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Recreational Forums => Trek Discussion => Topic started by: USS Vengance on May 31, 2013, 01:21:14 PM
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Hello all, just wanted to share this link with you, http://www.startrek-starships.com/eng/index.asp (http://www.startrek-starships.com/eng/index.asp) this company is based in the UK, and accepting pre orders from the US, and UK for their magazine subscription that comes with a very cool miniature ship. They start issue #1 in August, I read around 72 ships are planned to be made. The ships seem to be around the same size of the Hot Wheels Star trek ships around 5-6 inches long. Their facebook page is also updated, and they just released their excelsior model for review this morning. Here is the link to their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekStarships (https://www.facebook.com/StarTrekStarships)
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These are nice, might pick some of them up, but not every one. Noticed that they have the JJprise in one list so gonna keep an eye out for that. It's bound to look better than Hot Wheels' version.
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They officially got the go from CBS to do current Trek ships!
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I got my Galaxy a few days a go and I have to say it looks gorgeous.
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Has anyone else collected more of these? So far I've got the Galaxy, NX, D'deridex, Intrepid, Excelsior, Deep Space Nine and Defiant. The Constitution Refit is on it's way in the post, too.
Recent picture of my collection (http://i.imgur.com/KTtKbpP.jpg) (minus Defiant)
USS Defiant (http://i.imgur.com/n0ydElt.jpg)
So far, I've been extremely pleased with the quality of the models. The Excelsior looks a bit small, but that's probably due to how long and thin the ship is.
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I've been keeping an eye on these little ships and they look good, but I'm definitely waiting for some of the more obscure ones like the U.S.S. Thunderchild and the Valdore. Oh and...
These are nice, might pick some of them up, but not every one. Noticed that they have the JJprise in one list so gonna keep an eye out for that. It's bound to look better than Hot Wheels' version.
I was right. So very, very, VERY right.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIdkuOcHQ9k/UqZ8b3QFL7I/AAAAAAAAW3M/DtpImMNRhjE/s1600/Eaglemoss+Star+Trek+The+Official+Starship+Collection+Special+%25232+nuTrek+USS+Enterprise+model.jpg)
Not even the final version and it's better than the Hot Wheels, Playmates, and Hallmark versions. It's going to be about 8.5" long. I cannot stress how much I want this one.
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I've been keeping an eye on these little ships and they look good, but I'm definitely waiting for some of the more obscure ones like the U.S.S. Thunderchild and the Valdore. Oh and...I was right. So very, very, VERY right.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sIdkuOcHQ9k/UqZ8b3QFL7I/AAAAAAAAW3M/DtpImMNRhjE/s1600/Eaglemoss+Star+Trek+The+Official+Starship+Collection+Special+%25232+nuTrek+USS+Enterprise+model.jpg)
Not even the final version and it's better than the Hot Wheels, Playmates, and Hallmark versions. It's going to be about 8.5" long. I cannot stress how much I want this one.
Cannot wait :dance
I've wanted a nice small model of the NuTrek Enterprise for ages, couldn't find the hotwheels one at reasonable price and others are too big. Nearly got the kit but I don't think I could do the painting any justice
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Hopefully they add the aztec "sheen" like they did on the NX-01 model.
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Hopefully they add the aztec "sheen" like they did on the NX-01 model.
It's very faint in this shot, but you can see it.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XaMU-WrhSuU/UqZ8b907HHI/AAAAAAAAW3I/zwUW2fOZFzA/s1600/Eaglemoss+Star+Trek+The+Official+Starship+Collection+Special+%25232+nuTrek+USS+Enterprise+model+2.jpg)
And in the first image I posted, you can see aztecing on the nacelles and secondary hull. Again, stressing that this isn't the final version, which is why it is missing several things like the nacelle registry, Starfleet pennants on the secondary hull, and windows.
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I'm really enjoying the collection - my recently-received Defiant model is my new favourite toy.
I was taking photos of her with my phone, and decided to see what photo manipulation software there was on the Google Play Store. I paid ?4.49 for Photoshop Touch, and started messing with a couple of the photos I took of the Defiant with my DST Enterprise-B.
(http://i.imgur.com/4ttCBOx.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/luoiHuB.jpg)
Photoshop Touch is amazing. Here's an Imgur album showing the photos I manipulated to produce these images (http://imgur.com/a/mjr7k#1).
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Just seen from the newer pics on the Facebook page that the nacelle registry number is too far back, and the nacelles are missing the long bits on the inside. Hope they fix that before mass producing :/
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Just seen from the newer pics on the Facebook page that the nacelle registry number is too far back, and the nacelles are missing the long bits on the inside. Hope they fix that before mass producing :/
The registry is too far back and they have one on the inside of the nacelle too. And something about the Starfleet pennant on the engineering hull is off too. They are still stressing that this isn't the final model which isn't coming out until at LEAST April if not later.
The picture we're referring to:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_RZovUetFRM/Ur9XMSACzQI/AAAAAAAAXLE/m9DhWrVo6CA/s1600/Eaglemoss+Star+Trek+The+Official+Starship+Collection+Special+%232+nuTrek+USS+Enterprise+model+in+progress.jpg)
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I can live with it.
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As can I. It's still infinitely better than most of the other models.
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Definitely isn't the final model, the bussards aren't fixed yet.
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Oh yeah not final, but I can't help but think of the emblem on the side of the defiant and and the name on the excelsior. Hopefully they'll notice while they have time to fix them
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Just seen from the newer pics on the Facebook page that the nacelle registry number is too far back, and the nacelles are missing the long bits on the inside. Hope they fix that before mass producing :/
They probably have already gone into production. They couldn't get the NCC 1701 Refit correct so I Imagine it will be another model with one point to criticise. Shame they can't make these ships to a consistent quality.
As for the "JJ Prise" Outside its a nice looking ship however there are some areas inside the ship, main example being the engine room which are a bit out of proportion design wise vs exterior. I do think they could have made the colours of the bussard collectors red/orange to match the NCC 1701 Consitution Class. We have already seen the USS Vengence. What ever would a Enterprise A Connie Refit look like or a Enterprise D in the JJ world??
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I am a subscriber to the collection (at the moment) but I am disapointed with spellings mistakes in the magazines and errors and quality on some models.
If only the model for the NCC 1701 Refit matched the quality of the USS Reliant Miranda Class Refit Model.
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These people forgot to send me issue 1. Then stated I would have to wait bc it's on back order, I just received issue2/3 and I must say the constitution class is terrible. They didn't paint the windows like they did the BOP, it looks like crap, the secondary hull is the worst. I may cancel the subscription bc the quality of that 1701 refit was embarrassing to say the least.
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All of which was corrected for the "A".
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Yeah, I just got my first 3 issues.
The magazines were fairly disappointing, they weren't even stapled properly, and it was a pain in the a** to get them into the stupid binder without messing up the spines. I have to agree that the Connie refit is not up to the same quality as the other two I got, Adam is right, there's hardly any windows and the hull is just plain light ghost grey, no aztecing at all, not even the right shade of grey, and what's with that big red square on the shuttlebay doors? Compared to similar scaled entries, like the Johnny Lightning set, it's seriously lacking. The Enterprise-D is somewhat better, it's got aztecing all over, and it's painted roughly the right colors although there's some areas on mine where the paint was scratched and not all of the windows line up with the depressions in the hull, it's still one of the better entries I've seen for the ship in this scale. The Bird of Prey is probably the best I've gotten so far, although I'd have preferred the wings in the attack position, rather then cruise mode, and whoever painted the weathering was a little heavy handed drybrushing the rust details, it almost looks like it's been played with outside for a while. I have 20 year old Hotwheels cars that look less rusted then that.
(on a related note, it makes you fell really old when you can say you've had a certain toy for 20+ years.)
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We have too many pictures online for these people to make such mistakes is beyond me. I'm canceling my subscription. Just not happy.
Adam
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yeah, they have pictures in their own magazine that clearly show more detail, I wonder what happened there.
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yeah, they have pictures in their own magazine that clearly show more detail, I wonder what happened there.
I thought I was the only one who noticed that. The detail of the models on the magazines are clearly false. I'm not such a huge stickler for minor details but the details they are missing are a tad bit too much IMHO.
Adam
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Of all the models I have, the only subpar one is the Constitution. I'm happy with every other one. And comparing the CG models used for renders in the magazines to the production ones isn't fair.
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I wouldn't say they're false, no where in the magazine did it say that all the renders are supposed to be exactly the same as the model, and the model photos in the magazines aren't that different from the final product, but you would think that they could have easily used these pretty renders as references for the model.
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It is funny though for the CG Render of the Nova class they used an image of the Rhode Island.
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I wouldn't say they're false, no where in the magazine did it say that all the renders are supposed to be exactly the same as the model, and the model photos in the magazines aren't that different from the final product, but you would think that they could have easily used these pretty renders as references for the model.
Dude. Let's be realistic now. The pictures are suppose to be the models we clearly see the plastic piece attached to them. The magazine had the phasers painted, windows painted, insignias, my constitution has no markings on the secondary hull, no aft phasers, no windows just the indentations, no Aztec, it's not even smooth. It's so rough like Brillo. It's a terrible job, I would have never bough the subscription has I known the quality would be so low.
I know it doesn't state that but come on, it's a crappy constitution. It's only the iconic ship of several movies. Lol
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There's only one place in any of the magazines that I have (1-6) that shows what the actual models are supposed to look like, and that's the preview of the coming issue. Everything seems to be either the CG model used for reference, screencaps from the films/TV, or shots of the studio model.
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While I agree that the Constitution refit is disappointing, every other ship I've seen pictures and reviews of have been much, much better. Though personally, I would never subscribe due to not having the funds for that or the room. I'd much rather piece-meal my way through the ships, getting ships that I've always wanted models of and have yet to get said models, ie. the upcoming Akira-class and hopefully the Wells-class. For me, ships like the refit 1701, the D, the Reliant, the K'tinga...all have plenty of models out there. I'm following this line for the obscure ships. Or, in the case of the nuEnterprise, the under/badly represented(FU Paramount for giving the license to Playmates...Diamond Select would've made a much higher quality ship.)
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Dude. Let's be realistic now. The pictures are suppose to be the models we clearly see the plastic piece attached to them. The magazine had the phasers painted, windows painted, insignias, my constitution has no markings on the secondary hull, no aft phasers, no windows just the indentations, no Aztec, it's not even smooth. It's so rough like Brillo. It's a terrible job, I would have never bough the subscription has I known the quality would be so low.
I know it doesn't state that but come on, it's a crappy constitution. It's only the iconic ship of several movies. Lol
Maybe yours is a bad model, mine looks pretty much just like the picture of the model on the back page of the Ent-D issue. Granted it's still lacking in detail, but it's not like it's false advertising, if you look at the picture, it's still solid grey and the window indents aren't painted, they're just shadows. Besides, these pretty pictures are usually prototypes, not the production version of the model, you can expect some discrepancies, I'm surprised that mine looks as close to that picture as it is.
I did notice that apparently the machines they use to mold the clear plastic parts have air bubble problems, just about all of the clear parts on the models, as well as the bases all have visible bubbles inside them.
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I got a box in the mail. Let's see if it's another model. Wish me luck. Lol
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Couldn't help but notice that one of the Bussards on my Enterprise D is purple rather than red when held up to light
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Part of me wishes I could get every ship in this series. Part of me reminds myself that I don't have the money or room for that. Part of me hates that some of these ships have little bitty flaws that keep them from being fan-freaking-tastic. So, I'm going to have to pick and choose the ships I get. Definitely on my list are the JJ-prise(more on that in a second though), the Akira-class, and the Valdore. If they do the Relativity, that's definitely on my must-have list. Ships I won't get for sure are the refit 1701(have at least two perfectly good models without the fubar plastic on the front of the warp engines), the 1701-D(...I hate the design, next), the 1701-E(again, have a nice big model of it), the Klingon Bird-of-Prey(the fact that they chose to put the wings in cruise instead of battle configuration makes me lament the fact that the wings are static...so, I have the Diamond Select HMS Bounty instead), the K'tinga(Have a comparable model...though replacing it IS somewhat tempting as the Eaglemoss will be more solid), Voyager(Always felt this was a meh starship anyways...), and any Borg ship. Possibles? Well, a few. Big one is the Defiant. The only things holding me back are my personal irritation that they went with the CGI model's orientation of the warp engines(though they didn't oversize the deflector thankfully), and the misprinted pennant on the port nacelle.
And that brings me to my "more" on the JJ-prise. I recently saw a video review of the ship and...if the one I preordered is in the same state, it will only JUST replace my Hot Wheels version. I don't know why this is, but like some of the Quantum Mechanix models of the ship before release of the movie, this person's JJ-prise had wonky warp nacelles. One was dipping slightly. Also, he didn't mention it, but it looked as though the deflector dish was slightly off kilter. Also, few windows were painted on, and the ones that were were off. No windows on the neck or saucer. No shield lines on the saucer rim either. But the thing that irritates me the most is the "decaling". The name and registry on the saucer is perfect. But the registry is MISSING on the underside of the secondary hull and they ADDED registries to the INSIDES of the warp engines! They have the CGI model! How can they make an error this blatant?! And while I love the azteching(it looked GORGEOUS on the guy's video), it would preclude the ability to just paint over the engine registries. And the absence of the secondary hull registry is baffling because the magazine looked like it had an image showing off that they intentionally moved the registries from the underside of the saucer for the movie. That being said. It still looks a million times better than any other non-kit model of the ship released thus far. It has a lot of detailing that the Playmates version missed and has proper aztecs that the DVD model didn't. Hopefully when I get my own, I can give it a more favorable review.
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at least they fixed the position of the nacelle reg. :/
On startrek.com they've tried to claim that the underside reg was missing in every shot of into darkness when it's clearly not.
Haven't received mine, but pretty disappointed with what I've seen so far
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I share your concerns, the galaxy class had many errors but maybe it'll get better. :hithead:
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http://www.startrek-starships.com/usa/ship-order.html (http://www.startrek-starships.com/usa/ship-order.html)
Is it just me, or does the shot of the sovereign class (issue 21) Look familiar? To my eye, it looks rather like Wileys....
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That nebula has too many windows. I'll tell you that! Hmph. Bonchune CGI Version. Ehhh. These people must of hired Star Wars fans to do there research.
Adam
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Once you get to Voyager on that list those are all 3d renderings not really representing the models we could get.
Also they stated there will be 70 variations of these ships in the list all together.
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That nebula has too many windows. I'll tell you that! Hmph. Bonchune CGI Version. Ehhh. These people must of hired Star Wars fans to do there research.
Adam
...or they were only given CGI models by CBS and Paramount. I think that's part of the problem with the Defiant.
All that said, I haven't seen any bad reviews of the Akira-class.
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Just got mine delivered. Bit of a mixed bag. Nacelles and dish seem to be correctly attached (allowing for a little bit of discrepancy at this scale) but the saucer is definitely rotated slightly. I think the sauce reg is rotated as well. One of the bussards sticks out more that the other. Also the panelling on one nacelle is much darker than anywhere else of the ship. The missing hull reg and inside nacelle reg instead of long vent (completely missing in the mould) doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would, but I expected a bit better.
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Well like I typically do, I'll complain and still buy it, Trekkers disease lol
On another note, my damn D'Deridex keeps falling, the head is very heavy compared to the rest of the model and the piece that holds it doesn't really snap and secure the way the BOP does. I can't even move or tap my computer table, it just falls. Already dented my table from the head's point. Ehhh.
Adam
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Well like I typically do, I'll complain and still buy it, Trekkers disease lol
On another note, my damn D'Deridex keeps falling, the head is very heavy compared to the rest of the model and the piece that holds it doesn't really snap and secure the way the BOP does. I can't even move or tap my computer table, it just falls. Already dented my table from the head's point. Ehhh.
Adam
Seems to be a common complaint about the Warbird. Seeing as I don't have one, I'm going to make a suggestion anyways. Would the stand work if you attached it to the front wings, or would it not work there? Honestly, that would've been a good place for the stand to attach...the D'Deridex Warbird is very front heavy in any instance.
Pre-ordered the Akira-class model and magazine, getting more tempted by the Defiant and the Equinox.
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I tried. The holders are designed to attach to certain places only not from anywhere, ehh. Crazy glue :idk:
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I tried. The holders are designed to attach to certain places only not from anywhere, ehh. Crazy glue :idk:
Well...I guess it's better than big, gaping holes in the bottom of the secondary hulls.
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Well...I guess it's better than big, gaping holes in the bottom of the secondary hulls.
Kind of sad about it too bc out all I have received so far, the Rommie was my fav detail wise. The rest left my annoyed. And of course the one I'm like ok, not too bad, keeps nose diving into my table. Ehhh.
I'm looking fwd for the Ferengi and the Nausican.
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just got my NX and warbird (issues 4&5), I have to agree that the warbird is poorly balanced, mine hasn't fallen over, but it's listing to starboard. Unlike Adam, I'm a bit disappointed with the detail on the warbird. It might just be my experience with building, painting and weathering models, but the hull is too uniform. Sure it's got generous weathering, and lots of painted on windows, but the lack of aztecing and detail under the weathering makes the weathering stand out too much, it's like they applied the heavy mud wash to cover up the lack of detail, rather then a light wash to enhance the detail that's there. Also, while it agrees with the renders in the magazine, the nacelles look overly long.
The NX-01 is somewhat better, the aztec is well done,although much more simplistic then the pattern on the Ent-D. That being said, the hull color is overall far to light, on the show it was more of a dark titanium or steel color, this is more like a silver. The stand is far sturdier then the warbird, but it is difficult to take on and off because of the position in the cutout between the aft catamaran hulls. Detail painting is a letdown, the saucer impulse engines are the same shade of gray as the manifolds, they're not painted separate, the catamaran hull engines are painted the same solid blue as the deflector, and the divider between them is painted blue instead of grey, and the main deflector is also solid blue instead of bronze with blue behind it. The windows are unpainted, but since they're atleast molded on and consistant on the whole model, they're not too bad. Also, there is a broken seam on the sides of each nacelle, up by the bussard collectors and the plastic strips that separate the upper and lower Warp field grill assemblies on the warp nacelles are all warped.
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Got my Akira-class and NuEnterprise models. Quick review.
Akira- I absolutely LOVE this model. I had no problems with the ship itself, though I think maybe part of the underside of the weapons pod is misaligned very, VERY slightly. I love just how much of this ship is metal. I think the only plastic sections are a small bit on the underside of the weapons pod, the warp nacelles, and the ventral side of the saucer. All that praise aside...there is one major flaw. I wasn't shipped the base for the stand, and sadly, Eaglemoss couldn't assist me since I'm not a subscriber. So I'm having to wait on Entertainment Earth to get back to me.
Enterprise- Thankfully, the deflector dish and saucer were properly aligned. Nacelles...not so much. They're both rotated very, VERY slightly towards the centerline of the ship. The port nacelle was also attached wrong so the bussard was pointing more towards the center. However, I was able to gently pry the engine off the pylon and essentially fixed it. It's not perfect, but it's better than it was. The NCC-1701 on the outside of the starboard nacelle has a bit of paint missing. The underside of the engineering hull is missing the NCC-1701 and the inside portions of the nacelles have a registry instead of vents. That being said. It's still a much better model than the Playmates, Hot Wheels, and Hallmark versions of the ship. I would honestly put it on par with the DVD model of the ship. The Eaglemoss does have better aztec detailing all over as well as proper detailing on the front of the neck, including the torpedo launcher, but the DVD ship feels more solid and is well aligned all over.
All in all, pretty decent models. I'm glad to have a model of a ship that's very obscure and has rarely had models made of it. If I can find it, I want the Defiant. Probably going to get the Prometheus, Valdore, and Relativity.