Sanity is Optional Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 48 minutes ago, Mommar said: You just beat me to it. Let’s not forget the Nilo Rodis concept 3 too. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/100018 I don't know where they're getting these designs from, but that looks like someone sat on a melted Excelsior. Quote
Mommar Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: I don't know where they're getting these designs from, but that looks like someone sat on a melted Excelsior. That was one of the concepts of the Excelsior one of the guys at ILM came up with prior to shooting Star Trek III. Quote
Sildani Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 The Akira XL is finally - finally - up for pre-order, and damn if it doesn’t look gorgeous. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/star-trek-starships/uss-thunderchild-akira-class-9-inch-xl-edition?utm_source=RedEye&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases&utm_content=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Sildani said: The Akira XL is finally - finally - up for pre-order, and damn if it doesn’t look gorgeous. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/star-trek-starships/uss-thunderchild-akira-class-9-inch-xl-edition?utm_source=RedEye&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases&utm_content=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases Oh my that's pretty. I've always really appreciated the reference too... kind of a missed opportunity to not call it the Havock-class, like the HMS Thunder Child from The War of the Worlds it's named for. It would've been surprisingly appropriate, given that the ship's debut was against the Borg, who find chaos (havoc) distressing beyond belief. Quote
Mommar Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 3 hours ago, Sildani said: The Akira XL is finally - finally - up for pre-order, and damn if it doesn’t look gorgeous. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/star-trek-starships/uss-thunderchild-akira-class-9-inch-xl-edition?utm_source=RedEye&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases&utm_content=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases You beat me to it. Quote
Mommar Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 Any of you Battlestar guys get the Raptor? I’ve always liked that design. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/battlestar-galactica/raptor-2004 Quote
Dobber Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 26 minutes ago, Mommar said: Any of you Battlestar guys get the Raptor? I’ve always liked that design. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/battlestar-galactica/raptor-2004 Yup, I got the Raptor. While I’m not the biggest fan of the Raptor, it is a nice little model. Chris Quote
UN Spacy Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 Just preordered the USS Thinderchild..,my first XL. Can’t wait....will probably even review it on my YouTube channel. Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 Just pre-ordered the XL Thunderchild too, I've been chewing the fat on E for awhile now, but the screws in the nacelle turned me off to it. -b. Quote
Dobber Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 I’ve had mine ordered since last Dec when it was supposed to be released in Feb! Chris Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted August 26, 2019 Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Dobber said: I’ve had mine ordered since last Dec when it was supposed to be released in Feb! Chris Oh crap, sorry to hear that. Fingers crossed for everyone it actually releases in September. -b. Quote
Lolicon Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 9:58 AM, Sildani said: The Akira XL is finally - finally - up for pre-order, and damn if it doesn’t look gorgeous. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/star-trek-starships/uss-thunderchild-akira-class-9-inch-xl-edition?utm_source=RedEye&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases&utm_content=USA_SHOP_Aug19_New_releases Let's hope they spell FEDERATION correctly this time. Quote
electric indigo Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 9:21 PM, Mommar said: You just beat me to it. Let’s not forget the Nilo Rodis concept 3 too. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/100018 Has anyone bothered to make a Starfleet Designer app? You could just randomly mate saucers, hull sections and warp nacelles and come up with the latest ship of the hour. No disrespect to Nilo Rodis, though, he designed the BoP. Quote
Chronocidal Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) There have probably been multiple "Starship Builder" games over the years, but I think they're all from long ago at this point, and nothing like you would find on a mobile device. Here's one at least, nice menu music, but that's probably the best part of program. It's really not much of a game, just something that lets you mess with a bunch of ship configuration and crew options, and then runs automated tests on the ship. Edit: Apparently, it even had a sequel, which the wiki article mentions did not review well. (Judging by the photos, I believe the video might be of the second one.) Quote Maximum PC magazine listed it as one of its "Lemons of the Year" for 2000, saying that "It's worse than a hangover from drinking too much Romulan ale, or contracting Tribble VD."[8] Edited August 31, 2019 by Chronocidal Quote
Dobber Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 The Blood and Chrome/Razor Raider is available now too. Chris Quote
ErikElvis Posted September 11, 2019 Posted September 11, 2019 Thinks its worth getting this xl excelsior when I have the old and bigger diamond select one? Quote
David Hingtgen Posted September 13, 2019 Posted September 13, 2019 I just watched his XL Excelsior, and XL Ent-D reviews, and noted these issues that weren't commented on (which shows a lack of basic research into the ships by Eaglemoss) 1. The Excelsior is missing the "trench" where the neck and saucer meet. There's a "gap" there, but nothing like the huge carved-out area of the real thing: (couldn't find a handy pic of the real thing that shows it clearly) 2. The Excelsior has the extended Ent-B style of fins on the rear of the nacelles. (no, they didn't royally screw up and add the upper ones, but the ones on the side/rear corner, should be shorter for the original Excelsior class---they shouldn't extend beyond the edge of the nacelle--this is quite evident in the review video when he shows the booklet, that has a nice top-down view of the "real" (CG?) Excelsior---you can see the fins on that one are a good bit shorter (and correct). 3. Ent D---shuttlebays 2 and 3 look to be the same size, or only SLIGHTLY different. The stbd one (#3) should be like twice as big: Quote
Mommar Posted September 13, 2019 Posted September 13, 2019 Neither of those things are nearly as bad as completely leaving off the sensor bands around the saucer section of the Refit Enterprise. Quote
Sildani Posted September 15, 2019 Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) It’s thought Eaglemoss took the DS9-era 36” studio model to do the XL-sior with... surprised you didn’t catch the fact the deflector array grid “paneling” was actually off-kilter... the lines should be perfectly fore-aft and port-starboard, on the XL-sior they’re offset, bisecting those cardinal directions. Edited September 15, 2019 by Sildani Quote
David Hingtgen Posted September 15, 2019 Posted September 15, 2019 One thing I noticed immediately but forgot to mention: The neck. Where's the ribbing? It's like, 1/10 of what it should be. I've only seen the Excelsior neck done properly once, and that was a guy who made it from scratch, to replace the Ertl kit's. It's not actually "ribbed" or "grooved". It's actually just a stack of layers. The smaller/inner layer, and the larger/outer layer. Just alternate the 2 sizes, one on top of the next. ::edit:: Found it: Quote
Mommar Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 Xl romulan warbird pre-order. https://shop.eaglemoss.com/usa/star-trek-starships/romulan-warbird-85-inch-xl-edition?utm_source=RedEye&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=USA_SHOP_Sep19_preorder&utm_content=USA_SHOP_Sep19_preorder Quote
Sildani Posted September 20, 2019 Posted September 20, 2019 I need one. They're making an XL Terok Nor, too. 8” across. Quote
Sandman Posted September 20, 2019 Author Posted September 20, 2019 Is there any differences between DS9 and Terak Nor? Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Sandman said: Is there any differences between DS9 and Terak Nor? Maybe they'll follow it up with an Empok Nor, which'll look exactly the same as the other two but with a stand that's canted at a 70 degree angle. Quote
Sildani Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Sandman said: Is there any differences between DS9 and Terak Nor? One has Bajoran workers, one has Bajoran officers. My Akira-XL just shipped! Woo!! Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Sildani said: My Akira-XL just shipped! Woo!! Same! -b. Quote
Lolicon Posted September 25, 2019 Posted September 25, 2019 Ordered the XL Akira class. Probably the best looking non-hero Federation ship. The XL Warbird looks tempting though I wish they had scaled it to the XL Enterprise-D just so we could appreciate just how much more massive it is. The scale was never really conveyed that well in the show. Quote
Dobber Posted September 25, 2019 Posted September 25, 2019 Does anyone think the XL Warbird’s color is a bit too dark? I always thought it was a more vibrant emerald color. Or is that more of a byproduct of lighting ect. Chris Quote
Sildani Posted September 25, 2019 Posted September 25, 2019 Here’s the studio model that was sold at Christie’s auction house, and it’s kinda dark, so I’d say lighting. Quote
Lolicon Posted September 26, 2019 Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) It's just the way it was lit and shot. The Warbird appears much darker in DS9 after they switched to CGI. Edited September 26, 2019 by Lolicon Quote
Sildani Posted September 26, 2019 Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) So this arrived. Heavy guy, it’s mostly metal. Interesting tidbit: it doesn’t explicitly say USS Thunderchild ANYWHERE on the model, although it’s on the box. I’m very pleased, regardless! Edit: UK based eBayer aheebob has already made waterslide decals saying “USS Thunderchild” available for this model for about $10 shipped to the US. Edited September 26, 2019 by Sildani Quote
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