Movies Star Trek U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1764 Special Glow in the Dark Issue Die-Cast Metal Vehicle Interphase Special Movies Star Trek Die-Cast Metal Vehicles Item No.: No. 10493 Manufacturer: Eaglemoss Collections Includes: Stand, magazine Action Feature: Glows in the Dark Retail: $24.99 Availability: 2018 Other: Special Edition
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I like Star Trek, and I stayed away from the Eaglemoss Collections. There are too many good ones. I caved on the U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1764 Special Glow in the Dark Issue. It glows in the dark - and I like that - plus it's a ship that makes appearances in the 21st century Trek after it disappeared on the original series in the 1960s. Who would have guessed?

The Constitution-class ship is mostly tinted in green, and it glows pretty brightly thanks to the paint. The nacelles are plastic, but the rest seems to be metal without any unsightly stand ports. The base has a clear clip that holds on to the ship, plus a smattering of decent details. Little windows are painted, and the caps on the nacelles are yellow - more or less how it looks on the show when it begins to disappear in the web of the Tholians. The proportions seem about right for a just-under-5-inch vehicle, and while there's always room for more detail work I don't want to pay for it. I appreciate that I'm not paying for the privilege of squinting at my marvelous new toy.

The package is sold as a subscription, which means you get a magazine. It has some nice glossy photos about the ship, the episode in which it debuted, and some of its subsequent appearances. It's more interesting than a bio-card, and it's a lot like a hacked-down issue of The Star Trek Communicator. I assume it's here mostly for licensing purposes, but it's a neat idea for a product and other collector brands would be well-served to consider this approach. Infotainment! Collectrivia. Crap in a bag. It's all good.

It's a good ship, and not a toy. The stand is metal and plastic with a soft bottom, so as not to scratch your shelves. Getting one of these makes it seem like I should have bought more, which is a bad thing to experience a few years in to a collectible series. As a weird one-off, I love this. I don't know if I'd want hundreds of them at $25 each, but I'd certainly like to grab a few more.

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