Serenity Blueprints / Reference Pack -- Reviews?

[FalTorPan]

I know that Serenity and Firefly don't qualify as Trek Tech, but I think the blueprints and reference pack would be most enjoyed by people who frequent the Trek Tech forum.

Does anyone have either the Serenity blueprints or the blueprint / reference pack by Quantum Mechanix? If so, what do you think of them? How does the attention to detail compare with similar Trek products?

 

[David cgc]

I'm curious about how those look, too. The first, signed limited edition set was a bit over the top for me, price-wise, but at these seem a lot more attractive to me.

I understand that the ship, as depicted on the blueprints itself, is a bit of a hybrid of the TV and movie versions. I don't remember exactly which details give that away, though.

 

[Captain Robert April]

The big difference is the docking setup for the shuttles, specifically how on the show, you just walk straight in from the catwalk above the cargo bay, while with these deck plans, in order to make the outside fit the inside, there's now some stairs.

So, you can either go up a short flight of stairs from the cargo bay, or down a short flight from a door in the kitchen we've never seen.

Go figure.

 

[Ziz]

I have that set of blues and they are VERY nice. Every area of the ship is accounted for AND explained...none of this "generic equipment taking up space" crap. If it's not a livable area, then whatever is in there is explained to be some specific ship's system - life support, water supply, waste reclamation, whatever. Everything fits together amazingly well.

It's mostly the movie version due to licensing issues with Fox vs. Universal, but the changes from TV to film were very small, few and far between...not the kinds of things that the average person could pick up at a glance.

Original sell price was $100 for a set of 10 11x17 prints, so use that as your basis for comparison if you decide to hunt down a set. They're sold out from QMx and I don't think they're going to do another run.

 

[David cgc]

Original sell price was $100 for a set of 10 11x17 prints, so use that as your basis for comparison if you decide to hunt down a set. They're sold out from QMx and I don't think they're going to do another run.

Their website says that this set (a rerun with 23 more pages) is still available, and says nothing about it being a limited edition. In fact, judging by the price, it seems to be the "unwashed masses" edition.

 

[Forbin]

And how can they call them blueprints when they're in full color?

I think they're a stunning collection of artwork, and I enjoy then greatly.
I have issues with the internal layout of the ship vs the exterior shapes, but that's not QX's fault, it comes from the original TV show layouts.

 

[Reverend]

A shame they don't seam to ship overseas.

 

[Starlock]

^The new version of the Serenity Plans is available at Amazon.com

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

^The new version of the Serenity Plans is available at Amazon.com

Just ordered them. Thanks!

Blueprints at Amazon

 

[Crewman47]

They don't have it on Amazon UK yet but I did manage to find it on the UK site of Forbidden Planet going for a price of £24.99 which comes out more expensive than the US copy.

 

[Sean_McCormick]

A shame they don't seam to ship overseas.

Strange. Last year they did.

 

[WendellM]

How does the attention to detail compare with similar Trek products?

I found a pretty thorough review by a Trek blueprint aficionado here: http://electriclion.livejournal.com/5761.html

Just may have to buy these...

 

[Ziz]

Original sell price was $100 for a set of 10 11x17 prints, so use that as your basis for comparison if you decide to hunt down a set. They're sold out from QMx and I don't think they're going to do another run.

Their website says that this set (a rerun with 23 more pages) is still available, and says nothing about it being a limited edition. In fact, judging by the price, it seems to be the "unwashed masses" edition.

I need to correct myself, then. My set is 10 sheets at 18x24. Didn't have them handy to measure during my first post.

 

[Masao]

A shame they don't seam to ship overseas.

They sent them to me in Japan.

 

[newscaped]

thanks for the info

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Okay, I received my set about twenty minutes ago. Standard shipping through Amazon was USPS - I ordered them on Tuesday. So that's not bad.

As described - full color, 16 x 12 inches. They're on light card stock, and are shipped bent double in a mailing box - the box is big enough that they're not folded, no crease, and can be flattened pretty easily.

Funny thing - they're perforated for spiral binding and a plastic spiral is included loose in the box. An accompanying note from Quantum Mechanix explains that they have the license to produce "reference materials" but not bound books. They asked Universal if it was okay for them to provide the stuff so that the customer can bind the sheets himself and got the okay. Took a little less than a minute, but I'm not coordinated and my vision isn't what it was.