{"id":48042,"date":"2026-08-07T01:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=48042"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:33:51","slug":"equipment-available-now-from-hallmark-the-aliens-ud-4l-cheyenne-dropship-keepsake-ornament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=48042","title":{"rendered":"Equipment: Available Now from Hallmark the Aliens™ UD-4L “Cheyenne” Dropship Keepsake Ornament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone has something that they are \"\"<\/a>interested in; sports, motorcycles, construction equipment, Barbie, Disney\u2026the list could go on for a while. What is surprising to me is that Hallmark probably has a Keepsake Ornament for your interest, no matter what it is. I was pleasantly surprised when Hallmark started to make Star Trek ornaments in the 1990\u2019s, but what really shocked me is when Hallmark produced ornaments for the Alien franchise. It wasn\u2019t just a one and done, there have been several xenomorphs, the power loader and now this year Hallmark has released the dropship from James Cameron\u2019s Aliens.<\/p>\n

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Aliens was the sequel to the 1979 sci-fi horror film, Alien. If you are not familiar with the movie, Aliens is about a squad of Colonial Marines (USCM) who are sent to the planet Acheron to find out why Earth has lost contact with the colony located on that planet. This action-packed film introduced sci-fi fans to some very impressive military equipment. Syd Mead and Ron Cobb designed everything to look practical, as if it could exist in the real world. One of the coolest of these designs was the UD-4L Dropship. This design was very reminiscent of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) which was used extensively during the Vietnam conflict. Even the full designation of the dropship, the UD-4L \u201cCheyenne\u201d is similar to that of the Huey. Surprisingly, the Dropship was designed by the movie\u2019s director, James Cameron.<\/p>\n