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Unused Trek Uniforms and Ships: Possible?

leviathan99#2867 leviathan99 Member Posts: 7,747 Arc User
William Ware Theiss did some designs that went unused in TNG:

http://ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/the-next-generation-costume-design/

Generations used new designs for several days of filming until they decided it would be too expensive to outfit everyone with these uniforms. Geordi's jacket was in the background when Soran was torturing him and it did make it into merchandise, including the action figures:

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1247200634/med_gallery_179_11_161567.jpg

Ralph "Star Wars" McQuarrie re-designed the Enterprise for a planned movie and his work popped up onscreen a few times:

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Planet_of_the_Titans

Star Trek: Phase II boasted a different ship interior:

http://www.retrothing.com/2008/10/star-trek-1977.html

I think it would be interesting if Cryptic focused some of its resources on these kinds of things. I realize they're not always the most popular but it's also probably pretty unwise for the longterm sustainability of STO as a business to rush to include every popular thing because it leaves Cryptic with no longterm options. Delaying popular things and staggering in both new/original designs and perhaps some unused classical designs strikes me as the winning strategy for longevity... And helps set STO apart by perhaps being the first place that some of these designs could be realized.
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