS Excalibur NCC-1664 - repaint of USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (TOS)
USS Yamato NCC-71807 - repaint of USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D; with removable saucer section

A repaint of the USS Voyager with Borg detailing was scheduled for Series Six but was replaced by the Romulan D7 Battlecruiser. This D7's top hull has markings as seen in TAS: "The Survivor" and TAS: "The Practical Joker" while the bottom hull is marked similarly to the Romulan D7s seen in the remastered version of TOS: "The Enterprise Incident"

Legends Of Star Trek: White Lightning Releases

Johnny Lightning's Legends of Star Trek starship miniatures were released as both standard versions (as listed above) and as rare "White Lightning" variants with alternate paint schemes. These variants were randomly packed into cases shipped to retailers and made up "less than two percent" of the production run.

Series Five "White Lightning" packaging had a white strip covering part of the purple stripe on the right side of the package front. All other White Lightning releases were sold in standard packaging.