Star Trek: The Next Generation Enterprise D Ship

After a long long wait due to the extended delays from Art Asylum (AA) for their rendition of the the USS Enterprise-D, all I can say that it was well worth the wait. This toy or model is near perfection that the reason for the delay was probably because Art Asylum wanted it to be perfect. Well, almost perfect. I'll explain the flaws later. Overall, they got the model right. Unlike their Enterprise-E which was a disappointment, the Ent-D in my opinion is a winner. Every tiny bit of detail on the ship from all the painted windows to the tiny ship registrations on some parts of the hull, down to the colour scheme of the ship, the guys from AA have not missed a single detail, well except for the missing windows on the neck section of the engineering section. Kinda disappointed abt this as there were windows on the prototype models prior to its development... Other than that, this model is just perfect and a great model to represent the Galaxy Class Enterprise-D. This one knocks the...Read more

I have the playmates 1701-D a and a micro machines enterprise. The paymates version lacks really any kind of good paint job. The micromachine has good paint but the aztec is is over the top. This diamond select has plenty of detail and the paint for the most part (more on this later) is good. The sound effects and lighting are first rate and I really like the saucer seperation ability.
As for negatives, there are two. First, the paint job on the neck is not star trek, there are no windows at all. I dont know what happened but it looks strange. They have a fix for it if you contact them. They will send out decals that you can put on. I have not tried this yet so I dont know. The second problem is that getting the thing mounted on the display stand is a excercise in balance. It just does not feel sturdy at all.
Otherwise this is a great replica!

I really like the model and it is very detailed relative to others I've seen. The magnetic separation works well and holds the ship together quite well when connected. It makes for a very "swooshable" ship. The lights look great and really are an important element to convey what the ship is all about. I'm not terribly keen on the voice clips, but that's just me, I get tired of the same collection of noises being repeated over and over again on any toy.

The stand however could use some work. The entire weight of the model is supported on a rather flimsy ball joint, and since the ship is so heavily front-loaded (at least here on earth, in orbit or at warp speed it's probably not a problem.) I wasn't able to support the ship with the single stand, so right now I have both stands supporting it, but that requires the ship to be positioned in a nose-down attitude (since the saucer stand is too short), which looks kind of silly. A fully articulating stand that supports...Read more