New Enterprise Coming Soon to Starship Collection

The official Star Trek Starships collection from Eaglemoss has teased that their next special edition release (following Deep Space Nine) will be the JJ Abrams' version of the Enterprise using the CGI model used in Star Trek Into Darkness as the template. The ship release is part of the "special edition" line that costs $40 each and runs parallel to the regular edition releases.

The Starships Collection regular run, about to launch in Canada but already available in UK and US, releases a new starship model every two weeks. Called an "issue" because of the magazine that comes with the model, the ships chosen are based on those used throughout the history of Star Trek in the TV shows and movies. The cost of each is $20 or $40 a month if join the club that sends them out in pairs of two.

I joined the US version late last year and have to admit I am surprised with how much I liked them. I figured would collect the first 4 or so sets and call it a day but if the quality remains I might go for the entire 70+ ship run. Or until I run out of space to display which can get to be problem when talking about that many figures. Depending on model needs they ships are made out of a mix of mostly plastic with some metal and come with a stand that is specific to each ship and as long as don't drop on tile are very much more durable than would think. I dropped the Romulan Warbird down a flight of steps and despite multiple bounces nothing broke or scratched. Not willing to do the same unintentional drop test to the others (as of this writing have issues 1-10).

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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Blu-ray Trailers

CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount have posted the trailer for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 6 Blu-ray set and "movie" that will be released soon (no exact release date yet). As with the previous set, it will have a new HD transfer with updated special effects (that still fit the shows looks and feel of the time) along with a bunch of new extra features. The 26 episode season is considered on of the best due to memorable episodes such as "Chain of Command" (Picard tortured by a Cardassian), Relics (Montgomery Scott on the Enterprise-D), Tapestry, and more. As for Chain of Command, that two part episode will get the "movie" treatment as it is combined into a "seamlessly edited feature-length" presentation much like previous two-parters from the other season complete with its own special features. Below are the trailers for both.

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The Worf of Starfleet Parody Trailer

For some humor, here is a "trailer" called The Worf of Starfleet that is a parody of the The Wolf of Wall Street trailers.

Star Trek: Enterprise Season Four Coming in April

CBS Home Entertainment has released a teaser for the upcoming release of the final season of Star Trek: Enterprise on Blu-ray. The set is scheduled to come out on April 29th and will include all 22 episodes of the series. It will also include new commentaries, deleted scenes, and outtakes. New featurettes include the four part "Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise" documentary and "In Conversation: Writing Star Trek Enterprise" with the staff of the series. I love Trek, but frankly none of the Enterprise sets interested. At least until this one. Season four was when the series finally reached its true potentially, telling stories that everyone wanted Trek to tell from the very first episode which was to explain some of the origins the universe we all loved while still continue to "Explore strange new worlds." The series wanted to be dark when it should have just been a fun adventure in the vein of The Original Series with the occasional filling of gaps (like it did finally getting into the meat of the founding of the Federation). Not all the ideas were good nor all bad but over all the fourth was probably the funnest and closest to what Star Trek should be - fun adventure that explores the human condition through allegory. You can pre-order the season set on Amazon.

IDW May 2014 Star Trek Comics

Sadly still nothing on the Star Trek movie front. I would have thought something would be in motion but the entire year might be quiet as really they have until the end of the year to get a script and director. As long as the filming starts summer 2015, they can easily make the likely release date of 2016 for 50th Anniversary of Star Trek. On to IDW Publishing who has released their publishing plans for May 2014. Not much on the Star Trek front with only issue. If IDW is trolling the bottom of the well by doing yet another photo manipulation issue with John Byrne, I once again toss out the idea that they need to adapt the last few years of Trek novels starting with Star Trek: Destiny trilogy. For the full details of IDW's other books including GI Joe, TMNT, Transformers, and more click here.

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