Thursday, March 19, 2009

Heritage Star Trek #1622 - The Kzin

Heritage Star Trek #1622 - The KzinManufacturer: Heritage Models, Inc.

Set #: 1622 - The Kzin "8-Foot Cat Men"

Scale: 25mm

Year: 1978

MSRP: $2.95

Additional Notes:

- Technically, it should be "Kzinti". "Kzin" is the singular form.

- The Kzinti appeared in the 1973 Star Trek animated series episode "The Slaver Weapon" by renowned science fiction author Larry Niven.

- Niven adapted the Kzinti from his own 1966 short story "The Warriors", and aspects of the story itself from his own 1967 short story "The Soft Weapon", all set in his Known Space series of stories in which they made frequent appearances.

- In ADB's Star Fleet Universe games, the Kzintis (plural) have no tails; as in Star Trek and Niven's Known Space series, these Kzinti do.

Two Kzinti. One Kzin approaches one Kirk.- 4 figures with two poses; 2 with rifles, 2 with handguns. Fewer figures because they're larger and heavier (see below). Each figure has "ⓒ1978 PPC" (Paramount Pictures Corporation) etched on the base, along with "1622A" for Handgun-Kitteh, "1622B" for Rifle-Kitteh.

- For purposes of comparing scale, I've included a pic showing the Kzinti with Heritage's Kirk miniature (1604A).

2 comments:

  1. Is that figure on the left a human, for scale?

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  2. Yes. Oops, sorry, I'll fix that. I labeled the pic but forgot to finish it in the comments. I'll fix that (it's Kirk)

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