After a few months off, we’re back with the first exclusive preview of 2022’s next Official Starship Collection expansion — and this April brings a new Eaglemoss / Hero Collector release many of you have been waiting for!
Following the USS Cerritos, the second Star Trek: Lower Decks model in the newly-launched animated collection is the Luna-class USS Titan (NCC-80102), Captain Riker’s starship that finally made its on-screen debut in 2020’s “No Small Parts.”
USS TITAN (Lower Decks #2) — A Luna-class capital ship, the U.S.S. Titan was the first permanent command of Captain William T. Riker, following his service aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Alongside his wife, the empath Commander Deanna Troi, Riker led the Titan on a diplomatic mission of peace with the Romulan Star Empire after the death of their Emperor Shinzon.
Though it was first mentioned in 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis – and starred in its own novel series, in which the Vulcan officer Tuvok also joined the crew – ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ marked the first on-screen appearance of the U.S.S. Titan!
A prestigious posting for any member of Starfleet, the Titan was the envy of the U.S.S. Cerritos – particularly Ensign Boimler, who desperately wanted a transfer. He got his chance when the Titan saved the Cerritos from an attack by Pakled Clumpships… though it didn’t last long.
Originally released as a relatively plain, subscriber-sized model back in 2017, the new Lower Decks-era Titan starship is not only larger — measuring in at about twice the length of the original model — but it also features new blue, red, and purple color tones to match the ship’s animated palette.
The new Titan model measures in at just over 9 inches long, and will retail for $54.95 / €49.99 / £39.99.
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The 32nd century fleet from Star Trek: Discovery’s new time period also expands in April, as the tribute to Deep Space Nine actor Aron Eisenberg leaps from “Die Trying” to collectors hands as the Eisenberg-class USS Nog (NCC-325070) arrives this spring.
USS NOG (Discovery #14) — An Eisenberg-class vessel fielded by Starfleet in the far future of the 32nd century, the sleek USS Nog survived the Burn that destroyed so many ships of its class. It served to help conceal the embattled Federation Headquarters, generating a distortion field large enough to obscure its location.
The USS Nog was named for the Starfleet officer Nog – the first Ferengi to enter Starfleet, and a prominent figure on the Deep Space 9 station. A historical figure by the time of the 32nd century, Nog was remembered for his feats during the Dominion War won him lasting renown.
Behind the scenes, the Eisenberg-class was named for Aron Eisenberg – the actor who portrayed Nog on ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.’
Rather than clip-on struts to display the free-floating warp nacelles — like on the Discovery-A and Voyager-J models — the USS Nog’s display stand simply has a ‘shelf’ which allows the two nacelles to be placed on either side of the organically-shaped primary hull of the vessel.
The Eisenberg-class model measures in at just over 8 inches long, and will retail for $54.95 / €49.99 / £39.99.
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One more new starship rounds out April 2022’s announcements, as the prototype vessel USS Prometheus (NCC-59650) becomes the next previously-released model to be enlarged for the XL Starships collection.
Originally released to subscribers in the standard size back in 2014, the new XL-sized Prometheus returns in this much larger edition to represent the starship visited by The Doctor in “Message in a Bottle.”
USS PROMETHEUS (XL Starships #30) — An experimental prototype designed for deep space tactical assignments, the USS Prometheus was a combat vessel far ahead of its time. The fastest ship in Starfleet at the time of its launch, it boasted regenerative shields, ablative armor, and even the ability to split itself into three independent, wholly functional sections – dubbed the “multi-vector assault mode”.
All this technology couldn’t prevent a Romulan hijacking, however – and only the intervention of the USS Voyager’s Doctor was able to avert disaster. Taking advantage of the prototype ship’s holographic projectors, the Doctor – himself a living hologram – arrived aboard the Prometheus by way of transmission, and knocked out the hijackers with vented gas.
Unfortunately, even this larger edition doesn’t include the starship’s beloved multi-vector assault mode — like a separable Enterprise-D and a Star Trek: Nemesis-style Enterprise-E, it seems like that’s one of those fan requests that hasn’t yet gained enough traction.
The Prometheus model measures in at over 10 inches long, and will retail for $79.95 / €74.99 / £59.99, and you can already preorder this ship in the US webshop and the UK webshop.
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For those of you who may have missed it, Eaglemoss / Hero Collector have also expanded into two other well-loved space franchises in recent months — Stargate and The Expanse — and the company has revealed the first two ship models for each of those product lines so far.
Fans of the Stargate universe have the Daedalus (BC-304) cruiser — the primary ship assigned to the Atlantis base in the Pegasus Galaxy — and the Goa’uld ha’tak attack ship as the first two releases for that franchise…
…and the Expanse fanbase can now get their hands on the Rocinante and the Razorback racing ship as the first two entries in that show’s fleet.
We’ll be back next month with another look ahead to future Official Starships Collection releases!