It’s been two months since the last big announcement of Eaglemoss’ upcoming Star Trek starship models, and we’re back today with another long list of new reveals from the Official Starships Collection, stretching from Earth’s 22nd Century to the far reaches of the Delta Quadrant!
First off comes two new ships for the Star Trek: Discovery catalog — following the USS Kerala and Bird of Prey — starting with the Nimitz-class USS Europa, seen destroyed by T’Kuvma’s forces at the Battle of the Binary Stars.
Discovery‘s sixth ship will be Sarek’s Vulcan cruiser seen in “Lethe,” the smaller ship which was damaged by an on-board explosion caused by a Logic Extremist terrorist.
The availability schedules for these ships, along with physical model images, have not yet been released.
From the ongoing “XL” series of larger-scale starships, three more Star Trek hero vessels are due this summer, starting with the refit Constitution-class USS Enterprise-A from the latter three Original Series films.
The Enterprise-A is starting to make its way to the XL Starships Collection subscribers, and some collectors have noted several inaccuracies to the actual studio model in this design — we’ll have our review of this model in the coming weeks to weigh in on the matter.
Due out in July is the “XL” USS Defiant from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an enlarged build of the ship measuring about 8.5 inches in length.
The third new “XL” starship coming later this summer is the Excelsior-class USS Enterprise-B, commanded by Captain John Harriman, as seen in 1994’s Star Trek: Generations.
There’s no release date yet announced for the Enterprise-B, but this large model will measure in at over 10 inches in length.
Heading into the Kelvin Timeline, another Starfleet Academy-sourced special release is coming from the 2009 Star Trek film, this time the USS Kobayashi Maru freighter from the virtual simulation seen in that movie.
This is the second Academy-sourced model from this film, after the Klingon Battle Cruiser we reviewed last week.
Finally, for the monthly subscribers of the more standard-sized starship models, Eaglemoss has confirmed another nine additions to the ever-expanding fleet: three ships from Star Trek: Enterprise, two from the Original Series, one from The Next Generation, and three from Voyager.
This month sees the Niagara-class USS Princeton (#126) from “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II,” and the Eymorg starship (#127) from “Spock’s Brain”, arrive.
In July, two ships join the fleet, including the the OV-165 orbital vehicle (#128) from the Enterprise opening credits, and the TOS Remastered-version Tholian starship (#129).
August brings three more additions, including the Borg Probe ship (#130) from “Dark Frontier,” the pre-assimilation Earth survey vessel Arctic One (#131) from “Regeneration,” and the long-awaited “Warship Voyager“ (#132), which served as the ancient enemy of the Kyrian people in “Living Witness.”
Finally, two more ships were revealed for release this September — though only in digital form at the moment: Irina’s racing ship (#133) from the Delta Quadrant space-race episode “Drive,” and the 20th century Vulcan survey ship (#134) which crashed in rural Pennsylvania in “Carbon Creek.”
Phew! That’s a lot of models in just a few short months — and as we’re just over six weeks away from the annual STLV convention in Las Vegas, we’re sure that the Eaglemoss team will be announcing out another wave of ships when the event begins in August.
Keep checking back to TrekCore for all the latest in Star Trek merchandise news, and let us know in the comments below which of these upcoming releases may find a place in your fleet!