Incredible Star Trek Ships at Factory Entertainment SDCC 2023! 

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Thank you!

@@MCECentral yes 👍

It’s the refit not the A The Aztec is different on both I know I build the 1/350 scale polar lights which I’d built correctly, painted and lighted Is just as impressive if not more than these ships been showed at literally a fraction of the price

Hey, get me one too while you're there. Many thanks 😊

😂 yeah it’s very expensive due to cost of licenses and size of run.

What would you estimate such a thing should cost? Seriously asking. I have no idea, just used to muck around with the old AMT kits back in the day.

@@jimjam51075 4K tops-see below for correction

@@jimjam51075 There’s two costs involved: Materials: •The Polar Lights kit is around $120. •Certain “aftermarket” corrections to particular components could run another $400, depending on far you really want go down the rabbit hole. •Photo-etch detailing would be another $150. •Paint masks for the irredentist “Aztec” hull paneling is prob another $200. •Good quality LED lighting kit and control board with all the bells and whistles is another $300. •High Quality decals/paint masks is another $75-$125 •Good quality model base and internal metal armature is prob $350-400 -Subtotal: $1400 +/- Then there’s the labor: To pull off a quality build you’ll need a very experienced model builder. Just as a frame of reference on how much time can be spent on a build, the “Aztec” airbrush paint scheme on just the top of the saucer alone can take up to 5 days alone. Factor in the rest of the model’s assembly scope, painting and detailing would be roughly 3.5k in labor. Include shipping and shipping insurance costs. So ok, prob 7.5k for the same level of quality that you see on the screen. So the markup by the model production company is 100%. Ok, I may have been off by 3.5k 😂 I think whats really driving this price is all the marketing/overhead/profit by a big model shop like the one making the model. And also the type of customer they serve, who wants it IMMEDIATELY, and also has the resources to just give them a credit card number on their website inflates the number. There’s a lot of very talented independent Professional Model Builders out there who are basically “garage shops”, but with fantastic levels of quality. Many are on RU-vid, say for instance “TrekWorks”. Amazing, super high quality custom and unique model builds by someone who takes a lot of pride in their work.

People sell them online for between $1k-$2k for a fully done kit that honestly look better than these@@jimjam51075

They're prototypes

You're absolutely correct, I talked to a representative from Factory Entertainment, and they told me that these were being made by the same people that made them for the movies.She even mentioned that some have been paid in full already.

Yes they are charging general public , the Movie Studio price $$$$, they need to reevaluate maybe make stripped back versions and bring that price to a friendly level middle class workers could possibly afford , ,🤔🤔

Yes he did!