Comments on: Star Trek Model Kits: The Why’s And Why Not’s https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/ Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17469 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:27:12 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17469 In reply to DestructoOne.

Cool. And thanks for your interest. Personally, I’m a fan of the ship’s design myself.

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By: DestructoOne https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17467 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:04:58 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17467 In reply to JamieH.

No worries about your answer being long, it conveyed the situation clearly and it is very much appreciated. It also gives an insight on the back ground work that would goes into the creation of large scale models. Well my hopes for a 1:1000 Akira class will not be dashed, I will be at least one person who will buy in on that kit if and when you guys build it. Thanks again for taking time to answer my questions.

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17457 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:32:30 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17457 In reply to DestructoOne.

The major hurdle is the tooling investment. I have to admit that it has been years since I have seriously looked at what it would take to do the ship in 1:1000 scale, but for the sake of discussion, let’s assume it would approach the budget of the 1:30 TOS Enterprise (it likely wouldn’t be that high. Maybe 60-75% considering the size difference and how the big E had interior parts, optional parts to make the pilot versions, etc)

Then the question becomes IF we were to do another kit of that stature, which would we do? Competing ideas would be the D7 or Ktinga Klingon ships and something like a 1/1000 1701-D. Those three ships carry more weight with a wider range of modelers and Star Trek fans than the Akira.

But, what if we went down the road of a program akin to the 1701 Club as a method of getting the kit into the hands of those that want it. 1) Sales to the club members would only be the tip of the iceberg as far as return on that kind of investment. Sales beyond the club is where we really get to make hay. 2) To be honest, the 1701 Club did not deliver on its promise to buy up all of the Premiere Edition kits as soon as they were available. We had 1701 limited edition kits available and more than 2500 people that had responded as wanting them. It took several months to work through our stock of the Premiere Edition and in the end, we had to allow individuals the chance to buy more than one kit and we offered a few for sale on our web store autoworld.com to finally clear them out. I would estimate there are about 500 people out there with 1701 Club t-shirts that never ordered a kit. We understood what we were getting into, and never expected 100% of those 1701 people to come back and buy, but I figured we might only have a 10-20% fall off rate. And I never thought I would ever sweat about whether they would all sell through. The one thing I had underestimated about the 1701 Club was how much coordinating I would have to take on myself and how time consuming writing the reports ended up taking. I’m not saying we’ll never do another program like that again, but I’m not looking forward to the possibility.

Sorry for the long-winded answer. But, that’s the story of the 1:1000 scale possibility for the Akira. Doing one in 1:2500 scale is a different story.

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By: DestructoOne https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17455 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:34:30 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17455 In reply to JamieH.

Just curious, what do you need to get this model produced? I was a member of the 1701 club and contributed early on to get that model out, would the Akira class benefit from something like that, call it the Akira club. A kick starter if you will.

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By: destructoOne https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17445 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:32:26 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17445 In reply to JamieH.

Ok thanks, I will keep checking back periodically hoping for an update.

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17439 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:41:28 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17439 In reply to destructoOne.

Nothing on the horizon, but it is still on my list of kits to do before I… well, it’s on my list of kits to do… 🙂

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By: destructoOne https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-17437 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 04:02:09 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-17437 I found this link while searching for an Akira model kit, I know this thread is 5 years old and seems inactive but any updates as to the 1:1000 scale Akira class starship? the garage kit out there is way too much $$$.

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By: DrTikhon https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-392 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:03:29 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-392 Ok, so I walked into a Hobby Lobby back in April and suddenly fell in love with model kits.

I found out about the akira class model from Memory Alpha and I got extremely excited. I have just now found this website and the news about the akira class is a bummmer.

While it may be a disappointment that its not going to happen for awhile, but I’m just glad you’re making any Star Trek models at all! Thank you for the models!

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By: jockdeboer https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-171 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:58:23 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-171 Very cool stuff. Rome was not built in a day guys! I for one like the honesty. Please do a large scale USS Kelvin.

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By: marc111 https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/194-the-why%e2%80%99s-and-why-not%e2%80%99s/#comment-169 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:10:15 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=194#comment-169 I just saw your announcement that the 350 TOS E is pushed back to 2011. You guys are really missing the boat. Lots of us hve held off from garage kits and other alternatives because you said you would do this in 2010. I am really disapointed and will start looking elsewhere and go back to th garage kit guys as I suspect will alot of your customers.

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