Tribbles have got to be one of the most famous alien creatures in all of Star Trek, having appeared, if only as cameos, in almost every trek series and at least one movie.
The tribbles used in the original series were just fuzzy beanbags, some of which also contained the inner workings of a toy baby that crawled, allowing the tribble to crawl across the railing on the bridge.
After that episode, the props department had hundreds of tribbles which were used for all sorts of practical jokes – one of which involved filling someone’s office wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with tribbles.
Apparently, in 2008 Hallmark commemorated this episode with the Christmas ornament you see pictured here. It plays sound clips of Kirk’s voice as tribbles continue to fall out of the storage bin onto the pile he’s buried in.
This is definitely on our wishlist now.
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