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“Trek Yourself” With A Custom 3D Printed Figure From Cubify

"Star Trek Yourself" With A Custom 3D Printed Figure From Cubify

3D printing company, Cubify has announced a new Star Trek 3DMe figure creation service. Using a web app, Cubify allows users create a full-color, personalized 3D figure of themselves wearing a TOS uniform.

Priced at $70, Cubify allows customers to choose the uniform, rank, height, weight and one of four different poses for their 5.5″ 3D printed figure.

The folks at Cubify provided TrekNews.net with a custom figure for review.

For my figure, I chose the male body with a phaser in-hand and the rank of Commander in a science uniform, medium height and weight, and uploaded two headshots. One facing the camera along with a side profile.

The entire selection and upload process took less than 5-minutes. They ask that you use well lit photos taken with a digital camera (not a mobile phone) and a neutral expression (no teeth). Also, no glasses!

Following the upload, you’ll be asked to provide payment and shipping information. The turnaround for my figure was less than a week. It came in a box stuffed with bubble wrap for the item’s protection.

The likeness, in my opinion, is almost dead on. The artists over at Cubify even accented my figure face with the five o’clock shadow scruff I had in my photos.

While the $70 price tag may seem a little steep for a single figure, one of these would be a very unique and memorable gift for yourself or the special Trekkie in your life.

Check out a few photos of my custom figure and a time-lapes video of the creation process below.

Custom 3D printed Star Trek figures from Cubify

Custom 3D printed Star Trek figures from Cubify

Custom 3D printed Star Trek figures from Cubify

Custom 3D printed Star Trek figures from Cubify

For more details, visit Cubify.

Incredible Fan-Made STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Posters

Incredible Fan-Made STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Posters

Star Trek fans are often a creative group of people. Some use thier love for Star Trek to develop their own films and episodes. Some write and perform Trek-inspired music. And some design incredibly inspiring artwork that rivals (and often trumps) the work of the studio.

In celebration of Star Trek Into Darkness‘ U.S. release today, we present a collection of some of the most beautiful fan art we’ve found. Featuring the work of graphic designers Matt Ferguson, Paul Shipper, Adam Rabalais, Rodolfo Reyes and Fernando Reza, these posters were originally submitted as part of an artist project on Blurppy.

Check them out below and tell us which is your favorite in the comments.

Star Trek Into Darkness by Rodolfo Reyes
Rodolfo Reyes | Dark City Gallery

Star Trek Into Darkness by Adam Rabalais
Adam Rabalais | Etsy

Star Trek Into Darkness by Fernando Reza
Fernando Reza | Frodesign

Star Trek Into Darkness by Matt Ferguson
Matt Ferguson | Cakes and Comics

Star Trek Into Darkness postcard companion by Matt Ferguson
Matt Ferguson

Star Trek Into Darkness by Paul Shipper
Paul Shipper | paulshipperstudio.com

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood and Alice Eve, is in IMAX, 3D and 2D theaters everywhere today.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Star Trek Is Better Than Star Wars

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Star Trek Is Better Than Star Wars

In a recent interview with Business Insider, world-renowned astrophysicist, Star Talk Radio host and admitted Trekkie, Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed the age-old battle of Star Trek versus Star Wars.

“I never got into Star Wars,” Tyson said. “Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all.”

He does appreciate one aspect of George Lucas’ creation, saying “I like the double star sunset scene (on Tatooine). Most stars you see in the night sky are double and triple stars, so that’s a very common thing we would expect in the universe.”

Check out the clip below to watch Tyson talk Star Wars, Star Trek and who his favorite captain is — Kirk or Picard.

via Business Insider

William Shatner’s ‘Captains Close-Up’ Coming to EPIX on May 16 + Win a Limited-Edition Poster

William Shatner's 'Captains Close-Up' Coming to EPIX + Win a Limited-Edition Poster

On May 16th, a new series called ‘The Captains Close-Up’ will premier exclusively on EPIX. Featuring interviews conducted by William Shatner, former Star Trek captains Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Patrick Stewart, and Scott Bakula will be featured. The series builds upon Shatner’s 2011 documentary, entitled The Captains. In addition, the series will kick off at 8PM on Wednesday with a close-up interview with Shatner himself.

To celebrate, TrekNews.net readers have the opportunity to win a special limited-edition The Captains poster.

To enter, just “Like” TrekNews.net on Facebook (http://facebook.com/treknews) or follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/treknewsnet) and leave your email address in the comments section below. Ten lucky winners will be chosen at random.

EPIX is offering a 14-day free trial of their service, which will include ‘The Captains Close Up’ series when it premiers, at http://www.epixhd.com/freetrial/.

Current EPIX subscribers can watch the original documentary The Captains, produced and directed by William Shatner, now at http://www.epixhd.com/the-captains/

'The Captains' poster

‘The Captains’ poster

WATCH: First Two-Minute Clip From STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS [SPOILERS]

WATCH: First Two-Minute Clip From STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS [SPOILERS]

On Monday, AOL revealed the first two-minute clip from the upcoming release of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS.

Check it out after the jump.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood and Alice Eve, will be in IMAX, 3D and 2D theaters everywhere on May 17th.

SPOILER WARNING






AOL also released a preview of the film, as part of the ZAMM series. The preview consists of previously released teaser footage.






via AOL

WATCH: ‘Darkness Is Coming’ In Final STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Trailer

WATCH: 'Darkness Is Coming' In Final STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Trailer

On Tuesday, Paramount released a new domestic trailer for the upcoming release of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. The new trailer highlights Kirk’s struggle and the destruction — and possible resurgence of the Enterprise and her crew.

The trailer begins with Christopher Pike speaking to Kirk, as he tells him “You think you can’t make mistakes, but the choices you make could get yourself and everyone under your command killed — but I believe in you, Jim.”

Harrison’s voice predicts the forthcoming destruction, as we hear him say “Darkness is coming.”

Following a face-off between the Enterprise and what is speculated to be Harrison’s ship that leads to the Enterprise crashing into the ocean, Scotty tells Kirk “The ship’s dead, sir. She’s gone.”

Kirk replies “No she’s not,” as we watch the Enterprise rise from the water.

Check out the final theatrical trailer and stills below.

Click to enlarge the stills from the trailer below.

Spock

Ships face-off

Kirk

Kirk

Kirk

John Harrison

John Harrison

John Harrison

The Enterprise rises from the ocean

The Enterprise rises from the ocean

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood and Alice Eve, will be in IMAX, 3D and 2D theaters everywhere on May 17th.

via iTunes Movies

Four New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Character Posters Featuring Pine, Quinto, Saldana & Cumberbatch

Four New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Character Posters Featuring Pine, Quinto, Saldana & Cumberbatch

A series of four new posters to promote the upcoming release of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS have been released by Paramount. The new posters feature four of the film’s stars and include Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura and Benedict Cumberbatch as Harrison.

Check them out below.

Uhura

Uhura

Spock

Spock

John Harrison

John Harrison

Kirk

Kirk

The Enterprise

The Enterprise

Official film synopsis:

In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood and Alice Eve, will be in IMAX, 3D and 2D theaters everywhere on May 17th.

via iTunes

Scott Bakula Comments On Possibilities Of “Enterprise” Reunion

Scott Bakula Comments On Possibilities Of "Enterprise" Reunion

In recent weeks, a successful Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign combined with the release of the first season of Star Trek: Enterprise on Blu-ray has fueled speculation and interest in a possible Enterprise cast reunion.

Canceled after four seasons, the show is remembered by many fans as having just hit its stride when it was axed in 2005. In a recent interview with the LA Times, Enterprise star Scott Bakula, who played Captain Jonathan Archer, was asked if he’d be open to a fifth season fueled by Kickstarter campaign.

I talked about that in the beginning, before Kickstarter was around. If the fans want us to do a movie or the fans want more episodes, why don’t we let the fans be investors in the show? This is eight years ago and it didn’t go anywhere. I’d love to do [a new season], but the big problem with our show is that it requires effects and sets. A lot of our sets have been sold. Our bridge is in Germany, assembled in a guy’s garage.

Bakula went on to discuss his meeting with the fan and a possible filming location, if the chips were to fall into place.

He’s a fan, he’s got a whole museum of stuff. He gave me a card at a convention in London. He said if you’re ever in Germany, I’ve got the bridge, I’ve got the uniforms, I’ve got everything. I guess we could all shoot in Germany in his garage.

The first season of Star Trek: Enterprise on Blu-ray is now available at Amazon.

via LA Times

WATCH: Shatner Battles The Gorn In New ‘Star Trek: The Video Game’ Spot

WATCH: Shatner Battles The Gorn In New 'Star Trek: The Video Game' Spot

In a new video to promote the upcoming release of ‘Star Trek: The Video Game,’ William Shatner battles the original TOS Gorn in a rematch more than 45 years in the making.

Shatner, who just turned 82 last week, breaks out some of Captain Kirk’s classic hand-to-hand fighting techniques as he battles his old nemesis.

Set between the events of the 2009 film and STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, the game will hit store shelves on April 26th and will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Written by Star Trek (2009) writer-producers Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman of J.J. Abrams’ company, Bad Robot in collaboration with God of War writer, Marianne Krawczyk, the game will allow players experience gameplay as Kirk or Spock as they battle enemies, including an updated version of the Gorn.

Check out the video below.

Compare that to their original battle from the TOS episode “Arena.”

via Yahoo Movies

Every Episode of Star Trek Now Available for Free On Hulu Until March 31st

Every Episode of Star Trek Now Available for Free On Hulu Until March 31st

In celebration of William Shatner’s 82nd birthday, the video streaming service Hulu is making every episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise available for free online viewing.

The promotion began on Friday and runs through March 31.

Both Netflix and Amazon Prime offer each of the series as part of their own paid streaming services.

Star Trek category page on Hulu

Star Trek category page on Hulu

Which series do you plan to start watching this weekend? Tell us in the comments below.

For more information, visit Hulu.

WATCH: Bad Robot Takes Fans “Further Into Darkness” With New Trailer

WATCH: Bad Robot Takes Fans "Further Into Darkness" With New Trailer

On Friday, Bad Robot, via their Twitter account, announced a new version of the “international” trailer that was released on Thursday. The tweet included the words “Further Into Darkness” and included the Twitter handles of several members of the cast and crew.

The new version of the STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS trailer features only slight variations to the previous version. The only major detail is the on screen inclusion of year 2259, which has been added prior to the destruction we see take place in London.

Scroll down to watch the trailer.

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood and Alice Eve, will be in IMAX, 3D and 2D theaters everywhere on May 17th.

New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Poster

New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Poster

Following the release of the STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS international trailer earlier today, Paramount has unveiled a new poster for the film.

The new poster features Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura holding weapons in the background with Benedict Cumberbatch as John Harrison walking away from an area of destruction toward the viewer.

Check it out below.

New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS poster

New STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS poster

Compare it to the original teaser poster, released back in December.

Star Trek Into Darkness Teaser Poster

Star Trek Into Darkness Teaser Poster

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood and Alice Eve, will be in IMAX, 3D and 2D theaters everywhere on May 17th.

Tell us what you think of the new poster in the comments below.