Wednesday, August 30, 2023

EMvTW Extra 36 - Reman Scorpion Attack Flier Starship

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In July 2022, Eaglemoss' bankruptcy brought an end to my review writing... or so I thought.  There were several unreleased models that I thought I would never get to see or review.  But then a company called Master Replicas purchased the rights to the remaining stock and suddenly, those "lost" models have slowly come to market.  Being the completionist that I believe myself to be, I have been buying those models.  This next model excited me immensely as it allowed me to bring back a feature of my reviews that I have not been able to do in a long time.  I'll talk more about that in a minute, but for now, here is the Reman Scorpion Fighter.


What you see pictured here are Eaglemoss' model and the 2003 Hallmark ornament.  We first get to see this ship in the movie "Star Trek Nemesis" (2002).

Sunday, August 20, 2023

EMvTW Discovery Special 4 - Starbase 1

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The whole Eaglemoss bankruptcy thing forced me to re-evaluate my collecting choices, and as a result, I recently made several impulse purchases.  Two of those impulse buys were the Special Edition space stations from the Star Trek: Discovery The Official Starships Collection.  While I am not a Disco fan, I realized that I should probably get the Special Edition stations from this collection while I still could at a somewhat decent price.  

I just finished reviewing the very cool looking Discovery Special # 3, Section 31 Station (Review Link HERE), which then leaves us with the tall and spindly Starbase 1.


It took me some research to figure this out, but we only get to see this station in this configuration in the Star Trek: Discovery episode called "The War Without, The War Within".