Perfectly true. The point I am making is that we need a clear statement directly from Tomy and the designers about this issue otherwise we are having to trust second/third hand information. It’s a pity they didn’t state this recommendation in the instructions. Believe me I’m all for displaying it on the single stand. The enterprise looks really gorgeous like that and we can choose to display the port/beauty side without compromise. I’m getting mine tomorrow so the excitement is high. The info is promising because it looks like those pegs would provide adequate support. I guess I would just like an official tick from Tomy.
Die Cast Lighted 1/350th TOS Enterprise (TOMY crowd funded)
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JiminSTLouis
Master Member
I received these statements from a TOMY employee:
“You can display the fully assembled ship on the main stand, without the saucer swoosh support or the clear support post”.
“Our Product Integrity Team is hyper-cautious and insisted that we include the other supports”.
I added:
“I assumed the swoosh was mainly for saucer sep mode” and his response was “correct”.
I believe this is more a precaution against being knocked over vs. long-term damage to the model.
But as mentioned, since this is second hand information it can’t be considered official instruction from TOMY.
“You can display the fully assembled ship on the main stand, without the saucer swoosh support or the clear support post”.
“Our Product Integrity Team is hyper-cautious and insisted that we include the other supports”.
I added:
“I assumed the swoosh was mainly for saucer sep mode” and his response was “correct”.
I believe this is more a precaution against being knocked over vs. long-term damage to the model.
But as mentioned, since this is second hand information it can’t be considered official instruction from TOMY.
Thanks very much for the clarification. Much appreciated. It looks like caution is the watchword and I can see why Tomy might not want to come out and openly recommend the single stand display. Anyway, Im going ahead with the single option and I’ll just have to keep a long term weather eye on the alignment. Paul H.
Shield damage to starboard nacelle at bussard collector!
JiminSTLouis
Master Member
Imagine the uproar if there was only the single stand and dozens of models were knocked over. Now if we decide to ignore the official instruction it’s on us.
JiminSTLouis
Master Member
WOW… that looks more like a hole than a chip. Almost like the nacelle cap should have pinned in there and is rotated out of position:
No-one needs to feel bad wheter they kept the TOMY or not. If it makes anyone feel better, I had a number of these ordered until last month, then decided to only keep one order. I don't feel bad about it at all. I also think TOMY did a very decent job overall.
It's not a hole.
Well at least it's in a spot where you really can't see it. Mine is a little smaller and near the cap as well but a bit more visible ..lol.
Think I like my spot better, lol.
Haha. You should paint one up in a space suit and put him near your paint chip with a little bucket of paint....lol
xlowes
Sr Member
How did those Red Shirts get out their without space suits and also shouldn't they have just floated away ?
ROFL !
Jebus I hate how they made the shuttle with a gap as well with a split . All the paint globs on the imperfections and a rear seam split to boot. Further, the shuttles look like a cottage cheese paint job. Why in the hell did they not make the shuttles as one piece?
On a large mass produced diecast like this there are bound to be paint imperfections. It's unavoidable. Even most new cars have paint imperfections. Just the way it is. As for the shuttles. Yeah they are very weird. But easily thrown out and replaced. The shuttle bay seam is on all of them as well.
Yep that would have been a return for me
Rapid decompression followed by mag boot integration would be my guess. No worries more red shirts will be available next episodeHow did those Red Shirts get out their without space suits and also shouldn't they have just floated away ?
The right paint and it's easily fixed and not really noticable.
The model you posted earlier doesn't have even one little paint flaw?
