Johnny Lightning

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Johnny Lightning (a subsidiary of Playing Mantis) is a company primarily known for their die-cast collectible cars. They have also produced several small plastic representations of Star Trek vessels, entitled "Legends of Star Trek", since 2004.

[edit] Legends of Star Trek series

[edit] Series One

Released in 2004; packed on blue-backed cards with stickers relating to each ship

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (with TOS Command division insignia sticker)
Klingon D7 Battle cruiser (with Klingon trefoil insignia sticker)
Romulan Bird-of-Prey (with Romulan Bird-of-Prey insignia sticker)
Shuttlecraft Galileo (with TOS Sciences division insignia sticker)
USS Reliant (with movie-era insignia badge sticker)
Enterprise NX-01 (with Enterprise mission patch sticker)

[edit] Series Two: Red Alert

Released in 2005; packed on red-backed cards; all come with miniature trapezoid-backed combadge embroidered patches

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 refit
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 refit with battle damage from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
USS Enterprise NCC-1701 with battle damage
"Cloaked" Klingon D7 Battle cruiser
USS Reliant with battle damage from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Enterprise NX-01 with battle damage from "Azati Prime"

[edit] Series Three: Uncharted Territories

Released in 2006; packed on purple-backed cards; feature new style bases

USS Enterprise-D
Future USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D from "All Good Things..."
USS Voyager
Borg cube
ISS Enterprise NX-01
"Cloaked" Romulan Bird-of-Prey

[edit] Series Four: Battlestations!

Release 2007

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D with battle damage from Star Trek Generations
USS Voyager with landing gear
USS Majestic NCC-31060 (Miranda-class)
USS Defiant NCC-1764 with phaser blasts included (TOS Enterprise repaint)
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A
Borg Cube with Borg sphere from Star Trek: First Contact

[edit] Series Five: Sacrifice

Release 2008

Enterprise NX-01
Klingon D7 Battle cruiser with explosions and torpedoes
Shuttlecraft Galileo II NCC-1701/7
Enterprise NCC-1701 Refit self destruct

[edit] Series Six: Ships of The Line

November 2008

Borg cube with explosions
USS Yamato
USS Excalibur
"Romulan" D7 Battle cruiser

[edit] "White Lightning" Variants

Most of the ships have been released in both standard versions (as listed above) and in rare "White Lightning" variant editions. The variants that have been confirmed so far are as follows:

All 6 Series One ships (painted pearlescent white instead of standard base colors)
All 6 Series Two ships (feature a Starfleet "Delta Shield" painted in pearlescent white on the ship; hard to spot on some ships with standard white basecoats)
Series Three Future Enterprise-D ("Cloaked", clear plastic)
Series Three ISS Enterprise NX-01 ("Cloaked", clear plastic)
Series Three Borg Cube (green plastic)
Series Three Romulan Bird-of-Prey (painted bird on clear plastic "cloaked" body) regular version was totally clear
Series Four USS Enterprise (Painted Silver instead of standard base colors)
Series Four USS Defiant (Painted Silver instead of standard base colors)
Series Four USS Majestic (Painted Silver instead of standard base colors)
Series Four USS Voyager (Painted Silver instead of standard base colors)
Series Five Enterprise NX-01 (marking as Columbia NX-02)
Series Five Shuttlecraft Galileo II (marking as Columbus NCC-1701/2)
Series Five Klingon D7 Battle cruiser (original shooting model)

[edit] Picture gallery

Series One figures	Series Two figures	Series Three figures	Series One "White Lightning" Romulan Bird-of-Prey
Series One "White Lightning" Klingon D7 Battle cruiser	Close-up of the "Delta Shield" on the Series Two "White Lightning" 'Battle-Damaged' refit USS Enterprise	Close-up of the Series Two 'Cloaked' Klingon D7 Battle cruiser, with detail of the "Delta Shield" marker	Series Three "White Lightning" Borg cube with Borg sphere from Star Trek: First Contact
Series 4 Majestic	Series 4 Voyager	Series 4 Borg	Series 4 Enterprise-A
Series 4 Enterprise-D	Series 4 Defiant