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Is Eaglemoss' Build The Enterprise-D Worth It?
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I grew up watching The Next Generation with my Dad. He recently passed and I ordered this subscription, to put together the ship in his memory. It's something he would have bought and done with me of it were available back then.
The idea of every month taking a day to relax and build this ship bit by bit , with a 6pack, and thinking of my Dad. That's priceless.
Amen brother
I think that is a wonderful idea to commemorate great times with your father. Wishing you all the best on your build and remembrance
@@robaitken4592 Thanks man. I am really looking forward to doing this.
That's awesome man. I am sorry for your loss. Just know as your building the coolest ship from Star Trek your dad is seating next to you with the biggest smile on his face.
@ $65 a month for the 4 kits it seems decent enough for the nostalgia in your case. I used to watch this with my Dad and both of us looked at this kit and laughed. We'd love to build it but our spouses would kill us spending the money lol. They hate our regular models I can only imagine what they'd say. ;) Hope you enjoy this and it turns out great!
I agree with you 100% ... I did the math too .... way too expensive and I don't think I would have the patience for 2.5yrs either
If it was at least 2x to 5x larger, MAYBE, the cost would be close to worth it.
lol if that much money breaks you then you need to find another career lol
@@mysteryx1599 yeah you may not have quire noticed the world is in a pretty bad state at the moment, here in Melbourne we are in our 5th lockdown and businesses are failing everywhere and people are dying…. It’s about priorities…. would be great to be in a position to judge like you seem to be …. Thanks for that
Have a great day
@@mysteryx1599 Some of us are 50+ years old and disabled. It's people like you that make the world less enjoyable.
@@discobiscuit99 lol too bad don’t be poor
Currently building the Polar Lights 1/350 scale with lights for a third of that price and not as heavy and I don't have to wait for 2.5 years for a complete model .
Which one? I'm currently working on a TOS version.
For that price and the long build time , it had better fly.
I am with you 100%, it is totally absurd to a two and a half years to build a model when you can build a almost 3 ft model in five or six weeks with all the bells and whistles you got to be out of your freaking mind doing this this much money in this much time in waiting and not building absurd ridiculous!
UPDATE! With Eaglemoss essentially dead it looks like many builders are going to be stuck with an incomplete model. That absolutely sucks.
Personally I gutted it out for almost a year before quitting on the build due to the appalling quality of the model. Total garbage and not worth the time or money investment.
Especially painful when I could've ordered 281 Big Macs instead.
A new company took over the EagleMoss contracts. New parts have already started shipping for Enterprise, hopefully soon for Ecto-1.
fanhome has resumed production!
$1842 USD or $1962 USD if you opt for the display base for a mere $1 extra per kit. (Yes, I think we both ignored the bait price for the first two kits, but still...)
They should have made it cost $1966 and then justified the price as commemorative of when TOS 1st aired.
These type of monthly kits-for-one-item has never been my thing. I have no patience for it.
I’ve never been interested this kit for me.
I’ve much preferred their models though 100+ and probably counting.
I love that the ad for the Enterprise D Build-Up model shows the port nacelle misaligned. So there is truth in advertising after all...
If you want to pay out all that money. But want to see quality and how long this take to bulid. There is a youtuber called the World of wayne. Who building this, he's also star trek fan, so he make to whole things fun to watch
Yer that World of Wayne guy is pretty awesome. On another note Treklad I love this video. Lots of valid points. The only thing I would say is if you were in a museum and saw the finished products on display and they let you open them up, appraise them and guess the price you would see where the money has gone. These builds are nothing like the snap kits of "airfix" kits and in a complete league of their own over things like Hot Toys and Black Series models. They are not perfect however and it's always fun to ad your own flare to the Model. Happy building. Subscribed.
I'm watching Wayne just so I don't have to spend the money building these kits... Watching all these kits coming together is good enough for me.
And he's improved it as well.
@@MegaBadgeman By his own knowledge but also for many kits there are aftermarket items/upgrades you can get for several models, like the Ecto-1 for instance where you can get carpeting and more for the model.
@@WorldofWayneUK love your build videos lots of fun :-) i gonna start the D too next month ! According to your videos the windows and escape pods gonna be a pain in the ass ;-D . Greetings from Germany
I would buy it at $400 in 1 package... but not $1500 over 2 years
Just got my first sets, and I was totally surprised to find out the body of the ship is made of metal. It's gunna be quite hefty when its complete.
It will never be complete.
Hey TrekLad, speaking of currency prices,I take it your in the UK,but for me I am in the US,and compared to your 9.99 pound,here the price has been increased to $12.95 per kit,so that comes out to $1554 without shipping,but with it at $4.95 for 4 kits per month it comes out to $594 for a whopping $2148. Now admittedly that is a chunk of change,but considering its broken down to 4 kits per month for a total of $56.75 I think that is pretty reasonable.
Now I am a little upset that it doesn't have a soundboard or an extra rod to hold the saucer section when separated,but the actual 2 sections being able to separate is just awesome.So for good points and bad,the good ones beat out the bad and overall when complete this thing should be a crown jewel in anyones collection,especially mine.
Also I kinda wish this had fewer kits or stages like 100 or even 80 to keep it around 2 years to complete instead of 30 months but its not a dealbreaker,I plan on completing this hopefully and display it in my mancave.Plus this is just HUGE and worth it.
I was really tempted by this one. Ultimately price, number of kits, and time required took it off the table for me.
Now that Eaglemoss has declared bankruptcy as of July 16, 2022 we can conclusivly say no to this question.
This one really has me torn. I had to stop and sell off the Eaglemoss Ecto-1 because it just became too much for me to handle. I love Star Trek, and I love the Enterprise-D, but I think I will have to save my sanity and just be thankful that I have both versions of her from Diamond Select.
UPDATE: ua-cam.com/video/qKmSfEyWhGY/v-deo.html
brb, off to remortgage the house.
I get the cost aspect I really do.
For me I love building models, always have.
Problem is I'm not very good at painting them.
This partwork (of my fave starship of all time) is a great way for me to chill of a evening. Pour a drink, grab a snack, put on a podcast or youtube vid in the background and get building. I love it.
Quite a way through the Ecto build too now and it's looking stunning.
Yeah they are pricey but factor the enjoyment I get out building it ,I just ( only just mind ) validate it to myself.
Yeah, if it wasn't for painting, I'd do a lot of model-building. The fact that this is something I can do without a lot of tools, glue, paint, etc. makes it just a fun project for me. I have no early idea what I'll do with the thing when it's done.
@@ocdtrekkie it is going to be massive isn't it!
I have massive respect for people who build and paint stuff from scratch, but these partwork collections suit me fine
another concern might be: what happens if something happens to Eaglemoss, their distribution, etc?...you'll be stuck with a model you're heavily invested in (depending how far you get if anything like this happens) with no ability to complete it...i have a huge love for the ships of Star Trek, and it is pretty cool, but I find the overall cost way too high (so many other things i could use this money for)...
1 year later and this comment couldn't have been more true.
Another company took over the contracts and distribution.
No. Their products are plagued with faults - I've never had a single Eaglemoss product without wonky parts, or poor paint finishes. Their quality control is appalling. And to add insult to injury, their customer service is even worse. As for this product...overpriced for something that will undoubtedly end up being a shoddy product.
not only that, seems to be a lot of light bleed in the panels as the construction continues. Bit of a shame as it looks like a really nice model. Also there short on stock and many people seem to be abandoning the project due to unable to get the parts. I think the model looks fantastic, but due to shortages I wont be ordering it.
The reason I decided to pull the trigger was because I've always wanted to do a project like this, it's not that bad of a hit considering it's over 2.5 years worth of effort/entertainment... but the last choice was when I saw a similarly sized pro model was on BBTS (BigBadToyStore) for over $4,000 that sold out very quickly. So at less than half that cost, seems worth it and it is a journey many others are documenting on UA-cam, so lets gooooooooooooooo! :D
My phone contract just ended and Ive no plans renewing so I just using same funds to pay for enterprise build :) got my first parts few days ago :)
You're correct in this video! I think about the same things (expense and time) as I wait for my next shipments of the "Enterprise, Terminator, R2D2, and Bismarck" kits! You're absolutely correct (What else could I be buying instead?). Thanks! Eric
i always thought take too long and cost to much,if you can afford the monthly payment who cares how much it cost at the end,ive been building another part works for over 18months and to be honest it dont seem like 18 months , so at the end of the day if you like the model buy it and forget about all the other stuff :)
Honestly, the time is a big part of the appeal to me.
I know there are better ways to build a starship, but I like the concept of partworks.
I'm more likely to stick with it if I'm getting new parts every month.
I've bought many a model kit that I've lost interest in over the years... but I had an absolute blast finishing my Artoo-Detoo build partwork recently.
It's just more suited to my needs.
Fingers crossed it comes to Australia soon.
🖖🏼
I subscribed to and completed the deagostinni Millenium falcon. Cost pretty much the same and took just as long as this and I don't regret it at all. I love my 32" screen accurate millenium Falcon.
I don't drink or go out at the weekends, don't have any expensive hobbies either so I can personally justify the expense and I know for a fact I'm going to love her when she's finished. At least this time I won't have to paint, weather and detail the thing after I'm finished building it!!
I'm not up on the conversion of pounds, but even if it comes out to over $2000, that's less than it would cost to buy a handpainted, fully lit plastic model from sites like Trekmodeler. Plus you have to consider the future value.
I was very tempted to buy this one, I tought the price is expensive, but it looks so good and well made.
So I sent an email about the time, because I wanted a real months/years estimation.
They answered with this schedule of 2.5 years and it is ridiculous.
You could save it and wait everything arrive to start assemble, or start assembling each set and have a huge pile of half assembled parts collecting dust or damaging in some corner of your room.
Makes no sense for me having piles of small pieces, leds, wires in some box for that long
I was the same as you. I got so excited when I first saw this thing, even the $10 a kit didn't bother me too much, then I saw the 120 kits and was like WTF? I would love to have it, but not for $1200, even if it is spread out.
I am already all in!!! Just received my first kits a couple days ago!
I'm doing Bismarck from Agora and was doing Ecto-1 from Eaglemoss but I cancelled that one, I've seen up to issue 6 (I think) and there's so many inaccuracies 🥺
I am waiting on my first shipment of parts. They said it should arrive by the end of this month. Ive got my fingers crossed.
If we get this to 250,000 views, that will make Treklad enough money to buy it, won't we? :)
Holy Macaroni. I was excited for this but there's a lot going on here. Thanks for the context.
I subscribed and think the model is well built so far. I am happy with it.
I'm seriously tempted but I've still got 20 issues of the Terminator T-800 to go. Have to admit it looks amazing at this point but there's been a couple of times when I've had regrets, but also there's a point when the concept of sunk costs kicks in.
Let's see, I bought the 1:1400 Enterprise D clear model for $100 bucks. I already have lighting strips, paint, etc. I picked up a Tenacontrols board for it for the navigation lights, etc. for $115 bucks. I grabbed the aztecs for $65 bucks and the photoetch for $35 bucks. So, $315 bucks, it's all mine now, I build it in MY time, and I put in details that this Eaglemoss model doesn't have. Yeah, not sold, sorry.
Ypu know what man? I guess you're totally right in this video about the price and time this beauty is going to cost plus... ah yes, that small detail: where the f***k am I going to display this monster?😂
But you know what? If it were for the whole price I wouldn't even bother, but 50€ per month is something you can stand (in this period with no cinema, restaurant or anything of the sort). If you then consider the satisfaction ib building yourbown thingninstead of having it all packed and ready...
I'll take the builds any time! But your objections definitely make sense.
Live long and prisper (from 🇮🇹)
First time viewer. I enjoyed your review, thanks.
The start of this video was hilarious and relatable! Taking the concept of "starship porn" a bit too literally. The model certainly looks amazing, but sadly it's too expensive for me.
Having just watched your video on the snap together kit that did not snap together, then it could be quite hilarious seeing you struggle to build a different type of model. But hey at 30 months and over a 1000 quid then I wouldn't want to hit the like button on this video and curse your time and wallet. So I shall in this comment instead: I liked this video.
I just ordered the first kit, in the States it costs $63 a month. Didn't realize the final cost
I don't have anything else to spend my money on so I took the plunge. I DO have the patience and I think I'm going to enjoy putting these stages together week after week. I'm going to be doing some mods too. Some people think the model looks crappy. I think those people are high on crack. I'm not worried about droopy warp nacelles or wonky panel lines because I literally have months to deal with these issues and get everything looking proper. I've put together plenty of models, I'm confident this will be awesome.
This didnt age well
for US its 120 packs, 30 shipments, with deluxe base $1960
Thanks, I actually really want this damn thing but I can't justify that kind of expenditure right now. I did put my account on 180 day hold to maybe revisit the idea in November. Again thanks for your video.
I’d love it if Round 2 came out with a 1/1000 Enterprise D.
I wanted to like this part-work but I just couldn’t. It looks fantastic but then again so do all those model kits with working lights that you can already buy for under £200.
Hey man I am new to all this, are there any existing model kits this size? I know literally nothing of all this but am a big trek fan.
I am building this, it's big it's heavy and it's wrong. No illuminated bridge dome, also lights missing on the back of the neck. Pretty bad light bleeding in the kit so far.
a thumbs up purely for the first 10 seconds of video! funny stuff!
Kinda reminds me of the 1/350 Hachatte Yamato from Yamato 2202. Though it was more expensive at around £2000
I would say yes , its huge , solid metal and all the lights , just awesome , i gonna start it too next month :-)
It is usually not worth it.
I currently build the Bismarck from Hachette once complete I will have paid over 2000€ and it took over 3 years to build it, I will be done in 2 month I think...
For comparison the Trumpeter Bismarck in the same scale costs about 200€. Even if you buy all the fancy add on stuff like wooden deck, etched parts, metal barrels etc. the Trumpeter is not going to cost over 500€.
And in the end the Trumpeter will be way more accurate then the Hachette could ever hope to be.
The downside is you need way more time to actually build and paint it and you need the skills and tools to do so as well.
Since I lack the later I went with Hachette knowing full well it actually is not really worth it in terms of money.
The thing is you don't really feel the bank account hit as you pay on a per month basis. As long as you have a regular decently paying job you can easily afford 50€ a month. But in terms of quality it is not worth it.
We never got a 1/1000 (not exact but very close) Enterprise D or E. For collectors this would be worth it to complete a 1/1000 fleet.
I do agree with your points against the part works. It is the exact reason I've avoided them. However I will admit this one finally got me.
It’s not for me but I’m not a figure collector. If I was one thing I’d factor in is any value I’d get from any magazine/booklet that comes with it. How good is the content in that?
I wish other Starfleet ships were available. I'd love a Reliant or an Enterprise-C.
Imagine the Reliant with working shuttle bay doors to revealed work bees.
@@MegaBadgeman ...ok.
I was seriously considering it, but the panel lines kill it for me - it just lacks that smooth finish the Enterprise has!
How much will it weigh when Finish ???
setting aside the price tag who wants to take 2.5 years to build something a handy person can make in a couple hours??? just sell the whole thing at once for people willing to pay the full price up front
I'm waiting for the first reviews of people putting together the bigger parts of the ship. I'm sure the nacelles will be wobbly and bend downwards, the saucer section looks incredibly fragile at this size to be put onto the drive section with magnets. You could get someone to 3D print the Ent-D at this size, with lighting and a professional paintjob for under the amount Eaglemoss wants from you by the end.
I doubt its gonna be wobbly its made of solid metal and i also bet there gonna be a solid frame which holding everything in place
To be fair, I found many of their models are below par with incorrect colours, mismatched windows and paint. They you have the strange construction with poorly fitting joints in odd places. I think the only I liked was the runabout. I got a D too, but at a throwaway price of £5.
So, when I learned of this latest Eaglemoss effort, I did some checking about it, saw how much it would cost and instantly noped it.
I LOVE the might D. But I can get an Ertl D model kit built for me with lighting and running lights, etc for a quarter of the final price.
5:26. Wow! That's $1,820 in us dollars, quite a bit...
XD I rounded up to £1318 (just woke up, still sipping tea: Yorkshire Gold, hot; the fav of SirPatStew.) and got $1813.70.
Thumbs up for effective Nerdgasim.
Okay… so tonight I said to myself… I’d like to build a model. Something I could do over time. I’m a Star Trek fan. I grew up watching TNG and thought… I should build a model of the enterprise. I’ve never done this before. So… I found this. I was like… “YES!” This is exactly what I want. Then I did the match and realized my wife would killl me if I spent this kind of cash. Do you have any other suggestions? Something that doesn’t look cheap?
Just subtract , one thing you really don't need. Like a 8 dollar coffee. Or whatever.
Its nice. Cool with the lights and all. But with the inaccuracies, its just not worth the price. At that price it needs to be perfect. Otherwise I'm good with my smaller Aoshima Enterprise-D which has lighted windows too 😉
Have an Aoshima myself,
Fantastic display piece,
perfect size.
you discovered alot more than I did when i looked into it. and I gave up trying to contact them for inquiry after seeing on FB noting but negative comments with reguads to customer service which seemed to imply there is no customer service. so i said l8r on investing any $$$
I've subscribed to this build, went for the monthly option. First package was delayed apparently due to oversubscription, then I received an email to say that they have caught up with orders and that the UK would be caught up soon. I'm not in the UK, I'm in Ireland and every UK builder I follow on YT is at least 3 packs ahead of me, typical eaglemoss nonsense.
I'm already conflicted about the cost of this model and I hate building electronics...but it's the Enterprise D, how could I not buy it ?
in this country, that kit is unaffordable by anyone on a good wage
All of the website links that I'm finding to this take me to a website that has no CSS.. makes me think it's a scam.. Plus didn't eagle Moss go out of business?
So how do we get our hands on it? And could we just buy a complete kit off eBay or something?
Unfortunately I cannot buy it as I am from Australia, but I am planning on making this fav starship out of lego on a large scale
Be savvy,
Wait the course,
They will no doubt do the usual sale,
Thus allowing to purchase the entire set at 25/40% discount end run.
If one does not want to feel a direct pinch,
Put magazine cost to one side, allowing to build up.
I love partworks but apart from the lights there doesn’t seem to be a lot going on, you can’t even open any ot it up, very reliant (no pun intended!) on you being a Trekkie with a lot of money 😀
And the windows are illuminated far too brightly. Look at skyscrapers at night.
If it had any kind if audio to go with the lights then I'd find it something worth considering, but it doesn't
85 likes to go!!! (As of my comment) and thats just in 1 hour lol
Can't you buy the entire kit off from their website?
I've watched probably a dozen videos on this thing in the last few days. In short, I was almost about to sign up and start building this thing and all the videos have changed my mind on that. I do not like the idea of paying shipping on 120+ small shipments versus one big one. I also do not liek what I've heard about constant delays from Eagle Moss on parts. That's before getting to my issues with the model itself. The lighting design is a couple decades out of date and the most convoluted and probably expensive way to light the model with arguably the worst results.
There are aspects of the model that should have better details, such as the bottom of the warp nacelles. At this scale, there is no reason for excluding details. Additionally, the fact this is powered by multiple separate battery compartments and different types of batteries is a travesty. Furthermore, this design adds seams for additional battery compartments and unsightly switches all over the model. At the total price of this model, these are compromises we shouldn't have to make.
It looks like tremendous fun to build and I like the scale but the design, total cost, parts availability, etc. make this a hard pass for me.
Definitely NOT "everyone's favorite ship". (E-D)
It is a very nice kit. However, I'm not willing to pay that amount. My dedication has financial limits.
Got package #2 in June .... no #3 yet and it's mid September .... UGH!!!
I want a Klingon bird of prey
not sure where I would put some thing that big
What really bugs me about it, is that this model is waaaay off scale. They promote it as the popular 1/1000 scale but it's actually pretty much 1/900. In a scale model every milimeter is important. This thing is a whopping 8cm off.
I just ordered partly out of nostalgia but largely due to being pissed
4/15/2021
UPDATE
7/30/2022
I GOT ALL OF THEM
I bought
36 ships from
EAGLEMOSS
that cost me
$ 799.00 c
and they charged me for them
and now they say
I can't have them
😕
If I was a fan of the D yea worth it but I’m not a d fan I want voyager, defiant, nebula class, tos and refit those last two are becuz of Star Trek roots
For a 2 year old video I'm curious if anyone has noticed he gave away his post code in the video lol.
Why cannot we Trekkies loyal fans buy all parts together at once?
Why Bussard Collector has only 1 LED instead of 2 like it should be?
Is it blinking randomly to look REAL like Arduino chip can allow to?
My concern is that if I invest in this and, after 1.5 years, the company goes under or simply determines not to continue and I'm left with a pile of partially built parts. The overall cost is bad but really not the limiter for me. I simply do not trust these substitute of trickled parts over time.
Fan of the less intricate stuff. A 30 USD smaller model without all the lights is a one time buy & 2 second build, I'll stick with those
good example is the ferrari laferrari 2 years to collect it, £45 a month , on ebay for £3000
We all know what the real reason for that £1317.60 price tag is for, it's for eaglemoss to get the windows painted in correctly.
The biggest problem I have with eaglemoss is their poor customer service. I canceled my discovery subscription over a year ago and they continue to try and bill me for new ships I didn’t ask for
if you get bored, I'll build it for you...🖖
For me it's the experience of building the kit that makes it worth it. Also I'm a huge fan of Star Trek and TNG is the series that got me started.
That's alot of money to sink into a kit. I love the Enterprise D but the idea of putting together a model kit piece by piece over 120 kits? I'd rather just buy all of it in one lump sum.
Well .... theres been lota of other companiea offering skmilar things ... which cost alot ... unless you have bank balances of Paris Hilton or somethinv of thag sor
I got all the way up to stage 50 and couldn't take it anymore. There is constant delays in getting the parts. Especially in the US. The kit is ridiculously over engineered and there's light leaks and pieces don't fit together properly. The entire model is powered by batteries and it's looking like it'll take around 15 of them to operate. Very poorly designed for the $2,000 price tag.
Take my money. Easily worth the cost. Something to look forward to every month. And it will be epic when finished
Plumbing DIY kit , one pipe piece every month until your plumbing is done.
How do you get all this money?
My wife and I have pretty decent jobs and decided we do not want kids. So we have a lot of disposable income to blow on whatever with no kids around.
I thought they aren't accepting anymore orders? So if that's true then it's not worth buying now