Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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Tweet of a photo of the promotional DSC sub poster:
https://twitter.com/schwarzeralarm/status/990605811327135744?s=21
https://twitter.com/schwarzeralarm/status/990605811327135744?s=21
I am very disappointed with that TAS news. Especially because it makes not much sense to refer to the poll about bonus models. They decided to release the Lokirrim Warship, the Xhosa, the Federation Tug, the Bajoran Freighter, the Baxial, the Nausicaan Fighter, the Academy Training Craft and many other ships which are not very popular. So why not the Bonaventure and the Huron? There is really no need for them to be released as bonus models.
That Eaglemoss will not release a Narada is dissapointing too but more understandable. But maybe they overthink it. Aside from the color I think Hot Wheels' Narada was a nice simplified but recognizable model of the ship. I would assume Eaglemoss could achieve the same.
A 4 ship bundle of regular size kelvin universe ships would be nice! Armstrong, Newton, Mayflower and maybe that ship from the time lapse sequence in "Beyond"?
That Eaglemoss will not release a Narada is dissapointing too but more understandable. But maybe they overthink it. Aside from the color I think Hot Wheels' Narada was a nice simplified but recognizable model of the ship. I would assume Eaglemoss could achieve the same.
A 4 ship bundle of regular size kelvin universe ships would be nice! Armstrong, Newton, Mayflower and maybe that ship from the time lapse sequence in "Beyond"?
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Agreed. I really wish they re-released the version that was only sent to Japan via DeAgostini. It's smaller than what we got, yes, but it also appears to be more screen accurate.
That is one of the failures of Trek: the lack of marketable designs. Star Wars produces cool ships, edgy heroes and cute critters that are all easy to turn into toys (plastic, plush, Lego). Whereas the Narada is incomprehensible complex and the Altamid swarm ship plain ugly. Franklin and Discovery are visually cool ships but handle strange as models due to negative space and spiky nacelles, respectively.
Rant over.
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Don't think so. I do think they also got a Starfleet arrowhead keychain, though. Memory Alpha has a fairly comprehensive list of multinational offerings.
Jeez, couldn't they be bothered to check the spelling of the wording on the poster? It's "receive", not "recieve". Amateurs.
Aside from the fact that TAS is not as well-known as any of the live-action series and still not considered canon by many fans (It's extremely difficult to reconcile the Bonaventure with live action canon), there's also the practical issue that these are two-dimensional images that make it extremely difficult to judge their dimensions.
That is one of the failures of Trek: the lack of marketable designs. Star Wars produces cool ships, edgy heroes and cute critters that are all easy to turn into toys (plastic, plush, Lego). Whereas the Narada is incomprehensible complex and the Altamid swarm ship plain ugly. Franklin and Discovery are visually cool ships but handle strange as models due to negative space and spiky nacelles, respectively.
Rant over.
Maybe you can argue that about Discovery and the JJ-verse, but certainly not about the previous shows and movies.
[sarcasm] Gotta love Eaglemoss's subscription service [/sarcasm]
Many moons ago they never sent me issue #101 plus several others. They never explained why they skipped the issues but sent all but #101 fairly quickly. However, being the completist I am, I hated having that gap in my collection. It's not like the Bajoran Freighter is a "must have ship" and it was always available in their web store (never knew why they didn't send one). So after waiting some twenty odd issues later I broke down and just ordered the ship last Thursday during their DS9 Anniversary sale. It arrived yesterday.
Literally just got my shipping notification this morning stating that issues #120 & #121 where on their way.... AS WELL AS ISSUE #101!
What can you do but... 
I also received the Enterprise Ring-ship and absolutely LOVE IT! Such a cool design and it's actually quite large. They really nailed this special as it's one of my favorites.
Many moons ago they never sent me issue #101 plus several others. They never explained why they skipped the issues but sent all but #101 fairly quickly. However, being the completist I am, I hated having that gap in my collection. It's not like the Bajoran Freighter is a "must have ship" and it was always available in their web store (never knew why they didn't send one). So after waiting some twenty odd issues later I broke down and just ordered the ship last Thursday during their DS9 Anniversary sale. It arrived yesterday.
Literally just got my shipping notification this morning stating that issues #120 & #121 where on their way.... AS WELL AS ISSUE #101!
What can you do but... I also received the Enterprise Ring-ship and absolutely LOVE IT! Such a cool design and it's actually quite large. They really nailed this special as it's one of my favorites.
Yeah, many of us have had similar problems in the past. It took me several years to come to terms with the fact that subscribers are always left at hind-tit when it comes to supplies. They finally sent me the Vahklas and Enterprise-J after over a year being MIA, even though the online store had them in stock. Of course, I had since given up and gotten them through the store and wound up flipping the second set on eBay. I will say, however, since they moved most of their warehousing operations to Indiana last year, problems have been thankfully few and far between. It still takes them forever to send the specials - I'm expecting K-7 soon after it's been available on the store for over 6 months. I don't personally expect to see the Ringship until December. If you can make peace with the absurd delay, it should be okay once you get everything straightened out.
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