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The starship Enterprise faces off against a Klingon Battle Cruiser. Captain Kirk and Spok appear in the lower right corner. Text promotes and Estes catalog

Geek Archeology: Star Trek Model Rockets Promo Poster

Cleaning out my parents’ basement occasionally yields treasures, like original promotional poster for the Star Trek flying model rockets by Estes. Released in the late 1970s, this poster is a tie-ins to the original television series; Star Trek: The Motion Picture hadn’t been released yet and The Next Generation was still years away. There are […]

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Geek Archeology: Battle Axe the Fighter

My first two characters for Dungeons & Dragons – rolled up using the 1981 Moldvay Basic Set – were named Magic and Battle Axe. I was 9. And they were so … damned … cool. While cleaning out some of my old gaming stuff, I found Battle Axe’s original character sheet. A fighter/wizard, he ended his adventuring