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Are you referring to the pics from the "Star Trek: The Magazine" article that coincided w/the release of the ST:TWoK SE DVD? If so, you can find scans of that page on my Project: Avenger page.
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Thanks a lot Jeffrey! These drawings are very interesting in illustrating how a design evolves.
Thank goodness Harve Bennett approved an inverted version of the design. I think it looks rather silly with two ventral torpedo shrouds. I am glad that the art department rethought the design.
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quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: bitchingnarly!
God bless you!
quote:Originally posted by Triton: Thanks a lot Jeffrey! These drawings are very interesting in illustrating how a design evolves.
Welcome! Happy to be here, proud to serve!
quote:Thank goodness Harve Bennett approved an inverted version of the design. I think it looks rather silly with two ventral torpedo shrouds. I am glad that the art department rethought the design.
Not me. I like it that way and rather wish they'd built it in that configuration! Definitely more of a warship. That's why I'm in the process of building a model in that configuration.
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Is the name Reliant a joke on Ricardo Montalban? During the 1980s Ricardo Montalban was the spokesperson for Chrysler Motor Company and they produced an economy car named the Reliant K. The most memorable commercial that Montalban made was for the Chrysler Le Baron luxury car. In his distinctive voice he would talk about "Rich Corinthian leather." Friends of mine and I would joke that the Reliant had seats made of "Rich Corithian leather."
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The timing checks out... the Plymouth Reliant was introduced in 1981. A bit of googling shows Montalban to have been the pitchman for the 1975-1979 Chrysler Cordoba (it had the Reech Corinthian Leather, not the Le Baron) and potentially other cars as well in the following years. Lee Iacoca's infamous ads for the K-cars at the time of their introduction probably meant that Khan himself never told the American public to buy a K-car, but some wag amongst the writers seeing the connection is certainly possible.
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they produced an economy car named the Reliant K.
Awesome band, man.
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Did you just call RELIANT K...an awesome band?
Alright, that's it. Seriously. Give me & Simon your fucking address. We're so SERIOUSLY going to educate you in music.
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Simon will dispense some Dave Matthews and Hootie and the Blowfish medicine. Followed by some Erich Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra playing all of the good old Star Trek Tunes.
CHIPPING AWAY AT THE MYSTIQUE. ONE DAY AT A TIME. LIKE TODAY. BECAUSE IT IS A DAY. AND I HAVE USED UP MY QUOTA.
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Ultra Magnus will one day lead an army of oppressed villagers against me, and I will be all "You!? But...together we could have ruled the world!" And he will say "I am sorry my friend, but you have gone too far." And then we will have a swordfight in my secret doomsday weapon laboratory, ending with me plunging into the active volcano I was intending to use as a power source. He will stand on the catwalk and stare down into the abyss, while the men and women he led to freedom will come to him and say "You have freed us! We should be rejoicing!" And they will not understand why he is so somber.
But will I really die in that pit of firey doom? Will I indeed.
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Erich Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra playing all of the good old Star Trek Tunes.
I have that, actually...
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quote:Originally posted by Ultra Magnus: Simon will dispense some Dave Matthews and Hootie and the Blowfish medicine.
Holy Fuck. On psychotropic drugs I see.
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These drawings are very interesting in illustrating how a design evolves.
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