Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

Er...never? :P

The only shuttle I have from any other manufacturer is the Running Press Galileo, which is amazing for just £7.99. I haven't purchased any ships by another other manufacturers for years and years - got my micromachines when I was a lot younger, years ago. Only other ships are the Playmates battle damaged Enterprise D and First Contact E, again from years ago (late 1990s).

 

It's not Eaglemoss related but I hope you don't mind me placing this here. Finally, some STB Enterprise-A love! PJT Models is releasing a Star Trek Beyond USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A model kit. It may not be 100% screen accurate but it's the only one we've got so far! And I do think that this particular model looks amazing!

http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=91479

http://pjtmodels.blogspot.gr/?m=1

I hope Eaglemoss releases the nuEnterprise-A also and soon!

 

I don't think Eaglemoss will produce an Enterprise-A until the 2019 movie, where it'll be the "star", and will probably have a few tweaks to its design.

 

That's pretty much an accurate indictment on CBS/Paramount's inability (dare I say, incompetence) to market one of their flagship properties adequately. Both Lucas and Disney have always been merchandising and marketing geniuses. C/P should take notes and learn from them.

 

At least we're getting models of never-before-made starships now, such as the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser, NX-01 shuttlepod, Merchantman, and (very soon) the Scimitar, to name a few. The Great Trek Toy Drought which lasted for over a decade from the late-90's onwards, when nearly every company that had been regularly producing starships and action figures decided to back out, was a mistake that I hope is never repeated again.

 

They "backed out" because no one was buying them. Diamond Select found that action figures wouldn't sell in sufficient quantities but Eaglemoss worked out a viable business model.

I'm not sure how the new range from McFarlane will go. If they just go Kirk and Spock and Picard like everyone else, they might find the market is really quite niche. That fits a subscription model, not mass market.

 

I was under the impression that Playmates died a slow death because their last few waves of toys were only available at 1 in every 20 Target stores. Hard to find, fewer buyers.

But RE: Diamond Select... their figures were very nice and it was disappointing how poorly they sold. Do Trekkies just hate merchandising? You always seem them complain about "prices" this, and "I have enough" that...

 

If they're smart, they'll do a Beyond-A soon and a modified(?) Star Trek 4 version when the time comes around.

They also need to do a Beyond 1701 refit, with the smaller, swept-back nacelles and thinner neck.

 

I don't think there's been any announcement on the Merchantman (which I'd very much like to see).

And to be fair, the early 2000's included the Johnny Lightning line, which was pretty good (apart from that terrible TOS-era Connie). For those of us who were willing to buy them on eBay, there was also the Japanese Furuta set.

 

Sorry, I got the Merchantman mixed up with the smuggler's ship from Unification, which will be coming out in November.

 

There's a Rhode Island?

 

That's...really odd. I am a subscriber, and I do t think I remember it. Admittedly, starship day is less popular in the house than it used to be. I Must investigate.

 

Anyone know when the Franklin is available in the US? I opted out as I need s little more advance notice to cover all the subscriptions when specials come out.

 

Pic on twitter from MCM:

 

K7 looks amazing!

Not sure if I'll bother with the big E-E though, it's not my favourite ship.