So we look to the great material continuum to provide. Here is what we have found:
As we have gone all routes, from having costumes made, buying from the cosplay eBay stores and the superb premium line at Anovos, we are really hoping this is the happy medium us fans have been waiting for.
Forget Diamonds, A VISOR is a girls best friend! Not sure whether the creator went out to design a ring that looked like Geordi's eye wear or if it was a happy accident but it is certainly unique!
We love this item but only buy this for your most dedicated Trekkie Girl or your love life might start to resemble Geordi's too.
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Anovos – affordable costumes
Anovos, the premium Star Trek and Battlestar costuming gurus, have just sent out this email announcing their new Standard line of costumes. Designed to be comfortable and accurate, most importantly they have used the word 'affordable'. This is great news for those of us who want the look but not the credit card debt!
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Ever wondered what Wesley Crusher got up too after he ran off with the Traveller? Maybe he used his powers to manipulate space and time to become various crew members from each series?
Sure beats staying in his room with that voice recorder he made once.
Check out some of these incredible photoshopped imaginings coming out of the Treknobabble Subreddit. Made by deadfraggle who made the TOS/TNG cross over pics that spread over the web like a secret whispered at Quarks.
This is our favourite, downloaded it to to full resolution for our own stash.
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Mirror Universe TNG top?
Just stumbled across this top by River Island and thought this would be great for an improvised TNG mirror universe cosplay. Best bit is its only £20!
Could also be a Starfleet/Klingon crossover with that boobie cutout.
Smooth that groove
The future as depicted in Star Trek has it all. Fancy technology, excellent mental and physical health, weather nets and Dabo. We can be forgiven for feeling inferior and primitive at times. But there are times when you occasionally think of something that we have and that future doesn't. And that our friends is this:
This might be the best bit of plastic a Trekkie Girl could be packing since the USS Enterprise edition of Mastercard. If we could send one item to the future to our lyrca clad sisters it would be this. And possibly a Diet Coke.
There's not much more to say about the smooth groove. We haven't tried it but with costuming trending at UK events, this could be just the thing you need.
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Star Trek Game Cinema Giveaway
Game UK are giving away complimentary cinema tickets to Star Trek into Darkness when you pre-order Star Trek - The Video Game.
In conjunction with Paramount Pictures and game developer Namco Bandai, the giveaway is supported on any format of the game and allows one full priced adult to see the the movie we're all waiting for at a Cineworld cinema nation wide.
Consider how often we will probably see this film, and how expensive cinema tickets are, we ask ourselves, What would Quark do!?
For more details see this press release via Namco Bandai
We'll have more to say about Star Trek The Video Game next week so keep an eye out. We'll be trying it for ourselves and letting you know all about it.
What The Spock shall I wear?
For us, this week will be like watching Data watching a kettle boil. If we had an internal chronometer, we'd turn it off. If we had a Delorean, we'd be 88mph into Friday.
We talk a lot about costuming (or cosplaying for the trendy greeks). But if it's not your thing, don't dispair. There will be lots of people in 'civilians'.
However as we have mentioned in some of our previous post such as Trek Fashion Beams Down To London and Colour Blocking Federation Style there are many highstreet stores that are selling garments 'in the style' of Star Trek. So if you want to wear something 'inbetween', these items make good tributes to Trek Style. We're sure Garak would approve. For the Ladies:
Costuming on a Budget?
The economics of the future may be somewhat different but for those of living pre WW3, when going to a Star Trek event we have to watch our income.
We'll cover more details in regards to accommodation and travel for Destination Star Trek London in a later post but for those of you wanting to dabble in dressing up, as well as our previous posts, this may help.
Choosing to dress up is a big step. But it can be pricey. I (Sam) made my first costume when I was about 14. I got a red T-Shirt and Black felt-tipped pen and coloured in the TNG costume. Then I covered my head with a pink swimming hat and went to school dressed as Captain Picard! I even gelled my brothers hair back, pasted his face in talcum powder and called him Data. It is a … Continue Reading ››
How to Survive a Star Trek Convention. Part Two
You spoke, we listened. You want to hear about Cosplaying so here is everything we know. British sci-fi fans are no longer the reserved stereotype. Once we put on our com badge and ridges we become as overt as a Dabo Girl on the Venus drug.
When it comes to picking what you want to wear. Decide now. Don’t leave it until two weeks before to decide that you want to dress up as some sort of Nausicaan/vedek hybrid. Dressing up needs planning, planning, planning. Check out our video blog about Cosplaying:
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Here are some websites that we have personally used and had good service:
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| Badge, Pips and Pattern from Roddenberry |
Ran by Gene Roddenberry's son Rod, this will meet your … Continue Reading ››
Federation News Service
There are so many great Trek related stories circulating the Federation News Network this week, we thought we'd take a minute to gather them altogether for you.
4th April
If you follow Nichelle Nichols on twitter. Your jaw would have dropped when she uploaded this picture of her with a fan:
Obama has fan-boy wrote all over him! Whatever their beliefs, it is always reassuring to know that a politician likes Star Trek. Would you vote for someone who hadn't watched Star Trek?
Oh, and Nichelle, Love the necklace! Source: @RealNichelle
5th April
We all celebrated First Contact by drinking Tequila Troi-style whilst listening to Cochrane's favourite tunes and dancing like our Dads, right?
Larry Nemecek (The Universe's renowned Star Trek Authority himself) engaged in some seriously Jake Sisko style journalism and reported an amazing … Continue Reading ››
If you follow Nichelle Nichols on twitter. Your jaw would have dropped when she uploaded this picture of her with a fan:
Obama has fan-boy wrote all over him! Whatever their beliefs, it is always reassuring to know that a politician likes Star Trek. Would you vote for someone who hadn't watched Star Trek?
Oh, and Nichelle, Love the necklace! Source: @RealNichelle
5th April
We all celebrated First Contact by drinking Tequila Troi-style whilst listening to Cochrane's favourite tunes and dancing like our Dads, right?
Larry Nemecek (The Universe's renowned Star Trek Authority himself) engaged in some seriously Jake Sisko style journalism and reported an amazing … Continue Reading ››