Aluminum Model Toys

AMT logo 	AMT logo 	AMT logo
 	 	
1948-1976, 2007- 	1948-1976, 2007- 	1948-1976, 2007-
 	 	
1977-1981 (outside US)	1977-1981 (outside US)	1977-1981 (outside US)
 	 	
'82-'86 	'87-'92 	'93-'05
 	 	
2010 (Japan only) 	2010 (Japan only) 	2010 (Japan only)
Aluminum Model Toys (AMT) was the original producer of Star Trek model kits and acquired the license on , almost two months before the premiere of . This licensing deal was brokered between Gene Roddenberry and Stephen Edward Poe, an employee of an advertising firm which had been retained by AMT for marketing and communications purposes.
With the 1966 deal, AMT is one of the earliest known, if not the earliest, companies to hold an official license to produce Star Trek-related merchandise on a commercial basis and therefore one of the cornerstones of what was later recognized as the "Star Trek franchise". As it still holds the license as of 2019, AMT is presently also the oldest and longest surviving franchise partner of Star Trek.
==History==
Troy, Michigan-based AMT started out in 1948 as a manufacturer of model cars and trucks, both as model kits and as finished display pieces made for marketing purposes. Model kits became the company's core product line in the mid-1960s and Star Trek models were the company's first foray into producing products other than automobile and truck kits. In a reflection of this, AMT needed a company to build both full-scale and scaled automobile mock-ups (typically out of wood at the time) to promotional ends, as well as to manufacture the templates or masters in order to construct the molds from which the parts for their model kits were extracted or cast. To this end they asked Gene Winfield to start and head a subsidiary company, Speed and Custom Division Shop. Set up in Phoenix Arizona, Speed & Custom Shop, the more commonly used abbreviation, started operations in 1966. 
AMT ended its existence as an independent company in 1977 when it was acquired by Lesney Products, the owner of . In 1981, the die-cast toy and model kit manufacturer Ertl Company acquired AMT from Lesney and established the AMT/Ertl brand and logo in 1982.
The AMT/Ertl brand came to an end in 1999 when the company was acquired by Racing Champions, now known as RC2 Corporation. The combined company was then re-branded as Racing Champions/ERTL. However, the acquiring company was traditionally a toy and die-cast model manufacturing company, and had no affinity with model kits, the production of which virtually halted after AMT/Ertl was taken over. The company redefined its mission in 2003 and AMT/Ertl was split into its original components, ERTL originally being a die-cast model manufacturer. In 2007, AMT was sold to Round 2 LLC, its current owner.
Since then, after a hiatus of nearly a decade, AMT model kits were again released on a regular basis, though the majority of them are actually re-releases of previously released kits, with relatively few newly conceived kits sprinkled in.
==Star Trek association==
AMT was given the rights in 1966 to produce models based on the show in exchange for helping out Desilu Studios with the construction of set pieces when needed. Stephen Poe was instrumental in brokering the deal, who in return was also given free access to the studio lot which eventually resulted in the book The Making of Star Trek. The details of the deal were negotiated by Edwin Perlstein, Director of Business Affairs at Desilu, and Don Beebe of AMT, and closed successfully on 1 August 1966, starting the decades-long association between the franchise and the model kit company, which thereby became the very first recorded franchise partner. For Producer Robert H. Justman, this was a godsend as the production costs for the upcoming episode were spiraling out of control, as he stated in a memo he sent Roddenberry, evidently relieved, "[Perlstein] has made what I consider a very advantageous deal and has accomplished this at a time when everyone thought all was lost." (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed, p. 304) Through their subsidiary at the time, Speed & Custom Shop, AMT was called upon to construct the studio model of the Class F shuttlecraft as well as the full scale interior and exterior mock-ups.
Also produced at the Speedshop was the studio model of the Klingon , which originated from the desire of AMT to do a follow-up of the very successful model kit – over a million copies sold at that time according to Matt Jefferies (). Specifically designed for AMT by Jefferies, who also created the construction blueprints for the previous and subsequent outing in the Star Trek model kit line, one of the two solid wooden "master tooling models" (templates for the molds from which the production model kits were to be cast) fabricated, was immediately appropriated by the studio (struggling at the time with severe budget cuts) for use as filming model in the third season of , betraying its origin as a master for model kit manufacturing by not having internal lighting rig. The Enterprise and D7 model kits were the only model kits released while the series was still running, before its cancellation in .
As the series began to pick up popularity in syndication, AMT, starting in the early 1970s, resumed further expansion of their Star Trek model kit line by releasing versions of Romulan Bird-of-Prey, a model of Spock, the Galileo shuttlecraft, a standard exploration set (communicator, phaser, and tricorder), the bridge, and Deep Space Station K-7.
During the period 1966-1972, AMT chose not to market the Star Trek name outside of the US themselves. During that period, Aurora, another noted model kit company, leased AMT's molds and released the models outside of the US. The molds were the same and even the packaging was, besides the imprint, virtually identical. Legally though, Aurora's releases of the four models were not associated with AMT. The Aurora Spock figure kit actually started out as a company original, but a reciprocal leasing agreement gave AMT the exclusive rights to release the figure in the US. AMT bought the Spock figure's tooling from Aurora in 1976.
It should be noted that it was Matt Jefferies who drew up the construction plans for the first three outings in AMT's Star Trek model kit line, that of the Galileo included, in his spare time and in initial conjuncture with Poe, but that both men were excluded from any and all royalties arrangements resulting from their hugely successful sales. (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, 1997, p. 173) From this it could be inferred that the Galileo model kit was slated for a release during the production of the Original Series, but that its cancellation had postponed the release until its renewed popularity in syndication.
The company retained the license through the 1970s, and, at the time owned by Lesney (1977-1981), eventually produced kits for . In , the company was bought by Ertl, becoming AMT/Ertl. In 1984, after having renegotiated the license the previous year, the new combination began releasing Star Trek model kits, starting with reissues of some of the previously marketed kits under a new numbering system. The company began a true expansion of their Star Trek line with kits based on . models followed in the 1990s, as well as more ships from the subsequent eight motion pictures. During the live-action Star Trek production in the Berman-era, the company did not acquire the license for , which went to Revell-Monogram, nor for , and , which went to later sister company Polar Lights. The last "new" AMT kits of the Berman-era were released by , all of them essentially reissues. Later that year the company was acquired by Racing Champions.
Releases of Star Trek model kits went dormant as the new parent company was trying to decide in what direction it would evolve. A half-hearted attempt to revive the line occurred when re-releases were announced, of which only four were marketed in 2005 under its original brand "AMT/Ertl", though the company by that time was already split up in its two original components. Those four kits were the only releases of the AMT line that were marketed in eight years. However, in 2007, AMT changed hands yet again, this time acquired by Polar Lights owner Round 2 under whose ownership AMT (sporting the original imprint of AMT) started the run of re-releases in 2008 with a commemorative edition of its very first Enterprise model kit – (though the Enterprise kit was not a reissue of the original kit, but was instead a reissue of the model from much later renditions of the tooling, and was substantially different from the original AMT Enterprise model from 1966.) Being presently a sister company, Polar Lights, occasionally releases accessories sets at the behest of AMT in order to enable their customers to customize their Star Trek kits. The relationship between the two was further strengthened when the Star Trek box-art was synchronized for the model kit releases of both companies from 2018 onward.
In 2010, Round 2 sub-licensed the manufacture of four former AMT/Ertl Star Trek model kits, representing the Enterprises B through E, to model kit company Platz Co., Ltd. as limited editions for the Japanese market only. All four of them The Next Generation related, these kits were issued to commemorate the series' 20th anniversary first time airing in Japan and marketed as "Platz-AMT/ERTL" products; they were released prior to AMT/Round 2's own reissues that started later that year. To date, Platz has been the only company that has been given an international model kit sub-license, as Round 2 LLC administers the international marketing of their products themselves.
Remarkably and as of 2022, no truly new Star Trek model kit designs, excepting the 2017 AMT953 F-104 Starfighter kit, have been released by AMT ever since the line was revitalized under new ownership, when discounting the rescaled and/or remolded kit releases based off pre-existing kits – which the Star Trek version of the F-104 Starfighter actually also is ; instead Round 2 LLC has apparently appointed Polar Lights as the lead company to market such new releases.
The history and development of the AMT Star Trek line was featured in the "Star Trek" episode of The Toys That Made Us in . In the documentary collectors and toy experts alike, favorably credit AMT as the first bonafide Star Trek merchandise company, as their 1966-1972 releases were not only closely associated with Star Trek, but also highly accurate for the times, in stark contrast to, for example, the contemporary toy releases of Remco. Former Star Trek production staffer, but then "Trekkie", Doug Drexler spoke for all his contemporaries when he commented on the first kit release, that of the USS Enterprise, "[T]he model kit was pretty close. It was the best thing that we had. I still remember vividly opening it up, and being able to be intimite with all the little parts of the Enterprise, I mean the impulse engines, the intercoolers, you know where the bridge was. To actually be able to see these things, I was flipping out!" Gene Winfield has also made an appearance in the documentary, commenting on his company's contributions to the AMT releases. The documentary ends with the conclusion that, of all the Star Trek toys and models ever made, it were the various incarnations of the USS Enterprise – perceived as the real star of Star Trek – that captured the imagination of generations of Star Trek fans in particular, first and foremost, as well as starting with, the first original AMT model kit.
===Star Trek releases===
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Item 	Brand 	Scale 	Issue 	Item No. 	Notes 	Box art
 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S921 	With rudimentary lighting option; Desilu copyright statement on box cover 	
 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S951 	Re-tooled and renumbered; new box; enhanced lighting option; varying plastic colors were used 	
 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S951 	New box art; enhanced decal sheet (sister ships) 	
 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S951 	New box format; re-tooled; no lighting option from this issue onward 	
 	AMT/Lesney 	1:650 	 	PK5102 	European reissue of S951; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range" 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:650 	 	6676 	Reissue under new numbering scheme; logo not yet adjusted but slightly adjusted box art to reflect new ownership 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:650 	 	6676 	Reissue, new horizontal format box 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:500 	 	8790 	"Cut-away" version; option to have the model built as "open" or "closed "; scale on box erroneously stated as 1:650 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT609 	Limited edition (1701 pieces); Reissue of 6676; Tin box with art print. Retooled to remove the grid from the saucer 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT610 	"Legacy" reissue of 6676 in 1966-style packaging (without Desilu copyright statement); Retooled to remove the grid from the saucer 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT640 	Reissue of AMT609, cast in blue plastic 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT695 	Reissue of AMT609 Includes 2 in-scale ; Includes (NCC-1764) decals; cast in phosphorescent plastic 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT891 	Improved "Cut-away" reissue of 8790 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT947 	Reissue of AMT610 (2008) with 50th anniversary slip-over cover 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT1296/12 	Reissue S951 (1968), albeit with modern stand, Enterprise only decals, and without the internal lighting rig 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S952 	Issued with lighting option 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S952 	New box format; no lighting option from this issue onward 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Ertl 	1:650 	 	6743 	25th anniversary reissue with new stand; labeled as "Original Edition Klingon Cruiser" 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT699 	Collector's edition; re-issue of S952; tin box with poster box-art; cast in light-green with chrome parts. New Decal sheet. Holes for lighting the head removed, 2 grills removed from top of 'wing', 2 small lights on 'head' made much smaller	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT720 	Re-issue of S952; cast in light-green with chrome parts; new decal sheet, as with AMT699 holes for lighting the head removed, 2 grills removed from top of 'wing', 2 small lights on 'head' made much smaller 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT1480 	Reissue with revised decals; molded in color; classic Aurora 923 (1972) box art and title 	
Galileo 7 Shuttlecraft 	AMT 	1:35 	 	S595 	 	
Galileo 7 Shuttlecraft 	AMT 	1:35 	 	S595 	New boxformat 	
Galileo 7 Shuttlecraft 	AMT/Ertl 	1:35 	 	6743 	25th anniversary reissue with new decals, horizontal format box, and retooling of windows 	
Exploration Set 	AMT 	1:2 	 	S958 	Comprises phaser, tricorder and communicator extremely inaccurate and about 1/3 the size of the 'real' props 	
Exploration Set 	AMT 	1:2 	 	S958 	New box format 	
Exploration Set 	AMT/Round2 	1:2 	 	AMT848 	 	
USS Enterprise Bridge 	AMT 	1:35 	 	S950 	Included scale figures of Kirk, Spock and Sulu 	
USS Enterprise Bridge 	AMT/Ertl 	1:35 	 	6007 	25th anniversary reissue with new decals and retooling of figures 	
USS Enterprise Bridge 	AMT/Round2 	1:35 	 	AMT808 	With additional wall panel to complete bridge, and parts to compose 6 characters, and much better decals 	
USS Enterprise Bridge 	AMT/Round2 	1:35 	 	AMT1270/12 	Reisue of AMT808 (2013); scale stated on box as 1:32 	
Romulan Bird-of-Prey 	AMT 	1:650 	 	S957 	 	
Romulan Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Lesney 	1:650 	 	PK5106 	European reissue of S957 as "Romulan Space Ship"; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range" 	
Romulan Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT665 	Re-issue op S957, 1975 style packaging 	
Romulan Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Round2 	1:650 	 	AMT666 	Collector's edition; re-issue of S957; tin box with poster box-art 	
Space Station K-7 	AMT 	1:7600 	 	S955 	Included small, in-scale model of the USS Enterprise 	
Space Station K-7 	AMT/Lesney 	1:7600 	 	PK5105 	European reissue of S955; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range" 	
Space Station K-7 	AMT/Round2 	1:7600 	 	AMT644 	Reissue of S955 in 1976-style packaging 	
Space Station K-7 	AMT/Round2 	1:7600 	 	AMT645 	Collector's edition; reissue of S955; tin box with Tribble 	
Space Station K-7 	AMT/Round2 	1:7600 	 	AMT1215/12 	Reissue AMT644 (2010), albeit with classic box cover 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Lesney 	1:537 	 	S970 	imprint 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Lesney 	1:537 	 	PK5110 	European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range" 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	6675 	Moulding has inaccurate panel lines added from this issue onward, causing the original issue to be called the 'smoothie' 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	6675 	imprint 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	6693 	imprint 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	6693 	imprint; included a shuttlecraft at 1:230 scale 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	6959 	With lights and sound effects 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	8617 	imprint; reissue of 6693; limited to 5,000 pieces; included Galoob's Enterprise-D toy 	
(or Refit) 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT1080 	First-time reissue of 8617 under new ownership; new: metal support rod and updated decals (no aztec) 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Lesney 	1:537 	 	S971 	Released only as "Klingon Cruiser" 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Lesney 	1:537 	 	PK5111 	European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range" 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	6682 	imprint 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	8229 	imprint 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT794 	First re-issue of the model in twenty years 	
Vulcan Shuttle 	AMT/Lesney 	1:187 	 	S972 	 	
Vulcan Shuttle 	AMT/Lesney 	1:187 	 	PK5112 	European release; different box art; Matchbox imprint "Yellow Crown Range" 	
Vulcan Shuttle 	AMT/Ertl 	1:187 	 	6679 	imprint; reissue under new numbering scheme 	
Vulcan Shuttle 	AMT/Ertl 	1:187 	 	6679 	imprint, though the model never appeared in that film 	
Vulcan Shuttle 	AMT/Round2 	1:187 	 	AMT641 	Improved release, with magnetic attachment and revised detailing 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	6619 	 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	8772 	Contains fiber optic lighting 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	8793 	imprint 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	8400 	"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush 	
 	AMT/Ertl-Platz 	1:1400 	 	GDS8138 	Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT643 	Announced and intended reissue of AMT 6619 (1988), but cancelled at the eleventh hour, though some review kits were already circulated 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT656 	"Special Edition"; cast in transparent styrene for lighting purposes; replacement release for announced but cancelled kit AMT643 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT662 	"Cadet Series"; Snap-Kit 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT955 	50th anniversary "Clear Edition" for lighting purposes; removable saucer section 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT1126(M) 	Re-issue AMT662 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT1429 	Reissue molded in translucent white plastic; additional decals for ; removable saucer section with detachable captain's yacht 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	6812 	 	
Klingon Battle cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT1027 	First-time reissue; retooled clear parts; metal support rod 	
Runabout 	AMT/Ertl 	1:72 	 	6741 	Plus optional sensor cluster & two additional name/registry decal options 	
Runabout 	AMT/Round2 	1:72 	 	AMT1084(M) 	First-time reissue; first kit released with synchronized box-art as concurrently employed by sister company Polar Lights 	
/ 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1000 	 	6630 	 	
/ 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1000 	 	8761 	imprint; retooling of 6630 	
/ 	AMT/Ertl-Platz 	1:1000 	 	GDS8136 	Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet 	
/ 	AMT/Round2 	1:1000 	 	AMT676 	Re-issue 8761 	
/ 	AMT/Round2 	1:1000 	 	AMT843 	50th anniversary NX-2000 or NCC-2000 versions; Improved molding tools 	
/ 	AMT/Round2 	1:1000 	 	AMT1257(M) 	Re-issue AMT843 	
Deep Space 9 Space Station 	AMT/Ertl 	1:3300 	 	8778 	 	
Deep Space 9 Space Station 	AMT/Ertl 	1:3300 	 	8764 	Includes fiber optic lighting 	
Deep Space 9 Space Station 	AMT/Round2 	1:3300 	 	AMT751 	New decal sheet; cast in clear plastic for lighting purposes; includes 1:2500 USS Defiant model 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Ertl 	1:350 	 	8230 	imprint 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Ertl 	1:350 	 	6339 	Includes "Flight Display" base, transparent mount for floating in mid-air appearance 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Ertl 	1:350 	 	8015 	"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/RC2 	1:350 	 	38389 	Presented as 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Round2 	1:350 	 	AMT664 	Improved tooling; includes optional landing gear 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Round2 	1:350 	 	AMT949 	50th anniversary reissue; revised wing baffles and landing gear parts; Star Trek: III version 	
Klingon Bird-of-Prey 	AMT/Round2 	1:350 	 	AMT1400(M) 	Reissue AMT949 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:537 	 	8766 	 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT667 	Reissue 8766; improved tooling 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT714 	Limited "Clear Edition"; cast in transparent plastic for lighting purposes 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT1036 	Unmodified reissue 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:537 	 	AMT1457(M) 	Molded in off-white and clear with dome base and metal rod 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:420 	 	8255 	 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:420 	 	8398 	"Plus Pack"; contains glue, paint and brush 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:420 	 	AMT845 	First-time reissue under new ownership 	
Cardassian Ship 	AMT/Ertl 	1:750 	 	8324 	 	
Cardassian Ship 	AMT/Round2 	1:750 	 	AMT1028 	First-time reissue under new ownership; updated version with clear parts 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	6326 	 	
 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	30065 	imprint 	
 	AMT/Ertl-Platz 	1:1400 	 	GDS8139 	Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT613 	Reissue of 6326 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT663 	"Cadet Series" 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT853 	Cover art by John Eaves 	
/ 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	8001 	 	
/ 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1400 	 	30038 	"Pro Shop"; cast in clear plastic; featuring lighting rig 	
/ 	AMT/Ertl-Platz 	1:1400 	 	GDS8137 	Sub-licensed Japanese reissue for 20th anniversary Japan premiere; improved decal sheet 	
/ 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT661 	"Cadet Series" 	
/ 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT721 	Reissue 8001; with battle damage decals 	
/ 	AMT/Round2 	1:1400 	 	AMT1332(M) 	Reissue in clear/translucent plastic; multiple decal options 	
Romulan Warbird 	AMT/Round2 	1:3200 	 	AMT753 	Reissue of one piece from kit 6858; new decal sheet 	
Romulan Warbird 	AMT/Round2 	1:3200 	 	AMT1125 	Dome base with metal rod support 	
Pre-painted Starship Models 	Pre-painted Starship Models 	Pre-painted Starship Models 	Pre-painted Starship Models 	Pre-painted Starship Models 	Pre-painted Starship Models 	Pre-painted Starship Models
 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT914-1 	"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted, snap-together, 11 pieces 	
USS Reliant NCC-1864 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT914-2 	"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted with stick-on saucer rim decals, snap-together, 11 pieces 	
 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT914-3 	"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted, snap-together, 6 pieces 	
Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT914-4 	"Ships Of The Line" series; pre-painted, snap-together, 10 pieces 	
Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets 	Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets	Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets	Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets	Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets	Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets 	Multi-Piece Starship Model Kit Sets
3-Piece Space Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise, Klingon D7 Battle cruiser, Romulan Bird of Prey 	AMT 	1:1600 	 	S953 	First 'mini kit'; contains in-scale models 	
3-Piece Space Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise, Klingon D7 Battle cruiser, Romulan Bird of Prey 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1600 	 	6677 	Reissue under new numbering scheme 	
3-Piece Space Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise, Klingon D7 Battle cruiser, Romulan Bird of Prey 	AMT/Ertl 	1:1600 	 	6677 	Reissue with new packaging 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-D 	AMT/Ertl 	1:2500 	 	6618 	 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-D 	AMT/Ertl 	1:2500 	 	6005 	25th anniversary chrome plated edition 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-D 	AMT/Ertl 	1:2500 	 	8787 	Includes "Flight Display" base, transparent mount for floating in mid-air appearance 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A, NCC-1701-D 	AMT/RC2 	1:2500 	 	38387 	Reissue under new numbering scheme 	
3-Piece Star Ship Set"Adversary Set" containing Romulan Warbird (1:3200), Klingon Bird of Prey (1:1400) and Ferengi Marauder (1:3700)	AMT/Ertl 	Multiple 	 	6858 	First issue of the "Bird of Prey" (with movable wings); only issue of the Ferengi Marauder until 2012 	
3-Piece Star Ship Set"Adversary Set" containing Romulan Warbird (1:3200), Klingon Bird of Prey (1:1400) and Ferengi Marauder (1:3700)	AMT/RC2 	Multiple 	 	38390 	Reissue under new numbering scheme 	
3-Piece Star Ship Set"Legendary Space Encounter" contains the USS Enterprise and two D7-class Klingon Battle cruisers 	AMT/Ertl 	1:2200 	 	8254 	Featuring fiber optic display, and episode audio clips from 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-C, NCC-1701-E 	AMT/Ertl 	1:2500 	 	8002 	 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-C, NCC-1701-E 	AMT/RC2 	1:2500 	 	38388 	Reissue under new numbering scheme 	
3-Piece Star Ship SetContains the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, NCC-1701-A and NCC-1701-B 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT660 	"Cadet Series" 	
2-Piece Adversary SetContains "Klingon Bird of Prey" (with movable wings) and "Ferengi Marauder" 	AMT/Round2 	1:14001:3700 	 	AMT752 	Reissue of two pieces from kit6858; new decal sheet 	
3-piece Star Trek: The Motion Picture SetContains K't'inga-class, USS Reliant, refit-USS Enterprise 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT762 	"Cadet Series", new toolings K't'inga-class and USS Reliant 	
3-piece Star Trek: The Original Series SetContains D7-class, Romulan Bird-of-Prey, USS Enterprise/original 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT763 	"Cadet Series", new toolings D7-class and Romulan Bird-of-Prey 	
3-piece Star Trek: Deep Space Nine SetContains , the and the starship. 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT764 	"Cadet Series", new toolings 	
2-piece USS Enterprise SetContains two differently scaled models. 	AMT/Round2 	1:10001:650 	 	AMT913 	"Build 2Gether", parent-child kit; use of Polar Lights' set of molds for the smaller model 	
F-104 Starfighter (with USS Enterprise) 	AMT/Round2 	1:481:1600 	 	AMT953 	50th anniversary edition; Enterprise from kit S953 (1975) in smaller scale for forced-perspective display 	
7-piece USS Enterprise Set 	AMT/Round2 	1:2500 	 	AMT954 	All seven prime universe Enterprise versions; Snap-fit reissues of Cadet Series with new , derived from the Polar Lights molds 	
Deep Space 9 with USS Defiant and Cardassian Cruiser 	AMT/Round2 	
1:3300
1:2500
1:2500 	 	AMT1245 	16" wide DS9 and 2¾" long Defiant (reissue AMT751 from 2012) molded in clear ABS, 5¾" long Keldon (modified reissue of AMT764 from 2014) in white 	
Figure Model Kits 	Figure Model Kits 	Figure Model Kits 	Figure Model Kits 	Figure Model Kits 	Figure Model Kits 	Figure Model Kits
Mr. Spock 	AMT 	1:12 	 	S956 	US market release; use of Aurora's set of molds 	
Mr. Spock 	AMT 	1:12 	 	S956 	Reissue; new box format 	
Mr. Spock 	AMT/Lesney 	1:12 	 	S973 	US-only retooled version of S956, adjusted for The Motion Picture 	
Mr. Spock 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8704 	Vinyl kit 	
Mr. Spock 	AMT/Round2 	1:12 	 	AMT624 	Collector's edition; Reissue of S956; Tin box with art print 	
Mr. Spock 	AMT/Round2 	1:12 	 	AMT625 	Reissue of S956 in 1974-style packaging 	
Mr. Spock 	AMT/Round2 	1:12 	 	AMT810 	Lunch box tin edition with art print and bonus sticker 	
Captain James T. Kirk 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8773 	Vinyl Kit 	
Doctor Leonard McCoy 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8774 	Vinyl kit 	
Quark 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8719 	Vinyl kit 	
Odo 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8761 	Vinyl kit 	
Collector's Gift Set 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8771 	Containing 8773, 8774 and 8777 	
Chief Engineer Mr. Scott 	AMT/Ertl 	1:6 	 	8777 	Vinyl kit 	
=== Trivia ===
* The as seen in is an AMT model kit, No. S921, appropriately battle-damaged. The ship was given the registry NCC-1017, mostly because it was simple to rearrange the model's decal sheet and was the first time the reciprocal arrangement between AMT and the studio panned out in one of AMT's model kits showing up on screen.
* The as seen in was another AMT kit, seen in Lurry's office window and orbiting the far side of Deep Space Station K-7.
* Industrial Light & Magic made use of a number of kits, No. S970, to construct custom-made smaller sized studio models of the refit-Enterprise and , both appearing for the first time in .
* AMT/Ertl models often appeared as set dressings during the first few seasons of , including the and an appraisal prototype of the itself.
* Rick Sternbach and Andrew Probert created the NCC-7100 study model from two Enterprise-A kits and various other parts.
* The AMT model of the original Enterprise was released many times over nearly thirty years. One of these models was built by future producer Ronald D. Moore when he was young. It ended up as a set decoration in James T. Kirk's crew quarters during .
*AMT/Ertl models were used for several "kitbashed" starships from TNG and DS9. Parts from the Enterprise-D models were incorporated into the wrecked ships seen in and the study model seen in and . Many background ships seen during the Dominion War saga used parts from AMT/Ertl and Revell-Monogram model kits, specifically the Enterprise-A, the , the , the runabout, the Maquis raider, and the , most notably in the episode .
* Parts of AMT model kits were sometimes used by visual effects houses to embellish their professional studio models. An early example is the use of a warp nacelle from the Romulan warbird model kit and two nacelle caps of the USS Enterprise-D model kit used as features underneath Industrial Light & Magic's SD-103 studio model in The Undiscovered Country. The Romulan warbird nacelle model part also doubled as a medical device used by Julian Bashir in . Coincidentally, the Romulans were the main adversaries in the episode.
AMT/Ertl 30th Anniversary bonus posters
1995-1996
* For the occasion of Star Treks 30th anniversary, AMT/Ertl commissioned the production of two cutaway posters of the and and inserted those in their 1995-1996 model kit issues as a bonus. Which one was included was indicated by a sticker on the packaging. The artwork was done by C. Bruce Morser. As with the similar Sci-Pub Tech publications, the cutaway posters are not considered canon.
* Most of the gold models in the display cases in the conference lounge, featured in and were gold plated, resin-reinforced AMT/Ertl models, built by John Eaves.
* Set decorator James Mees used a colorfully repainted Hallmark "Keepsake" USS Voyager and a Klingon Bird-of-Prey for Miral Paris' baby crib mobile in . The mobile's Klingon D7-class battle cruiser was made from a small plastic model from the AMT Star Trek 3-Piece Space Ship Set.
*Two AMT modelkits have made an interaction with a Star Trek parody and pop culture production. In the The Big Bang Theory television franchise kits S951 (USS Enterprise, alongside a Polar Lights model of the refit-Enterprise) and 6619 (USS Enterprise-D), or one of their many respective reissues, were featured in the Young Sheldon spin-off series as set dressing, suspended from a bedroom set ceiling. Remarkably, no AMT modelkits had hitherto been featured in the longrunning, otherwise heavily Star Trek referencing franchise.
====The Leif Ericson====
In 1974 AMT included an Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship into the Star Trek line, thereby suggesting that the design was part of the Star Trek universe, though it was not, its combined advertising on the box sides, pamphlets and catalogs of the time notwithstanding, a somewhat questionable industry practice known as "label slapping". (The Toys That Made Us; see also in this regard: Remco) It had, as one contemporary Star Trek collector put it in later life, "(…) confused the heck out of me as a kid." Nonetheless, it did have some behind-the-scenes Star Trek connections. 
Firstly, the U.F.O. Mystery Ship was originally designed as the Leif Ericson "Galactic Cruiser" by Original Series Art Director Matt Jefferies (with the forward bridge module having more than a passing resemblance of the conning tower of his ) for an abandoned science fiction model kit line project named "Strategic Space Command." The concept was thought up by Jefferies together with his friend Stephen Edward Poe. AMT's idea behind backing the project – desiring to capitalize on the success of their first Star Trek model kits – was to release a series of science fiction themed kits accompanied by a worked-out "mini" background story and eventually create a Strategic Space Command universe, beefed out with an accompanying line of model kits. AMT eventually released the model in 1968 as kit No. S954. When released, AMT had music recording studio Auravision even record a soundtrack as Sounds of Outer Space with a narrator speaking over futuristic sound effects with poetic lines like, "To be afraid and not care that you are afraid is the courage of which astronauts are made", and which came as a cardboard record with the initial release of the model. The original kit was considered a commercial failure though, and the project fell apart.
Secondly, according to Michael Okuda the design, being a Jefferies design, was seriously considered to be part of the Star Trek universe when it was briefly considered to make an appearance in , already showing up in several preliminary storyboards. However, it took the publication of the 2019 reference book Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series to somewhat nuance Okuda's recollections; on page 108 it was stated that the series layout/storyboard artist, Robert Kline, had drawn Jefferies' design in his storyboards for the episode as mere placeholders for the then yet-to-be conceived long range shuttlecraft . A bonafide appearance of the design proper therefore, has more than likely never been considered in earnest.
In a ploy to recuperate their investments, AMT reissued the model kit twice more, now designated Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship, molded in phosphorescent plastic to achieve a glow-in-the-dark effect. It was the first 1974 reissue that became the attempt to marry the design into the Star Trek franchise through combined advertising, and was therefore timed to coincide with the airing of the The Animated Series, though its appearance there never came to fruition. Still, AMT's latest owner, Round 2 LLC, opted to reissue the kit twice more as well, starting in 2009 with the 1975 retro reissue edition, followed in 2011 by the original 1968 Leif Ericson retro reissue edition.
Jefferies himself, though, appeared to have been quite taken with his Leif Ericson and was not yet ready to let go of his design when he resubmitted it in 1973 as the "hyperspace carrier" Pegasus while working as production designer for legendary science fiction movie maker for his proposed War of the Worlds television series, an intended follow-up of his classic 1953 Paramount Pictures War of the Worlds movie. Unfortunately, like the Strategic Space Command concept, the proposed series did not come to fruition, even though the series was briefly reconsidered four years later by Paramount for its projected fourth television network as a backup for Star Trek: Phase II, which was to serve as its flagship and on which Jefferies was now working. (Star Trek Movie Memories, 1995, p. 59; ) For this occasion he redesigned the shuttlecraft that came with the original model kit, and its redesigned configuration served as the basis for the refit- shuttlecraft design for the ultimately abandoned Phase II television project. However, it too did not come to fruition as Enterprise shuttlecraft were not featured in the first four .
Additionally, according to Doug Drexler, the design of the Leif Ericson was a co-influence on the design of the , "The Conestoga is a colony transport ship with a slight design echo of the old DY-100, Greg Jein’s ship, the Valiant, and the Poe/Jefferies Lief [sic.] Erickson." In 2014 though, Drexler, a huge admirer of Jefferies, seized upon the opportunity to have the design finally featured in a live-action production, when he, together with Gabriel Koerner, built a CGI model of the design which was featured as an Orion ship in the second episode "Lolani" of the fan film series . Koerner used his co-build a year later for his May entry in the 2015 Star Trek: Ships of the Line calendar, appropriately called "Leif Ericson", finally introducing the design into the official franchise, albeit in a licensed print production only.
Item 	As 	Scale	Issue	Item No.	Notes 	Boxart
Leif Ericson aka U.F.O. Mystery Ship	AMT 	1:500	 	S954 	Design for abandoned "Strategic Space Command"-project	
Leif Ericson aka U.F.O. Mystery Ship	AMT 	1:500	 	S960 	Reissue; cast in glow material 	
Leif Ericson aka U.F.O. Mystery Ship	AMT 	1:500	 	S960 	Reissue; new boxart 	
Leif Ericson aka U.F.O. Mystery Ship	AMT/Round2	1:500	 	AMT622 	Commemorative glow reissue S960 	
Leif Ericson aka U.F.O. Mystery Ship	AMT/Round2	1:500	 	AMT698 	Commemorative non-glow reissue S954 	
== See also ==
*Aurora Plastics Corporation
*Polar Lights
* Star Trek starship miniatures
* Star Trek model kits
== External links ==
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* – Round2 blog including AMT products
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