Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

TOMY is doing right by die-casts
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I wish I was made of money.

 

Uh… WOW! That’s like, really nice! And I think it’s the first TOS-E model in history where the primary hull intentionally separates. I say “intentionally”, as I’ve lost track of how many AMT kits I’ve owned where the primary hull accidentally snapped off. Looks hyper-accurate too. $600 though? Oofff!

 

That's absolutely beautiful. I love seeing an accurate model.

 

Is the rust supposed to be there? I like a cleaner looking TOS-E.

 

Yes, actually. That, along with the green oxidization streaks and faint gridlines marked in pencil were both surface details on the original filming miniature. When the Smithsonian did their restoration, they made note of it, saying the top-side of the primary hull had never been touched during any prior restorations and they kept it that way on the most recent rebuild to preserve the original paint scheme for posterity. I believe they smartly used that area as a baseline for paint reference that they used to work on the rest of it.

If you do a Google search on “tos enterprise Smithsonian” and switch over to images, photos of the top of the primary hull are the first things that come up. The Tomy model looks pretty close to being dead-on.

 

Wow! Never mind saucer separation--we're talking money separation here!

Looks stunning so far. I wish they would incorporate a magnetic suspension dock for the display. It really needs to float.

 

I kind of figured this was "filming model" accurate. No offense to purist but I still prefer a cleaner paint job for Star Trek models. This isn't Firefly or Aliens where a "used" look is more appropriate.

 

Someone should do another remaster of TOS and replace the CGI model with this.

 

TOMY did say they planned a line of vehicles.

 

What? No.

 

I think to a large extent, most Trek merchandise in recent years has forgone major retail stores and concentrated on specialty shops and online stores. This may be due to an idea that Trek skews older and more towards serious collectors than for kids.

You really can't call Eaglemoss ships toys. They'd all be in a half-dozen pieces if they were treated as such, IMO...

 

This is true, in general, but then we have a situation from Mcfarlane Toys who tried to make the DSC phaser and wound up getting scrapped because of the idiotic "red muzzle" state & federal laws. This is odd to me. There are many collectibles that were made without the red muzzle since the time such laws were passed. The Diamond Select phasers are a perfect example (although the ENT hand phaser did have the red muzzle for some odd reason). Shit, Master Replicas did the ST V/VI Assault Phaser without the red muzzle and it has Baretta M92S parts on it!!

To shift franchises for a minute, literally all the original (non-lightsaber) Star Wars weapons were modified WWII Brit and German weapons that were adapted to fire blanks! Han Solo had a Mauser Broom-handle; the Stormtroopers used MG-34's and Sterlings and the Rebels used STG-44's Sturmgewehrs. Even a part of Obi-wan's lightsaber used a de-milled WWI Brit rifle grenade!

So, long story short, if things that look like real-world weapons be replicated for "collectible" purposes without "compromising the integrity of the item", why couldn't Mcfarlane? Their stuff looked collectible-quality and could have easily been sold as such.

 

I had to provide pictures of both the wrong ship and invoice but they are sending me the correct one and letting me keep the one they sent in error.

now maybe I need to buy the 3rd version and have the whole set. lol.

I dunno what’s changed but that’s 2 straight really good customer service experiences in a row. It was a disaster last year. So props to them for improving.

 

I think with McFarlane, they could have gone ahead with the DSC phaser without the red muzzle, but they would not have been able to sell it as a toy in major retail stores as originally planned. It would have to be a more limited-run and harder-to-find collectible at a much higher price tag than the $35 USD it was originally advertised for. Given company head Todd McFarlane's tendency to balk when told what to do by people in expensive suits, it's more in line with him to say "screw it."

 

Another 30 magazines up

 

Fantastic! That completes the rest of the main line. They already have all the XL's and Specials out there now. Now they need all the "Shop Exclusives", STO and BSG mags. And even though I don't get the lines, I would love to see the Stargate, Firefly and Space: 1999 mags as well.

Hey, @Dukhat, if you are still in need of the three Excelsior Study Model magazines, they're all there now.

 

Don't know. Haven't gotten into that line yet. If all the Eagles have just the same single magazine, though, maybe I'll pick up an extra one out there on eBay.