Fanhome has released information on its first models, and its business model, via Star Trek.com.
quote: We're thrilled to reveal that Fanhome will be launching a new official Star Trek Starships model collection this Fall.
Starting in November, a new die-cast model starship will be released every month. The first ship will be the U.S.S. Titan NCC-80210-A, from the third season of Star Trek: Picard.
The collection will cover all the modern Star Trek series, including Strange New Worlds, Discovery, Lower Decks, and Prodigy, with the following first three ships confirmed for release:
U.S.S. Titan NCC-80201-A, Captain Shaw's Constitution III-class ship from Star Trek: Picard U.S.S. Stargazer NCC-82893, Rios' Sagan-class ship, which featured in Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard U.S.S. Farragut NCC-1647, the ship that a young James T. Kirk is serving on during the Strange New Worlds era. The ships are exclusively available from Fanhome.com. You will be able to buy them individually for $64.99. There are special deals for anyone who subscribes — regular issues will only be $54.99, with an extra discount for the first issue. Subscribers will also get a unique variant ship and other exclusive gifts.
All the ships will be crafted from a combination of die-cast metal and high-quality resin. The typical model will be between 7" and 9" (180-225 mm) long. There will also be regular, higher-priced XL-sized models for major ships that will be approximately 11" (280 mm) long. Fanhome are working with Paramount Global to ensure the models are as accurate as possible, and based on the original visual effects models that were used to make the effects for the show.
Each model will come with a 16-page magazine that provides an in-universe profile of the ship and explores the design process with exclusive art and brand-new interviews with the production team.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Eaglemoss redux, then, with an uglier start.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Probably best to have a new thread! But from the old…
quote:Originally posted by Shik: I wonder what's going to happen to those tons of Eaglemoss stock that never moved?
I do wonder. They can’t sell it anymore, otherwise they’d keep on going until it’s all gone. I don’t know what the deal is that was done to let them acquire EM’s stock, but if it involved some kind of financing, maybe it reverts to the liquidators - a literal stock option that has now lapsed. Presumably it won’t now be put on sale by whomever holds it, and certainly not at marked down prices or there’ll be hell to pay from outraged MR customers…
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
It would also have been great if it’d been trailed earlier that the successor line will be sized more toward EM’s mid-range to XL lines, because if you’ve mostly gone in for standard (like me, for aesthetic as well as budgetary reasons) you may think twice about getting any of these.
So, their big splash initial releases (love or hate them) aside, what would we like to see FH do in their range that EM never did?