along with the fascinating foes they faced. In a time before VCRs, these cards were a pocket-sized way to relive the adventures of Kirk and the Enterprise crew…. One side of the card would feature an eye-grabbing image from an episode, the other a brief description. One of the earliest and most inexpensive Trek products were bubblegum cards. In the dark times when Star Trek only existed, merchandise kept it going. Word-of-mouth spread that Star Trek was a force to be reckoned with and its Lazarus came in the form of individuals from different ages, races, and sexual orientation who were connected by the cosmic thread of an optimistic future that Gene Roddenberry weaved into their lives. After NBC cancelled the show in 1969, viewers kept the dream alive through fan newsletters and some of the country’s first science fiction conventions.

The Trek faithful keep their hopes for a peaceful future alive first through a letter-writing campaign that gave the show a third season. After all, Trekkies (or Trekkers, they are awesome either way) were the first fans in history to revive a fandom that would have otherwise vanished into the past.īear in mind this was an age when tech like the internet seemed about as far-fetched as a replicator or transporter. And when it comes to fandom there is none greater than Star Trek. Forget space being the final frontier, we all know the true undiscovered country is collecting.

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