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Hallmark was founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1910 and has been known primarily as an American greeting card company.

Since 1991, Hallmark has produced many licensed "Keepsake" Christmas ornaments based on Star Trek characters, ships, props, artwork, and scenes.

Hallmark Star Trek ornaments — Hallmark *Star Trek* starship ornaments from 1991 to 2015

Hallmark has also produced other Star Trek-related merchandise including lunchboxes, lenticular greeting cards, buttons, sticker sets, e-cards, party supplies, and jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles were produced through their Springbok subsidiary.

Hallmark has frequently used recorded music and clips of Star Trek actors' voices that have been taken from iconic Star Trek episodes or films. These clips are used for electronic audio features contained within their "Keepsake" ornaments or within their display stands. Many Star Trek-themed greeting cards that play digital audio recordings have also been released.

Appearances in Star Trek episodes

During the battle sequences between the Federation and Klingon fleets in DS9: "The Way of the Warrior", the effects department used Playmates toys, Ertl model kits, and Hallmark Bird-of-Prey Christmas ornaments in the background in an effort to keep production costs down. When one of the toy ships was required to explode, special effects manager Gary Monak filled it with explosives and party glitter. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, pp. 263-265)

Set decorator James Mees used colorfully repainted Hallmark "Keepsake" USS Voyager and Klingon Bird-of-Prey ornaments for Miral Paris' baby crib mobile in VOY: "Prophecy". The mobile's Klingon D7-class battle cruiser was a small plastic AMT model that was repainted.

An "unfinished" ship-in-a-bottle of the USS Voyager said to have been "built" by Joe Carey and seen in VOY: "Friendship One" was actually a 1996 Hallmark "Keepsake" ornament which had been modified for the show by production staff.

Interactions with Star Trek actors

Leonard Nimoy recorded a special holiday message from Spock for use within Hallmark's 1992 "Shuttlecraft Galileo" ornament. He also appeared as himself in a television commercial for the ornament and gave the Vulcan salute.

In 1993, Hallmark aired a television commercial featuring Patti Yasutake in the role of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa who was seen questioning the shipboard computer and then replicating a USS Enterprise-D "Keepsake" ornament. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry provided the voice of the computer.

Hallmark's television commercial for the 1994 Klingon Bird-of-Prey ornament featured Robert O'Reilly in the role of Gowron on the bridge of a Klingon ship. His raucous Klingon language pitch was subtitled in English.

Hallmark Keepsake Ornament releases: Star Trek

1991 release

USS Enterprise - featuring lights; commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek

1992 release

Shuttlecraft Galileo - featuring lights and a voice clip of Leonard Nimoy as Spock

1993 release

USS Enterprise - USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D from TNG; featuring lights

1994 release

Klingon Bird-of-Prey - featuring lights

1995 releases

Romulan Warbird - featuring lights
Captain James T. Kirk - in command chair
Captain Jean-Luc Picard - in Enterprise-D corridor
Starfleet Communicator Pin - Combadge; 1:1 scale gift premium pin for buyers of all 1995 Star Trek ornaments
"The Ships of Star Trek" - USS Enterprise (TOS), USS Enterprise-D, and Klingon Bird-of-Prey miniature starships

1996 releases

USS Voyager - featuring lights
Commander William T. Riker - with Type 2 phaser
Mr. Spock - seated at the bridge science station
Star Trek 30th Anniversary Logo Pin - embossed pin offered as a gift premium for buyers of all 1996 Star Trek ornaments
"Star Trek: 30 Years" - USS Enterprise with a miniature Galileo shuttlecraft from TOS; Enterprise is identical to 1991 version but made from diecast zamac with an electroplated nickel exterior and lacks lights; display stand features a voice clip of William Shatner as Kirk

1997 releases

USS Defiant - from DS9; featuring lights
Dr. Leonard H. McCoy - on transporter pad
Commander Data - at Ops bridge station

1998 releases

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E - featuring lights
Captain Kathryn Janeway - leaning on handrail
Star Trek Lunch Box - small metal reproduction of 1960s-style lunch box

1999 releases

Runabout USS Rio Grande - featuring lights and a voice clip of Michael Dorn as Worf
Worf - with bat'leth
USS Enterprise Century Stamp - postage stamp ornament
USS Enterprise - blown glass ornament

2000 releases

Borg Cube - featuring lights and a voice clip of the Borg Collective
Seven of Nine
Lieutenant Commander Worf - blown glass bust ornament

2001 releases

Space Station Deep Space 9 - display stand powers lights and a voice clip of Avery Brooks as Sisko; station has hooks for six miniature starships
Captain Benjamin Sisko
Q - blown glass bust ornament
"Starfleet Legends" - USS Enterprise-E, USS Defiant (DS9), and USS Voyager miniature starship set

2002 releases

Delta Flyer - featuring lights and a voice clip of Kate Mulgrew as Janeway
Enterprise NX-01 - display stand features a voice clip of Scott Bakula as Archer; ship is made of diecast zamac with an electroplated nickel exterior
The Doctor - with medical tricorder

2003 releases

The Scorpion - Reman fighter with Picard and Data in cockpit; featuring lights
Sub-Commander T'Pol
Captain Jonathan Archer - in command chair

2004 releases

Vulcan Command Ship - featuring lights
Commander Trip Tucker - in EV suit
"Star Trek Insignias" - miniature ornament set of TOS, TNG, and ENT insignia
"The City on the Edge of Forever" - Kirk and Spock leaping through the Guardian of Forever; featuring lights and voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock, William Shatner as Kirk, and Bart LaRue as the Guardian

2005 releases

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A - featuring lights
Khan - as seen in TOS: "Space Seed"
Locutus of Borg - with the Borg Queen from Star Trek: First Contact; featuring lights and voice clips of Patrick Stewart as Locutus and Alice Krige as the Borg Queen

2006 releases

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 - from TOS; new sculpting; display stand powers lights and plays a synthesized version of the TOS theme
"The Transporter Chamber" - from TOS; with Kirk, Spock, and Scotty; featuring lights and transporter sound effects

2007 releases

Future USS Enterprise - Future USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D from TNG: "All Good Things..."; featuring lights
Lieutenant Uhura - at communications station wearing a red Operations division uniform; "limited quantity" ornament available at Hallmark stores
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" - Kirk, Spock, and Sulu at the USS Enterprise's helm station with USS Reliant on bridge viewscreen; featuring voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock, William Shatner as Kirk, Ricardo Montalban as Khan , and Judson Scott as Joachim

2008 releases

USS Reliant - featuring lights
Starfleet Communicator - from TOS; featuring lights and sound
"The Trouble with Tribbles" - Kirk buried in tribbles; featuring moving tribbles and voice clips of William Shatner as Kirk and DeForest Kelley as McCoy

2009 releases

Klingon Battle Cruiser - from films; featuring lights
Starfleet Phaser - from TOS; featuring lights and sound
Lieutenant Uhura - at communications station wearing a gold Command division uniform as seen in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and "Mudd's Women"; repaint of the 2007 ornament; "Special Event Edition" of 450 released at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con
Ilia Probe - "limited quantity" ornament available at Hallmark stores
"The Menagerie" - Kirk and Spock with Fleet Captain Christopher Pike; features wheelchair lights and sounds and voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock and William Shatner as Kirk

2010 releases

USS Enterprise - USS Enterprise (alternate reality) from 2009 Star Trek film; featuring lights
Captain James T. Kirk - with a type 2 phaser; first in "Star Trek Legends" series
"Amok Time" - Kirk and Spock fighting each other; featuring music from the episode

2011 releases

Romulan Bird-of-Prey - from TOS; featuring lights
USS Defiant Special Edition - from TOS and ENT; glow-in-the-dark repaint of 2006 USS Enterprise; no stand, lights, or sound; "limited edition" of 700 released at the 2011 New York Comic-Con
Spock - with a tricorder; second in "Star Trek Legends" series
"Mirror, Mirror" - Mirror Universe Spock forcing a Vulcan mind meld on McCoy; featuring a voice clip of Leonard Nimoy as Spock

2012 releases

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D - new 25th Anniversary sculpt with an attached display base; featuring music and a voice clip of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard narrating TNG's opening titles
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy - with a hypospray; third in "Star Trek Legends" series
"An Extraordinary Meeting" - Prime reality Spock and alternate reality Spock exchanging the Vulcan salute from Star Trek (2009); featuring voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock and Zachary Quinto as Spock

2013 releases

USS Kelvin - featuring lights
USS Kelvin - "battle damaged" deco featuring lights; "limited edition" of 1575 released at the 2013 San Diego and New York Comic-Con conventions
Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott - with a Trident scanner; fourth in "Star Trek Legends" series
"Arena" - Kirk fighting the Gorn captain - featuring music and Gorn sounds from the episode; Gold Crown exclusive

2014 releases

USS Vengeance - featuring lights
Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu - with a tricorder and communicator; fifth in "Star Trek Legends" series
"The Devil in the Dark" - Spock performing a Vulcan mind meld on a Horta; featuring voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock and William Shatner as Kirk
Vina - "limited quantity" ornament available at Hallmark stores

2015 releases

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C - featuring lights
Lieutenant Nyota Uhura - with a tricorder; sixth in "Star Trek Legends" series
"The Needs Of The Many" - A dying Spock bids farewell to Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; featuring voice clips of Leonard Nimoy as Spock and William Shatner as Kirk

2016 releases

USS Enterprise - in pilot episodes configuration, painted gold, and featuring sound; commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek
Ensign Pavel Chekov - with a tricorder; seventh in "Star Trek Legends" series; "limited quantity" ornament available at Hallmark stores
"The Man Trap" - The M-113 creature attacks Kirk
"To Boldly Go" - Kirk, Spock, and McCoy on the bridge of the USS Enterprise; featuring lights and voice clips
Star Trek 50th Anniversary Itty Bittys Collectors Set - Plush figures of Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and McCoy

Notes

Hallmark Reman Scorpion prototype — Prototype of a Hallmark Reman *Scorpion* ornament with a clear canopy

Lynn Norton has sculpted most Star Trek starship ornaments for Hallmark. The Galileo shuttlecraft was sculpted by Dill Rhodus and the 1996 Enterprise ornament was designed by Norton and Rhodus. The Scorpion ornament was sculpted by Norton but the Data and Picard figures within were sculpted by Anita Marra Rogers. Rogers sculpted a majority of Star Trek ornaments that were not starships and generally focused on figures.
Hallmark's initial concept drawings depicted the 1991 USS Enterprise, the first in the series, with a Santa Claus popping out of a hinged bridge dome with simulated garland draped around the saucer. Norton was able to steer Hallmark away from this concept.
"Magic" sound and light features are commonly activated by pressing a button, although many older ornaments stay constantly illuminated when plugged into a powered Christmas light strand. Since 2005, all "Magic" Hallmark Star Trek ship ornaments have been battery-operated and stay powered-on for less than thirty seconds after the "on" button is pushed.
Eight limited edition Star Trek "Keepsake" ornaments have been released by Hallmark. Three were exclusively released at comics and science fiction conventions while five were retailed in "limited quantities" at Hallmark Gold Crown stores. Premium gift pins were also released.

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 === {{y|2016}} releases ===
 * {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} - in pilot episodes configuration, painted gold, and featuring sound; commemorating the 50th Anniversary of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''
-* "[[The Man Trap (episode)|The Man Trap]]" - The [[M-113 creature]] attacks [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]
 * [[Ensign]] [[Pavel Chekov]] - with a [[tricorder]]; seventh in "''Star Trek'' Legends" series; "limited quantity" ornament available at Hallmark stores
+* "[[The Man Trap (episode)|The Man Trap]]" - The [[M-113 creature]] attacks [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]
 * "To Boldly Go" - [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Spock]], and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] on the [[bridge]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}; featuring lights and voice clips
 *  ''Star Trek'' 50th Anniversary Itty Bittys Collectors Set - Plush figures of [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], [[Spock]], [[Nyota Uhura|Uhura]], and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]]