Star Trek: The Subsequent Era, Season 1, Episode 25 (Could 1988), “Conspiracy”, was one among my favorites. It featured a mind-controlling alien parasite known as the “Nubbin bug”, or no less than by The Best Era Star Trek podcast.
Again in 1998, there was not a whole lot of laptop CGI, so it was a stop-motion prop. Years later, the co-hosts of The Best Era, a enjoyable Star Trek podcast, stumbled upon the unique silicone molds used to create the Nubbin bug whereas a listener present in a warehouse clearance sale in Van Nuys, California.
The podcasters acquired the mould. Shortly after, a listener from Atlanta who works at a prop studio provided to assist protect the prop because the authentic rubber materials would decay over time. This led to the creation of archival-quality plaster casts to protect the long-lasting alien for generations to come back.
And so they did some extra, utilizing 3D scanners – the Nubbin bug was recreated as a 3D mannequin, permitting for actual replicas to be printed. Over 100 of those replicas had been made, each hand-painted and assembled to match the unique as intently as doable. Their handmade / 3D-printed variations look nearly equivalent to the bugs that appeared within the episode.
In addition they designed a Playschool-style retail packaging field to package deal the bugs. Followers of the podcast should purchase the limited-edition replicas. I don’t know if they may publish the 3D recordsdata, however I’ll e-mail and ask.
This can be a actually cool venture from one of many weirdest/greatest episodes, and I’m thrilled that somebody was capable of protect this piece of Sci-Fi historical past in such a cool manner – all the story is on this TikTok video.
No phrase the place this cutie is although.
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