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.

EMvTW 126: USS Princeton NCC-59804 (Niagara class)

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The U.S. Eaglemoss webstore was a bit of a P.I.T.A. over the last two months.  While I admit that I have been extremely busy since my last review (of Alice) back at the end of June, what with being let go from a 19 year old job, moving to a new temporary apartment (for the next year), and setting my son up in a new school district because he all of a sudden decided to come live with me full time... <HEAVY SIGH> ...I still would have gotten some new stuff written, had it actually been available.

While this next model was available on time last month, it's partner model, the Eymorg Starship was MIA until sometime early last week.  What finally did me in was when the webstore released the next two issues, for August, as well as the Voyager Concept, but STILL did not have he Eymorg ship.  I am not a patient man, and eventually bit he bullet and bought that missing model on eBay for an extra $10, as well as caught up with the other ships through the Eaglemoss' site.  Surprise, surprise, no magazines came with the Voyager model, and much to my dismay, no magazines with this month's models (Tholian Webspinner (23rd Century) and OV-165)?  But wait!  There;'s more!  Apparently, as of early this week, you can now also get next month's models too.  I ordered them and will be very annoyed if they are missing magazines as well.

I go on that little side-track to simply say that this month will be a treat as it appears that I will be bringing you a total of SEVEN reviews, practically back-to-back.

Anyway... enough of my ranting... let us take a look a the first of this next batch of reviews, the USS Princeton (NCC-59804), a Niagara class starship.

We are first introduced to this type of starship via a partial glimpse in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode called "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II".