MARCH 10, 2022 - In the Star Trek: The Original Series season one episode, “What Are Little Girls Made Of?” the technology for duplicating a person as an android is used to make a perfect copy of Captain Kirk. While that technology is yet to emerge, a baby step in that direction will be available to a limited number of fans attending Star Trek: Mission Chicago.

According to a press release, MassPersona, a Chicago-based 3D tech company, is offering a limited number of fans the opportunity to be rendered in a 3D printed figurine alongside William Shatner. The figurines are called Minikins.

On April 9 and 10 each prepaid ticket will grant fans a 360-degree scan with William Shatner; one nine-inch 3D printed figurine with them and Shatner (up to two fans per scan) in the moment they were scanned, along with an authentic digital signature and identifier code; one 3D GIF of the scan; one short video of their experience; two additional miniature figurines of Shatner; and a personal note on the figurine.

The experience is limited to a total of 100 scans (up to 200 fans).

Tickets for the experience are $2,250 per person, which includes tax and shipping. Sales will begin March 22 for seven days only at minikin.us/shatner.

To paraphrase Dr. Roger Korby: this is how you make a Minikin.

Editor’s note: a previous version of this article said sales would begin on March 15, 2022. This was incorrect.