Large Scale USS Excelsior Class Ships - Whats out there?

[Jamesfett]

I have no idea who Anthony Crews is. My name is Tom and I have been in touch with Alex and he has ignored my request for a refund. I do not use Facebook and RPF is my only Social Media.

 

[steam235]

I can not control Alex, also he is bound by approvals that he has to get before he can officially release anything. If anyone needs to read up on how licensing agreements work I can post links as per Foley and Hoag.

So, You know that your profile here has your birthday? It's visible to members. You know that Alex's birthday is listed on Facebook? It's visible to the public. Same with the cities you live and work in?

You and Alex have the same birthdays and cities. Why do you keep talking in the third person?

 

[cougar184]

To date these are pics alex has shared about the product that he is not suppose to be sharing pics of.

 

[bwize]

So there we have it folks. Opticsjedi does indeed now seem to be Alex. Even though I think it is rather shady to play yourself off as someone else, it now makes so much sense with him knowing so much of what is happening behind the scenes. I also kind of understand him not revealing himself as if he did I am sure he would probably be overwhelmed with IMs and the such.

Opticsjedi/Alex, all of the data you dumped in that response should have been placed on the products landing page, front and center. Why would you not want to keep all of us whom have purchased this in good faith, informed of all that is happening regarding the release of this kit. Why all the secrecy? This is not a top secret government project, it's a freak'n public model kit.

Let me say this one more time, as I feel like I am talking to a wall. We all have paid, including myself, thousands of dollars to EAD for this kit and the lack of any recent photos of complete and finished kit parts is just pathetic, especially this late in the game. Are you at least not proud of your product enough to want to showcase it to the world, cause it kind of sounds like that is the case.

Anyway, I am getting tired of being so mad about this. So, if the 2 recent photos that have surfaced that appear to be images of finished kit parts are true, then I guess I will just have to have faith that the rest of the parts will look amazing as these 2 images look absolutely amazing.

Cougar184 - those pics, according to Alex, are from a year ago and have sense been cleaned up and perfected. I guess we will only know once the photos are shown.

 

[cougar184]

A year ago the saucer was shattered so not sure how they are over a year old. The secondary hull was a recent update not sure why alex would update investors with year old pics. Just does make sense. Also pics of other peoples work were passed off as the master john eblan's excelsior would be at the top of the list. Buyers beware until pics are posted from investors and there review. I would hate so see him rip off anymore members here.

 

[Rangel]

I have no idea who Anthony Crews is. My name is Tom and I have been in touch with Alex and he has ignored my request for a refund. I do not use Facebook and RPF is my only Social Media.

I see that OpticsJedi, is calling the wrong person Anthony Crews, as he always thinks that he's the smartest person in the room. Mr. Mengel is indeed Optics Jedi, and he's the one that is threatening his customers, as I pulled these and a few more off his Epitome FB page. Mr. Mengel has refused to refund his customers, threatened them, and with death. Please contact me for the full story and these attachments will probably get me banned but the profanity (ADMIN) is strictly from Mr. Mengel. Sorry I'm late to the party but I will be happy to tell you everything about the disaster that this supposed project has been, nothing more than some control freak that just strings his victims along constantly. And yes, these are legitimate screen shots, witnessed by the EAD Excelsior Group. Mr. Mengel pretty much speaks for himself in these screen grabs.

One more for good measure.

 

[Jediscum]

So, You know that your profile here has your birthday? It's visible to members. You know that Alex's birthday is listed on Facebook? It's visible to the public. Same with the cities you live and work in?

You and Alex have the same birthdays and cities. Why do you keep talking in the third person?

It almost seems like two people sometimes. Some posts have decent grammar and spelling and some...let's just say do not.

Starbase101...you care to share who provided you with the photo of the Masking Test shots you posted? Were they from Alex?

 

[Rangel]

I bet one of the people behind these updates here is alex as well. He has a tendency to be other people.

He's OpticsJedi for sure.

It almost seems like two people sometimes. Some posts have decent grammar and spelling and some...let's just say do not.

Starbase101...you care to share who provided you with the photo of the Masking Test shots you posted?

He's used to talking to himself in third person.

There's a possible helper from the Group of the Chat of Lost Hope, as we call it. Here's what happen happens when you call out Mr. Mengel on things and a refund. Please note the professional customer service that Mr. Mengel provides:

Thanks Alex for letting me know you were on here, and glad to see you are still making a fool of yourself as always. He's never told the truth to any of us, and his outrageous lies have caught up with him. Again, any questions, PM or email me. And BTW, Alex uses the same phone number and email address for his fake profiles, which he has many. DON'T let him sucker you in, there is no model, never has been.

So Alex, please feel free to tap dance your way out of those. I have the witnesses, the transcripts, and the screenshots. If you'd like, I'll include the police report I sent to your local precinct, and yes, they had the actual death threat as well, yours, not the one that you lied and said that I made against you.

 

[cougar184]

Janeway " bridge to engineering. Deploy armor"

 

[Rangel]

Come on, Alex, we're all waiting........

 

[modelerdave]

Wow, this just took a turn...

 

[cougar184]

.......

 

[bwize]

Well, I was present that day on FB to see all this transpire right before my eyes. I tried to step in and calm everyone, ironically, but called out for being a sympathizer and fake person.

It got so toxic that day that I decided to leave the group, indefinitely. Best thing I did all week.

It's so sad that this ALL could have been prevented if Alex/EAD had just been transparent in their dealings with the public and buyers. A steady stream of regular photo updates since inception would have kept us all happy and excited to see this kit.

Funny thing, they initially actually started a weekly/monthly YouTube channel to showcase this kit. Too bad that did not stick. I just sincerely hope they drop the new photos by tomorrow evening. So much could be saved if they do.

 

[JMChladek]

Well, I was present that day on FB to see all this transpire right before my eyes. I tried to step in and calm everyone, ironically, but called out for being a sympathizer and fake person.

It got so toxic that day that I decided to leave the group, indefinitely. Best thing I did all week.

It's so sad that this ALL could have been prevented if Alex/EAD had just been transparent in their dealings with the public and buyers. A steady stream of regular photo updates since inception would have kept us all happy and excited to see this kit.

Funny thing, they initially actually started a weekly/monthly YouTube channel to showcase this kit. Too bad that did not stick. I just sincerely hope they drop the new photos by tomorrow evening. So much could be saved if they do.

I know you want there to be a product, because you have a lot of money tied up into it. But while there is a chance product exists, it is a very very small chance now and I am pretty sure it has been from day one. This is why I posted my communications when I did.

I can't say what you should do next because I am not you. But my advice is you should consider taking steps to try and get your money back, even though it is likely long past time to utilize any PayPal protection.

I do sincerely wish you luck.

 

[cougar184]

If i had a nickel for every time big pic updates were coming i would be up probably as much as he scammed people out of money

 

[modelerdave]

OpticsJedi has restricted his profile now that he's been outed as Alex, apparently. I doubt we'll hear from him again. People have been asking for pictures in this thread since November.

 

[Rangel]

Janeway " bridge to engineering. Deploy armor"

OpticsJedi has restricted his profile now that he's been outed as Alex, apparently. I doubt we'll hear from him again. People have been asking for pictures in this thread since November.

Our chat group has been since last January, he's exactly what he claims to be. Apologies to all here, but when I was informed that he was accusing me of making death threats on here, a response was necessary but he takes that drama where ever he scams. We are updating Paramont Legal again today with his latest antics, and to let everyone know, the people that were the main team members and most all the other names he's thrown around left the "project" quite some time ago. We had heard he had started a new scam on another site, as the tempers and doubts had gotten to the boiling points. Our group was no longer fertile land for his lies.

If you have lost money to this guy, I have his local precinct information to email and or call and a list of websites that you can complain about him to. You're best bets are opening up a police report, contacting the FTC and opening a complaint on his web site, and the BBB. Shutting down his business is the only way to stop him, as he is only embolden by efforts to stop him.

 

[bwize]

[Begin Captain's log] OK, there are plenty of picture evidence of some kind of Excelsior kit in production. Whether or not this is EAD 1/537 kit remains to be seen until they post current pics. I sincerely hope that this kit production is real and not a scam. I feel like society's current mind set (cancel culture, social media, etc) along with Covid has everybody on edge and quick to temper, myself included (see me previous posts lol). [End captain's log]

Alex, if you see this, please resolve this by posting current pics so that we all can calm down and enjoy what you have apparently been working hard on. That image of the laser cut alum dorsal that you shared with me looked amazing and I can't see you creating this unless the kit is for real.

That all said, I patiently await the photos you keep promising.

 

[cougar184]

I cant see him making it but finding or having ilm photos i can see. He has tried to pass off other peoples work in the past as his own

 

[Starbase101]

Starbase101...you care to share who provided you with the photo of the Masking Test shots you posted? Were they from Alex?

I received the photo directly from Alex in a text message. Where it originally came from before it was sent to me, I don't know. Maybe it was the EAD kit, maybe it wasn't - but I wasn't told not to share it, so I posted it here since people were asking for photos and Alex wasn't obliging.