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#94844 McFarlane Toys Gets Entire Star Trek Licence!
Posted by Reign1701A on 15 September 2018 - 09:33 PM
#94675 McFarlane Toys Gets Entire Star Trek Licence!
Posted by Reign1701A on 29 August 2018 - 09:12 PM
#88836 2013 TWOK Enterprise Video Review
Posted by Reign1701A on 14 March 2017 - 10:42 AM
#85153 Ask DST #306
Posted by Reign1701A on 13 March 2016 - 06:55 PM
That was the answer in reference to a TWOK really release. Maybe a TMP variant? Sounds like an opportunity to finally get a great/less flawed release of the refit.
#84821 Star Trek - The Official Starships Collection
Posted by Reign1701A on 18 February 2016 - 01:30 PM
I think a fair compromise for the front registry is to ignore the deflector grid placement and just put the registry where it's supposed to go.
What is it with toy makers and the 1701-A anyway? DST screwed up the top registry by pushing it too close to the bridge, and now EM's is too far. It's my favorite design (look at my handlename, duh) so it's a bit annoying. I'll still buy it though, but it doesn't look to be an improvement over the awesome Johnny Lightning version. I'm dying to see how QMX's refit will turn out.
#84646 Final chance to guess what the new Federation ship is...
Posted by Reign1701A on 13 February 2016 - 05:00 PM
#84645 Final chance to guess what the new Federation ship is...
Posted by Reign1701A on 13 February 2016 - 05:00 PM
#83664 NYCC 2015
Posted by Reign1701A on 17 November 2015 - 06:36 PM
#80707 USS Enterprise A
Posted by Reign1701A on 16 April 2015 - 02:32 PM
Sorry for the super-sized pictures, not sure how I can make them smaller.
Looks like your left (from the front) nacelle has a similar issue to my replacement in that the front of where the pylon connects to the nacelle has a gap.
Yep, I don't think it's too noticeable though. My torpedo launchers have pretty decent paint apps, but I noticed you have some black paint spill on yours Alteran. The thing is, I should've been able to order this with confidence over the web. I only got it because I was able to inspect this one up close and person. I looked really hard to make sure I didn't have totally wonky nacelles like the first one you ordered. I definitely love the lights-on feature (honestly like this more than playing the sound effects on most of the ships), just wish it was longer than 10 seconds.The top saucer registry and slow sounds are the 2 biggest issues for me still, with inward nacelles close behind.
I still like it overall, it's a net positive to my collection. It's not a stunning beauty like the E-D, new E-E, BoP, or Excelsior/E-B but she's solid.
#80697 USS Enterprise A
Posted by Reign1701A on 16 April 2015 - 12:37 PM
-The white windows arent perfect but crisp overall. Miles better than the black window paint apps on my 2014 TWOK, but not quite as clean as 2007 TWOK's windows.
-I didn't spot any excess glue or paint splotches.
-The top registry is still in the wrong place and my sound chip is too slow (like the first E-D) but the sounds are nice and loud.
-The warp nacelles are straight,but they are tilted inwards as others reported. Don't like this but not deal breaker, I think DST should go back to removable nacelles as they allow you to move the nacelles around a bit to eliminate any tilting.
-I really like the bright LEDs, yeah the impulse deck has bad light bleed and I don't care for the white impulse engines, but light bleed on this is way better overall than on the refit editions. No translucent plastic/see through saucer, yay!
-I really like the warp engines, good paint apps and the lights are super bright. I like the blue/purple light bleed actually because it makes the engines seem like they're surging with power. Accidental neat effect.
-I like the detail and color choices in the strongback section.
Overall this is ship is decent to good, not DST's best work but it's worth owning. It looks nice and "clean" overall. Because I'm a big sucker I'll probably buy the inevitable reissue. I prefer the gridlines to have paint apps like on the box art as the 1701-A is supposed to be more weathered than the TMP E, but I can go to town with a pencil and do it myself.
#80279 USS Enterprise A
Posted by Reign1701A on 01 April 2015 - 08:28 AM
Honestly I'm pretty disappointed based on the pics/videos others have posted. The refit Enterprise/Enterprise-A is my favorite design and I was hoping DST would knock this one out of the park after the TWOK 2013/2014 reissues left me disappointed (little improvement over the 2007 version: translucent saucer, light bleed, horrible window paint apps on the 2014 version). I think just about every DST ship has been totally awesome, especially the TOS Enterprise, BoP, Enterprise-D, Excelsior, and Enterprise-B (ok hell I love them all). I own the original AA Enterprise A which honestly I like, but don't love because of the lack of detail with the paint job and the rice bulbs instead of LEDs. I was hopeful for this reissue because the reissue Enterprise-E was outstanding, the new paint job blows me away every time I look at it and the blue LEDs in the engines were a nice touch.
However this Enterprise-A...the paint job looks bland compared to the early photos we were shown (and the standard promo shot most listings use). But honestly, how could they blow the alignment of the registry number alignment on the top of the saucer? That is the first place where my eye is drawn to on the Enterprise and it's totally off the mark on this ship. It's supposed to go in between the saucer grid marks, not over them! I don't really care about the misaligned pinstripes and some light bleed. But the registry blunder is keeping me from ordering this right now. s. DSTZach, is this an isolated incident or does the whole run have the top registry issue? If you guys re-release this down the line, can you guys look at fixing this?
It also appears that the sound clips are way too slow, everybody sounds too deep and gravelly in the video clips I've seen. This was a problem with the Enterprise-D as well, but I forgave that because of how awesome the rest of the ship was. Sorry to come off overly negative, but I've been a loyal customer for years and I've bought just about every ship, including some reissues, so I expect the same level of quality I've received before.
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