Comments on: New Johnny Lightning Ships Unveiled At Wizard World

By: Harry Mudd

Harry Mudd — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:07:24 +0000

As regards Furuta Vs JL, I find it’s not as easy as one bettering the other. Some Furuta trek ships have better details, and some JL have better details. It’s Dependant on the actual ship/model. I think the Furuta Galileo is much more detailed, for example. Yet the ‘vanilla’ 1701 is JL all the way.

I own wave 1 twice – 6 on display, and 6 sealed for posterity. As regards further waves, I will only buy the ones I want….not all of them for collecting’s sake. For example, I’m not a big Next Gen fan. I like the TOS stuff, and the TOS movie era stuff (like TWOK’s Reliant…cool!). Wave 2 I bypassed completely, as they were the same ships with a bit of black paint representing ‘battle damage’. That’s just a con. And yeah, I was dissapointed it was the ‘wrong’ Defiant. I’m still after a DS9 Defiant of *any* brand. I keep getting outbid, though.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:11:23 +0000

I don’t have any for sale but you can check out pictures of all 4 releases at http://www.jlcollector.com. Here’s wave 4: http://www.jlcollector.com/trekr4.html Go to the index from there and down to Show Biz, Fantasy, Model Kits, & Comic Books selection bar to find the others.

Enjoy!

By: lvmainman

lvmainman — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:53:42 +0000

I hear startrekexp.com will be carrying them when they arrive

By: TrekLog » Blog Archive » Die Wizard World Convention enthüllt neue Raumschiffmodelle von Johnny Lightning

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:34:04 +0000

[...] Während die Augen der Trekkie-Welt sich vor fast 2 Wochen auf die Las Vegas Creation Convention richteten, gab es auch einige Trek Spielzeug News auf der Wizard World Convention in Chicago. September 2007 bringt somit eine willkommene Überraschung für Fans der Star Trek-Raumschiffe von Johnny Lightning. Nach der dritten Auflage von Schiffen vor ca. 2 Jahren, gab es Gerüchte, dass die Spielzeuge seitens Johnny Lightning eingestellt werden würden. Wie auch immer, Verkäufszahlen über den Erwartungen führten zu einer vierten Auflage von Schiffen. Dazu gehörten die USS Enterprise 1701-D aus Star Trek VII: Generations, der Borg-Würfel aus Star Trek VIII: First Contact samt Borgsphäre, die USS Majestic NCC-31060, die USS Voyager NCC-74656 mit Landegestell, und die USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A. Diese detaillierten Schiffe sind ab September bei Toys R Us erhältlich (zu erwartender Preis: $4 pro Stück). Der Trek Movie Report bietet einen exklusiven Blick auf die neuen Modelle (Bild 1, Bild 2). [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:31:32 +0000

Yeah, lets ditch the repainted TOS Defiant and give DS9’s USS Defiant some love! Bring on the NX-74205 please.

By: Lendorien

Lendorien — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:53:44 +0000

Out of curiousity, does anyone have wargaming rules for using these models in wargaming?

By: James

James — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:04:02 +0000

The white ships are the White Lightning variants, they can be hard to find if these are popular enough. Series 1 had WL variants, series 2 WL’s had white delta shields on the belly.

By: TomBot2007

TomBot2007 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:11:04 +0000

i guess i’m the only one that was somewhat disappointed with these? I bought the Enterprise & Klingon D-7 in giddy excitement, thinking that they were metal diecast versions, only to get them home and discover that the bases were metal, not the ships!!! I was angry, and wondering, why I didn’t get a metal ship and a plactic base instead!?!?! I was put off, and didn’t buy anymore after that. More for all you… And don’t say metal is too expensive, it’s being used by other manufacturers, Star Wars die-cast stuff for example.

By: Xplodin' Nacelle

Xplodin' Nacelle — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:50:00 +0000

I hope to get ahold of some of these. in the past, whenever I got time to go look for them all I was able to find was about 25 Galileo Shuttlecrafts.

By: Kregano

Kregano — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:55:15 +0000

I don’t like that Enterprise-D (the one next to the Ent-A). The Aztecing and different colored parts stand out too much, though it (hopefully) could have been the lighting. The other Ent-D looks good