Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 95 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: gojirob@aol.comendspam (Rob Morris) Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Date: 02 Jan 2005 01:17:30 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: MIS The Mark (ST Collectibles Humor), PG, 1/1 Message-ID: <20050101201730.21945.00002718@mb-m06.aol.com> Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161795 X-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 17:18:05 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) Title : The Mark Author : Rob Morris Series : MIS Topic : Star Trek Collectibles Type : Humor/Parody Rating : PG Part : 1/1 Characters, Setting, Relationships : N/A Summary : Will a certain Ornament/Greeting Card Company EVER get a certain ------------ The Mark by Rob Morris ------ ( Newscast in 2015 ) Anncr : Let us again review how this awesome tragedy developed over the course of more than a decade.... ( Hallmark Ads appear onscreen ) 2005 - With the awesome success of 2003's Nemesis Scorpion Vehicle and 2004's Enterprise Vulcan Ship, Hallmark continues on with....the Worker Bee from Star Trek The Motion Picture, which brought Kirk and Scott to the new Enterprise. 2006 - Fans have been waiting for this one. That's right! At last, the unmanned supply ship that M5 blew up in 'The Ultimate Computer' is coming your way. 2007 - After extensive negotiations with Paramount, we are at last able to produce the legendary crashed vessel that the crazy Cardassian tried to kill pregnant Kira in. This one almost got by us. 2008 - Knowing our fans better than they know themselves, Hallmark now produces a collectible ornament of CGI Ship #317 from the Federation retreat at the end of DS9 Season Five. If you pause the DVD (Spike cuts it for time) and stare at the extreme upper left corner of the screen for a while, you might catch it. 2009 - Star Trek continues to move into tomorrow, and Hallmark walks straight in with them. Now, we have the ship of the future--Captain Braxton's Time-Ship. 2010 - From fan-favorite 'The Valiant' comes the Dominion battleship that failed to blow up in that DS9 Classic. 2011 - The fans have clamored for 'ships that identify Star Trek', and we listened. So it is that the Borg Sphere from 'First Contact' is finally yours this Christmas. No, it is not just a repainted Death Star ornament. 20 Years of ST and Hallmark, celebrated by the ship you really wanted. Okay, so the Borg ship from 'Descent', got more votes. We know you'll like this one a lot better. 2012 - To compliment our Star Wars AT-AT, Sandcrawler and Imperial Shuttle, on the Star Trek side, we bring you the companion escape pod from 'The Valiant'. 2013 - Star Trek fans continue to amaze us with their utter ingratit--eerrrr, enthusiasm. You said that there was a certain shuttle from a certain classic series yet to be made. We almost slipped up and made the Shuttle Goddard from Next Generation, but we realized you really meant the monorail shuttle that brought Kirk to Starfleet Headquarters at the beginning of Star Trek : The Motion Picture. We really dodged this one, people. We almost even made the Shuttle Surak, from later in that same film! What WERE we thinking? 2014 - Well, its been just over ten years since a certain Star Trek Classic hit the screen. And now, at last, you may have the vessel that defined that watermark. Yes, its Captain Picard on the ATV! Anncr : And so it went, until today. To repeat the shocking news : A large group of rabid Star Trek fans laid siege and then laid waste to the Headquarters of the Hallmark corporation. Some chanted 'Make The A, Make The B, Make The C', others chanted 'Equinox, Prometheus, Reliant' , and some just cried 'Bird Of Prey' endlessly. What happened to those inside the offices was--beyond description. So we won't play that footage until 5:52. Some small bit of good news emerged from this nightmare. The molds for the upcoming 'Solar Sailship from Insurrection' were safely smuggled out, and are sure to be the hit of the 2015 Holiday Season... -------------------------------------------- "Your would-be attackers don't like you. Your would-be rescuers don't like you. Harry, *most* people don't like you." - Peter Kirk to Harry Mudd, 'Lawful Warrant' NewMessage: