Minikin and William Shatner to offer limited, 3D printed fan experience at Star Trek: Mission Chicago
William Shatner appears on stage at Star Trek Las Vegas 2019. Image Alison Pitt
MARCH 10, 2022 - In the Star Trek: The Original Series season one episode, “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” the technology for duplicating a person as an android is used to make a perfect copy of Captain Kirk. While that technology is yet to emerge, a baby step in that direction will be available to a limited number of fans attending Star Trek: Mission Chicago.
According to a press release, MassPersona, a Chicago-based 3D tech company, is offering a limited number of fans the opportunity to be rendered in a 3D printed figurine alongside William Shatner. The figurines are called Minikins.
On April 9 and 10 each prepaid ticket will grant fans a 360-degree scan with William Shatner; one nine-inch 3D printed figurine with them and Shatner (up to two fans per scan) in the moment they were scanned, along with an authentic digital signature and identifier code; one 3D GIF of the scan; one short video of their experience; two additional miniature figurines of Shatner; and a personal note on the figurine.
The experience is limited to a total of 100 scans (up to 200 fans).
Tickets for the experience are $2,250 per person, which includes tax and shipping. Sales will begin March 22 for seven days only at minikin.us/shatner.
To paraphrase Dr. Roger Korby: this is how you make a Minikin.
Editor’s note: a previous version of this article said sales would begin on March 15, 2022. This was incorrect.
David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.
