13.5 Additional possible Special or XL Editions identified on social media.13.4 Additional possible Bonus Editions from February 2019 survey.13.3 Additional possible Bonus Editions identified on social media.13.2 Remaining ships from 2012 promotional poster.13.1 Remaining unreleased issue from 2012 convention list.2.1 Confirmed upcoming Bonus Edition issues.Other collections: Build the Enterprise-D A number of products have also been re-released in new packaging.Įaglemoss Collections/Hero Collector publications
Gift premiums and online versions of many issues are also made available to subscribers.įollowing the conclusion of Standard Edition releases in the UK, Bonus, Special, and XL Editions, shuttlecraft sets, resin dedication plaques, magazine binders, and hardcover reference books have continued to be produced for the line. Reference photographs of studio models, production stills, and concept art reproductions are also used extensively.ĭetailed "in-universe" information about the vessel's history, crew, weapons, and technology is explored within starship profiles and in other feature articles. 2D renders are often used for the publication's illustrations and newly-created annotated schematics by its art editors in the UK.Įach accompanying twenty-page magazine (measuring 219 × 284 mm, except as noted) features comprehensive articles about the design, filming, and on-screen appearances of the original studio model(s).Īlongside the use of archival material, new interviews were conducted with a number of Star Trek cast members and production staff for the publication. The models are modified, retexturized, and converted into CAD files by these contractors before CAD tooling masters are created at the Holinail Group, Eaglemoss' manufacturing partner in Dongguan, China. Where existing models are unavailable, unusable, or deemed unsuitable for use, many models have been commissioned by the company and wholly recreated by independent contractors including Bonchune, Lebowitz, Fabio Passaro's Meshweaver Productions, and Ed Giddings of Cgreactor. A number of original models have also been provided by other former production staffers and producers, including David Lombardi and Dave Rossi. Alongside studio assets, starship designers including Rob Bonchune, Adam Buckner, David Carson, Dan Curry, Daren Dochterman, Doug Drexler, Pierre Drolet, John Eaves, Sean Hargreaves, Alex Jaeger, Matt Jefferies, Greg Jein, Joe Jennings, Koji Kuramura, "Mojo" Lebowitz, Jim Martin, Brandon MacDougall, Ed Miarecki, Michael Okuda, Andrew Probert, Mark Rademaker, Alain Rivard, Nilo Rodis-Jamero, Rick Sternbach, Sean Tourangeau, and "Meni" Tsirbas have built or assisted in the construction of these models, provided the original CG files, or have shared background material about their designs. Many production-used 3D studio models have been adapted for use as miniatures. Robinson has also acted as a co-author and co-editor of the magazine content, which consists of a mix of "in-universe" articles and real world production POV articles dealing with the design and usage of the models in question, alongside Marcus Riley (another former member of the Fact Files team) and Mark Wright, and continues to contribute starship articles, much of which eventually finding its way into the company's lines of spin-off reference book series. John Ainsworth, Hero Collector's Development Manager, assumed many of Robinson's roles for the production of the miniatures after the first 120 issues.
A Star Trek Fact Files veteran, reference book author, and custodian of his own Star Trek production art archive, Robinson oversees the preparation of the magazines and the selection, commissioning, and decoration of the starship miniatures. Unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon, Eaglemoss' Star Trek starship model line has become by far the largest starship model line of any entertainment media franchise ever to be released by a single company – especially when also taking the similar follow-up Discovery, Online, Universe, and Lower Decks spin-off/sister collections into account.īen Robinson and his team utilize original CGI studio models for reference whenever they are available.
Notably, an unparalleled variety of ship designs have been produced as display models for this line, many for the first time, beyond the scope of all other mass-production manufacturers. Authorized and licensed by Paramount Consumer Products, it is available in a number of countries worldwide.Įach fortnightly issue includes a hand-painted ABS and die-cast metal scaled replica of a starship from the Star Trek universe. Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection is a British partwork magazine and product line that is published by Eaglemoss Collections under its Hero Collector imprint. Production stream for a model without pre-existing studio CG assets Starship models re-scaled to in-universe dimensions
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