So I was wondering... Star Trek is 50 in 2016... That's a huge milestone and I'd hope that the companies that own licenses to produce merchandise will do something special to celebrate. I have an idea for DST that would perhaps get them all the amazing pomp and ceremony plus great publicity Hasbro's Big Millennium Falcon had..
The GIANT Star Trek: The Original Series USS Enterprise.
Basically my thinking is that working with Polar Lights, DST would produce a 33 inch, lights and sound USS Enterprise. This would be the 1:350 scale USS Enterprise model that Polar Lights offer as a kit but manufactured by DST for the fans who can't/won't build the kit version.
Featuring a ton of lights (windows, bussard collectors, bridge, sensor dome, shuttle bay) with the famous DST lights on feature.
A ton of sounds from famous Star Trek TOS Episodes featuring the voices of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, Checkov, Rand, Chapel, Scotty and aliens/villains/characters such as Charlie X, Harcourt Fenton Mudd, Khan, Nomad, Kang, Balok, Captain Christopher, Adonais plus many more taken from iconic scenes from various episodes.
As well as character voices the ship would also feature USS Enterprise sounds. Rather than pressing the bridge dome, there would be several buttons to activate lights and sounds well hidden within the sculpt.
on top of all of this the USS Enterprise would also feature a commemorative 50th Anniversary display stand and a highly detailed, screen accurate sculpt based off of the filming miniature and the Polar Lights 1:350 scale model. Furthermore the Enterprise would feature a detailed bridge miniature enclosed within the ship and viewable through the bridge's dome, working bussard collectors and shuttle bay featuring the shuttle craft Galileo from the episode "Galileo 7" .
The ship would be built from high-quality ABS plastics and feature some mild-steel within the neck, pylons and nacelles to help the ship keep it's shape over time. The ship will have NO light-bleed and would be around the $200 mark.
When Qmx will undoubtedly do an artisan replica of this ship sooner or later, I believe there is a real desire for fans who don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a studio model, to own a studio scaled USS Enterprise without having to build it themselves. This is a perfect opportunity for Diamond Select to offer one up to us, the fans who can't afford to draw out a mortgage to pay for the QMx version.
Clearly this would be a very special item for the fans of such an iconic and important show. The price would reflect the quality and features this ship would have and would be marketed to us, the DST Star Trek collectors, the fans of the show and geeks who want THE must-have item in 2016 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek.
So... Zach? DST? Come on! This would be so so cool.
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