Hallmark Hallmark was founded in Kansas City , Missouri in 1910 and has been known primarily as an American greeting card and holiday decoratives company . Since 1991 , Hallmark has produced many licensed " Keepsake " Christmas ornaments based on " Star Trek " characters , starships , props , artwork , and scenes . Hallmark has also produced other " Star Trek " - related merchandise including lunchboxes , lenticular greeting cards , buttons , sticker sets , e - cards , party supplies , novelties , and jigsaw puzzles . The puzzles were produced through their " Springbok " subsidiary . Hallmark has frequently used recorded music and clips of " Star Trek " actors ' voices that have been taken from iconic episodes and films . These clips are used for electronic audio features contained within their Keepsake Christmas ornaments ( or within their display stands ) and greeting cards . Appearances in " Star Trek " episodes . To create the battle sequences between the Federation and Klingon fleets in " " s , the effects department used Playmates toys , Ertl model kits , and Hallmark Bird - of - Prey Christmas ornaments in the background in an effort to keep production costs down . When these ships were required to explode , special effects manager Gary Monak filled them with explosives and party glitter . ( " " , pp . 263 - 265 ) Set decorator James Mees used colorfully repainted Hallmark and Klingon Bird - of - Prey ornaments for Miral Paris ' baby crib mobile in . The mobile ' s Klingon battle cruiser was a small plastic AMT model that had been repainted . An " unfinished " ship - in - a - bottle of the USS " Voyager " purported to have been built by Joe Carey and seen in was actually a 1996 Hallmark Keepsake ornament which had been modified for the show by production staff . While unsuccessfully evading Q , Quinn reduced the starship USS " Voyager " to the size of a Christmas ornament and tethered it to a Christmas tree in . Perhaps not entirely coincidentally , Hallmark ' s USS " Voyager " ornament was released a few months after the episode premiered . Interactions with " Star Trek " actors . Leonard Nimoy recorded a special holiday message from Spock for use within Hallmark ' s 1992 Shuttlecraft " " ornament . He also appeared as himself in a television commercial for the ornament and gave the Vulcan salute . In 1993 , Hallmark aired a television commercial featuring Patti Yasutake in the role of Nurse Alyssa Ogawa who was seen questioning the shipboard computer and then replicating a Keepsake ornament . Majel Barrett - Roddenberry provided the voice of the computer . Hallmark ' s television commercial for the 1994 Klingon Bird - of - Prey ornament featured Robert O ' Reilly in the role of Gowron , commanding the bridge of a Klingon ship . His raucous Klingon language pitch was subtitled in English . Martha Hackett appeared as a Romulan officer aboard the in Hallmark ' s 1995 Romulan Warbird ornament television commercial . Hackett appeared in a similar costume to the one she wore in the role of Sub - Commander T ' Rul in " The Search , Part I " and " Part II " . William Shatner and Christopher Lloyd appeared in a 2015 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production called " Just In Time For Christmas " . To promote the holiday movie , Shatner autographed a Hallmark " Star Trek " Keepsake ornament for a contest .