Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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That frustrated me as well.
We're about due for the announcement of the last 5 figures in the "Main" line.
(I surmise this because Archer's Toy and the Mondor were solicited in the last "Previews" catalog from Diamond distributors, a week ago, meaning that the next ones should appear there by the 26th.)
(I surmise this because Archer's Toy and the Mondor were solicited in the last "Previews" catalog from Diamond distributors, a week ago, meaning that the next ones should appear there by the 26th.)
We'll probably never see the Raging Queen, as it's too similar to the Curry. I'd like to see it too, but it's not likely to happen. Maybe a shop exclusive special further down the line...
That's probably their reasoning, but I disagree. Except for the Raging Queen they made every single one of the TNG and DS9 kitbashes and Excelsior study models now. No matter how obscure or even unpopular, no matter how small in the background they were, even some that use similar components, and even if they were merely seen as debris or junk. It's a weird decision to omit exactly one of them. We also got five Miranda and three Nebula variants - the Raging Queen isn't any more similar to the Curry than the Lantree is to the Reliant.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I agree with you! 
I just don't think from a business standpoint that they would do it. They could, since they already have 99% of all the digital assets required to build it (provided they have good access to the original miniature to use as source material), but they also need to do a magazine for it as well, and I think they may be running out of things to say about these background ships. There's a lot of effort that goes into making that stuff and they may not think it's a good R.O.I.
I just don't think from a business standpoint that they would do it. They could, since they already have 99% of all the digital assets required to build it (provided they have good access to the original miniature to use as source material), but they also need to do a magazine for it as well, and I think they may be running out of things to say about these background ships. There's a lot of effort that goes into making that stuff and they may not think it's a good R.O.I.
Yes - I would hope that may give them an indication that putting out more obscure ships like that would continue to help their bottom line. I do still hold out some hope we'll see some of those types of things as stand-alones, but not a final part of the main line.
None of the DS9 kitbashes that didn’t make it to the screen have been given the Eaglemoss treatment. I doubt the Elkins will be different.
I still want the Husnock and Tarellian ships, and the Kazon mothership/carrier.
I'm really hoping for Degra's ship and the Bajoran scoutship. (I wouldn't mind the Ferengi shuttle either).
"In universe," I think initially the letters was to honor that specific Enterprise, NCC-1701 (and maybe indirectly Kirk and his crew perhaps). Starfleet could have simply put NCC-1701 on a new Excelsior-class ship, but there may not have been one ready to go for Kirk and company at the time. Adding a letter to the registry could have been just an arbitrary decision as any other, IMO, but it does kind of help tell which incarnation of the Enterprise is which when it comes to particulars.
Basically, i think it's just a unique Starfleet tradition that is indeed unique to the Enterprise. I don't see it lasting forever--i.e., long enough to where there's a NCC-1701-S--as new traditions sometimes replace older ones.
Regular 1701-E is better than the XL solely because the small scale makes the problems in their source model (which isn't one of the screen-used versions) less obvious. The paint job, in particular, is really bad and inaccurate.
Then again, I think the exact same thing about the 1701-D, so take that into consideration.
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