Customer Reviews

QXI1185 Klingon Battle Cruiser Star Trek 2009 Hallmark Keepsake Ornament

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

In the latest in the annual overcharging of Star Trek fans for Christmas ornaments, Hallmark brings us this Klingon battlecruiser. It's meant to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original Star Trek movie from 1979 (which I saw in the theatres - I'm getting old). Anyway, the detail of the ship mirrors the Klingon ships from that movie.

It actually looks great. The detail is nice, and it's not just monochrome either - so the colors are better than your average one.

It comes with three micro sized flat batteries. Unlike other previous Hallmark ornaments, it doesn't plug into the light system. This is good and bad. Good that you don't have to wrestle with taking lights out of the system. Bad in that you better remember to take the batteries out before packing it away. I've had things like that ruined by exploding batteries during the year. Plus they're non common batteries, if you need to replace them, you're going to pay a decent price for replacements.

It's also somewhat disappointing that for what you pay for it, the ornament is mute. Several others in the past talked, or at least had ship sounds (phasers, etc). This doesn't do anything like that. All it does is light up, which helps with the visual look of the thing, but I would preferred it talk.

Despite all that, it does look very nice, so in that aspect it is a nice ornament. The negative bits kept the star rating at 3, otherwise it would have been much higher.

This item is one of a long running series of Christmas Ornaments from Hallmark in the Star Trek Series of different ships. The quality is as expected. I have collected each ship since the first year and this is a welcome addition.

I have been collecting the Hallmark Trek ornaments since the first Enterprise which I was lucky to get when it first came out. Some of the ships were boring, like the Borg cube, but this one is great. To me, this ship is the best, most uniquely designed ship in sci fi, thanks to Matt Jeffries. It is my favorite, and I am glad it finally came out as an ornament that lights up. Thanks Hallmark.