I have been pleasantly surprised with FanHome’s pick-up of the Eaglemoss Starship Collection, thus far. They’ve gotten all of the eight ships (so far) out on time, and after dumpng OSM as their shipper, they’re hitting their shipping windows consistently. (To be fair, OSM was consistently getting me my shipments one day later than the estimated time, save for the Christmas season, and that’s to be expected.)

Again, the presentation is far superior to the Eaglemoss packaging. the standard graphics for the boxes is much more pleasing to the eye that the bland blue from Eaglemoss. This box, as with the Enterprise-F XL, has an embosed Star Treklabeling that’s quite nice. It comes with the XL-sized Enterprise-G and a booklet about the design process for this Picardseason three hero ship. The angle on the stand is better than it was on a few of the earlier models, which were a bit too flat; too much chance of the model falling off if bumped.

What you get…

They did a grand job with this one, as with the “F”. The detailing is excellent, and one place FanHome has excelled over Eaglemoss is the detailing on the ventral side of the models. A lot of the previous models skimped on the undersides of the vessels; so far, most of the FanHome products have given more attention to the underside. Hatches, ports, phaser banks, RCS props are all well detailed.

The underside gets similar detailing on the engineering section, if a bit less so on the saucer:

I was particularly fond of this design and for obvious reasons — it’s a modern take of the refit Enterprise from the original movies. It’s a design that combines the classic modern look of the TOS ship with the more realistic portrayal of the movies, then toughens it up around the neck and tosses in the new nacelle design (meh). No negative space design with holes in the spaceframe that don’t need to be there; it looks tough in a way the Akira and the Sovereign did. It’s simply a fantastic looking ship.

So is it worth the $70 or so? If you’re a collector, if you like the look of the 25th C. vessels, if you’re looking to have the whole alphabet in your collections — absolutely. It’s really a gorgeous model. This and the Stargazer have won e over to the new 25th C aesthetic in a way the F did not.