I'm moving at the end of the month and everything I buy until then is one more thing I'll have to pack. Still, I took one more trip to my local store (which I'll actually be closer to at my new place). This time I got two ships. The Xindi-Insectoid Scoutship and the Devore Warship.
I've made a point of getting all the Xindi ships (apart from a certain one yet to be made that I've complained about on here more than once). The scoutship isn't one of the more memorable ships, but they did a superb job on this one. It's pretty much entirely die-cast (which is good, because those prongs look as fragile as the guns on a Klingon BOP). It's pretty aggressive-looking from most angles, but looks a little funny from straight on. Not much to say. Well done, Eaglemoss.
Now, onto the Devore warship. Most of the alien-of-the-week ships from Voyager don't really interest me, but this one, for whatever reason, really caught my eye on the shelf a while back and it's one I was determined to get later. I actually didn't remember which way the ship was supposed be oriented and, given the arrowhead shape and the direction the (possible) engine exhausts were facing, I assumed the arrowhead tip was the front. (Apparently, the designer himself couldn't decide and just left that choice up to the folks who made the digital model). But I found a clip from the episode "Counterpint" on Youtube an determined that it's actually the other way around. The ship actually fits in the stand either way, but definitely goes in more comfortably the right way.
I do think that the other way seems more appropriate (apart from that unsightly shuttle or cargo bay opening on the nose/tail). I know aerodynamics are not a thing in space, but still...
Nevertheless, well done, again, Eaglemoss. I like this one.
The design is awesome and the idea of the color-coded stripes is cool. I immediately thought of Eaglemoss when I heard about those stripes.
