Sci-fi hobby news!

[Rÿcher]

from what I understand and have read at cultTVman's, they're releasing a Martian war Machine (chrome) and a NESA protector from Galaxy Quest.

Also, a few Trek repops too including the Spock with Snakes diorama, the 1/350th scale Enterprise refit (complete with aztecing decals) and while not Trek per-se, they're finally re-releasing the Interplanetary UFO with glow-in-the-dark pieces!

 

[sojourner]

House gets around doesn't he?

 

[Rÿcher]

One might say he sojourns.

 

[Forbin]

Yup. Lotsa new kits and reissues coming from many sources.
www.culttvman.com for details.

Sorry I don't have a House avatar .

 

[Redfern]

Here's a direct link to the article in question, complete with snapshots of the prototypes and box art.

http://www.culttvman2.com/dnn/Features/News/NewsfromiHobbyExpo2008/tabid/1012/Default.aspx

I feel like it's the early 1970s all over again!

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

I feel like a kid in a candy store! Though model kits don't make good candy, so I've been told anyways.

 

[TowerPower]

On page 7 of that cultman link there is a picture called round2more3. Click it - is that the C-57D from Forbidden Planet?

 

[Captain Robert April]

Yes, indeedy.

I'm still somewhat giddy over the repop of the Spock w/snakes kit and, FINALLY! the Interplanetary UFO/Irradiated Leif Ericson being rereleased.

Oh, btw, there will be a 1/350 scale TOS Enterprise sometime in 2010. They're just not quite ready to make the official announcement yet.

 

[Forbin]

On page 7 of that cultman link there is a picture called round2more3. Click it - is that the C-57D from Forbidden Planet?

Not only that, but the rerelease will include crew figures, a Robby-and-his-car figure, and an Id monster, all in scale.

 

[Starlock]

FINALLY! the Interplanetary UFO/Irradiated Leif Ericson being rereleased.

'scuse me YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAA!

(I have kicked myself many times for throwing out a number of my old SF models due to need for room space. This was one of them....)

 

[Brannigan]

I saw the refit Enterprise at a recent Hobby Show in Chicago. Beautiful Model, very nicely detailed with pods all over it and shuttlecraft. It even comes with a nicely detailed shuttle bay (from Star Trek V).
I also saw where the AMT Enterprise kit is going to be released. I wonder if it will be identical to the one from the 60s, complete with the innacurate details? I hope so because then one could make earlier Connies perhaps.

 

[Forbin]

I saw the refit Enterprise at a recent Hobby Show in Chicago. Beautiful Model, very nicely detailed with pods all over it and shuttlecraft. It even comes with a nicely detailed shuttle bay (from Star Trek V).

The 1/350? The shuttle bay that comes with the kit is the full ST:TMP bay and cargo deck! The ST:V bay was cut off with doors on the landing deck. Somebody must have customized it if that's what you saw.

I also saw where the AMT Enterprise kit is going to be released. I wonder if it will be identical to the one from the 60s, complete with the innacurate details? I hope so because then one could make earlier Connies perhaps.

It'll be exactly like the last issue we got before they stopped making it (IOW, using the existing molds), except with the saucer grid removed and better decals.