'Galaxy Quest' model kits touches down in stores
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. Paramount Licensing has licensed rights to Pegasus Hobbies for models based on the 1999 sci-fi spoof film, "Galaxy Quest."
The film features a group of cast members from a cancelled sci-fi TV show many years later at a geeky fan convention, who find themselves tangling with real aliens. The Pegasus Hobbies product line of models includes both buildable and pre-built models of the NSEA protector ship and the ion nebulizer and vox communicator featured in the film. All models were created using design data and images provided by Paramount Pictures of the original studio model, Paramount Licensing said.
The models range in price from $17.99 to $39.99 and include:
“Ion nebulizer and vox communicator set” model kit:
- Full size prop replicas of the gun and communicator used in the movie
- Nebulizer comes with clear lenses cast in blue with functioning trigger
- Vox comes with spring loaded flip-open mouth piece.
- Designed and molded to make lighting easy to incorporate.
- SRP: $17.99
“NSEA protector ship” model kit:
- Model kit of the NSEA protector ship
- Comes with removable “command ship,” clear lenses cast in blue and logo base display stand
- Designed and molded to make lighting easy to incorporate
- SRP: $29.99
Pre-finished “ion nebulizer and vox communicator set” (full scale):
- Pre-built version of the plastic model kit
- Full size prop replicas of the gun and communicators used in the movie
- Nebulizer comes with clear lenses cast in blue with functioning trigger
- Vox comes with spring loaded flip-open mouth piece
- Static display model, no lights or sound
- Comes in full color window display box
- SRP: $24.99
Pre-finished “NSEA Protector Ship” (12.5 inches long):
- Pre-built version of the plastic model kit
- Comes with removable “Command Ship,” clear lenses cast in blue and logo base display stand
- Static display model, no lights or sound
- Comes in full color window display box
- SRP: $39.99