EMvTW 29 - Jem'hadar Fighter

NOTE:  You can click on most pictures to get a larger view of them.

Rewrites: May 2016 & July 2018

Let us jump right into the second ship for this month's Eaglemoss vs. The World series, the Jem'Hadar Fighter.  This article will be a little more exciting as I have another small scale ship to compare with.

My current collection consists of an Eaglemoss, a Furuta and a MicroMachine rendition of this ship.


Per Memory Alpha and Beta, "A Jem'Hadar fighter (also referred to as an attack ship or patrol ship) was a small type of warship that formed the bulk of the Dominion fleet. These versatile starships were also known to perform the roles of patrol ships and scouts."

If you would like to read more official stuff on this type of ship, feel free to check out the following links:

Jem'hadar Fighter/Patrol/Attack Class Information: Memory Alpha LINK and Memory Beta LINK

The Jem'Hadar Fighter is a very recognizable vessel in the Star Trek universe.  If you saw one of these scarab beetle shaped ships heading your way, you new you were in for a headache.

The bottom of the ship looks even more insect like than the top.

Here are two quick shots of the MicroMachine ship for your viewing pleasure.

 

I like to focus my reviews on larger versions of pre-built and pre-painted models, so that will be the entirety of my share of the Galoob variant.

Eaglemoss vs. Furuta

If you are new to this series of articles, you would not know that I got into writing these as a means to provide some side by side comparisons of the various pre-made and pre-painted small scale ships.  This was a resource that I always wished I had access to when I first started collecting these things.  And so, I started proving this information myself.

With that being said, here is what I call the Gravy Shot pictures, my sole purpose for writing these articles.

Eaglemoss vs. Furuta

As you can see, the Eaglemoss ship is quite a bit larger than Furuta's rendition.  The color schemes are also a bit different.

Eaglemoss

 

 

 

 

This is not Eaglemoss' first Jem'hadar vessel.  Issue #13 of thier standard sized series covered the Jem'Hadar Battleship.  If you feel like checking out my review on that ship, you can do so at THIS LINK.

This is one of those models that clearly shows just how good the Eaglemoss collection is.  Eaglemoss once again tackles a ship that only one other company has dared to create in the pre-built arena at a larger size.  Unlike other Eaglemoss' models, this is a larger scale in regards to "real size" vs. the model's size, therefore they are able to squeeze in a lot of extra details.  

The sculpt and mold work on this model is super impressive.  The ship is covered in panel lines, grooves, and other neat little details.

Even the "abdomen" of the ship has been heavily detailed, further enhancing that insect like look and eel.

I really like Eaglemoss' choice of paint colors on this vessel over the Jem-Hadar battleship.  The mixes of purple, blue and metallic tones is a real eye pleaser.  The color scheme gives it a bit of a cold menacing look to it without being glaring.

There are even quite a few tiny little details that have been painted in, like the phaser emitters and other ports and vents.

Eaglemoss did a fabulous job of hiding the joins and seam on this model.  they are very hard to spot.

This model represents a bit of a first for Eaglemoss as well.  Although they didn't use clear plastics, they did use a translucent, smoky purple/blue plastic on nacelles to represent the glowing parts.  I feel that they do not stand out as much as the clear plastic parts and give the ship a bit of a powered down look to her.  Although, I don't think clear parts would have worked well here, so we will have to just roll with this new feature..

In all honesty, I could not find any issues with this ship to warrant any kind of negative remarks.

Furuta

 

 

 

 

I always like to point the following out for my first time readers.  Furuta is a Japanese company that produced a series of gashapon toys.  Gashapon toys are meant to be nothing more than cheap little $1 to $5 bubble gum machine prizes.  I like to remind my readers of this fact so that they can take any critical reviews I may make in the spirit it is given.  I am in no way expecting these toys to be on the level of a Hallmark, Eaglemoss or Hot wheels toy.  I found a neat video about these types of toys and you can check that out at THIS LINK.

That being said, Furuta did a very nice job with thier version of this ship.  For a "cheap" little toy, they still managed to pack a lot of detailing into this model.

Their molded details are highlighted nicely by the careful placement of painted details.  

Although the bottom of the ship lacks a lot of the colorful details that we find on the top side of the vessel.

Their version is a bit darker than the on screen ship, however, this fact just accents the fact that this was a dark and foreboding ship, and quite honestly, captures the essence of the Jem-Hadar.

The nacelles are detailed nicely , both in molded details, as well as the painted on ones.

All in all, you end up with a very nice rendition of this ship and as you will see down below, the price is pretty decent too.

Conclusion

And that is it for the ships in my collection that I can share with you.  At this point, I like to do a quick check on eBay to get some prices of the ships I've share with you.  I will continue with the tradition of rounding up the most inexpensive Buy-It-Now prices from eBay at the time of this article's (re)writing (July 2018).

Eaglemoss = $30

Furuta = $10

MicroMachine = $32

NOTE: Prices were researched last on July 17th, 2018.  As of the writing of this article, the Eaglemoss model is currently out of stock at the company webstore.

During the time of this article's second re-writing, it also appears that the MicroMachine variant has become a bot of a rarity.  In fact, the best price I could find was actually for a HeroClix version because the Galoob variant was more towards the $50 price range.

I like to wrap up my article by giving you my opinion on which ship would give you the best bang for the buck.  That's my crude way of saying, which one is the best buy.  This time around, it's a bit of a tough decision for me.  If you are collecting on a shoe-string budget like I was initially doing, then I would actually say that you should go for the Furuta model.  What you get for the price is actually a pretty good deal.  HOWEVER, if you don't mind spending three times as much, then you should go with the Eaglemoss ship.  Even at that $30 price tag, it is well worth that money, especially given the amount of attention to detail you will get.

And if you are a completionist collector, like me, and already have the Jem'Hadar BattleCruiser, then the Eaglemoss model makes for a great companion piece to your collection.

As always, I hope you found this article useful and informative.  If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to comment below.

So for now, "Live long and prosper!!!"



Additional Links To Photos Of My Collection:

Eaglemoss     Furuta   
MicroMachine     Comparative Shots
Fleet Pictures

Other Reviewers Take On The Eaglemoss Model:
Some Kind Of Star Trek
Star Trek Starship Collection