Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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It looked good at different angles (the concept), but the front and rear view to me made it look super-skinny and quite anemic. They fattened it up a bit with the final Defiant design to make it look more like a muscle car brawler, which is appropriate to its mission. The Valiant top view and 3/4 view are the most appealing, IMO. I don't think they did too bad of a job of it in STO, but their ships frequently seem to have these starkly contrasting texture maps of whites and blacks, with very little in between. I hope they get away from that some day and get back to more subtle texturing and color schemes, using lots of pearlescent aztecking.
TrekCore has posted a link to a video.
A company called Blue Brixx has acquired the licence for Star Trek and is planning (no release date yet) for Lego-style ship replicas, including Enterprise-A, Enterprise-D, USS Voyager, Borg Cube. Plus DS9 station. If successful, produced at different size ranges for a mix of accuracy and playability.
TrekCore link: https://www.facebook.com/Trekcore/posts/4600054326673985
Video link: - skip to time index 8:52 to see prototypes with correct colors and labels.
A company called Blue Brixx has acquired the licence for Star Trek and is planning (no release date yet) for Lego-style ship replicas, including Enterprise-A, Enterprise-D, USS Voyager, Borg Cube. Plus DS9 station. If successful, produced at different size ranges for a mix of accuracy and playability.
TrekCore link: https://www.facebook.com/Trekcore/posts/4600054326673985
Video link: - skip to time index 8:52 to see prototypes with correct colors and labels.
I'm glad they didn't go with that one in the series. I suspect animating it would slow down production, as it would be challenging to frame during dynamic battle sequences.
Stephen Reid from UK posted in the Facebook group - the Yorktown-class Enterprise-F (Odyssey-class refit) has arrived!
Link to Stephen's post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1628123504177653?multi_permalinks=3001952130128110
I keep being amazed how detailed the STO models by Eaglemoss are, especially at such a comparatively small size.
Makes me wish they gave the original USS Voyager issue a makeover. Preferably with angled nacelles.
Link to Stephen's post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1628123504177653?multi_permalinks=3001952130128110
I keep being amazed how detailed the STO models by Eaglemoss are, especially at such a comparatively small size.
Makes me wish they gave the original USS Voyager issue a makeover. Preferably with angled nacelles.
Hmm... I'm curious how this differs from the earlier "Enterprise-F in STO Livery" special that came out a few years back. They appear nearly identical to me.
Hmm... Not to take anything away from that, but I remember joyfully building starships from general Lego sets back in the 70's. No set patterns. No specialized pieces. Just sheer snap and smile satisfaction. Shuttle craft were the easiest builds. Followed by more complex ships with flat nacelles and solar arrays. I remember building runabouts before there were runabouts...
Slightly updated paint job, new saucer impulse engine design, new warp nacelles, more wing-like supporting pylons, and a mildly redesigned stern for the stardrive section.
Ha!
Yorktown-class USS Enterprise and Relay Station 47 have been delivered!
I posted pictures on the Facebook group.
Including side-by-side pictures with the previous two Eaglemoss F’s and the Yorktown-class Enterprise I have as a 5-inch GamePrint model.
While the black-on-white Fs by Eaglemoss lay look superficially the same, they have unique paint jobs and details.
Compared to the GamePrint version, the Eaglemoss Yorktown class is extremely crisp and detailed.
Now I wonder, could Eaglemoss be persuaded to bring out:
1. USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F in XL?
2. ISS Enterprise NCC-1701-F, used by Admiral Leeta in an attack run on the USS Enterprise-J during the Battle of Procyon V?
Fun fact: The F is the first Enterprise to visit all four quadrants of the Milky Way within one continuity. The Enterprise-E traveled to the Gamma Quadrant in the novels and to the Delta Quadrant in ST: Armada II but those take place in contradictory continuities.
Yorktown-class USS Enterprise and Relay Station 47 have been delivered!
I posted pictures on the Facebook group.
Including side-by-side pictures with the previous two Eaglemoss F’s and the Yorktown-class Enterprise I have as a 5-inch GamePrint model.
While the black-on-white Fs by Eaglemoss lay look superficially the same, they have unique paint jobs and details.
Compared to the GamePrint version, the Eaglemoss Yorktown class is extremely crisp and detailed.
Now I wonder, could Eaglemoss be persuaded to bring out:
1. USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F in XL?
2. ISS Enterprise NCC-1701-F, used by Admiral Leeta in an attack run on the USS Enterprise-J during the Battle of Procyon V?
Fun fact: The F is the first Enterprise to visit all four quadrants of the Milky Way within one continuity. The Enterprise-E traveled to the Gamma Quadrant in the novels and to the Delta Quadrant in ST: Armada II but those take place in contradictory continuities.
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Perhaps that's why it was changed to "the Forge" in Star Trek Online.
That's a fantastic image!
More like a later rebuild. IIRC, the Odyssey-class Enterprise-F was nearly destroyed in one of the STO campaigns and was rebuilt into the newer Yorktown-class.
Wow, I never realized that! That's really nice, actually
Wow, I never realized that! That's really nice, actually
https://ship-o-rama.tumblr.com/image/627830312653783040
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