Captains’ Logs and Lightsabers Episode 7 is finally here after an extra week due to the Easter holiday! This extra-length episode finds Jonathan and Chris catching up on the massive amounts of news from First Contact Day 2021, the Obi-Wan Series cast announcement, the Bad Batch Trailer, and wait for it…a surprise teaser that came straight from Disney Parks!

The feature discussion for this episode is the final in their trilogy of the influences of Star Wars on Trek in the 1970s and beyond. For this episode, the boys talk about the real moneymaker when it comes to both Star Trek and Star Wars…the toys! They discuss the history of how Kenner obtained the Star Wars license and how the company knocked it out of the park with their figures, vehicles, and more! The conversation then shifts to the more rocky history and questionable decisions made by the many Star Trek toy licensees. Towards the end of the feature discussion, Chris and Jonathan reminisce about missing a local Pittsburgh-area department store that is now defunct.

00:00:00  Introduction & Welcome

00:02:57   First Contact Day Announcements Intro

00:03:41   Models, Multitools, & Pizza Cutters Oh My!

00:07:25   ReedPop's Star Franchise Monopoly

00:11:19   SW Celebration vs. STLV

00:17:15   Trailer Talk

00:24:49  Obi-Wan Series Cast/Bad Batch Trailer Analysis

00:35:32   Real Lightsabers??/Galactic Starcruiser Hotel

00:42:22   Feature Discussion Introduction

00:43:27   History of Star Wars Toys

00:51:00   Steve Sansweet & ROW

00:53:30  Fall of Kenner & Rise of Hasbro

01:01:40   History of Star Trek Toys

01:05:50   Remco's Folly, AMT Models, Rise of Mego

01:18:47   Playmates Gets it Right!!

01:23:40   Art Asylum/Diamond Select Era

01:31:10   Current State of the Franchises' Toys

01:34:20   Next Episode Teaser/Outro

Hills Department Store Christmas Toys Commercials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNa1DDxWAQ

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Eat N Park Christmas Tree Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W2IP-BTu30

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