Yesderday, I found the new USS Enterprise, and I bought it. I found the new USS Enterprise at the local Toys"R"us- they had four of them along with the tiny bridge playset figures. They did not have the bridge playset, roleplay toys, or the taller figurines.
The ship is molded in light gray plastic with gray and black detailing. The deflector is molded in clear blue with a little bit of golden detailing. It was already pre-built in the box, unlike the previous Playmates ships. The new Enterprise is pretty accurate, and it uses 3 AAA batteries, one in the saucer, 2 in the engineering hull. The stand is sturdy too! It is a little bit smaller than the Art Asylum TOS Enterprise.
The sounds are activated with a press of the bridge dome illuminating the various LED lights.. In my opinoin, the new Enterprise is definitely superior to the other Playmates starships.
There are 4 total sound effects and each has a different lighting effect.
Kirk: "Maneuvering thrusters, Mr. Sulu."
Spock: "Captain, Engineering reports ready for launch.........(warp boom)"
Kirk: "Arm phasers, fire everything we got!" (phasers, then torpedoes, then phasers again)
Red Alert Sound.
Here's a link to the pictures and sound effects:
http://s227.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/WileyCoyote1701/Playmates%20JJ%20Enterprise%20toy%20ship/I also sent my little review with pics to Trekmovie.com to see if they can use it.