Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

^^^ Late 2019 for Ent-C - according to DST Facebook (as I read on TrekToy):

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5855&page=7#entry95967

QuePaso? Comment / Post, 20 March.

Here’s hoping that drop date actually hits!

 

According to some ship reviews on Youtube the collection has been extended to at least 180. Did I miss an official announcement or is this still a rumour?

 

You might have a problem.

I recognize the Playmates Abrams 1701 on the top shelf.

 

the XL runabout is up for preorder in the UK. and it appears to be one of the worst examples of eaglemoss' upscaling of small models for the XL line:

crooked sensor pod aside, there's not a ton of new detail here. and it's sadly overshadowed by all the hull paneling they failed to add to this one. they're sticking with the awful impulse engines from the standard version. and they did not update the paint application to be anything more nuanced than gray and shades of gray. also, this would've been a great opportunity to fix the fact that the original model was the orinoco and not the rio grande, which was arguably the hero runabout in DS9.

 

What is that middle one. Karemma ship?

That's the first I heard of that.

Round 2 Johnny lightning Haynes manuals--I guess you have to sell cars to sell ships at a loss--like how it was wrestling magazines that let Starlog stay around as long as it did.

At least OMNI is making a comeback
https://omnimagazine.com/

There was a book on terraforming that came from some automotive pritning house:
Society of Automotive Engineers;
https://www.amazon.com/Terraforming-Engineering-Environments-Martyn-Fogg/dp/1560916095

 

btw, just got off the phone with eaglemoss updating my credit card and the rep volunteered that issue 15 of the discovery collection (USS edison) is delayed.

i appreciated that she threw that in there, but man wouldn't it be nice if they communicated that stuff in an email? like... before it's actually delayed?

 

Or when they skip issues. I just got #14 Klingon Cleave Ship but haven’t gotten #13 Worker Bee.

 

Customer communication has never been their strong suit.

 

Anyone seen the ads for the new "build a 1701-D" offer? Pretty sure this is the Japanese kit from few years back brought back to life. It looks pretty damn cool.

I want it, but not sure if I can justify another sub, or another shelf.

 

I'm absolutely certain that it's just the De Agostini kit, repackaged by Eaglemoss. For one, it shares no similarities with either of Eaglemoss's Enterprise-D models.
I should also note that Eaglemoss imports the Official Starships Collection into Japan through De Agostini.

 

Really disappointed in the XL Runabout - I thought from the pics when they announced it, they were going to give us the classic Rio Grande without the pod. The pod was a rare sight in DS9 so I don't get why they've produced two models with it.

Eaglemoss are frustrating because they can produce stunning models, and some absolute turkeys.

 

Agreed. There seem to be multiple teams doing the R&D for the models. The “B-team” appears to be in charge of the more important designs for some odd reason.

 

The one Rick Sternbach worked on? No, this is an entirely new one that Eaglemoss have commissioned. It's been discussed on this thread before - the consensus was that it costs a fortune and doesn't really look like the Enterprise-D. There are some bizarre choices (no saucer rim windows) and the deflector looks awful.

 

The worst part is that they have made some changes to it, just not where it counts. The join at the very front of the nose is different to the regular one, and so is the seam where it meets that little outboard "step" right behind the side door. (I think the regular one lowered it so that they could make the seam a straight line, this XL raises it back to where it is supposed to be.) Overall, pretty damn disappointing. I was looking forward to this one.

 

Hard to believe, but it's been a good month and a half (at least) since I got a new model. Between my failed attempt to find any in London and the expense of that trip, I've just been lacking in time, money, or both over the past few weeks.

I finally checked out my regular store today. While he didn't yet have the Jem'Hadar battleship that I've been hoping for, I did pick up the Vulcan ship T'Pau.

The ship is a Rick Sternbach design, according to both the magazine and Memory Alpha, he wasn't totally happy with the final product. While it's not one of the most memorable designs, I do think it's a bit interesting. Remember that, before Enterprise, there wasn't really a consistent Vulcan design aesthetic the way there was with, say, the Klingons or Romulans. Of course, this was the ship that introduced the concept of Vulcan ships having a ringed nacelle. On top of that, the color and shape of the primary hull (along with the impulse drive) helps suggest this is, while not a Starfleet ship, still a Federation ship.

I may pull out my TNG blu-rays in the next few days to watch "Unification" and get a good look at the ship's admittedly brief appearance. BTW, I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the idea of Romulans invading the entire planet of Vulcan with only two thousand troops seems so profoundly silly, it's hard to believe someone didn't point it out even during production. To put things in perspective, there were a hundred and fifty-six thousand Allied troops involved in the D-Day landings at Normandy. Such a relatively small and easily outnumbered force would run a high risk of being captured. Not to mention, this clear act of aggression would very likely lead to war with the Federation and probably the Klingons as well.

But I'm getting off topic, I guess. Neat model. There's a few I'm holding out for though.

 

I picked up issue 150 just now, not opened it though (but it looks undamaged an a good model) and it's my first ship since the XL Disco-Enterprise at the very beginning of the year.