EMvTW Extra 09: Klingon Bird of Prey (23rd Century, Landing Position)

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Our next issue of Eaglemoss vs. The World series is the 23rd Century Klingon Bird Of Prey.

We are first introduced to this ship in the movie, "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" where... ummm...

Whoah!  Deja vu!!!

Well, it looks like Eaglemoss has decided to pull a trifecta and give us the 23rd Century Bird Of Prey one last time.  However, since they already gave us the BOP in the "Cruising Mode" (read that review at THIS LINK) and the BOP in the "Attack Mode" (read that review at THIS LINK), they have decided to round off that part of the collection with the BOP in "Landing Mode".

I will say that I am glad that Eaglemoss went the route of releasing this model as a limited edition "Extra" model instead of sneaking it into the Standard collection like they did back in Issue 107.  Not everyone is going to want this ship in this configuration, so it is nice that they didn't force it on the subscribers.

EMvTW 131: Arctic One

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And we come to the last review from me for this month.  Seven fresh models and two Throwback Thursday reviews is a lot to write in a two week time-frame.  We will close out that run of reviews with Arctic One.

We are introduced to in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode that is titled, "Regeneration".  Wait... I feel like I've said that before.  Oh yeah!  I have!  In Eaglemoss' attempt to bring us a complete collection, they introduced us to this ship once before, however, it was in the form of it's assimilated mode.  If you want to check out my review of that model, feel free to check out THIS LINK.

During the conclusion of that review article, I had this to say about the Assimilated Arctic One, "In the end, I am forced to admit that with what I know now, that I probably wouldn't buy this one.  UNLESS... I knew that Eaglemoss was definitely going to produce the un-altered Artctic One.  Then the completionist in me would want to buy it and display it next to her un-altered state."

I am willing to eat my words when I'm wrong, so here I am, saying that I need to go update that other article when I'm done writing this one.

EMvTW 130: Borg Probe ("Coffin" Ship)

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The next two models from Eaglemoss came to the U.S. Webstore like an early Christmas gift, so I ordered them and was very happy to see that they came with thier magazines as well.

The first of the two models is the Borg Probe, which is also known as the "Coffin" ship because of it's unique shape.  This ship appears in the Star Trek Voyager episode called "Dark Frontier".  It also supposedly is in the The Next Generation Episode called "I, Borg", however, it is totaled on the planet so we don't see much of it.

My collection of this type of ship consists of the Eaglemoss model, and a 1:1400 scale Resin Modeler model that I built and painted sometime ago.  While I don't normally do comparisons of my pre-built and pre-pained fleet with models that I have personally built, this was one of those opportunities to really give you a size comparison.

As a side note, my children have nicknamed this ship "The Turd" as they feel that it looks like one.  😅

EMvTW 129: Tholian Starship (23rd Century) (AKA Spinner Class)

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As I stated in my last article, on the OV-165, Eaglemoss chose to back-order my magazines, so I will be winging it and utilizing outside sources for my model referencing.

This next article is going to cover the 23rd Century Tholian Starship.

We first encounter this type of starship in Star Trek: The Original Series episode called "The Tholian Web".

This is not the first Tholian starship that Eaglemoss has brought to us, though.  In fact, the previous Tholian model was of an earlier design of the same type of ship.  You can check out my review of the 22nd Century Tholian Starship at THIS LINK.

EMvTW 128: OV-165

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Oh Eaglemoss, you hinder me yet again... 😭  While this model and the accompanying model for this month were both available on time at the US Webstore, for some reason, thier magazines were not shipped at the same time and have been listed as being on back-order.  If you have been following my writings, you will know that I use those magazines as references to see how accurate the model is.  I guess that once again, I will be forced to turn to the internet, and sadly, there is little to no good reference material in the form of pictures out there on this ship.

Our next review is an interesting one.  It only appears on screen during the opening credits for Star Trek: Enterprise.  I am of course referring to that space shuttle like starship, the OV-165.

This is not the first time Eaglemoss has brought us an opening credits starship.  Just four issues ago, Eaglemoss gave us the SS Emmette.  You can read my review of that model a THIS LINK.

EMvTW Extra #11: USS Voyager (Rick Sternbach Concept)

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Another cool Extra Model has come to the Standard Line of Eaglemoss Star Trek Starships.  Unfortunately, the fanfare came as rather sour sounding to me as Eaglemoss has back-ordered the magazine on this one.  I despise when they do this to me as it hinders my reviews a bit.  I typically will use the pictures in those magazines as a reference point to help judge how good of a job that Eaglemoss did in replicating the ship in the smaller scale.  Since I don't have that reference, and I don't feel like waiting a month or two for said magazine, I will just have to press forward with using other internet sources and hope that I don't sound like I'm talking out of my rear facing torpedo launcher.

So here it is, the Rick Sternbach Concept Model of the USS Voyager.

In case you never got around to it, be sure to check out my review of Eaglemoss' work, as well as a few other manufacturers' attempts at producing the actual USS Voyager.  You can read that review at THIS LINK.

EMvTW 127: Eymorg Starship

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It took a little while for this review to come about, and we can thank the U.S. Eaglemoss Webstore for that.  This model was not available to us U.S. based folks until sometime last week.  I had eventually gotten tired of waiting and bought it on eBay from someone in the U.K.  Anyway...

Our next review brings us the Eymorg Starship, which only appears in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode called "Spock's Brain".

Actually... this particular looking starship didn't appear until CBS remastered the old series in 2007, so we are in reality, getting an updated version of that starship.