Yeah, I like these more than I like Disco S1/Picard S1 ships, but I'm still not going to get them at that size, and definitely not at that price. Even if I was interested, that price really puts them out of contention. Things very much aren't the same as they were in 2018 when they launched the larger collections, let alone 2013.
For one, in 2013, I didn't have nearly 300 little starships taking up room.
Aside from the already discussed issue of releasing ships nobody wanted at a scale and price nobody wanted in the later collections, I can't help but feel that the sheer number of new ships from newer Trek is offputting. It takes up to TNG season 3 and the Ambassador to get up to 8 Federation starship classes. Discovery hits that by the end of the pilot and keeps going. Picard has more Romulan ships in one season than the first thirty years put together. And I don't even want to start counting Disco Klingon ships...
I wonder if the advent of cheaper and easier CGI has meant that it's just too easy to make new ship types. It used to be that a new kind of ship was a bit of a big deal, and it was always interesting to see how they modified old models, or created new ships out of model kits and spare parts. We'd get to know everything. Now, it's just... so many new ships that it's no longer as interesting.
There's also the fact that nobody in charge really understands the old class/name/registry 'standards', but that's a whole other rant.
