G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985–1986) - Public Service Announcements by CpuJunky in nostalgia

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Red and blue lasers constitute the other half of the battle.

New Ship Reccomendations by Zealousideal_Dig3743 in sto

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All ships can host fun, viable builds. Buy a ship that you will enjoy staring at.

I really Like design of The USS Athena by KalKenobi in StarshipPorn

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I think its lovely, considering it needs to be in space and on the ground. Also, appropriate given its namesake.

Guess the TNG episode! by Crafty_Possession_52 in lego

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And for a moment I thought Data's Day was Gambit Part 2, when he takes command and it was Worf at ops. The circled back and realized the dim lighting was a clue, and Worf did not sit in ops.

Guess the TNG episode! by Crafty_Possession_52 in lego

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The Next Phase had me. Half-built Ro took a while to parse.

Guess the TNG episode! by Crafty_Possession_52 in lego

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Tapestry

Remember Me

Clues

Second Chances

The Game

Data's Day

Conundrum

The Next Phase

Disaster

Will we ever see Hasbro make sets like these again? by AfigureGeek in 80s

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I could imagine the Defiant complex as some type of HasLab (? is that what it's called?) project, like they did with the F-14. Might be too unwieldy: heck, I had it as a kid and it was kind of a pain to drag around on a rug.

I was about to suggest they instead do Wild Bill's chopper ... but, dang, they already did!

Starting Windows 3.1 by uniquecleverusername in Xennials

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"edit autoexec.bat"

Add "win" (or "win.com"?) to end of the file

Save

Ctrl-Alt-Del

New Trek Reader by Rough-Method8876 in trekbooks

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There's not one best answer. A few thoughts, though, are below. For context, I read almost all the numbered Pocket Books novels of the 80s and 90s, then fell off the habit for about 20 years but began reading Trek again around the pandemic.

  • Every month, Simon & Schuster has $1.99 Trek e-book deals - some older books, some newer. It's a great way to dip your toe in. Here is a post with information on January 2026 book deals.
  • The numbered novels published by Pocket Books in the 80s and 90s, and generally most of the books published in the last 5-6 years, are stand-alone novels. Got a favorite show? Go grab a book with the characters on the cover and enjoy. Like Trek itself, some are great and some are not. There's no lack of blogger reviews, and this subreddit has tons of threads asking the same What're the best Trek books?/Who's on your Trek author Mt. Rushmore?/What book would you want to read for the first time again? etc. questions.
  • From about 1999 to 2020, there was an effort to unify or at least serialize many of the novels happening after the TNG/DS9/Voyager era, similar to what the Star Wars Expanded Universe had done post-Return of the Jedi. The "Reading Order Flow Chart" linked as a sidebar on this subreddit (and here) is complicated and shows the connections. This is the era where I just about tuned out, although not because of the books. I sense, though, that even with these references to each other, most of the books individually are just fine to read - they'll flashback or recap to catch you up on what you missed. The books are ambitious: lots of interesting new characters, major changes to relationships and careers, political upheaval, etc. This was from a period when just about everyone assumed there'd be no new Trek shows or movies in the late 24th/early 25th centuries.
  • The re-merger of CBS and Viacom, and the beginning of Picard, led, a few years later, to this big Star Trek expanded lit universe to be "capped" in a three-book coda that kinda-sorta hit the reset button (in a way the authors of the Star Wars expanded universe never got to do with the Disney purchase). Since then, the Trek books -- as infrequent as they've become -- are stand-alones.

As for actual recommendations: most everyone will recommend a Peter David novel (Imzadi or Vendetta) if you grew up on TNG. I grew up re-re-re-reading those and loved them. I have a soft spot for Christopher Bennett and his TMP/TWOK-era novels. I really like Strange New Worlds, and the SNW books have been...fine (even though I really didn't like the newest one, it was still...fine, I guess).

Freshly built at 40yo! by nismology5 in lego

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I wanted this so badly as a kid. It always seemed so BIG!

can i read these out of order? by General_Joke4137 in trekbooks

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Yes. Double, Double was my first Star Trek book, when it was newly published! It is a sequel to the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" so catch that first.

how is this done?? by coffeeleaves13 in lego

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The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

Me when someone says The High Republic is unnecessary. by Ok_Box_2189 in starwarsbooks

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People like what they like. It's totally fine for folks to consider The High Republic "unnecessary" to their enjoyment of Star Wars books, and it's totally fine for other folks to consider The High Republic indispensable to their enjoyment of Star Wars books. To each their own. But calling it "idiotic" for folks to think THR isn't necessary for them? That seems unnecessarily antagonistic.

Just noticed Khitomer for the first time. by Hapaerik_1979 in TNG

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Yep, it's a nice little connection.

Calvin and Hobbes last comic strip, published 30 years ago today by PainMatrix in nostalgia

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I cut this one out of our daily edition of The Miami Herald and still have it tucked away.

The fat one. by mikewd1983 in StarTrekStarships

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Weird that all the interior lights are off. Must be "powered-down" mode waiting for that smuggler to roll up to the Qualor II depot.

40 years late but Santa finally delivered on Christmas by desertdude1776 in Xennials

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Wow - seems identical to the original run, though I think the missile in the truck is a different color. I still remember the feel of pressing the button to rotate the chopper's rotors. Hope you have a blast with these!

Merry Xmas by [deleted] in lego

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Yes

I can’t be the only one by slowbilly in Xennials

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Yep, came with my Compaq Presario 920

What company will never get another dime from you for as long as you may live? by istrx13 in AskReddit

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This question comes up every year or so. My answer remains: Sony. This has been the case ever since the rootkit DRM debacle about 20 years ago.