Star Trek Online Starships Collection

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(written from a Production point of view)

The Star Trek Online Starships Collection is a British partwork magazine and product line that debuted on 6 June 2020 and is published by Eaglemoss Collections under its Hero Collector imprint.

In partnership with Perfect World (Arc Games)/Cryptic Studios and authorized and licensed by CBS Consumer Products, it is available from company webshops and other specialty retailers in a number of countries worldwide.

Each issue includes a magazine and a hand-painted ^[1] four to six inch-long ABS and die-cast metal scaled replica of a starship from Star Trek Online, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

A twenty-page magazine (measuring 145 × 183 mm) fits within the windowbox package (beneath the model) and commonly features three main sections, including an "in-universe" profile of the starship, a behind-the-scenes exploration of the ship's design history, and an article about broader STO lore.

A 50%-off coupon for a Tier 6 starship for the video game is included with each issue.

Ben Robinson, John Ainsworth, and Thomas Marrone (β), the project's managers, utilize the original CGI models from the video game as reference for the miniatures and for many of the illustrations and orthographic views within the magazine.

Marrone, the lead artist for the game's Starship and UI art teams and a STO starship designer in his own right, is the lead art editor, the creator of many renders for the magazine, the source of paint guides of the game's CG models, and the author of the text content. Ainsworth coordinates the commissioning, CAD prototyping, decoration, tooling, and production of the physical miniatures. [2] Notably, a variety of ship designs from the game, including many by designers Marrone, Hector Ortiz (β), and Ian Richards (β), are being mass-produced as miniatures for the first time.

Developed from Adam Ihle's prize-winning Odyssey-class design for the game's 2011 Design the Next Enterprise contest, Eaglemoss/Hero Collector has previously manufactured two starship miniatures of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F (β) (in two distinct liveries) as Bonus Editions within its Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection partwork.

This series is a sister publication of The Official Starships Collection, Discovery Starships Collection, Build The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, and Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection partworks.

Issues

No.	Title/Contents	Lng*	Scale
01	USS Gagarin NCC-97930 (β) 06/06/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Gagarin NCC-97930, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The USS Gagarin, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: "Yard 39" (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	134 mm	1:3673
02	USS Chimera NCC-97400 (β) 06/06/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Chimera NCC-97400, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing USS Chimera, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: Captain Nog (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	134 mm	1:3432
03	USS Andromeda NCC-92100 (β) 10/07/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Andromeda NCC-92100, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing USS Andromeda, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: The Iconians (β) Return, pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	127 mm	1:5472
04	IKS Bortasqu' (β) 10/07/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 IKS Bortasqu', pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing IKS Bortasqu', pp. 10-13 STO Lore: Captain Koren (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	134 mm	1:8403
05	USS Buran NCC-96400 (β) 30/07/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Buran NCC-96400, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The Updated USS Buran, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: Ellen Landry (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	138 mm	1:3232
06	RRW Vastam (β) 28/08/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 RRW Vastam Romulan Command Warbird, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The RRW Vastam, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: The Romulan Republic (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	108 mm	1:9022
07	USS Pathfinder NCC-97600 (β) 08/10/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Pathfinder NCC-97600, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The Pathfinder, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: The Four-Quadrant Strategy (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	140 mm	1:3081
08	Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (β) 03/12/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: The Dominion (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	134 mm	1:10694
09	USS Europa NCC-97640 (β) 15/12/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Europa NCC-97640, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The Europa, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: Starfleet Operations (β), pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	120 mm	1:3467
10	IKS Mogh (β) 15/12/2020 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 IKS Mogh, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The IKS Mogh, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: J'mpok's (β) Road To War, pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	120 mm	1:4621
11	USS Avenger NCC-97500 (β) 16/02/2021 Contents, p. 2 Assembly Steps, p. 3 USS Avenger NCC-97500, pp. 4-7 Orthos, pp. 8-9 Designing The USS Avenger, pp. 10-13 STO Lore: Starfleet (β) At War, pp. 14-17 In-Game Stats, p. 18	135 mm	1:3148
12	IKS Mat'ha (β) 02/2021	~135 mm
13	RRW Aelahl (β) 03/2021	~135 mm
14	USS Shran NCC-91413 (β) 05/2021	~114 mm

Confirmed upcoming issues

No.	Cover	Title	Model
TBA		USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F (Yorktown-class refit) (β)
TBA		AFS Khitomer CSN-01 (β)
TBA		USS Edison NCC-95160 (β)

Contents, size, and scaling info courtesy of Wixiban.com. [3]
*Starship length as measured from bow to stern, where applicable.

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Footnotes

↑ The models are painted freehand and with the use of paint masks (templates), alongside pad and tampo printing processes. The earliest prototypes are 3D printed in resin and, once approved by Eaglemoss, Perfect World, and CBS, the models are manufactured by the Holinail Group in China using a variety of injection, vacuum, and compression molding techniques. [1]

External links

Eaglemoss.com - official international webshop
HeroCollector.com - official collector portal
Coleção Star Trek - official Brazil webshop
Wixiban.com - Star Trek Online: The Official Starships Collection index

[1] The models are painted freehand and with the use of paint masks (templates), alongside pad and tampo printing processes. The earliest prototypes are 3D printed in resin and, once approved by Eaglemoss, Perfect World, and CBS, the models are manufactured by the Holinail Group in China using a variety of injection, vacuum, and compression molding techniques. [1]

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