Yeah, the paint jobs on the Johnny Lightning stuff is top shelf. The E-D is especially fantastic. Although the sculpting could be a bit sketchy sometimes (looks at engineering hull of the refit 1701/1701-A). In fact, when I bought up all the Enterprises from Eaglemoss, the only ones I skipped were the two versions of the refit, the E-D and the E-D from All Good Things. All because of the detail work. I do prefer the stands Eaglemoss used though. I hate that big hole in the bottom, especially on their version of the NX-01.
They don't bother me, the brackets bother me. I guess because for me it interrupts the ship's lines, and takes away the idea they're in flight. That may just be me, though. Also, the paint work on the Johnny Lightning USS Reliant is terrific.
The main thing the Eaglemoss collection had going for it was the breadth. We've never gotten so many "lesser" ships before, it was great to be able to pick up many of them. ...Even if they clearly didn't give a shit about the paint alignment.
Yeah, the sheer amount and variety of ships they made was amazing. yet they never did Voyager in the “nacelles up” flight mode. lol.
*Sigh* I just knew that something or other wouldn't work out with my Enterprise build-up. I just thought it would be having finished the model, but the saucer would be too heavy for the stand included. Guess I won't be having THAT problem now... Now that's stage of grief "anger" from me. Here comes "denial" and "bargaining": Do you guys think there's any chance of a buyer or some other company taking over the business and thus continuing a line like this? Probably not, right? EDIT: And oh my God: what about their line of books? They were going to do this line of season-by-season guides for TNG, which I assume would be based on the (excellent!) content of the Build the Enterprise magazines. Hopefully at least that stuff will go to another publisher. Ugh.
Miracles do happen, but no, probably not. Genuinely so sorry for your lack of return on what should have been a grand investment. I feel for all of you builders. As a model builder myself, I'd be absolutely gutted if I started something big and grand but could never finish it. Especially at the price the D was.
How very frustrating, I was a big fan of their XL range, I have a complete set of Enterprises, and some ancillary ships that I like such as the D'Deridex and the Reliant, as well as a Tardis and a Goa'uld Ha'tak. I'm particularly gutted the Stargate line won't continue now as I was looking forward to that. I did wonder, as they kept doing that desperate sounding sale tactic that Anovos did near the end. A cost of living crisis is probably the wrong time to be trying to save a business built on people having disposable income for expensive toys.
I was really looking forward to Andrew Probert's Aeliggne "Vertibird" concept Warbird, which has been a potential future release for some time now. How sad we'll never see it. Maybe we'll see one added to STO and can get it printed.
I've never purchased an Eaglemoss ship, and while I would certainly have loved to have a few, I got to be honest, I always found their prices a bit too steep for me.
A reason why I’m not freaking out is because I’m forgetting all the cool models that had been announced, like the Vertibird. Or the NSEA Protector. Angelou class. Caretaker Array. Planetary Union fighter. etc
They are a tad-bit on the expensive side, especially the XL's and specials, yes. To this day, though, XL's like the E-J, Akira and Reliant, while having a few minor issues, are truly excellent desk models. And Eaglemoss exploited my OCD collector's bug (through my starship fanboi proclivities), scratching a deep decades-long-unscratchable itch. No regrets...
I plan to, although not directly from Eaglemoss. Many are likely to be missing their magazines and there's no guarantee that the money paid won't be re-directed towards principal creditors instead of the intended purchases.
Yeah, they were a bit too high. It’s why I typically waited for sales. Or purchased off Amazon where I could get free shipping with Amazon Prime. I had to replace my 1701-A last year when it broke while I was moving and it was ridiculously expensive on eBay. I was shocked. yet another red flag. They weren’t making you return models that were sent by mistake. Like when they sent me the wrong Klingon Bird of Prey. Instead of having me send back the incorrect version I got to keep it along with the replacement. Basically a 2 for 1. And the incorrect one they sent me was the more expensive shop exclusive “landed” version.
Actually, the EM customer service person I spoke to told me to ship it back to them, even though it was their mistake and that I'd have to pay the return shipping. Which was why I hesitated about returning it, especially after hearing other people say that previous EM screwups didn't require you to return anything. It was really weird. But alas, it seems I don't have to worry about it now.
I have a bunch of Eaglemoss dalek figurines, but I always got them from other retailers. I don't have any of the Trek ships, though. Kor