Wednesday Reminisce: A Toast to Star Trek

Face it. As kids we went to fast food restaurants because we either saw their commercial a billion times and wanted to fit in or we wanted to get the special toys/promotionals that were offered.

And one of the greatest promtionals was Taco Bell's 1984 Star Trek the Search for Spock Glasses Set:



These glass ruled the universe, and I ate for their for weeks to obtain the entire set!! My stomach lining has not yet recovered.

Who would not want to guzzle Kool-Aid with Spock's face glaring at you in all his Vulcan logic?



Although Lord Kruge did make me sort of lose my appetite with his zombie-like glow.



I also never realized how much it looks like Spock's and Kirk's eyes are being ripped out during Fal-Tor-Pan.



And let's not forget the destruction of the Enterprise. If I hadn't been so young, I might have needed a little something stronger the Fruit Punch flavored Kool-Aid to forget this horrific scene.



And with those cool rings at the bottom of the glass, I could imagine that I was imbibing during a voyage of the Enterprise...before it got blown the heck up.

Oh, and they were only 69 Cents!!

Toy Tuesday: Trek Toys, The Final Frontier

I'm just going to come out and say it: I am NOT going to see the new Star Trek Movie (in theaters).

And I'll tell you why. The series was just too high tech for such a dummy as I. And with the multiple series (TNG, DSN, Enterprise), I couldn't keep up.

However, I love the original series. And to live it, I'm going to purchase the Original Star Trek Action Figure Set.



I love how Bones has arms of fur. And Nurse Chapel's and Yoeman Rand's miniskirts definitely make this set a keeper. But let's not forget Kirk, who's looking pretty darn fly in his green Dashiki.