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Category: Ornament-a-Day 2019

Ornament-a-Day 2019: Darth Vader Peekbuster

December 31, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

The last Ornament-a-Day entry is dedicated to the only geeky ornament left on the family tree: 2012’s Darth Vader Peekbuster. Given that the family tree is where the wrapped family presents go and since this Vader is designed to detect and scold[…]

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Ornament-a-Day: U.S.S. Reliant NCC-1864

December 30, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

For years, the ornament I wanted most for the Geek Tree was the U.S.S. Reliant (NCC-1864), the U.S.S. Enterprise’s opponent in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. While I had plenty of variant Enterprises from all of Star Trek’s eras and any number of opposing ships like the Klingon Bird of[…]

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Ornament-a-Day: Storyteller Star Destroyer & Y-Wing

December 29, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

Hallmark released two new Star Wars Storyteller ornaments in 2019: The Imperial Star Destroyer and the Y-Wing. Like the other Storyteller ornaments, they feature LED illuminated regions (the cargo bay on the Star Destroyer, the cockpit on the Y-Wing) that slowly rotate through different[…]

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Ornament-a-Day: U.S.S. Franklin NX-326

December 28, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

Star Trek Beyond is one of my favorite Trek movies. Unlike the derivative and uninspired Star Trek Into Darkness that preceded it, Beyond is an original story focused on exploration as well as the optimistic future that Trek embraces. Unfortunately, it didn’t do great in the box office, leading[…]

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Ornament-a-Day: Weeping Angel

December 27, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

Geeky tree toppers are hard to find. Sure, there are tons of angels, stars, and other toppers out there, but there are very few that fit in with the Geek Tree. For a long time, it was only Santa Yoda[…]

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Ornament-a-Day 2019: Rey and Kylo Ren

December 26, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

Two of the newest editions to the Geek Tree are Rey and Kylo Ren, as they appeared in Star Wars – Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. The pair, which were sold together in one box, are wielding their personal lightsabers:[…]

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Ornament-a-Day 2019: Shuttlecraft Galileo

December 25, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

The oldest ornament on the Geek Tree – and the ornament without which there would be no Ornament-a-Day – is the Shuttlecraft Galileo. Released in 1992, the Galileo is a string-powered ornament. The ornament’s lighting is simplistic – just the cockpit lights up – but what truly[…]

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Ornament-a-Day 2019: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E

December 24, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

One of my favorite Enterprises, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E appeared in Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Nemesis. Today’s Ornament-a-Day entry is string-powered and was released in 1998. The 1701-E’s deflector array glows yellow, while the warp nacelles are the traditional red. Though string-powered, the[…]

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Ornament-a-Day 2019: The Storyteller Ornaments

December 23, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

In 2017, I started collecting Hallmark’s “Storyteller” Star Wars ornaments. These ornaments are powered by a proprietary networking and power cable and combine to recreate scenes from Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope. After years of battery-powered ornaments, the[…]

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Ornament-a-Day 2019: Locutus of Borg

December 22, 2019 Ken Newquist Blog, Ornament-a-Day 2019

The Locutus of Borg ornament recreates the conversations between Captain Jean Luc Picard and the Borg Queen from the movie Star Trek: First Contact. A string-powered ornament, today’s Ornament-a-Day entry features Picard – in his Locutus persona – plugged into a Borg[…]

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