Star Trek: The Original Series Bird of Prey Has Flashy Lights and Sounds

If you’re more Kirk than Picard, this is the Romulan Bird of Prey for you. This replica is modeled to look like the ship from the original Star Trek series.

The ship has a wingspan of 12-inches, and comes packed in a special 50th anniversary full color window box if you are the sort that buys cool stuff and never opens the package. It also features lights, sounds, and dialog from the original series, which you will never hear if you don’t remove it from the fancy box other than the “try me” feature you can activate from outside the box.

I never was an original series fan, so I had no idea they had Birds of Prey with an actual bird painted on it. You can get one at Entertainment Earth for $59.99(USD).

Romulan Ale Will Cure What Ails You

I’ve watched enough Star Trek over the years to know if you want to get good and snookered, Romulan Ale is the drink you want. Sure, it’s a fake drink from a fictional race, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get hammered on your own Romulan Ale.

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If you are the sort who wants to mix your own geeky cocktails, check out The Geeky Chef’s recipe for Romulan Ale. It’s an adult beverage so naturally it needs an ounce of 151 proof rum. Other ingredients include an ounce of of Blue Curaçao, an ounce of Creme De Cacao blue cream soda (who knew such a thing existed?), and 3-5 drops orange of chocolate bitters.

Once you mix all that stuff except the cream soda in a glass, you top it off with said cream soda to taste. It sounds like a tasty creme vanilla infused drink that will probably have you throwing up your toenails after you swig down 3 or 4 of them.

You can find this and other fun recipes in The Geeky Chef Cookbook.

Romulan Ale Pint Glasses Beg for Blue Beer

I am a big fan of Star Trek: TNG and the big screen Star Trek movies. It seems like someone was always celebrating something or other by drinking Romulan Ale. I always thought all the Romulans really needed to do to kill Picard and lot of other Star Fleet officers was to poison a batch of their ale.

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If you like drinking blue alien concoctions that are banned in some parts of the galaxy, you want to drink it out of these Romulan Ale pint glasses. Sure, you could drink beer out of them, but do us all a favor and put some blue food color in it.

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Your teeth and tongue might hate you, but we all know you want to do it anyway. A set of four of these glasses will set you back $19.99(USD) at ThinkGeek. It’s worth noting that while these are called pint glasses, they only hold 12 ounces.

Star Trek Cat Tree: Scratchship Enterclaws

How’s this for a two-for-one deal: Your cat is going to have a blast, and you get a geeky DIY project. Your mission: To create a cat-friendly model of the Enterprise and/or a Romulan Bird of Prey.


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It’s the perfect excuse to name your cat Spot and put some Data makeup on for the ultimate cosplay. You know that Data would have this in his quarters for Spot if he hadn’t been so busy with all of his adventures.

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See how it was built step-by-step over at Instructables. It seems like a fairly easy build for anyone who has a cat and a love of Star Trek. If I had two cats, I would build both and let them pretend to battle each other.

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[via The Mary Sue]