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[Morgan]

Wow, having the Steamrunner, Saber and Norway in model form is nothing short of amazing, especially for a film that came out basically 20 years ago.

 

Pretty exciting stuff, never dreamed this would happen. Going to preorder the Steamrunner in the next couple days.

[Alteran195]

Got the TOS Enterprise and the Fortunate.

Very pleased with the Fortunate, say what you will about Enterprise as a show, but the ship designs are fantastic.

The TOS Enterprise is good, the deflector still seems wrong, but overall I'm happy with it. It's very nice having a full Enterprise line.

[Jay K]

...especially for a film that came out basically 20 years ago.

Ah now come on dude, there's no need for that!! (Honestly can't believe how long ago that was.)

 

Random thing about the Norway (and the same will be true for the Sabre and Steamrunner), but they really seem to fill up the box in terms of size. They're going to be massive.

[Morgan]

I mean, it's amazing to get these sorts of ships 20 years after they were seen on screen for a split-second. Would love to see slightly-less-canon ships like the Cheyenne and New Orleans class (though Cheyenne was "seen" onscreen...somewhat). Things like the Soyuz class and the Nebula with a circular Phoenix pod also wouldn't hurt.

[Jay K]

Just to be clear (my fault for not highlighting), I was poking fun at the fact it's been 20 years since First Contact. When I read your post, I actually felt my eyes widen and my jaw drop! We're all getting old.

And yes, I'd love all those variants you mentioned. Ben has stated the Wolf 359 fleet will be happening (the well known ones at least), and he himself would love to see the Miranda and Nebula variants, but not before any non-variant federation ships. In other words, we should get them all.

[Matty-lad]

Do we know if they have the rights to the Animated Series at all? There are some great ships on there that I think would translate well into models.

 

http://www.danhauser...eries/Tech.html

 

I would love to have some of the new shuttles in the collection.

[BadBunnyMike]

The Antares was from the Animated series, so i'd assume so

[mars396]

The Antares was from the Animated series, so i'd assume so

 

 

technically, it was from the remastered Charlie X:

 

[mars396]

What I really want are the ships from the Franz Joseph Tech Manual.

 

 

 

 

[Jay K]

I've seen Ben address both of these issues. Regarding the animated series, he's said that whilst he wouldn't rule them out completely, he thinks ships from the main series should be made first (I can't find his exact words on twitter now, but I got the impression that he meant that variants of existing ships would come before any TAS vessels - Soyuz class USS Bozeman for example, or Nebula with the oval pod; USS Phoenix). Overall, I agree with these sentiments. I'd much rather have a Bozeman or Phoenix on my shelf before any animated series ships.

As for the ships from the above (Mars' post), I don't think that's likely, and I say that based off of what's happening with the Titan and Aventine (ships that are similarly not 100% canon). He's said that if they get 5000 signatures in their petitions, then he'll make them, and whilst the Titan's is just shy of 4000 (after a solid year or more - http://www.petitionb...itions/usstitan), the Aventine is only at 679 (presently) after the same length of time (http://www.petitionb...ons/ussaventine).

 

Star Trek does have a ton of official ships that still need to be made, but once the remaining big-name Federation ships have been released (including class variants like the Bozeman), I can't see it running for too much longer after that. Right now there's 90 issues confirmed, and I have a feeling that Ben will see fit to round that off to 100 and call it done. Just to be clear, this isn't me saying they shouldn't be made, but that there's much more well known ships that should be made first.

EDIT: Found some words from Ben regarding The Animated Series ships (the guy he's responding to has since deleted his account, or been banned, but his posts are still visible via google cache):

https://twitter.com/...767692324614145

http://webcache.goog...&ct=clnk&gl=uk

 

 

My hopes for more ships include firstly, more shuttles and support craft. I'm so excited for the first four (Galileo, and Type's 6, 9 and 10), and I hope this means that there's a chance for the movie shuttle (Final Frontier), Type 7 soapbar, Orbital Shuttle, Type 11 from Insurrection, and one that I'd love to own, the Travel Pod from the original crew movies. Of course, the Workbee would be lovely as well.

[Morgan]

Any specifics regarding the Wolf 359 ships happening -- any quotes out there regarding the prospects of that and what they could be?

[Jay K]

https://twitter.com/...962756978499584

 

https://twitter.com/...965926278467584

 

The guy he's replying to here in this next one seems to have deleted his account since ( ), but I managed to find a bit of what he said in google cache:
"will you be making the Soyuz class from TNG or any ships ..." - the last bit is missing, but I'm wondering if he said 'from Wolf 359?' Ben's reply:
https://twitter.com/...458144815398912

 

Then there's the twitter Q&A he did a while ago now, which was transcribed for the Hero Collector website:
http://www.herocolle...ek-starships-qa

 

Questions and answers of particular interest:

Darren: The USS Centaur would be a good addition. I think you guys can crack 150 models. Oh V'ger would be good.
Ben: I know what V'ger looks like from a distance. I'm not sure how many other people do though... I am very keen to do as many Fed starships as possible, we're getting close to a full set... There's still the debris field from Wolf 359 to explore and some interesting Nebula and Miranda class variants.

 

Aaron Davila: What is the possibility of making of the New Orleans class and the Cheyenne class starships? Physical models have been made.
Ben: I'd say pretty fair. I'd like to do them. And the Wambundu...

 

Vincent Sherry: Any chance of seeing kitbash Starfleet classes that were seen on screen such as Curry, Freedom, Yeager and New Orleans?
Ben: Every chance. I'm just looking at the list for 75 to 90 and these are very high on my agenda. The Centaur is on the way.

 

That last one is where I'm thinking he'll make them as part of the series of 90. Hope that helps.

[Prometheus]

Thanks for the update Jay K ! This is all very exciting!!

[Qcjoe]

Just got my Enterprise C.  Its ok I guess.  Something about the deflector dish seems off.  The color of blue thats used?  Not sure.

[Jay K]

Nah, it's the edges of it which are not painted (it should look embedded). I'm okay with it, but there's a myriad of problems with the C (it's a mix between the C and the future Ambassador class ships - Yamaguchi for example). Other than its thicker pylons and lack of detailing, the Hallmark sculpt is more accurate in this instance.

[djc242]

For me it was the omission of the impulse engine, the 2 smaller phasers on the rear saucer, and the strange void of detail on the last bit of the secondary hull that made the ENT-C a little disappointing.  When Ben posted newly discovered pics of the filming model after they had finished the issue it made me wonder what source material they used.  Even the MicroMachine had all the phasers. 

[Prometheus]

They also omitted many of the grid lines on the saucer of the C.... That was disappointing as well.

[Morgan]

Jay, thanks for reposting those comments, that was really helpful.

 

I didn't know there was canon agreement on what the Wambundu class looked like, that's curious that he mentioned that one.

[Jay K]

No problem, dude.

Honestly, Ben Robinson is a walking encyclopaedia of all things to do with Star Trek - ships, shows, and (especially) the behind the scenes going's on. He easily knows as much as people like Mike Okuda for example. He recently appeared on a Trek FM podcast to talk about Maurice Hurley, and it's quite clear how knowledgeable he is. Have a listen if you've nothing to do:

http://www.trek.fm/master-feed/142

[Darth Duranium]

Agreed, Ben is definitely a sage Trek guru, all bow down and create effigies of him! Yeah, I hope he does more podcasts too, it's cool to hear about some of the background hubbub that doesn't make it into the mags. Btw, the Chaos On The Bridge doc is also a nice unauthorized antidote to stiff official interviews and dull Captains chats. Gotta give props to the Shat, he makes good Trek docs.

 

A while back, I asked Ben if he was kidding about the Wambundu and he said that he was... and that he had no idea what it was supposed to look like. I think he likes to mess with our minds a wee bit and he rarely rules any ship out... but he was quite clear this time.

He recently said that the Wolf 359 ships might appear after #90, if they get the go-ahead for more issues in September. But it seems that the list of upcoming ships is still in flux so conflicting info is par for the course, methinks.