Tomy TOS Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser waitlist
- Thread starter CessnaDriver
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Damn spell check. I didn't reread what I typed. It should be...IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE D I WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT. .....spell check deleted the d and I...lol.What?!
Rahn420
Well-Known Member
The shuttle makes me think of the original Jeffries design for a Starfleet shuttle.
Animated Series, maybe? My initial Googling didn't turn up anything.
Yep.The cat is out of the bag!
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Both look great. I may have to get one of each. $700 is a lot though. We shall see.
1138sw
Sr Member
I thought it was one or the other? On the product waitlist page there was an option to select either one, so I assumed TOMY was only producing one. But if you’re right, having both options is nice.
I’m only getting the TV version. Running out of space and I want room for the D when they produce that ship.
Oh it said two options available I thought we could buy it. I misread that. I dont even remember what option I picked..
Edit: I went back and looked. It let you pick both options which I did a second time..
The remastered hippie ship merged with the early winged shuttle and had a baby it seems.
How does the impulse/shuttlebay/power-pack look? Tall enough?
RevelationSpace
Active Member
I'm kinda disappointed by this personally, I really hoped it would be Reliant, which would've been the perfect companion piece to the Refit.
The D7 is my favourite TOS ship so I may get it if the price is a fair bit lower than they've been until now, but otherwise I'll probably pass. Space is at a premium and I know this would live in its box even if I did get it.
I'm sure the D will have won, but they've said before that they wanted to stay in 1/350 and — more importantly, I suspect — they probably don't want to blow their load too early. If you make the ones everyone wants too early, especially a one-two punch with the Refit and then D, the only two ships everyone is near guaranteed to buy, then people could lose interest from then on. This way interest for more ships stays high because people haven't got the best ones yet.
The D7 is my favourite TOS ship so I may get it if the price is a fair bit lower than they've been until now, but otherwise I'll probably pass. Space is at a premium and I know this would live in its box even if I did get it.
I'm sure the D will have won, but they've said before that they wanted to stay in 1/350 and — more importantly, I suspect — they probably don't want to blow their load too early. If you make the ones everyone wants too early, especially a one-two punch with the Refit and then D, the only two ships everyone is near guaranteed to buy, then people could lose interest from then on. This way interest for more ships stays high because people haven't got the best ones yet.
1138sw
Sr Member
Yeah I think you’re right. The D will probably come down the line. Gotta generate anticipation and interest and maintain it! Don’t blow it too early!
I know TOMY wants to stay in the same size of 1/350 scale for the ships and a 1/350 D would be ginormous! So a smaller scale is a must…hopefully the same scale as the one by Fanhome. I would do that kit but the building, the waiting, the light gaps, crazy electronics and THE COST are at this moment a no go for me. So TOMY is the way to go.
I want as many of the "boxes" checked off below.
I'll just throw out that K-7 is probably a long shot
So, wait…they’re doing one version based on the two-tone Roddenberry/AMT tooling model, and one based on the all-gray Ed Miarecki repaint? I was under the impression that both studio models had the same color scheme, with the model that was actually filmed being repainted in a tri-tone scheme for PHASE II, then repainted again by Miarecki to match how it appeared on TV (all gray), due to lack of reference.
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
I just got a new email which further explains the different options.
Launch day is getting closer, Jim, and we couldn’t be more excited to share the 1:350 Klingon D7 Battle Cruiser replica with you. Before things kick off, we wanted to introduce ourselves. As collectors and fans ourselves, we knew this replica needed to do justice to one of the most iconic starships in Star Trek™. Every detail from the die-cast construction to the lighting effects to the opening shuttlecraft bay is carefully being researched, reviewed, and refined.
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JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
So they’re trying to sweeten the appeal of the variant by going with the Smithsonian mono coloring. After all, the filming model and the AMT model were near-identical, aside from a few small details, which wouldn’t really be enough just justify a variant, for most people.
Then they’re offering an accurate version and a repaint, more than anything.
Then they’re offering an accurate version and a repaint, more than anything.
