Comments on: ERTL Star Trek 3 Klingon Prototype Found!

By: andy

andy — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:20:48 +0000

Interestingly he was contacted by the same collector and now has the full set of prototypes and some ships. Really cool find.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:32:58 +0000

Definitely a Kenner Weequay torso

https://www.lulu-berlu.com/star-wars-return-of-the-jedi-kenner-weequay-a5108-en.html

By: Olga Rose

Olga Rose — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 08:04:45 +0000

Yep, the Klingon mock up looks like one of the Jabba goons. Weequay maybe. In fact, I think I used Weequay as a klingon stand in during 1980s playtime.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:14:15 +0000

That certainly looks like a Kenner Weequay torso.

By: Dantheman

Dantheman — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:01:27 +0000

If I didn't know any better, I'd say the head was a Kenner Weequay with sculpted hair and goatee, but that's just my opinion.

By: Therin of Andor

Therin of Andor — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 22:17:47 +0000

I love this image of the ERTL prototypes, which I remember seeing in glorious b/w in the old "Star Tech" catalogue. Very obvious collie dog stand-in. https://flic.kr/p/atMhZj

By: Gamera977

Gamera977 — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:45:21 +0000

Great find! I love seeing stuff like this turn up.

By: Trilkhai

Trilkhai — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 14:04:12 +0000

There must be two stores called "Longs" — the one I know of was also known as "Long's Drugs, a drugstore chain that was popular with suburban kids in the 1940s-1990s who wanted to bike/walk somewhere without their parents in order to spend their pocket money on candy, card-rack type toys, magazines, and so forth.