The deal of the day over at Things From Another World today is the Diamond Select Star Trek: The Original Series Tricorder for $50.00 (that’s 17% off the list price of $60.00).

Note – This deal at TFAW is valid only for today, Thursday, March 21, 2013, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last.

The deal is sure to sell out, but you can also get the Star Trek: The Original Series Tricorder at Amazon for the discounted price of $48.42. Entertainment Earth also sells it, though at a slightly higher price.

Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness #2
Story by Roberto Orci & Mike Johnson
Script by Mike Johnson
Art by David Messina
Ink Assist by Marina Castelvetro
Colors by Claudia Scarletgothica
Letters by Chris Mowry
IDW Publishing
Release date: February 20, 2013
Cover price: $3.99

I am super-excited to see Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek, when it comes to theaters this May. But before we can head into darkness, first we must “countdown.” As with the first film, IDW Publishing is doing a 4-issue prequel comic book miniseries, this time called Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness.

Details about Star Trek Into Darkness have been scarce so far, and ever since the sequel was first announced, fan have been looking for any clues they could find of the appearance of famed Star Trek villain Khan Noonien Singh in the follow-up. The reveal in Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness #1 of an existing character who’s new to the rebooted Trek universe fueled the fire of that speculation. Now, with Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness #2 we find out a little more about this character and his motivation.

A second teaser trailer has been released for Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams‘ follow-up to his 2009 reboot Star Trek.

You can watch the new teaser trailer here below.

The basic premise is that Kirk and his crew of the Enterprise are on a mission to stop Benedict Cumberbatch’s mysterious Khan-like character, and to do so, they apparently need to maneuver a Millennium Falcon-like ship through an astroid field and then fly it into a tight trench to blow up the Death Star. From what I understand, this is the footage Abrams showed that landed him the Star Wars: Episode VII directing gig.

Do you know that meme that shows an image of Star Trek‘s Captain Picard with a quote from Star Wars (“Use the Force, Luke”) attributed to Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series? It’s a pretty popular meme meant to not only incite a geek frenzy, but also to set off facepalms across the universe.

On Friday, President Obama, who’s known for his love of Star Trek and other geeky franchises, inadvertently triggered a collective facepalm and inspired a meme of his own after he combined Star Wars and Star Trek references during a press conference at The White House.

Speaking to the press, the President stated that he couldn’t use a “Jedi Mind Meld” to make Republicans in Congress go along with his budget proposal to avert a sequester.

Today, Thursday, February 21, 2013, TeeFury is lowering their usual low price ($10) to the even lower price of $6 for their latest t-shirt Grab Bag sale!

How it works is you select your size and quantity and pay $6 plus shipping per shirt, then Teefury will randomly pick one of their previous limited-edition t-shirts to send you. You can order up to 12 shirts per size. Also, there won’t be any duplicates, so if 12 shirts are ordered, none will be identical.

The $6 Grab Bag deal is only for today until 11:59pm EST, so get in on it while you can! It’s a great chance to get your hands on a hot item you missed out on before.