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  • 23 Sep 2023
    Mid-Sized then SUPERSIZED: The XL USS Cerritos NCC-75567

    This could well be the shortest review ever.

    To understand the details of the XL it’s actually easier just to head over to my review of the midsize. Seriously, the only differences between the two are size and also a slight colour change on the deflector dish. Even the price was inexplicably the same.

    I suppose if we were to be more critical, the issue would be that only the season one version of the USS Cerritos exists and it never had the chance to be upgraded to the more finessed season two version from the show.

    Really, that’s it. I’m struggling here to justify actually writing a ton because it’s already been said. Admittedly I do prefer the XL but that’s only down to the size which does just enhance the details. Oddly of course this was the first version released with the mid-size edition only recently unlocked from Eaglemoss' storage.

    At least one thing was accurate... this is the shortest review ever.

    So in the place of excessive words, here are some further images of the USS Cerritos as an XL!

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  • 12 Sep 2023
    Reman Scorpion Attack Flier: Unreleased Eaglemoss

    One of the smallest craft to feature in Star Trek and the only ship from Nemesis never to be released in the original line, the Reman Scorpion Attack Flier was the penultimate bonus edition to be produced by Eaglemoss.

    The small, two man craft was stored aboard Shinzon's Scimitar and used by Picard and Data to escape the Reman battleship. The Eaglemoss model, sold through Master Replicas is a beautiful, streamlined piece and well worth the wait.

    With the main hull itself in metal and only the side venting and top weapon pod added on in plastic, its got a bit of weight to it. At only 10cm long and a maximum of 5cm wide, it's also packed a lot in.

    The paintwork on this one is particularly striking with an almost pearlescent effect right across the surface giving off grey or black tints depending how the light catches it. In some spots, especially at the front grilles, the paint job isn't right into the corners but overall the effect works and is highlighted with the blues of the engines at the rear wings and two emblems resembling the Scimitar on both rear winglets.

    The panel design is very simple and there's noticeable difference in the height of the lines to the main sections. Detail too is perhaps at an appropriate minimum with only a few cut outs to break up the surface on top.

    On the underside it's a little different with an extensive segmented finish and what one would assume are exhaust ports facing to the rear. It also retains that singular pearlescent paint scheme. That certainly pair with the Scimitar and that sense of superior stealth/cloaking technology.

    At the rear is a four-segment engine which wouldn't look out of place on Michael Keaton's Batmobile, encased as it is in a conical shroud. It's also hugged by two plastic add on shoulder pieces which seem to be intakes. Sitting right on top there's a silver weapons pod which has an interesting sweeping design that arcs forward towards the front of the Scorpion.

    It's an incredibly slim design and the mould of this is pretty impressive since it appears that 90% of it is a single block. Perhaps the only downer is the lack of interior detail that's covered up with the smoked cockpit canopy. In the right light it's completely blacked out and absolutely adds to the menace but catch it in another way and you can see it's just a flat slab. Is it an issue? Not really given the scale and price - and the fact that none of the translucent shuttle canopies provided a view to a detailed interior.

    Minus points also for the placement of the clear clip stand that wraps right over part of the Scimitar emblem. Annoying and unavoidable.

    Tragically although the box waxes about the included magazine, Master Replicas have been unable to include them either because of warehousing issues or maybe because they were never actually printed. Either way, this is still a really nice model that offers some form of completion to the models of the movies pre-2009. Small and perfectly modelled, the Scorpion Attack Flier cuts an impressive swansong for Eaglemoss.

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  • 02 Sep 2023
    J-Ride: The Official Starships Collection USS Voyager NCC-74656-J

    One of those ships that we only glimpsed, the Voyager-J was an instant hit with Discovery fans.

    Cutting straight into the Discovery line, the Intrepid Class successor employed the distinct features of the 32nd Century while managing to retain that instant recognition as a descendant of the original USS Voyager.

    A mid-size model, this is comparable in size to the recently reviewed USS Titan and USS Cerritos. Coming in the standard Eaglemoss box, the Voyager-J also comes in bits. Now it's not because Royal Mail can't look after anything, it's due to the fact that the ship has that wonderful detached nacelles arrangement that pervades the 32nd Century and drives fans into the love or hate camp.

    One thing that's immediately obvious from the start is that this iteration of its namesake is a lot sharper than before. The first Voyager wore some sweeping curves that matched the title music but here the J is all points and acute angles.

    To say that the design has been simplified for the distant future would be an understatement and near insane. The hull is now almost a flat surface broken only with defence/panel lines. Even the bridge is part of the sweeping primary hull, tapering the near triangle back to the almost invisible neck piece.

    The black striping around the hull now represents the windows and indicates just how big the J must be versus the classic edition. Aside from markings for a few sensor platforms and the burgundy RCS thrusters, the surface is incredibly plain and belies the jump in technology for Discovery's third season onwards.

    You can but only surmise that the grey stripe behind the bridge is for the shuttlebay as there are very few indications of what anything might be. Not too much of a shock since the ship was barely seen in the show aside from the hull registry.

    Build wise, the top of the primary hull only is in metal with the lower insert and the rest of the ship in plastic which does give it more weight to the front and at least feels fairly stable when she's slotted onto the classic Eaglemoss grip and black base.

    There is something of a connection to the secondary hull although that's more to make it work as a display item than actually used onscreen since the two hulls are distinctly separated. That secondary hull is just as smooth and streamlined as the saucer with it's distinct "bottle opener" rear. That angular feel also continues and is especially strong if you do slide the original and the J side by side. The deflector here is much more deeply recessed and the hull almost comes to a point at its bottom. One might even suggest that the grey block right at the back is another shuttlebay.

    The overall issue is that there is little to shout about because of the minimalistic nature of the Voyager-J. It's clean, basic and certainly no nonsense. Even the registry under the primary hull has a no frills feel in small and inconspicuous lettering.

    The interesting bit comes in the form of the clear sling which slides over the main body of the ship and then allows the two warp engines to be slotted into holders providing the detached nacelles effect. As on Discovery-A, it's not the cleverest of arrangements but there isn't a lot of choice as to how these can be positioned given the 32nd Century evolution of warp drive.

    The engines themselves do feature a nice quartet of cutout sections to the rear as well as some silver detailing to the front with the bussard collectors also painted in silver. The warp grilles on the exterior edges are just painted in here given the slimline construction of the engines. They also feature the 32nd Century Starfleet pennants top and bottom with the registry only on the lower surface.

    What else can you say?

    Ok, I was not that positive about this model when I knew it was on the way but I've been more than pleasantly surprised with the quality and look. It's a nice piece best displayed alongside that XL USS Voyager NCC-74656 and y'know I think it's one that will be out on the shelves for a while.

    The magazine (which actually DID come with this one!) is exceptionally brief on the career of the J but does go into a decent bit of depth around the redesign of the iconic starship alongside some great concept art. Just for a kick there's also the "Coming Soon" featuring the never-released (maybe next year FanHome) 32nd Century Constitution Class.

    Definitely a keeper here although it's now as scarce as dilithium in the 32nd Century and some of the eBay prices are going crazy. Well revamped, well made and well, one you'll be oddly impressed with.

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  • 27 Aug 2023
    Mid-Titan: More of Eaglemoss' Unreleased Treasure Trove

    Designed for a book cover in the mid-2000s, the USS Titan has since gone on to become almost as iconic a starship as the lead vessels in each Star Trek series.

    Eaglemoss did produce a smaller bonus model in line with their regular collection back in 2017 which reflected the original Sean Tourangeau design (2005) for the Pocket Books competition which led to the book cover for Sword of Damocles.

    While Star Trek Online would enthusiastically include the Titan and therefore the Luna Class in its digital universe, the ship would only gain its first onscreen, canon, appearance in Lower Decks' season one finale, No Small Parts.

    Featuring a radical new paint scheme and some other alterations for the animated series, the Titan made a big impression, receiving an XL model as part of the Eaglemoss collection.

    But there was more because along with the USS Cerritos and USS Vancouver (and apparently the Yosemite shuttle!), the Titan was to be featured in the Star Trek Universe series of mid-sized starships. This has now been dropped to the world thanks to Master Replicas finding a load of them in one of Eaglemoss' multiple warehouses and it's a blinder.

    Doing away with the two tone flat grey colour scheme of the original model, the Lower Decks USS Titan explodes with colour. It retains the darker grey base coat but has the phaser bank arc in a striking blue with the recessed sections of the hull in a light purple/lilac that draws out the detail on the hull.

    Comparing the two, the basic primary hull panelling is near identical although the lifeboat hatches are more defined. The paint scheme is the big winner in really bringing this model to life. Reflecting on the original, it might have been accurate but it was incredibly bland. The siing up has meant that lines have been crisped up and the markings especially behind the bridge just sit more prominently.

    The number and alignment of windows has also been changed with those at the outer edge of the saucer moved closer to the lip and a second set now added inside the phaser ring where there was only one previously.

    Note too that the registry is a more realistic size and less crammed into a tiny space between the phaser bank and the recessed hull detail. Even the NCC code has an added red border which was conspicuous by its absence on the original. Even the navigation lights have been added to the front, port and starboard positions on the saucer making this a superior replica at every step.

    Ok, so this is the animated version so it is brighter and perhaps not the way it would be portrayed in a live action series but Eaglemoss have produced one of the most exciting and vibrant ships in their collection with the Titan.

    The pod sitting atop the saucer seems to be a little longer on this edition and has equally received a repainting with the recesses in blue rather than the inset squares. This did bear the navigation lights but only as painted on features while the mid-size version has them as raised elements. It has also gained an upgraded paint job with the panelling itself remaining unchanged in layout.

    Moving back along the Titan, the lilac/grey split colouring continues and draws the rear lifeboats and shuttlebay doors out. Eaglemoss have added landing strip detail here as well which was absent previously. The pylons now bear more lilac than grey and this is where the most updates seem to have occurred. The ridging on the pylons is now painted up and navigation lights added to the tops of the engines.

    Eaglemoss retained the painted in warp engine grilles but the front of the nacelles have had a massive revamp as evident on screen. The tips are now slimmer and have lost the split casing in favour of much rounder sections connecting to the translucent bussard collectors.

    With the pennants, the wording is more in line with the scale and "Starship" has been added before USS Titan with the red striping extending to the halfway mark. The registry to the rear is now in a more suitable font (as per main hull) with the red edging in place. In every sense it's a big upgrade that sings of better precision and maybe half a decade of learnings from the series as a whole.

    If you think you can't love it any more, take a look underneath. The underside of the saucer is alive with colour and more rows of windows painted onto the raised panelling. The features once more mirror the original down to the number of lifeboat hatches and the lower sensor platform at the centre. The colours just work here even though there's probably no difference in the way that the panel levels are defined against the original.

    On the smaller version the paint wasn't too heavy so the detail wasn't lost as it had been on the issue six Voyager and it's just built on here. Importantly and something that is new is the separate piece used for the deflector dish. Not just a painted (poorly) circle now, the deflector is an individual section slotted into the front of the hull and the colour seems much more suitable. It's even in a translucent blue just to drive home the point.

    The build overall is very solid with the main hull in metal linked to the plastic secondary hull, pod and engines. There don't seem to be any evident gaps or dodgy seams either which is very reassuring but also a gut punch since this was to have been one of the later models released. It showed a lot of love for Lower Decks and one of Star Trek's most interesting designs.

    As with the engines, the pennants along the sides of the small secondary hull have been reworked and refined to a better scale. Yes, the original was constrictive when it came to the script but lessons have been learned and scale increased to produce one of my favourite models from the whole collection.

    Yes, even I'm shocked I've gone that far but it truly is just exciting to look at from every angle and adds that "ping" that a shelf of grey starships might just need sometimes. If you can find one, get it, you won't regret it.

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1926 Edward Penn is born.
1934 Dodie Shepard is born.
1940 Mike Minor is born.
1942 Robert Miano is born.
1949 Caroline Kava and Anson Williams are born.
1954 Billy Parrish is born.
1956 Brooke Breton and Lily Mariye are born.
1962 Beth Toussaint is born.
1967 Third day of filming on TOS: "Journey to Babel". Second revised final draft script for TOS: "A Private Little War" is submitted. Kyla Kuhner is born.
1968 Sixth and final day of filming on TOS: "Wink of an Eye". A makeup test of Lee Meriwether as Losira is filmed for "That Which Survives".
1970 Robert Consing, Paul Pope, and Tarina Pouncy are born.
1971 The Twenty-Fourth UK Story Arc concludes in TV21 & Joe 90 #105 with the fifth of five installments.
1978 Thirty-fifth day of filming on Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
1982 Dorian Kingi is born.#
1984 La Verne Harding dies.
1987 Seventh and final day of filming on TNG: "The Battle". The score for TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones. Revised final draft of TNG: "Hide And Q" is submitted.
1989 TNG: "Evolution" airs. Revised final draft script for TNG: "The Price" is submitted.
1991 Fifth day of filming on TNG: "Unification I". Final draft script for TNG: "A Matter Of Time" is revised.
1992 Filming continues on TNG: "A Fistful of Datas". Twenty-eighth and final day of filming on DS9: "Emissary".
1995 VOY: "Non Sequitur" airs. Third day of filming on VOY: "Resistance". CIC Video releases Deep Space Nine volume 3.13 - ending the third season release - and Voyager volume 1.6 on VHS in the UK.
1996 VOY: "The Swarm" airs.
1997 Fifth day of filming on DS9: "Resurrection". Fifth day of filming on VOY: "Mortal Coil".
1998 Fifth day of filming on VOY: "Gravity".
2000 Fifth day of filming on VOY: "Body and Soul".
2001 Second day of filming on ENT: "Fortunate Son". Insert re-shoot filming for "Fight or Flight".
2002 ENT: "Carbon Creek" airs. Third day of filming on ENT: "Singularity".
2003 Fourth day of filming on ENT: "North Star".
2006 Star Trek: Fan Collective - Q DVD released in Region 2.
2007 Pocket TOS novel Captain's Glory published in paperback. Pocket TNG novel Q&A by Keith R.A. DeCandido is released.
2008 Dana Beddoe is born.
2013 IDW Publishing releases The Khitomer Conflict, Part 1", issue #25 of the ongoing Star Trek series.
Unknown year Jerry Marr is born.

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  • 30 Jun 2023
    PropStore June 28 - 30, 2023 Live Auction - Star Trek Results

    Presented below is the complete set of final prices realized for the 99 lots of Star Trek memorabilia that were offered in the Prop Store June 28 - 30, 2023 Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction; which concluded this afternoon in a live online bidding session at the Prop Store (usm.propstoreauction.com) auction site.

    Perhaps surprisingly, two of the three most expensive Trek related lots that sold in the auction were not screen used items, but rather highly detailed Quantum Mechanix studio scale replica starship models. Lot #1214, a 3 foot long QMx Replica of the refit U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 ship from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, sold for $28,125 (including the 25% buyers premium); and Lot #1255, a 28" long QMx promotional Replica of the Enterprise NX-01 starship from Star Trek: Enterprise, witnessed a final sales price of $23,750 with buyers premium. Lot #365, a James Doohan "Scotty" Maroon Starfleet Uniform from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, also realized $23,750, and Lot #378, a 3 foot long QMx promotional Replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701D ship from Star Trek: The Next Generation sold for $15,000.

    The following results show the final amounts realized for the various memorabilia lots, which includes the 25% buyers premium. Just click on any of the images below to view an enlarged version ...

  • 03 Jun 2023
    Heritage June 2 - 4, 2023 The Comisar Collection Auction - Star Trek Results

    Presented below is the complete set of final prices realized for the 31 lots of Star Trek memorabilia that were offered during the first 2 days of bidding in the Heritage The Comisar Collection Auction; which has been taking place this week in a series of live online bidding sessions at the HeritageLive! (www.HA.com/Live) auction site.

    The vast majority of Trek items in this sale were screen worn costumes featured in Star Trek: The Original Series; as well as several lots of TOS costume design sketches and original artwork and notes/personal records of Original Series Costume Designer William Ware Theiss. The most expensive item that successfully sold at auction was Lot 89124, a first season Nichelle Nichols "Lt. Uhura" red Starfleet Uniform and Boots that realized a final price of $62,500 (including a 25% buyers premium). Lot 89130, a pair of Scalosian costumes from the TOS 3rd season episode "Wink of an Eye" -- consisting of Kathie Browne (as "Deela")'s memorable luminescent dress and Jason Evers (as "Rael")'s luminescent shirt and trousers -- sold for $25,000; and Lot 89135, a Paisley Jacket and Purple Cape worn by James Daly as "Flint / Methuselah" in the 3rd season TOS episode "Requiem for Methuselah" realized $12,500.

    A number of high end Original Series costumes, including a 1st season William Shatner Captain Kirk gold Starfleet tunic, as well as both the Shatner and Nimoy costumes from the 3rd season's "Plato's Stepchildren" episode, failed to generate any bids -- likely due to the usually high reserve amounts established for those lots.

    The following results show the final amounts realized for the various memorabilia lots, which includes the 25% buyers premium. The Sold Lots are presented first below, followed by the Passed Lots which are still available for purchase at this time from Heritage. Just click on any of the images below to view an enlarged version ...

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