Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Not "Found Art," but "Found" Star Trek









While grocery shopping a few decades ago, my now-26-year-old son Matthew pointed this space watch out to me as he rode in the seat of the shopping cart.

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Isn't that space ship familiar?






Now, it used to be that you could buy little three-inch-long scale models of Star Trek ships at hobby shops and such.



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Apparently they weren't licensed through Paramount, but through the Star Trek Blueprints by Franz Joseph Designs.

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