Showing posts with label ship models. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ship models. Show all posts

Monday, 8 March 2021

Star Trek Online: The Official Starships Collection

Page created 8th March 2021. Last updated 10th March 2021.

Star Trek Online: The Official Starships Collection is a series of model starships with accompanying magazines, published by Eaglemoss from mid-2020. It is a spin-off series from the long running Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, featuring ships from the video game Star Trek Online.

The series follows the same basic structure as the original Starships Collection, with each issue including a model starship, and a magazine detailing the ship from both an in-universe and production point of view. The models are the same size as the original collection.

The series was initially planned for ten issues, but was subsequently extended. The series was not offered as a subscription, but available individually at retail.

This list is in release order.

#1: USS Gagarin NCC-97930 (Gagarin class)
  • Publication date: June 2020.
  • Notes: This is STO's 25th century version of Discovery's Shepard class.

#2: USS Chimera NCC-97400 (Chimera class)
  • Publication date: June 2020.

Saturday, 6 March 2021

Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection

Page created 6th March 2021. Last updated 10th March 2021.

Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection is a series of model starships with accompanying magazines, published by Eaglemoss from early 2021. It is a spin-off series from the long running Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, and a continuation of the Star Trek: Discovery - The Official Starships Collection, featuring ships from all the live action series at the time; Picard, Discovery, and Strange New Worlds.

The series follows the same basic structure as the original Starships Collection, with each issue including a model starship, and a magazine detailing the ship from both an in-universe and production point of view. The models are the same size as the previous Discovery collection, and larger than standard size in the original collection. New issues are released every four weeks.

The series has initial plans for thirty issues, plus a bonus variant. 

This list is in release order.

Sunday, 24 September 2017

Star Trek: Discovery - The Official Starships Collection

Page created 24th September 2017. Last updated 28th February 2021.

Star Trek: Discovery - The Official Starships Collection is a series of model starships with accompanying magazines, published by Eaglemoss from early 2018 until early 2021. It is a spin-off series from the long running Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, focusing solely on Discovery.

The series follows the same basic structure as the original Starships Collection, with each issue including a model starship, and a magazine detailing the ship from both an in-universe and production point of view. The models are larger than standard size in the former collection however (similar sized to the occasional "special" issues of the previous series), and are released monthly (rather than fortnightly).

With initial plans for twenty issues, the series ultimately released thirty-three regular issues, four specials, and two bonus variants. Future Discovery ships will continue to be released as part of the wider Star Trek Universe collection.

This list is in release order.

#1 USS Shenzhou NCC-1227 (Walker class)

#2 USS Discovery NCC-1031 (Crossfield class)

Monday, 18 September 2017

Star Trek Miniature Editions

Page created 18th September 2017. Last updated 24th April 2018.

Miniature Editions are a series of novelty gifts published by Running Press, each comprises a small model, sometimes with light and/or sound features, and a short booklet detailing the subject matter. Running Press produce Miniature Editions based on numerous popular culture subjects, including several based on Star Trek, since 2013. To date the Star Trek sets have all been small model starships, or miniature props. The first four releases were all based on TOS, while later releases moved on to TNG subjects.

Chronicle Books have also released a similar gift and book set, Mr. Spock: Logic & Prosperity Box, released in 2013, which includes a small bust of Spock along with a booklet.

The following list is in publication order.

Light-Up Phaser

Light-Up Starship Enterprise

Thursday, 25 August 2016

F-Toys Star Trek starship models

F-Toys is a Japanese maker of small models, which come packaged with sweets. They have released several Star Trek ships, starting in 2008, with the Star Trek Fleet Collection. Most of the same ships from that original series were reissued in 2016, and there have also been mirror universe variants of some designs.

The ships often require some limited assembly to complete them up, and come with an adjustable display base, with text describing the ship.

This list is in release order.

Enterprise NX-01
  • Notes: From the first Star Trek Fleet Collection range, and also included in the series when it was reissued.
  • Release date: 2008 and 2016.

USS Enterprise NCC-1701
  • Notes: From the first Star Trek Fleet Collection range, and also included in the series when it was reissued.
  • Release date: 2008 and 2016.

Monday, 8 August 2016

Star Trek Hallmark Keepsake decorations

Hallmark's Keepsake range is a huge ongoing series of Christmas decorations, featuring characters and other designs from numerous properties, including Star Trek. The first Star Trek design, a model of the USS Enterprise was released in 1991, and there have been new Star Trek ornaments every year ever since, with between one and six new Star Trek designs available every year.

For most of the run of the series Star Trek offerings have tended to fall into three categories: Models of ships, which have featured every year but one since the first Star Trek piece in the range. Figurines of individual characters, sometimes with sections of a location, which have featured almost most years since 1995. And dioramas featuring multiple characters and/or sections of locations, most often recreating specific moments from episodes and movies; these have been a regular feature in the range since 2004.

There have been a handful of other formats as well, including more traditional glass decorations, props, and even a postage stamp. There have also been occasional larger ornaments aside from the tree-hanging type, including table-top pieces and tree toppers. Many of the ornaments feature light or sound effects.

The 2020 introduces a new Storytellers range, which interact with each other to tell stories, varying depending on which decorations you have.

This list is split into six, collecting together the starships range, figurines, dioramas, Storytellers, other hanging decorations, and larger format releases. Within each section the lists are in reverse release order, with the latest designs at the top of the section.

Starships


La Sirena


HMS Bounty

  • Notes: Includes sound features. A convention exclusive limited edition of 3500, available at Comic-Con@Home, New York Comic Con, and Hallmark's Keepsake Ornament Club.
  • Release date: July 2021.
  • Coverage: Details.

Monday, 18 July 2016

Flying Star Trek starship models

While the ships of Star Trek are wholly designed for space, and not naturally inclined for atmospheric flight, that has not stopped numerous toy makers over the year trying their best to bring model Star Trek starships into the air. This page lists those efforts, in reverse release order, with the most recent flying ships at the top of the page.

USS Enterprise-A quadcopter
  • Overview: A remote controlled quadcopter, with the four propellers contained inside the saucer and lightweight polystyrene making up most of the rest of the ship. Also features lights and sounds.
  • Maker: Spin Master: Air Hogs.
  • Release date: June 2016.
  • Coverage: Toy Fair Announcement, images and video.
  • Purchase: Amazon.

Deep Space 9 flying disc
  • Overview: A hand-thrown foam flying disc with prints and cut-outs making it DS9-shaped.
  • Maker: Star Trek Shop.
  • Release date: July 2015.
  • Purchase: Star Trek Shop.

Monday, 13 June 2016

Hot Wheels Star Trek starship models

Since 2009 Hot Wheels have released a number of model Star Trek starships. The collection so far includes ships from TOS, TNG, and nuTrek. Most of the ships have been part of a mid-scale series, where ships are typically about fifteen centimeters on the longest side. There are also a few releases as part of Hot Wheels smaller model-car series, which are about seven centimeters long.

Most of the mid-scale ships have been released in waves of four to six ships. The third was was released as a multi-pack with the board game Star Trek Scene It?.

This list is split into the two scales, in release order by the initial release of any ship class (with any subsequent variants listed immediately after) within each section.

Mid-scale models

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 refit
  • Overview: Movie-era refit USS Enterprise. This model has been released twice: As part of the first series, when it was inaccurately labelled on the packaging as the Enterprise-A, and in the second series with the correct packaging.
  • Release date: May 2009 (series 1), January 2010 (series 2).
  • Purchase: Amazon.com.

USS Enterprise NCC-1701 in space dock
  • Overview: Refit USS Enterprise in a special space-dock style display case, and painted as if part-way through the refit. A San Diego Comic Con exclusive.
  • Release date: July 2009.
  • Purchase: Amazon.com.

Thursday, 17 March 2016

Mega Construx Star Trek construction toys

Page created 17th March 2016. Last updated 14th September 2018.

Mega Construx, previously known as Mega Bloks, is a construction toy company, which produces toys using plastic bricks and other interchangeable elements, compatible with Lego and other similar products. Mega Bloks have twice held a license to produce Star Trek construction sets, having produced a single set in 2004, and a range of sets from 2016 to 2018 (in which time the brand changed names).

So far their sets have drawn their subject from TOS and TNG, and broadly fall into four categories: Models of ships, playsets with figurines, individually released micro action figures in their Heroes range, and larger brick-built figurines in their multi-franchise Kubros range. This list is arranged into those four categories, in release order within each section.

Model ships

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D
  • Notes: A large model of the Enterprise-D, and the one and only Star Trek set released by Mega Bloks when they first had the license in 2004. Released as part of the Pro-Builder range of large models.
  • Number of parts: 945.
  • Figurines: Captain Picard.
  • Release date: 2004.
  • Purchase: Amazon.

Klingon D7 class battle cruiser
  • Notes: The TOS Klingon battle crusier.
  • Number of parts: 351.
  • Figurines: Kor the Klingon.
  • Release date: April 2016.
  • Coverage: Images, box.
  • Purchase: Amazon, Entertainment Earth.

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

DST Starship Legends electronic starship toys

Starship Legends is a long running series of electronic Star Trek starship models produced by Diamond Select Toys. The line was launched by Art Asylum in 2002, and has continued following the company's acquisition by DST. Typically models feature both light and sound play features (although a small number of variants omit these), and come with a display stand.

All the ships so far released have seen numerous variants, including movie and episode specific releases, as well as battle damaged, mirror universe, and cloaking effects. While some of these variants have been achieved by new print applications or different coloured plastics, many have made use of additional tooling to allow for significant physical variations, such as details of refits, or additional landing gear parts.

As demand for the ships has remained high, DST have regularly reissued ships, often taking the opportunity to improve paint applications, and implement more advanced electronic systems, allowing a larger range of sound effects (including voice clips which earlier releases did not feature), the ability to switch lights to stay on for a prolonged period, and long ambient noise sound clips.

The list is arranged in release order for the first variant of each model, with later variants listed directly after, so that each class of ship is listed together.

Enterprise NX-01

ISS Enterprise NX-01 (mirror universe)
  • Description: Mirror universe version of the Enterprise, based on the episodes In a Mirror, Darkly.
  • Releases: 2006.
  • Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.de.

Friday, 20 November 2015

Borg Cube models

This is a list of various toys, models, ornaments, and other products based on the Borg Cube, and Borg Tactical Cube. First seen in the first ever Borg episode, Q Who, the Cube is perhaps the most recognisable icon of the Borg Collective. Its simple geometric silhouette belays the incredibly intricate detailing of the hull, which has resulted in mixed results when recreating the design in the various forms listed below.

Attack Wing gaming miniature
  • Format: Oversized gaming miniature, one of the largest models in the Attack Wing game. A new edition is due in 2016, featuring a port from which a Borg Sphere can launched.
  • Maker: Neca Wizkids.
  • Release date: December 2014.
  • Purchase: Amazon.com

Eaglemoss model (Tactical Cube)

Sunday, 16 August 2015

Star Trek: Attack Wing

Star Trek: Attack Wing is a miniatures game from Wizkids, featuring small-scale models of ships from a huge variety of species and all the prime-timeline Star Trek series. Since its initial launch in 2013, the game has seen regular additions, in the form of single-ship expansion packs, which include the model ship, and a selection of cards which when used in game-play allow you to change your crew and ship-functions.

The first starter set was released in August 2013, featuring three ships. Simultaneously the first eight individual ship expansions were released. Further waves of four ships came periodically thereafter. As of wave five, there were three ships released in each wave, but the release rate was upped, with new releases almost every month. Additionally there have so far been three much larger miniatures of larger-sized ships/stations.

Some of the Attack Wing miniatures are based on earlier Wizkids releases: Unpainted versions of some of the ships previously appeared in the Fleet Captains game, and similar pre-painted versions appeared in Tactics - Unlike the Tactics versions of the ships, the Attack Wing ships do not feature ship names printed on them. As the series has continued, the ships featured are increasingly new molds; indeed with the large number of ships featured, several of the models have been the first ever official models of some ship designs.

Supporting the game are regular organised play events, where retailers can buy in kits, including prizes, featuring various themed scenarios. Often the prizes at these events see the debut of models, which will later get full retail releases. This page lists all the ships so far released (at retail) in the game.

Starter Set
  • Ships featured:
    • Federation USS Enterprise-D, Galaxy class.
    • Romulan IRW Khazara, D’deridex class warbird.
    • Klingon IKS Maht-H’a, Vor’cha class.
  • Release date: August 2013.
  • Notes: In additional to the usual assortment of cards that comes with each ship, the starter set includes the rule book, maneuver templates, and everything else you need to play the game.
  • Coverage: Preview images.
  • Purchase: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk.

Wave 0

Sunday, 9 August 2015

Becker & Mayer Star Trek books

Becker and Mayer is a book design company, which, partnering with a variety of different publishers, has produced several Star Trek non-fiction, in-universe, and novelty books. Becker and Mayer titles are notable for their use of innovative formats and high quality production.

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