Diamond Select Toys Offers New Products for Preorder

by Mariel Keeran

On Friday, Diamond Select Toys will offer two new Star Trek products for preorder at comic shops and online retailers. The first is the Spock Bust Bank, an 8-inch model of Spock with a coin slot in the back and an access door in the base. This product is the first of a line of bust banks Diamond Select Toys intends to roll out and will sell for $22.99. The second product is the TNG Enterprise Silicone Tray, a silicone mold featuring the Enterprise-D as well as the Starfleet insignia. Ideal for making ice cubes, gelatin and other candies, this product will sell for $14.99.

Source: StarTrek.com

Action Movie FX Adds 'Star Trek' Effects

by Mariel Keeran

Are you a Star Trek fan that loves making movies on your iOS device? Action Movie FX, an app from Bad Robot Interactive that lets you add special effects to videos, has recently added several new effects to their catalogue. With Version 2.5, you get three free, exclusive, licensed FX from Star Trek Into Darkness: Enterprise flyby, phaser fight, and photon torpedoes. For 99 cents, you can purchase the Star Trek pack that includes two other effects: transporter and warp. The best part? All proceeds from the purchase of the Star Trek pack will be donated to The Mission Continues, an organization that helps post-9/11 veterans. Action Movie FX also includes many other effects, either free or for purchase, that are not Star Trek related. Download your copy of the app at the iTunes App Store.

Source: c|net

Brent Spiner Guest Stars on Nickelodeon's "Wendell & Vinnie"

by Mariel Keeran

In this Thursday’s episode of Wendell & Vinnie, a pair of Data’s eyes, which are Vinnie’s (Jerry Trainor) most prized possession, become the focal point of the episode’s plot. When Vinnie pushes his nephew, Wendell (Buddy Handleson), to lie for him, Wendell exacts revenge on his uncle by selling the eyes “without realizing their full value and now must find a way to get them back.” Presumably, this is the point where Brent Spiner appears, playing himself, and helps to save the day and smooth things over between the relatives. This episode also guest stars Lisa Kudrow as Natasha, one of Vinnie’s business competitors. Wendell and Vinnie airs on Nickelodeon at 8:30p.m. ET/PT.

New TOS-themed Shot Glasses from Bif Bang Pow

by Mariel Keeran

Two weeks ago, we brought you news of Star Trek, the wine. However, if liquor is more your style, pour it into one of these four shot glasses from Bif Bang Pow. Each features one of Juan Ortiz’s TOS art prints for the month of June (The Menagerie, Part 2; The Empath; All Our Yesterdays; and Space Seed). The glasses, coming in July, will come as a set and are available to pre-order from Entertainment Earth. Priced at $17.99, these shot glasses are a must-have for any TOS drinking game.* 

*Trek.fm is not responsible for any of the inevitable incidents that will surely follow after consuming such copious amounts of alcohol. In short, we cannot be held responsible for your hangover because you drank every time Kirk’s shirt was ripped. Please drink plenty of water after your drinking excursion!