Merchandise from Trek XI

[Shadowknight1]

Dammit Jim, I'm bumping this because there's news!!!

Okay, first things first.  http://store.qmxonline.com/Enterprise-Metal-Plated-Phaser-Replica_p_126.html# This baby is a metal plated stunt replica of the phaser used by the Enterprise crew in Star Trek 2009.  It has no lights or sounds or even a swiveling nozzle, but it does look a heck of a lot nicer than the Playmates phaser.  This phaser is apparently metal plated, so it should be sturdy.  And for a prop replica to be $50 is astounding.  I plan on ordering one of these this Friday.

Secondly, and slightly related, is the QMx Artisan replica of the Enterprise from TMP, TWOK, and TSFS: http://store.qmxonline.com/Enterprise-Refit-Artisan-Replica_p_135.html  I say slightly related because the fact that this baby is coming out shows that the JJ-Enterprise won't be too far behind.  Unfortunately, that goes for the price too.  The ship is going to run about $5,000.  That's a lot of cash money.  The refit Enterprise features the complete aztec detailing, full running lights, blinking formation lights, running impulse engines and warp engine lights, fully lit deflector dish that can change from yellow to blue, mock-firing photon torpedo tubes(flash red), the officer's lounge behind the bridge is detailed and has a small person in it, the botanical garden has little "shrubs" inside as well as a person, and the shuttlebay/cargo area contains shuttles, workbees, and a lit "runway" like in Star Trek V.  Basically, all the stuff that a really determined person could do themselves with the right kit, but this is put together for you.  Again, I bring this one up because I'm sure that some of the same features will make it onto the ST2009 ship.  I'd personally like a set of small-scale ships like the Enterprise and the Kelvin at about the same size as the now defunct Hot Wheels ships, but QMx currently has "no plans" for small scale ships.  So everyone who's with me on that, SPAM THEM!!!

Ahem.  Now, onto more affordable things.  Starting in September, a new IDW Star Trek ONGOING(ie. not a limited mini-series) series will begin based in the new reality created with JJ Abrams' film.  This series will have both some new adventures with the Enterprise crew and will re-imagine some classic TOS episodes with the new crew.  I like this because that can take some of the pressure off of the films.  The first issue will launch in September and will be a new take on the classic episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before..."  Read more here: http://trekmovie.com/2011/06/17/star-trek-movie-universe-comic-series-coming-in-september-to-reenvision-classic-tos-episodes/

So there you have it folks.  Merchandise from this movie isn't dead exactly...just very hard to find right now.

[CyAn1d3]

the refit replica....  :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

[WileyCoyote]

It is actually the 1/350th scale Enterprise-A made by Polar Lights/Round 2 released a few years ago. This one is already painted and lit, and is way over priced.

[flarespire]

love the model, but when i looked at the price i nearly jumpped to warp to get away from it....

[CyAn1d3]

....and is way over priced.

that would be excessive labor costs....

[Shadowknight1]

love the model, but when i looked at the price i nearly jumpped to warp to get away from it....

And sadly, that's about how much the model of the 2009 Enterprise will be too.

[086gf]

Which is made even worse by the fact that Polar Lights canceled theirs. I was really looking forward to that one.

[Shadowknight1]

Which is made even worse by the fact that Polar Lights canceled theirs. I was really looking forward to that one.

I'd have liked that one too if I were patient enough for model building.  Unfortunately, that limits me to the Playmates Enterprise, the Hot Wheels Enterprise, or the Hallmark Enterprise.  Sad that the Hallmark one is the best looking of the bunch.

[WileyCoyote]

I think the Trek XI Enterprise DVD holder is the best one and most accurate.

[Shadowknight1]

I think the Trek XI Enterprise DVD holder is the best one and most accurate.

Thanks for that heads up Wiley, I think I'll probably get that to pretty much replace my Playmates one.  I don't like the too-thick hanger lip and my particular ship has a mis-aligned saucer both from the front and side(tilts way up from the side) and mis-aligned windows and the registry under the hanger door is messed up too.

The only things I don't like about the DVD holder that I've seen in pics is that they placed the torpedo launch bay at the wrong spot and it isn't detailed well, the warp engines don't have a painted bar across them, and the deflector dish doesn't look nearly as good.  Ideally, I'd take the front part of the neck, the deflector dish area, and the bussard collector caps off the Playmates ship and replace the DVD holder's parts, but that doesn't work that way.   I just hope that some time in the near future that either Quantum Mechanix will release a small, non-lit Enterprise or that Art Asylum/Diamond Select will do the JJ-Prise.  But then, if it were the latter, we'd probably get the ship by the time Trek 13 came out, considering how freaking SLOW Diamond Select is!

[baz1701]

You could (with permission of course) take wileys JJprise and send it to one of those companies that do 3D printing.

You'd have to paint it yourself but that mesh is as near as damit and better than store brought toys.

[Shadowknight1]

You could (with permission of course) take wileys JJprise and send it to one of those companies that do 3D printing.

You'd have to paint it yourself but that mesh is as near as damit and better than store brought toys.

Funny thing about that is that Wiley's already taking a stab at getting some of his ships ready for that exact thing.  He said he doesn't have plans to do the Enterprise though. :p

[WileyCoyote]

He said he doesn't have plans to do the Enterprise though. :p

Around the time of the 2009 movie, a person from starshipmodeler.com was going to release a resin kit of the new Enterprise, but received cease and desist letter from Paramount. They are really protective of property from the new movie, yet somehow someone was able to release the Kelvin-variants(but not actually calling it the Kelvin.)

Funny thing about that is that Wiley's already taking a stab at getting some of his ships ready for that exact thing.

That will take a while since many of my BC ships are not a single unified mesh.

[Shadowknight1]

Around the time of the 2009 movie, a person from starshipmodeler.com was going to release a resin kit of the new Enterprise, but received cease and desist letter from Paramount. They are really protective of property from the new movie, yet somehow someone was able to release the Kelvin-variants(but not actually calling it the Kelvin.)

That's a damn shame since there isn't a model to speak of at all now that the only one that was planned was canceled.

And that must be why companies can feel justified by using Tobias' Enterprise in their materials. :|

[CyAn1d3]

You could (with permission of course) take wileys JJprise and send it to one of those companies that do 3D printing.

You'd have to paint it yourself but that mesh is as near as damit and better than store brought toys.

(off topic) whats one of these co.s you speak of? and whats the usual price? i may do that for my Ragnarok model and the Arsrenal when i have the extra $$$$

[baz1701]

Not sure there was a thread a while back in the art thread.

[Shadowknight1]

I gave him a site that I've gotten a few things from.

On topic, I ordered my ST2009 stunt phaser from QMx, it should be here by the end of the week.  I'll post pics when I can.