chiangkaishecky said:
Polar Lights is the horse you should be betting on ... there's higher probability PL will have all the Es in a consistent 1/1000 scale than Bandai will at their mixed scales.
I agree.
I'm not looking to Bandai so much for consistency in the scale ... I like their Star Trek line because they make good looking, simple, and lighted desktop display type models. After all ... Desktop models
should fit on the desktop.
The size of the Star Trek releases from Bandai, thus far, suggests that they wish to produce kits ranging from 10.5 inches (NX-01) to 16 inches (1701-E) in length. They also sit at a roughly uniform height on their stands (which are also uniform) and they all have a uniform nose-up pitch. At 1:850 scale, the Voyager would fit perfectly within those size parameters.
I'd still would like to see their efforts at the rest of the Enterprises. I think they'd look great regardless of their scale! I know I'll be getting the 1701-A when it's released. I already have a Bandai NX-01, 1701 (refit) and 1701-E. They all have paint jobs that would take me
years to replicate. The bottom line here is ... for me, Bandai's Trek models are ... convenient.
For my scale Enterprise collection, which is an
entirely different story, I'm hoping and praying that Polar Lights will come through! As a consumer, I can only hope that Polar Lights will recognize the
limitless possibilities that the 1:1000 scale has.
