Adventures in Advent: Advent 2024, Day 4

Today's feature Advent is rather intriguing. In fact, it's marketed how I think all Advent calendars should be advertised. 

The Star Trek Borg Advent calendar promises 24 days of holiday themed collectibles and accessories. But just what those items are, I couldn't tell you. That's because in every listing I have seen for this Advent calendar, the promotional pictures don't show you any of the goodies! And I say hurray for that!

Ads that show you everything you get in the assortment just ruins the Advent surprise for me. Double for the Advents that shows the entire contents on the back of the box. I like that the Borg Advent is done up as a massive black cube, just like the ships that house the Borg on various Star Trek franchises. Efficiently packaged, you have to pull one of 4 sleeves out of the Borg ship to find the correct day in order to receive your Star Trek themed prize. 

I really wish more companies would advertise their Advent calendar like manufacturer Eaglemoss has done. I'm okay with the packaging and the seller post showing an example of one item that awaits inside the box. Two tops. But to show everything laid out like the spoils of war is just too much of a party pooper for me and it puts me off buying them as much as I want them! I almost want to pay the $85 MSRP to find out what's inside. I said 'almost!'

It's taken every bit of resolve to not cheat and look up what lies in store with my Batman Advent calendar. Speaking of which, I wonder what I got today...

Star Trek: New Visions #6

The story of the Federation's first encounter with the Borg can finally be told thanks to John Byrne!

Using Photoshop and an insane amount of photos from the original Star Trek TV series, Byrne tells the stories of Kirk, Spock and the crew you always wanted to see. I love this picto-comic series. Byrne tries so much to make these stories so vintage-like, you feel like you are watching a lost episode from the 1960s.

I've been a fan of John Bryne since his X-Men days and have adored his post-Crisis take on Superman. I'd buy every issue in this series right of the shelf if I could, but the $7.99 price tag has been way too steep for me. Thankfully I found a couple of issues for only a buck at one of my favorite thrift stores.

This was an exciting read. Not all of the Photoshopped images look very realistic. But I appreciate that Byrne doesn't just cut and paste everything either. There's a ton of asteroids in this story and I couldn't find a pair of matching space rocks anywhere.

And that ending was perfectly killer!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.