The intimidating Scimitar — the Reman warbird commanded by Captain Picard’s clone Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis — has decloaked to join your Eaglemoss starship collection ready menace your Federation ships with its deadly thalaron weapon.
Designed by John Eaves for the final Next Generation film, the Scimitar was built in response to the need for a new imposing Romulan ship design that would dwarf the Enterprise-E. A ship described as “awesome in its power” by the movie’s shooting script, the Scimitar is an imposing shape.
The primary hull of the Scimitar resembles a large beetle, and the sweeping wings and appendages all over the ship give it a dangerous insectile quality. Visually, the Scimitar is a striking vessel; you wouldn’t necessarily say that it was good looking, but it definitely evokes the right emotions on the screen of power and scale.
One of the “special”-sized ships, the Scimitar model measures approximately eight-and-a-half inches across its wingspan, though feels a little small given the ship it is modeled from is so massive. Despite not being as big as it maybe should be, however, the decision to make the Scimitar at the special rather than the smaller regular size is a welcome one.
The general trend of Eaglemoss towards making the movie ships in the “special size” has been a welcome one. In many cases, these models are more detailed and impressive than their TV counterparts because they needed to be in order to impress upon the big screen. The larger size allows for the detail of these models to shine.
And so it is for the hull of the Scimitar. The whole hull has intricately molded details that add significant visual interest to the model, and draw the eye in wherever you are looking. Without them, the Scimitar is all blocky shapes and could be boring.
The Scimitar is largely plastic, with only the ventral section of the primary hull being metal. The rest of the ship, including the dorsal section of the primary hull, as well as the wings, are all plastic. As a result, and given how thin the wings are – they bend quite easily in your hand without much force – the model is quite fragile.
You will not want to accidentally let this one fall; it’s not liable to survive the landing.
If Eaglemoss produces enough specials, it might be nice for them to get back to the Scimitar and produce a version with the wings fanned out, when the main tharalon weapon is ready to fire.
Eaglemoss’ ships have not had any articulation built into them, so that was never going to be an option here and would likely be quite fragile, but the wings-out mode for the ship is a striking one. If it can be produced, here’s hoping that it will be.
The stand fits over either side of the primary hull; the fit is merely okay. Given the fragility of the model, it is a shame that the stand does not hold it a little tighter. If jostled, the model does move about quite a bit when on the stand, worrying me that one jostle in the wrong direction will cause it to fall and break.
Overall, the Scimitar is a nice addition to the collection. A visually engaging model whose larger size works for the detail necessary to make it so engaging, the Scimitar will look good facing off against the standard size Enterprise-E or nestled among your Romulan fleet.
If you’re interested in adding this Reman predator to your own starship fleet, the Scimitar is available at the US webshop for $49.99 and when available, for £24.99 from Eaglemoss’ UK online store.