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[Jedigreedo]

Well, you certainly exaggerated that one. I was nearly expecting their trademark info to replace the 'Enterprise' registry. I thought maybe it was in braille when I couldn't find it on the top or lower sections of the actual saucer.

It is as well hidden as something that large could be on the ship, but that is still pretty big if you happen to be looking up the saucer's skirt. I'm guessing it would have cost a pretty penny to do a new run of that piece to have the information be part of the sculpt (so it wouldn't be noticeable unless seen upclose), but I don't see why the stamp couldn't use a smaller font size.

Here's hoping it's a sample and was changed to a smaller font before production began. If not, it's not the end of the world, at least all the windows will be there!

[s8film40]

My original issue one doesn't have that. I wonder if it might be due to some sort of government regulation. I remember when Mattel made the ghostbusters PKE meter prop it was only available in the US they said due to regulations in other countries requiring markings like that on the product.

[Prometheus]

Not a deal breaker for me.... I will still get one.

[DSTZach]

Does anybody here really plan on displaying their separated saucer section with the impulse engines pointed towards the viewer?

[DSTZach]

I had a bunch of responses dissecting your arguments, but the fact that you would be haunted by it even if you couldn't see it renders all arguments moot. By your rationale, we could have written it in invisible ink or inside the battery case and you'd still hate it.

And I took literally a dozen pics of the B at the same stage. Not sure where the stamp is, but I didn't notice it.

[Jedigreedo]

Yeah. It's not a big deal. I think you could have the saucer on a top shelf, posed in the Troi Maneuver (nose dive), and you'd still not notice it immediately. There's enough surrounding dark details that makes it look like it's just part of the decor at first glance. As you point out, Zach, it's unlikely anybody is even going to pose the saucer section like that. If y'all can shrink the font a little in any future releases then that'd be great, but as-is it's fine. There is far too much appreciate about the Enterprise-D to let that bit of hidden trademark come anywhere close to ruining it.

[Alex]

Does anybody here really plan on displaying their separated saucer section with the impulse engines pointed towards the viewer?

To be totally honest, I've considered it because that's where the LEDs are. I have my AGT

[s8film40]

Just out of curiosity, how many people who have the original release are planning to take the saucer from that 1701

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[s8film40]

If that area of the ship is not meant to be seen then why are all the details painted on? Latches and Enterprise lettering are dwarfed by the legal warnings. I admit it's not a huge deal as others have said. I display mine as a whole but I occasionally take it off the shelf and pull it apart, that is the whole point of this right? Why make it separate in the first place if it's just going to reveal something not meant to be seen?

[DSTZach]

Nobody said it wasn't meant to be seen, I just didn't think anyone preferred to stare at the "empty socket" portion of the separated ship, as opposed to the nose.

And I don't think price point has anything to do with the size or location of the stamp. I assume it isn't sculpted on due to our tendency to re-issue these items over time, necessitating regular changes in date.

[Alex]

I'm pretty sure the price is due to plastic costs and labour but I think what Alex meant and correct me if I'm wrong Alex, is that a stamp like that cheapens the toy and doesn't reflect the price paid for it. I think if this were a mass produced Playmates or Hasbro ship then the stamp would be still annoying but accepted due to it being a mass market toy produced for kids whereas although technically you do toys, your product is seen and liked by an older fan and bought for display purposes.

That's exactly what I meant 1701; my apologies for any confusion. Although there may certainly be some children who have these ships, a good portion of the people buying them are in the "children at heart" group that tends to display their toys. A stamp such as this one cheapens the look of the ship when it's on display. If it were tucked away in the battery compartment, (either battery compartment or both of them

[Jedigreedo]

Honestly... I think this picture depicts just fine how little the trademark is going to interrupt potential displays. It's on the inside curve, so I think that will help keep it hidden either by being practically out of sight, or by being shadowed.

[BadBunnyMike]

You guys are making a huge fuss over something so stupid. The stamp makes it clearly the second release, a way to differentiate it from past and future releases. So flat out, you missed it the first time and dont like the stamp dont f***** buy it. There was a reason i stopped coming to this board, i got so sick of people bitching and bitching about some of the stupidest crap. You guys should be lucky we are gettingnew toys period. But whatever, if it makes u happy to nitpick everything then go for it. Why shouldnt DST mark their product? Just like an artist signing a painting

[A Chimpanzee & 2 Trainees]

Given that it has to be somewhere, I think where they put it is just fine. In fact, I dare say the best place, given that it has to be externally visible. Somewhere along the way I missed the episode featuring the electrical contacts in the saucer's docking port that are right above the text, so if you're going to need "real world" allowances in the toy, why not co-locate them in as many spots as possible? Honestly, though - if it's really that bothersome, it's easy enough to display the secondary hull of this release with the saucer of your first release E-D anyway.

I find it much more bothersome that the stand for my original release D won't hold up the ship anymore unless I use both stands, even if the saucer's not separated. Darn thing keeps pitching forward and falling off my shelf otherwise. I'm not sure there's anything that can be done about that though. The design of the ship is such that it's inherently top heavy.

[Alex]

You guys are making a huge fuss over something so stupid. The stamp makes it clearly the second release, a way to differentiate it from past and future releases. So flat out, you missed it the first time and dont like the stamp dont f***** buy it. There was a reason i stopped coming to this board, i got so sick of people bitching and bitching about some of the stupidest crap. You guys should be lucky we are gettingnew toys period. But whatever, if it makes u happy to nitpick everything then go for it. Why shouldnt DST mark their product? Just like an artist signing a painting

BadBunnyMike, the additional windows also make it clearly the second release, at least for the time being. If we get to the third release, I could see there being the need for an additional indicator. And as I stated before, my issue isn't with DST marking their product, it's with them marking it in that particular location. For reference, here's the relevant part of my previous post:

I have no issue with a copyright marking being somewhere on the toy; in fact I think it's a good idea for a variety of reasons, (e.g. proves it's a licensed item, IDs the release an item's from, etc.,) but I just don't think it should be visible on the exterior of the ship. If the legal copy were tucked away into the battery compartment, or stamped on the bottom of the stand as it was in the past, it would still be visible when it needed to be, but it wouldn't intrude on potential display options.

So yes, I do think DST should mark their product, I'd just prefer they do it in one or both of the battery compartments instead of on the exterior of the hull. I'll still buy the upcoming release, but I'm going to have to hold onto my first