USS Enterprise-D, USS Excelsior, Romulan Warbird and the USS Yeager.
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USS Enterprise-D, USS Excelsior, Romulan Warbird and the USS Yeager.
Oh cool! I had to look up the Yeager -- funny that the Saber-class is the escort I've been using for my Tactical Officer character in STO (until I reach a high enough level for the Defiant-class).
I bought my first 5 at a convention last year, basically to get all the primary show models: 1701, 1701-D, DS9, Voyager, and NX-01. Last week I finally ordered the Defiant, which I should be able to place on my mantle this week!
I was lucky that I managed to get all of them for less than $14 each, including the magazines. It's a good start, now I've got my eye on a few more. I'd love to collect them all, but it's not cheap and I'd need to make room since I have a couple other collections that take up some space.
At first I got all excited and thought, wow! The Yeager is already out over in the UK and I haven't seen anything anywhere on this, and then that's when I realized you all were referring to the Sabre-class Yeager. Or is it "Saber"? I could never keep that straight.
Wow, that is an uhh, interesting Yaeger ship.
As for Saber, it's the American spelling. So, Saber lol
Awww... I have a soft spot in my heart for fugly ships like that. I don't know why. And some of the DS9 FrankenFleet (including that one) really pushed the limits.
Fugly is le mot juste for that...um...whatever that is. lol
It's so ugly it's cute! The Yeager class is like the platypus of starships. 
You can make a Yeager-class Voyager by frankensteining the Voyager and Ju'day/Val Jean models. It's just a bit...makeshift. 
In other news, Eaglemoss sent out another email yesterday:
"We have exciting news! Our brand new Star Trek Starship Altamid Swarm Ship Special will be available from the 6th July 2017.
The ninth special of STAR TREK: The Official Starships Collection is an oversized version of the swarm ship from Justin Lin’s 2016 STAR TREK Beyond movie. The ship was part of a large army of similar small, two-person crafts operated by Krall who used them to attack the Federation. Created by the planet Altamid’s indigenous race, the Ancient Ones, the swarm ship has a stunning alien design and an intricate pattern on its hull.
As a thank you for your loyalty, we are offering you this fantastic special issue at a discounted subscriber price of £22.99 (instead of £23.99 in the shops, EIRE €29.49 instead of €30.99 in the shops)!
As part of your subscription, you are receiving special bumper editions. The payment of £22.99 will be debited from your account around the 19th June 2017. Should you no longer wish to receive Star Trek Starship Altamid Swarm Ship Special please contact us by the 16th June 2017 to let us know."
So far, I only knew this ship type as "swarm ship", and I like "Altamid swarm ship" much better because it follows the pattern of Romulan warbird, Klingon battlecruiser, Earth warp ship, etc.
In other news, Eaglemoss sent out another email yesterday:
"We have exciting news! Our brand new Star Trek Starship Altamid Swarm Ship Special will be available from the 6th July 2017.
The ninth special of STAR TREK: The Official Starships Collection is an oversized version of the swarm ship from Justin Lin’s 2016 STAR TREK Beyond movie. The ship was part of a large army of similar small, two-person crafts operated by Krall who used them to attack the Federation. Created by the planet Altamid’s indigenous race, the Ancient Ones, the swarm ship has a stunning alien design and an intricate pattern on its hull.
As a thank you for your loyalty, we are offering you this fantastic special issue at a discounted subscriber price of £22.99 (instead of £23.99 in the shops, EIRE €29.49 instead of €30.99 in the shops)!
As part of your subscription, you are receiving special bumper editions. The payment of £22.99 will be debited from your account around the 19th June 2017. Should you no longer wish to receive Star Trek Starship Altamid Swarm Ship Special please contact us by the 16th June 2017 to let us know."
So far, I only knew this ship type as "swarm ship", and I like "Altamid swarm ship" much better because it follows the pattern of Romulan warbird, Klingon battlecruiser, Earth warp ship, etc.
If you're in the US or UK, you can purchase back issues from the online store. For someone like me in Canada, I'm limited to what's available at the local comic/collectible stores or what I'm willing to pay for on eBay, which has gotten a little nuts lately (I paid I think about $60 CAD for an Enterprise-B, which I think works out to about $45 American or 35 pounds).
You mentioned you got an Enterprise-D. I would still recommend getting the 3-pack of the C, D, & E. It's probably the cheapest way of getting the other two. (I got it myself, despite having a D already). If you don't want duplicates, you could always sell one of them.
In terms of some other ships I got that I really like, I think they did a great job with the Defiant. (I've seen some with a pennant facing the wrong way, but mine doesn't have that problem). The NX-01 looks great. So does the Akira class, the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser, the Romulan drone, the 22nd century Klingon Bird-of-Prey (they did an amazing job on the tiny details with those last two), the Breen ship, the New Orleans class, the ECS Fortunate and the USS Centaur. I think the Enterprise 1701 from TOS looks really good too.
In terms of some of the lemons of the set, I've seen pictures of Voyager and I'm not really impressed. I could probably get over the lack of pivoting nacelles, but the font for the registry number is all wrong, and there's a very noticeable seamline around the sides. The two that people rag on the most is the Enterprise-C and the Negh'Var. The "C" is missing some important details but I still like it. I agree that the Negh'Var is a disappointment, however. The Tholian ship also has a very unsightly seamline cutting across its nose. The Steamrunner class isn't a bad model (apart from the deflector dish), but having the stand clip on the back was an unfortunate mistake for a simple reason: With Fed ships, the saucer is pretty much always metal, making them VERY front-heavy. Normally, they have the stand clip on at the saucer, but for whatever reason, they didn't do that with the Steamrunner. Instead, it clips on at the very back and is VERY prone to falling over. (They should've just had the stand come up through the gap behind the saucer, as it does on the NX-01 and Akira).
One thing I'd really like to do is have the actors sign the magazine for ships associated with their characters. Obviously getting one of the regulars to sign the mag for their show's "hero" ship is a no-brainer, but beyond that, you could have Gates McFadden sign the mag for the Pasteur, George Takei sign the Excelsior, Jeffrey Combs sign the Andorian or Jem'Hadar ships, J.G. Hertzler sign one of the Klingon ships or the Saratoga (he was the Vulcan captain, remember?
)Can't say the same, myself. And most of the Wolf 359 ships are even worse, apart from the New Orleans and Cheyenne class. Heck, there's one that's just a saucer and single nacelle. Yuck!
Daddy needs a new pair of… starships! 
Father's Day discount on Shuttle Set 2 and ISS Defiant.
Plus, FATHERSDAY10 discount promo code.
Satisfy your Daddy!
Really, a discount and promo code? From the website, it looks like it's just the discount code? The set is showing as £75 in the Father's Day section.
A shame they don't "stack".
Picked up #100 today (issue 100!! 
) the Daedalus Class. Really great model, very happy with this one. Nice magazine too with it, I'm glad they went with the concept that Daedalus classed replaced the NX class at the formation of the Federation. Wasn't there a novel that tried to make out the Daedalus came before the NX?
I like to think the Daedalus class were the new "Warp 7 beauties" Reed talked about in TATV.
Also a fun article on the history of Earth space exploration weaving the bits from various episodes like- TOS: Space Seed, Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Changeling, Tomorrow is Yesterday, TNG: The Royale, Up the Long Ladder, ST: First Contact, VOY: One Small Step, Friendship One, ENT: Broken Bow, Terra Nova, First Flight, etc
But speaking of First Flight, seems a shame they reference the Warp 2 & 3 barrier from that episode, the Warp 5 barrier from the NX-01 obviously, but there's no mention of the Franklin and Warp 4 barrier. Would have been another nice link for them to connect.
Edit- Also with 100 regular issues, I can work out now my cherry picking means I have 63% of them
) the Daedalus Class. Really great model, very happy with this one. Nice magazine too with it, I'm glad they went with the concept that Daedalus classed replaced the NX class at the formation of the Federation. Wasn't there a novel that tried to make out the Daedalus came before the NX?I like to think the Daedalus class were the new "Warp 7 beauties" Reed talked about in TATV.
Also a fun article on the history of Earth space exploration weaving the bits from various episodes like- TOS: Space Seed, Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Changeling, Tomorrow is Yesterday, TNG: The Royale, Up the Long Ladder, ST: First Contact, VOY: One Small Step, Friendship One, ENT: Broken Bow, Terra Nova, First Flight, etc
But speaking of First Flight, seems a shame they reference the Warp 2 & 3 barrier from that episode, the Warp 5 barrier from the NX-01 obviously, but there's no mention of the Franklin and Warp 4 barrier. Would have been another nice link for them to connect.
Edit- Also with 100 regular issues, I can work out now my cherry picking means I have 63% of them
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