Thanks Djc242! I just wish it was up at other retailers so I could compare prices ahead of time and decide who I want to order from. (EE is the furthest from me, so I tend to order from BBTS and NFCC more frequently just so stuff gets here more quickly.)
Wonder why it changed. It is correct on my first run, non-HD version.
I'm honestly not sure if it's correct on my "40th anniversary" non–HD version, but I did notice that the running lights are incorrect on my "HD" version. I just didn't want to mention it since it seems to be a common mistake, and DST was being ripped apart for the infamous "rust ring" among other issues, so I felt that bitching about the running lights would have just been piling on at the time. I do wish they were correct, but I can understand the error and don't entirely mind it, even though (despite not having any maritime or aviation background,) I'm fully aware that the lights should be inverted. Then again, I'm the same chucklehead who was disappointed that the 1701–D didn't have the amber running light behind the bridge, but I also understood why that was omited given the insane amount of tooling DST put into that ship, so I learned to live with it. (Sadly, I'll crack open my wallet pretty quickly if that light finds its way into a future run of the aforementioned 1701–D.)
I really don't like Enterprise. I really don't like Enterprise. I really don't like Enterprise!!!
...so why do I like this toy so much!?
Destructor, it's because you're like me! I despise (most of) Enterprise, despite the fact that I'm still planning to buy it on Blu–Ray and already own it on DVD. Still, as much as I despise Enterprise, and as much as I've somewhat derisively referred to the NX–01 as Akira–prise in the past, and as much as I hate how the design ripped off the aforementioned class of starship, this toy is arguably an excellent representation of the NX–class, and it fixes pretty much every pet peeve I had with the original release, namely the unpainted "window sections" on the saucer and the equally bare RCS thrusters that should have been gold. Then there's the new audio chip and the LEDs in this release; it just looks superb, and even my least favorite starfleet ships still look pretty good, so I have plenty of reasons to like this toy, especially since it'll help round out my display of Enterprises. (I still need an Enterprise–C from DST to complete things though, and can only hope that I'll one day have one.) Think of it this way, if DST was playing "polish that turd" with the NX–01, they took the turd and polished it into a diamond. (See what I did there?) The fact that the aforementioned diamond came from a turd doesn't matter, what matters is that we've got a giant freakin' diamond in this toy. It also helps that the NX–class allows for variants, and I'm always happy to add an NX–02 Columbia or new ISS or battle damaged Enterprise NX–01 to my collection too, so I like this toy because it looks superb as–is, but could also make for equally superb variants.
Also, the show and the ship aren't the same thing. As much as I dislike STID and the JJ–prise's blow–dryer nacelles, I'd still buy one on the grounds that it'd be an Enterprise toy, and I like Enterprise toys.