Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection (2024)

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

For the originating Eaglemoss publication of identical name, please see Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection.

Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection is a magazine/display model collectible partwork publication and product line published by Fanhome, a newly in 2021 established imprint of DeAgostini, a major Italian partwork publisher. It is the by Paramount Consumer Products officially licensed successor to the line of the same name as previously marketed by Eaglemoss Collections under its Hero Collector imprint. While the Fanhome iteration was given the same name of its Eaglemoss predecessor, it has in issue selection, scale, as well as in release format execution much more in common with Eaglemoss' later follow-up Star Trek Universe: The Official Starships Collection release. [13]

Each monthly issue includes a die-cast/plastic mixed-media model and a sixteen-page magazine, like the ones as included in the Universe collection (though in the prior, larger 227×155 mm format the "XL" edition namesake sub-collection magazines were ultimately executed in, resulting in a snug fit within Fanhome's box releases), providing both in-universe information and detailing from a real world POV the production design and development of the underlying starship.

In order to get the collection on the right track from the very start, Fanhome solicited the assistance of the to "Trekdom" well-known former Eaglemoss Project Manager Ben Robinson in the same function as a freelance temp. [14] A veteran of all Eaglemoss' prior Star Trek collections, Robinson was by then actually already tenured at (new) Master Replicas, [15] the company that was contracted to sell Eaglemoss' leftover stock, and who had vainly tried to get the license to continue the collection on their own, but which had in August 2023 gone to Fanhome instead. [16] This Robinson did besides his new tenured position at Master Replicas, who graciously allowed its new employee to shortly freelance on the side for the competition, and oversaw Fanhome's November 2024 launch of their Official Starships Collection iteration, [17] which included personally hosting the October 2024 New York Comic Con (NYCC) first-time physical presentation of its first eight models to the general public [18] – a function he had already performed many times over for his previous employer.

On 5 September 2024, the company divulged its planned lineup of the eight inaugural issues, their associated release schedules, prices, and subscription bonus gifts with their release schedules. The intent was revealed to have series subscribers get the first shot at each individual release, before a single issue sale option was offered to non-subscribers the month after the release of the issue in question (which are the dates as announced on the official websites) at a higher price-point and without the free shipping incentive subscribers enjoyed. For subscribers the Collection was set to launch in November 2024. [19]

International availability

The Fanhome iteration of the collection was at its November 2024 launch available to US and UK customers only at first, but became also available in February 2025 to customers in continental EU with their subscription deliveries slated to commence in March as solicited on Fanhome's official German, Dutch (lacking the single issue sales option) and Austrian websites.

Francophone Europe followed suit on 28 August 2025, but in this case sub-licensed by Fanhome to Altaya, a former Spanish partwork publisher acquired by mother conglomerate DeAgostini in 1999 and maintained as one of its plethora of imprints.

One day later, the collection was launched in Spain, Italy, Greece and Poland as well. In the case of Spain not by Altaya though but by Planeta-DeAgostini, yet another DeAgostini imprint formed out of a 1985 joint venture with Grupo Planeta, a major Spanish multi-media publisher, whereas DeAgostini itself took care of the release in home country Italy, Greece and Poland. As with the Dutch iteration, the collection is in Mediterranean Europe and Poland only available through subscription and not through single-issue webstore sales, but unlike the Netherlands, single-issues could be obtained at those outlets in the kiosk (traditionally a thriving cultural phenomenon in Mediterranean and Eastern Europe) and bookstore retail channels who had opted to carry them.^[1]

Standard Edition issues

Standard Edition models commonly measure about seven to nine inches (180 to 230 mm) long and are released monthly. [20] In this, they correspond with the "medium/mid-sized" regular models as released in Eaglemoss' prior Discovery, Universe, and Lower Decks Official Starships Collections, also including the ones as released in the "Special Edition" sub-collection of the progenitor publication, additionally affirming its closer kinship to the Universe collection. [21]

In both the US and UK, the Standard Edition release run began on 6 November 2024 with issue 1, the USS Titan-A, [22] but late subscribers were given the option to skip that one and start their collection with issue 2, the USS Stargazer NCC-82893. [23] At the early October 2024 NYCC, 250 copies – signed by Liam Shaw actor Todd Stashwick – were already made available ahead of the collection's official launch; Fanhome also announced its twenty-issue lineup schedule for 2024-26 at the event. [24] [25] Every fourth issue – save for Issue 20 – of the series is a special larger-sized eleven-inch (280mm) "XL" edition starship, likewise in imitation of the above referenced prior progenitor collection.

Note: Release dates as applicable for subscribers. For non-subscriber single-issue releases a (theoretical^[2]) one month lag applies.

2024 \| 2025 \| 2026
Issue	Cover	Title/Contents	Model	Lng*	Scale
2024
1		USS Titan NCC-80102-A^[3][26] 6/11/2024 USS Titan NCC-80102-A Specification, p. 3 USS Titan NCC-80102-A, pp. 4-7 Designing the USS Titan NCC-80102-A, pp. 8-15		220mm	1:2548
2		USS Stargazer NCC-82893 5/12/2024 Sagan-class Specifications, p. 3 USS Stargazer NCC-82893, pp. 4-7 Designing the USS Stargazer, pp. 8-15		200mm	1:2704
2025
3		USS Farragut NCC-1647 [27] [28] 3/1/2025 Bellerophon-class Specifications, p. 3 USS Farragut NCC-1647, pp. 4-7 Designing the USS Frarragut, pp. 8-15		180mm	1:1756
4 (XL1)	First printing cover Second printing cover^[4]	USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F February 2025 Odyssey-class Specifications, p. 3 USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F, pp. 4-7 Designing the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-F, pp. 8-15		270mm	1:3930
5		SS Eleos XII NAR-59019 March 2025 Phoenix-class Specifications, p. 3 S.S. Eleos XII NAR-59019, pp. 4-7 Designing the S.S. Eleos, pp. 8-15
6		Shrike (Late) April 2025^[2] The Shrike Specifications, p. 3 The Shrike, pp. 4-7 Designing the Shrike, pp. 8-15
7		USS Titan NCC-80102^[5] May 2025 Luna-class Specifications, p. 3 U.S.S. Titan NCC-80102, pp. 4-7 Designing the U.S.S. Titan, pp. 8-15
8 (XL2)		USS Enterprise NCC-1701-G June 2025 Constitution III-class Specifications, p. 3 U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-G, pp. 4-7 Designing the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-G, pp. 8-15
9		USS Excelsior NCC-42037 July 2025 Excelsior II-class Specifications, p. 3 U.S.S. Excelsior NCC-42037, pp. 4-7 Designing the Excelsior II-class, pp. 8-15
10		USS Dauntless NCC-80816 August 2025
11		USS Archer NCC-627 September 2025
12 (XL3)		USS Voyager NCC-74656-A October 2025
13		USS Harlan NCC-52277 November 2025
14		USS Archimedes NCC-83002 December 2025
2026
15		USS Trumbull NCC-72370 January 2026
16 (XL4)		USS Protostar NX-76884 February 2026
17		USS Gagarin NCC-97930 March 2026
18		USS Gregory Jein NCC-103145 April 2026
19		USS Drexler NCC-97626 May 2026
20		USS Aledo NA-01 June 2026

*Starship length as measured from bow to stern, where applicable.

Subscription Gifts

Along with that month's model, certain months also contained an additional gift for those subscribed to the collection. Contrary to the progenitor Eaglemoss Collection, the subscription gifts were as subscriber exclusives not considered for individual sales to non-subscribers, with the obvious exception of the free number 0.

No.	Issue No.	Title
0	1	8-Page Collector's Guide^[6] 6/11/2024
1	3	Planned magazine binder Replacement sleeve box/slipcase^[7] January 2025
1	3
2a^[8]	3	10 Forward Avenue-themed raktajino mug January 2025
2b	4	USS Titan turbolift Okudagram February 2025
3	10	USS Titan dedication plaque August 2025
4	20	USS Eaves June 2026

Background information

When Fanhome acquired the former Eaglemoss license, they also took possession of the model production assets. On their official Facebook page it was stated that the company contemplated to reissue in their collection some of the models Eaglemoss had done previously. However, there were two caveats involved they stressed emphatically; only "mid-size/XL" editions were considered for reissue and none of the Discovery Official Starships Collection issues that had already completed the prototype stage, but were cancelled nonetheless due to Eaglemoss' bankruptcy. [29] Ben Robinson additionally confirmed at the NYCC that, unlike with the Eaglemoss progenitor, no book derivatives were to be expected as that was not Fanhome's forte, besides the reference book license having gone to Titan Books – divulging in effect, that he was engaged in discussions with that publisher for possible publication of additional Eaglemoss-type reference book titles. [30]

Appendices

Footnotes

↑ Contrary to the Eaglemoss predecessor, no allowances were made by Fanhome to translate the magazines in the language of the foreign target market; only the original English-language versions were disseminated as a cost-saving measure.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Due to the unexpected high demand, subscription was temporarily halted on 24 February 2025 in order to give the company breathing room to replenish stocks. [1] It also meant that single issue sales had not gotten the chance to get off the ground, subverting the company's original planning to do so each month pursuant the first-time subscription issue release. [2] Pre-order or "early-bird" subscription already reopened though on 26 February 2025, [3] with the regular option to do so on the official sites following suit two weeks later on 10 March. [4] It had however, resulted the original subscription release planning being delayed by almost a month but also with replenished stocks becoming ample enough to finally begin single issue sales, four months after the launch of the Collection. [5]
↑ Ship designer Bill Krause was not formally asked to contribute to this issue, though he did sent copies of his design documents to project manager Ben Robinson. As a result, he was scoffed by Fanhome by not being sent a copy of the issue. [6] [7] Robinson though, took it upon himself to correct this slight by sending Krause one after all. [8]
↑ Both cover variants can be ascertained through the various YouTube unpackaging videos and eBay.com listings.
↑ By the time the by Sean Tourangeau designed USS Titan became released, Ben Robinson's tenure as the Fanhome consultant had ended and as a result Fanhome refused to sent Tourangeau a model issue of his design, contrary to what Robinson had still been able to do for Krause in regard to his Titan-A design. While serving as the project manager for the preceding Eaglemoss iteration(s) of the Collection, Robinson had made it a point to do so for every still living Star Trek starship designer who had volunteered behind-the-scenes information for the accompanying magazine as a gesture of gratitude, a basic gesture of common courtesy Fanhome is obviously unable to muster themselves. [9]
↑ This guide was also made available on the two official websites as a digital download. This option did not extend however, to the regular magazine issues of the collection, contrary to its progenitor release.
↑ Though Fanhome had initially announced a Eaglemoss-style binder, they apparently changed their mind about this since then. Without any notification of their change of heart, what subscribers received instead was a hardboard sleeve box/slipcase for storing the (loose) magazines individually. [10] This box was not only able to hold the Fanhome magazines, but also those of the predecessor namesake's "Special", and "XL Edition" sub-collections – for which Eaglemoss had never produced binders to accommodate the then-deviant magazine format – besides Eaglemoss' even smaller sized magazines. The box was only shipped out to many subscribers in April 2025 with issue 6, due to stock shortages. [11]
↑ Originally intended for a January Issue 3 shipping – and indeed received by some with their 3rd issue – it was delayed by a month due to quantity and manufacturing issues and was therefore received by most with their 4th issue along with subscription gift 5. [12]

External links

Starships Die Cast Collection at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

Official sites

Star Trek Starships Die Cast Collection – official US webshop
- Star Trek Starships Die Cast Collection – official UK webshop
- Druckguss-Kollektion Star Trek Raumschiffe – official German webshop
- Druckguss-Kollektion Star Trek Raumschiffe – official Austrian webshop
- Star Trek-collectie Die Cast ruimteschepen – official Dutch webshop
- Collection de vaisseaux Star Trek moulés sous pression – official French webshop
- Colección de naves Star Trek Die Cast – official Spanish webshop
- Collezione die-cast delle astronavi di Star Trek – official Italian webshop
- Star Trek Die-Cast διαστημόπλοια – official Greek webshop
- Kolekcja odlewanych ciśnieniowo modelów statków kosmicznych ze Star Treka – official Polish webshop
Fanhome Customer Support Page - UK/USA at Facebook

Collector sites

Fanhome Star Trek collector blog at TrekCore
Fanhome Star Trek at Wixiban.com - comprehensive Star Trek Starships Collection guide

[1] Contrary to the Eaglemoss predecessor, no allowances were made by Fanhome to translate the magazines in the language of the foreign target market; only the original English-language versions were disseminated as a cost-saving measure.

[demand-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Due to the unexpected high demand, subscription was temporarily halted on 24 February 2025 in order to give the company breathing room to replenish stocks. [1] It also meant that single issue sales had not gotten the chance to get off the ground, subverting the company's original planning to do so each month pursuant the first-time subscription issue release. [2] Pre-order or "early-bird" subscription already reopened though on 26 February 2025, [3] with the regular option to do so on the official sites following suit two weeks later on 10 March. [4] It had however, resulted the original subscription release planning being delayed by almost a month but also with replenished stocks becoming ample enough to finally begin single issue sales, four months after the launch of the Collection. [5]

[3] Ship designer Bill Krause was not formally asked to contribute to this issue, though he did sent copies of his design documents to project manager Ben Robinson. As a result, he was scoffed by Fanhome by not being sent a copy of the issue. [6] [7] Robinson though, took it upon himself to correct this slight by sending Krause one after all. [8]

[4] Both cover variants can be ascertained through the various YouTube unpackaging videos and eBay.com listings.

[5] By the time the by Sean Tourangeau designed USS Titan became released, Ben Robinson's tenure as the Fanhome consultant had ended and as a result Fanhome refused to sent Tourangeau a model issue of his design, contrary to what Robinson had still been able to do for Krause in regard to his Titan-A design. While serving as the project manager for the preceding Eaglemoss iteration(s) of the Collection, Robinson had made it a point to do so for every still living Star Trek starship designer who had volunteered behind-the-scenes information for the accompanying magazine as a gesture of gratitude, a basic gesture of common courtesy Fanhome is obviously unable to muster themselves. [9]

[6] This guide was also made available on the two official websites as a digital download. This option did not extend however, to the regular magazine issues of the collection, contrary to its progenitor release.

[7] Though Fanhome had initially announced a Eaglemoss-style binder, they apparently changed their mind about this since then. Without any notification of their change of heart, what subscribers received instead was a hardboard sleeve box/slipcase for storing the (loose) magazines individually. [10] This box was not only able to hold the Fanhome magazines, but also those of the predecessor namesake's "Special", and "XL Edition" sub-collections – for which Eaglemoss had never produced binders to accommodate the then-deviant magazine format – besides Eaglemoss' even smaller sized magazines. The box was only shipped out to many subscribers in April 2025 with issue 6, due to stock shortages. [11]

[8] Originally intended for a January Issue 3 shipping – and indeed received by some with their 3rd issue – it was delayed by a month due to quantity and manufacturing issues and was therefore received by most with their 4th issue along with subscription gift 5. [12]

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