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18.06.2005 (Sat) |
The National Library Board (NLB) invited StarTrek.com.sg to participate in their Sci-Fi Fair at the Tampines Regional Library, on 18 June 2005, Saturday, from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
A good numbers of Trekkies responded to our "call to arms" in volunteering their service in the promotion of Star Trek to the general public.
The Star Trek Booth
The first wave of Trekkies arrived at the Tampines Library by 12.00 noon.
After a "preliminary survey of the perimeters", Trekkies started to upload their precious Star Trek collectibles for display at the front entrance of the Library.
Some of these rare collections include Trekkies Garak 's new Hand Phaser prop from Master Replica which cost US$400, Darkman 's 16" Enterprise-E model ship from Bandai, lhs1701 's miniature starships from Furuta, as well as Dr EMH 's Star Trek Barbie dolls!
 Officers on-duty. From left: Trekkies Fahmi, Garak and lhs1701. |
 Trekkie Fahmi introduced Star Trek to the members of public. |
 The Star Trek collectibles displayed at the booth and shelves are not for sale. |
 From left: Trekkies Dr EMH, lhs1701, CptJames and Fahmi. |
 Top: Glass shelve provided by the Library to show cast our collections.
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 Top: A phaser prop, and a Thank You card from George Takei. Bottom: An EMH Autograph Plaque, a Star Trek UNO set, and our Trekkie mug. |
 Top: A vintage Star Trek collectible box set with Capt Kirk action figure and Enterprise starship. Bottom: A rare Star Trek Barbie doll box set! |
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Meeting Star Trek & Star Wars counterparts
Other than the Star Trek fans from StarTrek.com.sg, the National Library also invited the Star Wars fans from Fanforce Singapore to set up a Star Wars booth, as well as the students from Temasek Polytechnics in demonstrating Star Trek and Star Wars props making.
 Women's power ... Trekkie Dori (center) and the ladies librarians. |
 The Star Wars fans from Fanforce Singapore, in full gears. |
 Starfleet Captain being captured by the Imperior TIE fighter pilot. 
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 The Imperior TIE fighter pilot surrendered to the Starfleet officer.
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 Starfleet officer posing with the Imperial troop. |
 Trekkie Dr EMH met with Mr Eugene Tan from the STFC Singapore (left). |
 Trekkie Dr EMH met with Mr Richard Chua from the Malaysian Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fansite (right). |
Star Trek Talk @ Library Theatrette
Trekkies Kes, CptJames and Dori were tasked to form an Away Team to conduct a talk on Star Trek at the Tampines Library.
At 1.00 pm, the Away Team begans their mission at the Library Theatrette in the presence of audience.
The Talk covers an introduction to Star Trek, as well as the local StarTrek.com.sg fandom in Singapore over the years.
Prizes will also be awarded to the winners of the contests at the end of the Talk. The prizes include a Star Trek comics book, a Matrix VCD set, and a Space Odessy DVD set, kindly donated by Trekkies lhs1701 and Garak.
 Trekkie Kes (standing, in white) delivered the speech. |
 Librarian Ms Heng Huey Bin (2nd from left) presented a token of appreciation to the Away Team. |
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| Trekkie CptJames presented the prizes to the winners of the contests at the end of the talk. | ||
Star Trek Starship Modelling Demo
At 2.00 pm, Trekkie Darkman, our Starship Modelling expert, conducted a demonstration on how to built a starship model from scraps.
He completed in building a magnificant U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A from Bandai within an hour.
His demonstration attracted many keen on-lookers.
 Trekkie Darkman concentrating on his "precision engineering" works, while kids looked on. |
 Trekkie Darkman and his proud accomplishment. |
Star Trek Origami Demo
At 3.00 pm, Trekkie lhs1701, our Star Trek Origami Master, conducted a demonstration on how to fold papers into various shapes of starships in Star Trek ... from the simple Borg's cube to the more advanced Federation and Klingon starships.
His demonstration attracted a good audience of children as well as adults.
 Trekkie lhs1701 focusing on his ingenious craftmanship by turning a blank sheet into a wonder! |
 No one can refuse the attractiveness of origami, not even an adult!
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Star Trek Lucky Draw for members of the public
All members of the the public stands a chance to win a marvellous Star Trek Starfleet Academy PC CD-ROM game if they place their namecards or write down their particulars in a piece of papers and place them into our lucky draw box.
At 5.00 pm, we invited Librarian Ms Heng Huey Bin to conduct a lucky draw in the presence of everyone.
We are pleased to announced that the winner of the Lucky Draw is Mr Mohd Rizal Bin Idros
.Congratulations, Rizal!
 The Lucky Draw Box and the Prize (behind the box). |
 Guess who will walk away with the brand new box of Star Trek computer game tonight? |
Star Trek Lucky Draw for Trekkies Volunteers
All Trekkies volunteered for the duty on that day also stood a chance to win some prizes donated by our fellow sponsors.
Once again, we invited Librarian Ms Heng Huey Bin to conduct the lucky draws in the presence of everyone.
The grand prize of the draw included an authentic ST:FC film cels donated by Trekkie Garak, plus a Web Camera and a Video Converter donated by Trekkie Dr EMH.
The 2nd to 5th prizes were Star Trek keychains donated by Trekkie Dr EMH.
On behalf of StarTrek.com.sg, the Webmaster also presented a memento, a Star Trek vintage collectible box set, to Ms Heng Huey Bin.
 5th Prize Winner: Trekkie Josh (left) |
 4th Prize Winner: Trekkie Darkman (left). |
 3rd Prize Winner: Trekkie CptJames (right). |
 2nd Prize Winner: Trekkie Richard Chua (right). |
 1st Prize Winner: Trekkie Kes (right), who won himself an authentic ST:FC film cels, a Web Camera and a Video Converter. |
 The Webmaster of StarTrek.com.sg presented a Star Trek memento to Ms Heng Huey Bin (left) representing the National Library. |
Presentation of Tokens by National Library
The National Library presented the Tokens of Appreciation to the Star Trek and Star Wars fans who made the event a great success.
 Librarian Ms Heng Huey Bin presented the token of appreciation to the Fatimah (right), the leader of the Star Wars FanForce Singapore. |
 Librarian Ms Heng Huey Bin presented the token of appreciation to Trekkie Garak (left), the Administrator of StarTrek.com.sg Forums. |
 A group photo with the Star Trek fans! |
 A group photo with the Star Wars fans! |
A group photo with both the Star Trek and Star Wars fans!
We would like to express our appreciation to the NLB officers, Assistant Manager Ms Seem Siew Yong and Librarian Ms Heng Huey Bin, for providing us with the great opportunity in promoting Star Trek in Singapore.
In addition, we would like to thank all Trekkies for the active supports and participation in our gathering! We look forward to partner with the National Library, as well as the Star Wars fans, in future!
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