Star Trek: The Official Starship Collection
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Just a reminder, the Defiant is in the shops tomorrow, I have some WHSmith £5 off vouchers to use which is an amazing coincidence. 
They have announced the next special after Deep Space 9, its the JJ Enterprise from the new films. Going to be 8.5inches so a sizeable increase on the normal ships. I approve, even if the JJ Ent isn't exactly the first word in design elegance.
I only have that Enterprise in Hot Wheels (quite good, and rare, got lucky on ebay) and a large Playmates kids toy style electronic starship which is a bit naff and I'll give to my kids one day.
They have announced the next special after Deep Space 9, its the JJ Enterprise from the new films. Going to be 8.5inches so a sizeable increase on the normal ships. I approve, even if the JJ Ent isn't exactly the first word in design elegance.
I only have that Enterprise in Hot Wheels (quite good, and rare, got lucky on ebay) and a large Playmates kids toy style electronic starship which is a bit naff and I'll give to my kids one day.
Oh, and heres the link to the story on Star trek.com
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-starshi...
http://www.startrek.com/article/first-look-starshi...
AndyWoodall said:
Just a reminder, the Defiant is in the shops tomorrow, I have some WHSmith £5 off vouchers to use which is an amazing coincidence.
They have announced the next special after Deep Space 9, its the JJ Enterprise from the new films. Going to be 8.5inches so a sizeable increase on the normal ships. I approve, even if the JJ Ent isn't exactly the first word in design elegance.
I only have that Enterprise in Hot Wheels (quite good, and rare, got lucky on ebay) and a large Playmates kids toy style electronic starship which is a bit naff and I'll give to my kids one day.
My local WHSmiths only received 1 Defiant and according to the manager the delivery notice had 1 box placed on the truck.... but the driver only left 1 magazine, which was dropped into box with some kiddies magazines. I'm thinking someone is selling on ebay They have announced the next special after Deep Space 9, its the JJ Enterprise from the new films. Going to be 8.5inches so a sizeable increase on the normal ships. I approve, even if the JJ Ent isn't exactly the first word in design elegance.
I only have that Enterprise in Hot Wheels (quite good, and rare, got lucky on ebay) and a large Playmates kids toy style electronic starship which is a bit naff and I'll give to my kids one day.
Went into Asda (oh the shame) and they had about 10 on the shelves, so I could pick and choose the one that looked the neatest. Have to say that despite the Defiant being one of my favourite ships I think the model is slightly lacking. Can't put my finger on it but it's just not as good as I wanted it to be
Very much looking to the 2009 Enterprise though. I actually love that design (and have an unbuilt Revell model in the wings when I get time). I think it actually has quite alot of Elegance when viewed side on, it's actually pretty swoopy in it's lines.
Anyone know a release date yet?
WHSmith seemed to have more stock of the Defiant than Excelsior first thing this morning. Maybe it was just timing but there was a full shelf (4 or 5) plus another full box on the floor whereas two weeks ago with the Excelsior there were only a few.
What aren't you happy with about the Defiant? I agree its a compromise as it isn't a full on match to the physical model, and the nacelles feel a bit too swept in tight towards the rear, but other than that its one of the best I thought. Paint and sculpt are very nicely detailed.
I said last time my subs copy seemed poorly built and squeeked like a French cars dash, I can confirm that the other ones I picked up this morning are much more solid, no squeaks and the whole model is tight.
As for JJ Enterprise release, I'm not sure, I might ask on the FB page. As I recall the time between DS9 being shown and released wasn't very long, so it might be in the next couple of months.
What aren't you happy with about the Defiant? I agree its a compromise as it isn't a full on match to the physical model, and the nacelles feel a bit too swept in tight towards the rear, but other than that its one of the best I thought. Paint and sculpt are very nicely detailed.
I said last time my subs copy seemed poorly built and squeeked like a French cars dash, I can confirm that the other ones I picked up this morning are much more solid, no squeaks and the whole model is tight.
As for JJ Enterprise release, I'm not sure, I might ask on the FB page. As I recall the time between DS9 being shown and released wasn't very long, so it might be in the next couple of months.
Yep, my subs issue 10 and 11 turned up on Friday. Sphere is as good as can be expected, the Reliant is rather impressive imho. I have dozens of this ship class in other forms and the Eaglemoss is the best so far.
As for damaged 1701-D's, I'd drop them an email, they'll sort it. Some of the build quality has varied, all of my 1701-D's have been perfect but as I said a few posts back my first Defiant was a bit poor.
As for damaged 1701-D's, I'd drop them an email, they'll sort it. Some of the build quality has varied, all of my 1701-D's have been perfect but as I said a few posts back my first Defiant was a bit poor.
Shadow R1 said:
Any chance of some pictures ?
I just took a quick one the day they arrived. Have been meaning to do a little group comparison shot with the three or four other Miranda classes by various manufacturers I've gathered over the years but can't find some of their stands.Anyway, Reliant and Sphere...
Yes, my subs delivery arrived yesterday and the Akira is out in shops today, happy days!
The Akira is brilliant, as is the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser.
The cubes nothing to write home about, but I've seen worse over the years, wouldn't have paid money for it so glad it isn't one of the specials, alright for free though.
The Akira is brilliant, as is the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser.
The cubes nothing to write home about, but I've seen worse over the years, wouldn't have paid money for it so glad it isn't one of the specials, alright for free though.
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