{"id":7491,"date":"2012-11-24T15:13:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T20:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=7491"},"modified":"2012-11-24T15:13:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T20:13:24","slug":"star-trek-the-next-generation-chocolate-bars-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=7491","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek The Next Generation Chocolate Bars and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in September, I posted about the 1970’s UK Nestle bars<\/a> based on the Star Trek Animated Series.\u00a0 It shouldn’t be a surprise that the licensing behemoth of Star Trek produced other confectionery offerings along the way and today I’m going to look at ones that were based on The Next Generation franchise.<\/p>\n

For the Star Trek Next Generation film First Contact<\/em>, Leaf produced a set of licensed bars featuring six different collectible wrappers.\u00a0 Unlike so many other pieces of vintage candy packaging, these are not terribly uncommon.\u00a0 Star Trek fans are passionate collectors so it’s safe to assume that many of these have survived in various Trek collections around the globe.<\/p>\n

While these wrappers may not be as obscure and uncommon as many of the pieces I share on CollectingCandy, I still think they’re pretty cool and wanted to include them.\u00a0\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n

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Leaf – Hollywood – Star Trek First Contact – 1 of 6 – Picard – chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leaf – Hollywood – Star Trek First Contact – 2 of 6 – Riker – chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leaf – Hollywood – Star Trek First Contact – 3 of 6 – Worf – chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leaf – Hollywood – Star Trek First Contact – 4 of 6 – LaForge – chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leaf – Hollywood – Star Trek First Contact – 5 of 6 – Troi – chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

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Leaf – Hollywood – Star Trek First Contact – 6 of 6 – Crusher – chocolate bar candy wrapper – 1996<\/p><\/div>\n

So those are the wrappers that were produced in conjunction with the First Contact film release.\u00a0 But it’s not the only Next Generation candy I have to share today.<\/p>\n

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Next up is something I’ve only come across once – it’s a package for Star Trek – The Next Generation Photon Candies.\u00a0 Produced by a company called New Age Services, I suspect these were a short-lived product created exclusively for mail-order or perhaps comic book shops. Check it out:<\/p>\n

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New Age Services – Star Trek The Next Generation Photon Candies – candy package wrapper – 1992<\/p><\/div>\n

When I received this package, it still had the twenty-year-old candy inside.\u00a0 The candy was well-preserved, but I always try to dispense with candy contents whenever I can, to avoid later decomposition.\u00a0 I did snap a photo so at least you could see just what photon candies looked like:<\/p>\n

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New Age Services – Star Trek The Next Generation Photon Candies – candy – 1992<\/p><\/div>\n

So photon candies were a bit like jelly bean rock candy… sort of.<\/p>\n

And that’s all I’ve got to share today about Star Trek Next Generation candy.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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