George Takei autobiography

1994 also saw the release of George Takei's autobiography entitled "To the Stars". It was published in October 1994 by Pocket Books. My copy is Pocket's hardcover edition and is from the first printing.

Nichelle Nichols autobiography

The lovely Nichelle Nichols released an autobiography titled Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories. It was published in October 1994 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. My copy is the Putnam hardcover edition and is a first printing.

ST:TNG coffee cup

The Next Gen crew has been tirelessly dispensing my morning cup of Joe for the past 15 years. I think this one was also a birthday or Christmas gift, from sometime during the mid-90's.

ST:Generations Kirk bookmark

The one, the only, William "The Shat" Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Generations, his last film appearance to date. Bask in his awesomeness!

Babylon 5 Newsletter

J. Michael Straczynski frequented several online forums in the early 1990s, including those on the GEnie online service of which I was a member. (I just learned that GEnie stands for General Electric Network for Information Exchange.) During the build-up to the Babylon 5 premiere I followed his posts with great interest and anticipation. The first Babylon 5 newsletter was sent free-of-charge to those who expressed an interest.

TOS Hologram Sticker

I have in my collection a single hologram sticker, released by A.H. Prismatic in 1991. I don't remember clearly, but I suspect I may have found this in my stocking that year. Thanks Santa!

TNG 25th Anniversary Series 1 Trading Cards

This is my partial set of the TNG (even-numbered) cards from Impel's 25th Anniversary Series.

Above: cards #2, 6, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 32, 36, 40, 62, 64

Above: cards #66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 86, 90, 92, 96, 98, 100

Above: cards #104, 108, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 128

Above: cards #130, 132, 134, 138, 142, 144, 146, 150, 156

Above: The TNG-specific retail pack wrapper.

TOS 25th Anniversary Series 1 Trading Cards

A company named Impel Marketing Inc. released two series of trading cards in 1991 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Trek. The first series consisted of 160 cards, with the odd numbered cards covering TOS and the even-numbered cards covering TNG. (Individual retail packs were sold with either all-TOS or all-TNG cards, though, not a mix.) I picked up a few packs of each series in the early 90's.

Above: cards #3, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 43, 61, 65, 69, 71

Above: cards #73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 89, 93, 103, 109, 117, 119

Above: cards #121, 123, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 141 ,143, 149, 153

Above: Wrapper for the TOS retail pack.

The Star Trek Encyclopedia

Another 90s purchase was The Star Trek Encyclopedia, compiled by Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda, and Debbie Mirek.

This tome has also been issued in three editions to date; my copy is from the first edition, which was published in April 1994 and covers TOS, 6 seasons of TNG, 1 season of DS9, and the first 6 Trek films. My copy is from the first printing.

ST:TNG Companion

Another of the few Trek books I purchased during the '90s was The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion by Larry Nemecek.

This book has been issued in three editions to date; mine is from the first edition which was published in November 1992. The first edition contains episode summaries up to and including season 5. Subsequent editions added summaries for the remaining two seasons of the show and the TNG movies. My copy is from the first printing.

ST:TNG Technical Manual

One of the handful of Trek books I purchased during the '90s was the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, created by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda.

This book was published in November 1991. My copy is from the 4th printing.

ST:TNG Playmates Action Figures

Another item that my Mom bought me during the early 1990s was a set of Star Trek: The Next Generation action figures by Playmates. These were part of the 2nd wave of Playmates figures from 1993. My Mom knew that I wasn't really into playing with action figures at the time, but I think these were a bit of a nostalgic purchase for her, hearkening back to the good old days of Mego action figure gift-giving back in the late 1970s and early 1980s.


I opened up the Worf figure but the rest of them are still sealed.

Hamilton Collection 25th Anniversary Plates

By 1990 I had pretty much stopped buying Star Trek merchandise. However, during the early 90s my Mom bought me a few items for my birthday and for Christmas. Chief among these were a set of plates from The Hamilton Collection's 25th Anniversary collection.