Comments on: Round 2 Models: Wonderfest Wrap-Up! https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/ Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:41:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: fortress https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-704 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-704 1/350 Scale subjects are really a treat to say the least
I am sure there is a huge investment factor to take under
foot when you do a subject like that a large 1701 would
be the proper choice to make but I would like to add for
future consideration;

The Klingon Bird of Prey
U.S.S. Reliant
U.S.S. Excelsior
Galileo-7 Shuttlecraft(TOS)

fortress

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By: airwolfflies https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-649 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:15:07 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-649 Howdy, JamieH

I have already left a comment inquiring of the possibility of a Star Trek Nebula Class starship as seen on Star Trek The Next Generation and at the end of the Star Trek movie, Generations. The ship that beamed up Picard and Riker was the USS Faragut, a Nebula Class starship.

So, again my question is there any possibility of Round 2 Models or AMT coming out with a clear styrene edition of this beautiful and wicked looking starship in the same scale as the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D With Fiber Optic Lighting System or the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D in blue styrene that is 18 inches long when assembled?

Whew! Sorry for the long question, but Star Trek modeling always gets my heart a pumpin’! I know for a fact that if this awesome starship is released either in clear styrene or blue like the Fiber Optic Lighted USS Enterprise NCC-1701D the sales of this kit will go through the roof!

Thank you for bringing these Star Trek kits out so all of us fans out here can enjoy them!

airwolfflies

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By: airwolfflies https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-648 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:32:53 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-648 With all the main focus on the Star Trek kits, is there any possibility of a kit of clear styrene of the Nebula Class starship as seen in Star Trek The Next Generation and at the end of the Star Trek movie Generations? The ship that beamed up Picard and Riker was the USS Faragut, a Nebula Class starship.

This starship design is so cool and totally awesome. Is there any indication this kit could come out in the near future? I bet if this kit came out, the sales would go through the roof! If it DOES come out, I will buy FOUR (4) of these marvelous kits. Two for lighting up with fiber optics and LEDs and Flo-Tubes, and one for a static display and the last for my Star Trek collection of unbuilt kits.

Thanks, guys for bringing out the new line of Star Trek kits for all of us fans out here.

airwolfflies

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By: Mach7 https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-596 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:21:05 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-596 Some good points ModelMan.

The C-57d and refit both have all the tooling already done and paid for. At this point they are basically re-pops.

My $ estimate is based on the Moebius J-2. I can’t believe the big E would be less expensive to produce than the big J-2. The E would have less parts, but more really large parts. I think this is the crux(sp?) of the decision R2 has to make. A 1/350 Enterprise must be a huge investment, one I think would pay off big, but what do I know. R2 will do what is best for them, which is ultimately what is best for us the kit builders.

Again just the ramblings of a 50 year old builder who really knows nothing.

Jamie, Thanks to you and R2 for letting us have this view of how you guys do things! Believe me it’s really interesting and informative.

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By: ModelMan https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-595 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:40:33 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-595 >As a kit builder I am expecting The big E to come in around $110.

I was hoping Jamie meant it would be less expensive than $80, not more. Consider that the C-57d with all it’s massive plastic goes for (well) under $80. A base kit with a base price and a few “plus packs” could be a great way to go.

If the standard kit was $110+ and then plus packs on top of that, well, to build one of each of the three versions of the ship means $330+ required accessories! That gets crazy and will kill sales before they start.

Whereas if the base kit was closer to $60 w/ the $20 plus packs, then all three could be built for under $300. That’s far more reasonable. As much as I want this model, $110+ each would hurt very, very badly. It should not cost as much to kit bash a Scout or Tug class as it would the Connie herself. There are going to be a lot of secondary hulls laying around when all is said and done.

>golden ticket.

Maybe one in ten kits have a special sticker or print. One in a hundred kits have a rebate -or credit for a different kit. And one in a thousand have a really unique prize along the lines mentioned previously.

My inspiration for this goes way back to the mid-80’s with Grenadier models and their ‘Golden Orc’ AD&D promotion. I forget what the prize was, but finding a gold plated orc in their 10 pack gave one a chance at a raffle for something really big.

A gold plated star fleet badge maybe…

Put me on the payroll and I’ll go to work on some real ideas. :p

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By: Mach7 https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-594 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:06:19 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-594 Glad to hear she is not dead! I like the idea of separate kits. A shuttle bay kit, maybe an upgraded/lighted bussard collector kit, alternate version kits (Cage/ WNMHGB/Production/mirror universe). Just a few ideas I’m sure you guys thought of.

As a kit builder I am expecting The big E to come in around $110. If you can keep the upgrade packs around $20 I would buy a few.

I know you can’t discuss propitiatory info here, but am I close?

Thanks

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-593 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:07:40 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-593 ModelMan- We’re starting to be cautiously optimistic about this again. We’re still in no position to guarantee it yet. Covering the tooling cost is indeed the biggest (and only real) hurdle. We had thought of most of your ideas in our little brainstorm session the other day. I don’t want to state our plans for what to include or not include at this point because what we do may change from what I thought we would include. As for the price point, don’t expect us to maintain the $80 of the Refit kit. Coming to see our offices would be a prize? I don’t know about that. Really not much to see here. I do like the golden ticket idea but I’m not sure how much that will spur sales for a 1 in a thousand chance of winning.

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By: ModelMan https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-592 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:46:07 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-592 >…“what would you do if we don’t go through with a 1:350 TOS E?” to “what could we add to a limited edition first release of a 1:350 TOS kit to really make it special?”.

Well that is certainly encouraging to hear.

If you folks are concerned about the cost of tooling, I’m sure it is realized by all that those costs will only be more expensive as early as next year for 2012 release. This is not a kit that will fail you, the time for it is now.

What could be added is a tough question. Being truly ‘limited’ would be good. These collector tins you guys are issuing are worthless in unlimited runs. I imagine a tin to contain this kit would be prohibitive.

Custom box art is one obvious idea. Casting in clear plastic? How about a sound chip w/ ship noises? A lighting kit would be too much $ and could be done better, more cheaply by us on our side of the build; Freshly autographed boxes; prints of Shatner w/ the original three footer?

If your license also included the Franz Joseph designs, then a Tug’s ‘tow pad’ and cargo container would be very cool, a custom neck to build a Scout class; an extra nacelle, that kind of thing. This kit is going to be bashed into a lot of custom designs for many years to come.

What could be added depends on what’s going in already too. Will you folks follow suit w/ the 1k version and include alternate plastic for each of the three screen versions of the ship as standard? If not, then that would be a nice touch, for example.

How about what could be left out of ‘regular edition’ kits to make them more cost attractive than the first edition? Is a shuttle bay in the mix? Then leave it out of the regular run, but perhaps sell it later as a plus pack or something. Maybe plus packs are the way to go. The base kit builds one version of the ship for a base price. Then, plus packs are sold including shuttle bay and shuttles, alternate domes and such for the 1st and 2nd pilot versions, alternate decals, etc.

As is, I figure this kit will be in the $80 range as the other 350 kits. Adding more cost to a limited edition could cut into sales very harshly.

Perhaps a ‘golden ticket’ of some kind which entitles the winner to any one of a number of possibilities – a trip to a star trek event, tour of Round two’s US offices, shwag, additional kits,… something which gets round two some big publicity…

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-591 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:21:10 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-591 james-just click on the big red rectangle in the middle of the page to find the online survey.
http://round2models.com/xtras/wonderfest10.php

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By: jamesironwolf https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/666-round-2-models-wonderfest-wrap-up/#comment-590 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:51:22 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=666#comment-590 well i would like to have a 1/1000 Akira & 1/1000 Reliant
1/1000 birds of prey would be nice too,
but i would like to see the 1/350 tos E more
already have a spot set for it between the 1/350 NX-01 and the 1/350 1701-A
with what you did to the 350 A not sure what you could do to make the 350 tos better if the same work and detail goes in to it , which from what we’ve heard seems like you guys are doing good.
as to the survey i will send it out soon , had trouble finding it on surveymonkey, the last question , what new licenses
would like to see the BIG ships in 1/2500 to go with your 1/2500 enterprises , i was thinking the stardestroyer, battlestars, and Babylon 5 ships.
reissue of the 1/72 starfury might not be bad either.

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