Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription

I think the Discoprise was the XL.

 

That’s a nice collection you’ve got there!

Back in the days if yore, I remember being very expectant about the release of the Furuta Excelsior and Refit Enterprise models - in Lieu of the Furuta Enterprise B and 1701-A (of which I own).

Then when I obtained them, as cool as they are, the revised smaller scale was an immense letdown. The TMP Refit is a good little micromachine sized model, but not entirely accurate - and the Excelsior is extremely accurate, despite the micromachine sizing.

So glad to be getting the EM standard version soon!

 

That whole saucer, starting with the overall structure, right down to the decals, was an abomination. The rest of it, from the neck back, was actually quite serviceable. All they needed to do was retool the primary hull. It was almost like they gave the job to an intern who didn’t do the appropriate amount of research on one of the most iconic spaceship designs in cinematic history.

Interestingly, by comparison, the XL Reliant was a good example of how to correctly make one of those things, and they were released relatively close to each other, IIRC. The discrepancies are nothing short of baffling - the stuff of cognitive dissonance.

 

It was so strange because the regular-sized model was quite good, even down to getting the saucer rim stripes correct. It was simply baffling that they just utterly muffed the XL version.

 

Eaglemoss had quite a few baffling errors over the years, but the XL 1701-A was probably the most egregious. How do you look at dozens of test shots, etc, and not notice that the saucer is completely wrong? It's almost like they wanted to do a pre-TMP concept/variant, then totally said "Fuck it, let's release this as an XL 1701-A.

 

It’s a… ‘what-if-the-TMP bridge module first-pass wasn’t destroyed, and then carried through to the Enterprise 1701-A’ concept - a kinda slightly alternate timeline…???

[gets coat]

 

I'd say you're right, since the boxes these shuttles come in are about 2 cm higher than the ones for the regular models.

 

List for June 9th:

BATMAN: Hot-Toys-Miniature Batman Arkham Knight Batman Armory / Joker mega statue

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Muffit II

GAME OF THRONES: Dragon: Viserion

STAR TREK Books: Shipyards: The Borg and the Delta Quadrant / STAR TREK Shipyards: Starfleet 2151-2293

STAR TREK Starships Regular Size: Archer's Toy Ship / Cardassian Orbital Weapons Platform / Klingon bird-of-prey (22nd century) / Klingon D7-class battle cruiser / Romulan bird-of-prey (23rd century) / U.S.S. Equinox / U.S.S. / Excelsior (Nilo Rodis Concept II) / U.S.S. Valiant (Jim Martin U.S.S. Defiant concept) / Vulcan T'Pau

STAR TREK ONLINE: Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier / U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-F (Star Trek Online / Livery) / U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-F (Federation Livery)

STAR TREK Specials: Klingon D4 bird-of-prey (Kelvin Timeline) / U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (STAR TREK BEYOND) / Reman Warbird Scimitar / Relay Station 47

STAR TREK Starships Midsize: Klingon Qoj class / Section 31 Drone Fighter / Wallenberg-class tug

STAR TREK plaques: U.S.S. Discovery / U.S.S. Shenzhou

STAR TREK XLs: U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205 / U.S.S. Discovery NCC-1031 / U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (2256) / U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-C

 

Huh, if that's correct, I guess the previous "Reliant concept" was actually supposed to be "Defiant concept".

 

ugly as they are…I’m in for the Enterprise F and maybe the JJ-prise.

 

I am disappoint

 

I deliberately didn't get the Enterprise-F first time around but now it's canon I suppose I have to...

 

Same…when it was just an odd curiosity from STO I was a pass. Now that it’s a legit ship, I need to add one of the versions to my Enterprise display.

 

Agreed, that's one of the last few previously released ships I still want (almost all of which were bonus issues I never got around to ordering).

 

For those on the fence, I’d recommend the ST: Beyond Enterprise (Refit).

 

Don't stop, wouldn't mind even more

I have that Voyager and the Maquis and Kazon ship they released as well
They're MM sized and just have less surface detail, but still cool and cheap.