Just a little fun

Tina and I took this picture, God only know, I think at Universal Studios. It was a lot of fun.

Alan Oppenheimer, Trek & Six Million

Here's a blast from the past! Alan Oppenheimer has been in He-Man, The Six Million Dollar Man, Smurfs, he's the voice of Mighty Mouse and more recently Star Trek: The Next Generation. This was a great success for me, as I watched him A LOT as a kid!

From Hologram to Cartoon, Wendy Schaal does it all

So, last week I got these cards back in. Wendy Schaal played the Doctor's holographic wife in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Real Life." And now, years later, she's playing the cartoon wife on Fox's "American Dad." Love that show!
Anyway, she signed both cards AND the cardboard insert for the envelope. Great lady!

Sharon Lawrence, no longer Blue

So, back in the day, I wrote to Sharon Lawrence when she was on NYPD Blue. She had just guest starred on Star Trek: Voyager as Amelia Earhart in the episode "The 37's." I was very surprised when I received my cards back, signed. Very cool addition to the collection.

Hagan Beggs is a pretty cool guy

Actor Hagan Beggs has played many different parts in his life. His acting career began with the appearances as Lt. Hansen in Star Trek: The Original Series. Later he appeared in small parts in several other television series, including Poltergeist: The Legacy, Millennium and Seven Days. He also appeared in many movies, including the 1996 TV version of Titanic. (Thanks to memory-alpha.org )


I wrote to him, asking him to sign a few Star Trek: The Original Series Collectible Card Game cards, and was so surprised when I received this letter back. 

And he signed my cards! 

What a SUPER nice guy! Thanks, Hagan.

Ocett can you see... this new autograph I got.

Tara King herself, Ms Linda Thorson, played Gul Ocett in the Star Trek: The Next Generaion episode "The Chase." She signed all three copies I sent, and got them back within 10 days.Another awesome signature!

The report of my autograph is no exaggeration...

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A Letter from Tom Paris' Daddy

So, all this talk about autographs has really fired up my interest in collecting again. I dug out my old supplies, put some stuff together, and started mailing out again. And MAN, I'm on fire. I've mailed out over 30 items since Dec 29, 2010. Warren Munson and Jerry Hardin tied for the quickest return, just 7 days.


Warren Munson is probably remembered as Admiral Robertson in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan , but I sent him some cards from his performance as Admiral Paris in the Star Trek: Voyager episode Persistence of Vision . Yes, I know Richard Herd replaced him in later episodes, but he was the first. And he was super nice. He signed all three cards I sent him, and wrote me a little note. Doesn't get better than that!

Pulled from the packs - Episode 03

Another card from the SkyBox 1998 set of "Star Trek: Insurrection" Widescreen set, this time card A-9. It's signed by Mark Deakins, who played Tournel. Nice signature, good solid card.

Son of Spock

Back in 1995, my buddy Chuck and I went to the retailer's show before Grand Slam III in Pasadena, CA. It's there that we bumped into Adam Nimoy, son of Mr Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy. I think Chuck actually recognized him. We stoppped and talked for a few minutes. I remember him being pretty cool. Didn't flinch when I asked for an autograph, but all we had on us was a blank envelope, resulting in the following:

And here's a shot of the man himself, following in Dad's footprints.

Vorik, ahh Taurik. Sorry, I get confused.

So, this one took me quite a while. Alexander Enberg was quite elusive. I finally got what I thought was a good address. So I put my packet together and mailed it of May of 1997, then waited for the return. And waited, and waited. March 22, 1999, my patience was finally rewarded! Beautiful card, with a great address. Sometimes it pays to be patient...though it may be a little tough.

Interesting side note, according to Memory Alpha's web-site "Vorik was played by Alexander Enberg, who had previously played the similarly-named Vulcan Ensign Taurik in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks". Producer Jeri Taylor (who happens to be Enberg's mother) once suggested that Taurik and Vorik were twin brothers."

Pulled from the packs - Episode 02

And here we have the A-3 card from the SkyBox 1998 set of "Star Trek: Insurrection" Widescreen cards, signed by none other than Brent Spiner as Lieutenant Commander Data. I've met Brent on a few occasions, and he's always been great fun.

Pulled from the packs - Episode 01

I'm gonna throw in some other autographs along the way, things I didn't necessarily get by mail or meeting. I've got a couple of buddies that I've traded with over the years, as well as buying hundreds if not thousands of packs of cards. Our first entry is this little gem from the Rittenhouse 2001 collection of Star Trek - the 35th Anniversary.

Booker Bradshaw played Dr. M'Benga in the classic series episode "That Which Survives."

The El-Baz cards

I forgot to add the cards that Prof. El-Baz signed. Here they are...

majQa' Marc Okrand

 Back in 1994, after reading a cool article about the Klingon language, decide it was time to track down Marc Okrand. I wrote to him, and sent a few Klingon cards, a copy of the Klingon Dictionary and the article from People. Low and behold, in March 1995, I received my stuff back, signed. He also included a quick note, which  I thought that was very cool. Great guy, and an awesome addition!

Professor Farouk El-Baz, Shuttlecraft

On January 11, 1995, I wrote a letter to Professor Farouk El-Baz at Boston University's Center for Remote Sensing. I had earlier read an article about the good doctor in OMNI magazine and was excited to hear about his research. More than that, I was sure he was the namesake for the shuttlecraft in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Time Squared." You can imagine how excited I was to receive a letter back from him, handwritten, as well as copies of articles about his life, singed cards and the cool picture from OMNI. In the letter he wrote that he had kept a couple of cards for himself, as he had never seen them. This tickled me to no end, so I gathered up as many as I could get my hands on and sent them to him. This has been one of my prize possessions since.