Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

IIRC there were a small handful of ships, later in the production run, that simply had the paint/decals without window divots. Can't remember which ones, but they looked quite good. Someone figured it out. Sadly, too little, too late.

 

Could have been worse. Some of their Doctor Who models looked like they'd been fingerpainted.

 

Damn, that sucks. Never got any of the Whovian stuff. I wonder how the Space: 1999 and Orville ships looked.

I gotta say, though, the BTTF DeLorean kit was a lesson in engineering near-perfection. If the wires had been better laid out (got crimped & jostled when the upper & lower halves were married together) and the screw holes been pre-tapped, it would have been a perfect build. Maybe it was a different team.

 

I'd bet the building kits were engineered and manufactured by completely seperate groups, other than Robinson doing the Trekfiles-esque stuff that came in the instruction booklets.

How was the Galactica stuff quality wise? I never got around to that (oops).

 

Got them all. Like the Trek models, it’s a mixed bag. The NuBSG stuff was better made, as they probably had access to all the original CG assets from the show. The TOS stuff was not quite as accurate, particularly the Galactica herself. I would have hoped that they did a 3D scan of the original (whoever has it) but it was sadly definitely not to be.

 

Just bought the Jupiter Station off of Real Merch. Of the space stations I don't have, this one was pretty low on my list, but it was the only one available, so there you go. I bought it early enough that I got a shipping number. Hopefully this comes a bit quicker that the coaxial ship that's taking its sweet time from Master Replica.

 

The stuff from MR is gonna take a bit (if you are in the states) with it all shipping from the UK.

 

Ben tweeted out a picture of the Gold XL 1701-E. Looks like that one is coming either 2nd or 3rd wave. He says it was one of the ones stuck in China.

 

Wow. Didn’t think I’d ever see any of those. I preordered mine back when Eaglemoss was still functioning but I guess all those original transactions are gone with it.

 

My bank refused to refund my undelivered preorders from Eaglemoss because of some sort of lapsed window in which a missing purchase can be reimbursed. I could fight them on it but I'm honestly not sure it's worth the hassle.

 

Interesting! Sorry to hear that… When I did pre-orders with them, they didn’t ever charge me until the model was shipped, which is as it should be. I never lost any money like that.

 

Yes, they definitely took money ahead of preshipping for my last two orders (the ones I never received) – I'm not sure about other orders because I didn't have to check those of course. This could be one of those things where it worked differently depending in which regional store you were shopping.

I have a Twitter conversation with Eaglemoss's customer support team from 5 July 2022 asking if there was any information on these orders I'd paid for in January, because any requests I'd emailed to them for updates had gone unanswered (and I have to say Eaglemoss were always rubbish at responding to customer service emails, that wasn't just a "dying days" thing). They assured me that they'd look into it and get back to me. Literally less than two weeks later the company folded

Oh well. These things happen. And it wasn't a huge amount of money in the grand scheme of things.

 

I was never charged until it shipped either, so didn’t lose any money. Difference between the US and other countries maybe ?

 

I believe so, I don't think Eaglemoss ever took payments upfront in the US.

 

I believe there may be federal credit card fraud laws in place, making it illegal to charge a card in advance until goods and services are rendered.

 

Yeah, the one pre-order I did (1701-A XL) never charged my card until it shipped.

 

https://twitter.com/bencsrobinson/status/1642452930832769028?s=61&t=gCZTX5gXFyNjYy2eoo44Kw

Looks like the XL Stargazer is on deck as well.

 

https://blog.trekcore.com/2023/04/master-replicas-eaglemoss-sale-wave-2-details/

• • USS Enterprise NCC-1701 (Constitution Class)
  • USS Enterprise NCC-1701-J (Universe Class)
  • Hierarchy Ship — Star Trek: Voyager
  • USS Newton (NCC-1727) — Star Trek (2009)
  • USS Armstrong (NCC-1769) — Star Trek (2009)
  • USS Mayflower (NCC-1621) — Star Trek (2009)
  • USS Franklin (NX-326) — Star Trek Beyond

• • XL: USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D (Galaxy Class)
  • XL: USS Reliant NCC-1864 (Miranda Class)
  • XL: Delta Flyer
  • XL: USS Pegasus NCC-53847 (Oberth Class)
  • XL: USS Shenzhou NCC-1227 (Walker Class)
  • XL: USS Discovery NCC-1031 (Crossfield Class)
  • XL: USS Equinox NCC-72381 (Nova Class)
  • XL: Romulan Warbird
  • XL: La Sirena

• • Book’s Ship
  • ISS Shenzhou NCC-1227

• • USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D (Galaxy Class) — Gold Edition
  • Klingon Bird of Prey 3-Pack: Flight, Wings Down, Landed

• • Alien: U.S.C.S.S. Nostromo – Yellow (XL)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Centurion Figurine
  • Battlestar Galactica: Classic Cylon Centurion Figurine
  • Doctor Who: Gold Dalek Mega-Statue
  • Doctor Who: Dead Planet Dalek Mega-Statue
  • Doctor Who: Davros Mega Statue
  • The Expanse: Rocinante (XL)
  • Stargate: Goa’uld Mothership (Hatak)
  • Stargate: Goa’uld Death Glider

 

Oh that’s right - I forgot they also did a bunch of Stargate ships too…