Trek Heritage Miniatures Masterlist

Heritage Models, Inc. was one of the largest wargames models manufacturers in the US in the 1970s. In 1978, Heritage Models acquired the first official license from Paramount Pictures to produce a line of Star Trek miniatures ("Star Trek Adventure Gaming Miniatures") and a roleplaying game. Heritage President Duke Seifried had a strategy at the time to license properties and produce a game book that would support and boost sales of Heritage's primary product. In the case of Star Trek, the book was the RPG Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier by Michael Scott. Other properties that Heritage licensed around this time included Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter, Warlord of Mars, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and miniatures based on Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.

First in the Star Trek line were two 3-inch "Collector Figurines" of Kirk and Mr. Spock:

• 1600 Capt. Kirk (75mm, MSRP $10.95)
  
• 1601 Cmdr. Spock (75mm, MSRP $10.95)

At the same time, Heritage released the Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier book and the first set of miniatures intended for use with the game. These "Gaming Diorama Sets" (as they were described in the book) were 25mm scale and, unless otherwise noted, had an MSRP of $2.95. As you can see from the assortment below, they consisted of figures from both the original series as well as the animated series (also detailed in STAGFF), which aired in reruns through 1975.

The first release of miniatures was as follows:

• 1604 Kirk, His Yoeman (sic), Scotty, Sulu


• 1605 Spock, McCoy, Uhuru (sic), Dioramic Nameplate


• 1606 Chekov, Chapel, Lt. Arex, Lt. M'ress *


• 1612 Federation Crew (6)


• 1613 Romulan Crew (6) **


• 1614 Klingon Crew (6) **


• 1615 Gorn Soldiers (6)


• 1616 Aquans of Argo * (6)


• 1618 Phylosians "Plant Men" (4)


• 1619 The Andorians "Blue Tentacled Humanoids" (6)


• 1620 The Skorr "Winged Eagle Men" (4)


• 1621 Talosians "Large Craniumed Humanoids - Zoo Keepers" (6)


• 1622 The Kzin "8-Foot Cat Men" (4)


• 1623 Mugato (Neuralese Great Ape), Cappellans Powercat, a Vedalan *


• 1626 Pirates of Orion * (6)


• 1628 Tellerites (sic) "Stocky Pig-Gaces Humanoids" (sic) (6)


• 1629 Rock Creature and Horta "Silicon Creatures" *


• 1630 Federation Special Defence Force (6)


• 1631 Klingon Stormtroopers (6)


• 1632 Romulan Assault Unit (6)

* These sets may be rare, as I've been unable to locate the figures or find images. But I have confirmed or read anecdotal evidence of their existence, either in whole or in part. If nothing else, these were probably low manufacturing runs compared to others in the initial line.
** Although the catalog list "6 pieces" for 1613 and 1614, both of mine came with 7 each. These also happen to be the ones I bought from "Uncle Duke" Seifried himself, so they may be exceptions.

Each of the packs above were listed on page 37 of STAGFF as "Available for Shipment". Other sets were listed, apparently planned for later release:

• 1607 Balok, Flint, Asmodeus, Lucien


• 1608 Harry Mudd, Cyrano Jones, Tribbles & Glommer, Theela of Taurus II


• 1609 Elysian Council (11, MSRP $7.95)


• 1610 EM3 Green, Sord, Prince Tohar, Lana


• 1611 Sarek, T'Pau, Ayelborne of Organia, Kahn the Klingon


• 1617 The Dramians "Giant Androids"


• 1624 Cappellans


• 1625 Orion Colonials


• 1627 The Vians

Although molds exist for some of these, they were likely never released (one collector, however, did manage to obtain Kahn the Klingon from 1611 a few years ago, so it's possible that some others were cast and released). Any additional information or corrections would be welcome!

Over the next weeks, I'll be posting additional images for each of the packs and figures available. Eventually I'll come back and update this page with links to those posts. In the meantime, use the tags below or to the side to find additional posts on the Heritage Star Trek Miniatures.

References and additional resources:

STAGFF listing at Wikipedia
Heritage Models at Memory Alpha
Star Trek Miniatures Yahoo Group
Disciples of Heritage Yahoo Group
The Stuff of Legends

Pictured today: the 75mm Collector Figurines of #1600 Capt. Kirk and #1601 Cmdr. Spock