https://startrek.tomy.com/enterprise.html#contribute-for-rewardSo Tomy is crowdfunding a 350:1 scale 32" long Die cast Replica of the TOS Enterprise to be delivered next year.
They may or may not make the crowd fund goal -- they already lowered the number of required backers from 5000 to 2500 and extended the campaign by a couple of weeks.
They are doing a crap job of marketing it as well - All the "toy guys" I follow on the you tubes haven't covered it, and I saw it based on a FB ad.. who uses FB anymore?
And at a price of $600 a lot of people are going to think- yeah that is $600 I can use for food or gas and aren't looking for a new luxury geek toy.
I wasn't either, but the thing is beautiful. They appear to have tried to really copy the 11 foot model in the Smithsonian as well as could be done , and similar models in the past have sold for more, and of course became more valuable over time. the previous time a company did a model this size they sold it originally for $1200 and on the rare occasions they come up for sale they are $5000-7000. I am seriously considering ordering a second so I can sell it and pay for both..I suspect by the time it is delivered ( assuming its made) it will already have doubled in price.
But check it out.. (but be aware the nacell lights appear purple because of the cameras they were using - they have other videos posted where they are screen accurate)
But rotating Nacells, flashing formations lights, working shuttle bay
