(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 was published by Eaglemoss Collections under its Hero Collector imprint.
In partnership with Perfect World (Arc Games)/Cryptic Studios and authorized and licensed by ViacomCBS Consumer Products, it was available from company webshops and other specialty retailers in a number of countries worldwide.
Each issue included a magazine and a hand-painted [1] 100 to 140 mm-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) fit within the windowbox package (beneath the model) and commonly featured 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 was included with each issue.
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Starship models re-scaled to in-universe dimensions |
Ben Robinson, John Ainsworth, and Thomas Marrone (β), the project's managers, utilized 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, was 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 magazines' text content.
Ainsworth coordinated the production of the physical miniatures from start to finish, while Fabio Passaro's Meshweaver Productions provided format conversions. [2] Notably, a variety of ship designs from the game, including a number by designers Marrone, Hector Ortiz (β), and Ian Richards (β), were being mass-produced as miniatures for the first time.

Displayed models
Developed from Adam Ihle's prize-winning Odyssey-class design for the game's 2011 Design the Next Enterprise contest, Eaglemoss/Hero Collector previously manufactured two starship miniatures of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F (β) (in two distinct liveries) as Bonus Editions within the first Official Starships Collection partwork.
On 10 August 2021, project manager Ben Robinson announced that the line would conclude following the release of the twentieth issue, due to an insufficient response at retail. [3]
This series was a sister publication of the Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, Star Trek: Discovery The Official Starships Collection, Star Trek: The Next Generation Build The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, and Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection partworks.
Issues
No. | Cover | Title/Contents | Model | Lng* | Scale |
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01 | ![]() |
USS Gagarin NCC-97930 (β)
06/06/2020
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134 mm | 1:3673 |
02 | ![]() |
USS Chimera NCC-97400 (β)
06/06/2020
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134 mm | 1:3432 |
03 | ![]() |
USS Andromeda NCC-92100 (β)
10/07/2020
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127 mm | 1:5472 |
04 | ![]() |
IKS Bortasqu' (β)
10/07/2020
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134 mm | 1:8403 |
05 | ![]() |
USS Buran NCC-96400 (β)
30/07/2020
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138 mm | 1:3232 |
06 | ![]() |
RRW Vastam (β)
28/08/2020
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108 mm | 1:9022 |
07 | ![]() |
USS Pathfinder NCC-97600 (β)
08/10/2020
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140 mm | 1:3081 |
08 | ![]() |
Jem'Hadar Vanguard Carrier (β)
03/12/2020
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134 mm | 1:10694 |
09 | ![]() |
USS Europa NCC-97640 (β)
15/12/2020
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120 mm | 1:3467 |
10 | ![]() |
IKS Mogh (β)
15/12/2020
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120 mm | 1:4621 |
11 | ![]() |
USS Avenger NCC-97500 (β)
16/02/2021
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135 mm | 1:3148 |
12 | ![]() |
IKS Mat'ha (β)
07/03/2021
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96 mm l 100 mm w |
1:3250 |
13 | ![]() |
RRW Aelahl (β)
11/04/2021
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114 mm | 1:6846 |
14 | ![]() |
USS Shran NCC-91413 (β)
12/04/2021
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99 mm | 1:2237 |
15 | ![]() |
USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F (Refit) (β)
19/07/2021
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135 mm | 1:7715 |
16 | ![]() |
AFS Khitomer CSN-01 (β)
24/06/2021
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135 mm | 1:5614 |
17 | ![]() |
USS Edison NCC-95160 (β)
02/08/2021 |
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~100 mm | |
18 | ![]() |
Tholian Recluse (β)
31/08/2021 |
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~115 mm | |
19 | ![]() |
CUV Damar (β)
30/09/2021 |
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~97 mm | |
20 | ![]() |
USS Concorde NCC-94500 (β)
11/2021 |
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~137 mm |
*Starship length as measured from bow to stern, where applicable.
Magazine binder
Binders capable of holding twenty magazines debuted at the company's US webshop in May 2021.
Gallery
Appendices
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]
See also
Eaglemoss Collections/Hero Collector publications |
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Starship collections: Official • Discovery • STO • Universe • Lower Decks |
Other collections: Build the Enterprise-D • Busts |
Book series: A Celebration • Designing Starships • Graphic Novel Collection • Nerd Search • Shipyards • Illustrated Handbook |
Other books: Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness • Star Trek Cocktails • The Book of Grudge |
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