BREAKING: Ben Robinson Has Some More Good News About An Abandoned Eaglemoss Product

The starship Enterprise build-up. Image: Fanhome.

JANUARY 12, 2023 - Eaglemoss Ltd, purveyor of teeny tiny starships, declared bankruptcy last year, to the dismay of collectors everywhere. The small ship models were a staple to fans of Star Trek vehicles and the sheer number of products became problematic for completists with limited shelf space.

But a fleet of starships wasn’t Eaglemoss’ only product line. Among other things, fans could subscribe to a series of model build-ups that included the time-traveling Delorean from Back to the Future, Ecto-1, the Ghostbuster’s tricked-out station wagon, and, of course, the USS Enterprise-D. If you ordered one of these models, you would receive several pieces each month until, two and a half years later, your vehicle was whole, complete with lighting effects! Except only a few issues of the Enterprise model had been distributed before Eaglemoss folded, leaving unhappy customers with a partially-completed starship, still under construction at Utopia Planitia Shipyards.

Ben Robinson, Eaglemoss’ former Director of Licensing, has been promising updates on some of the abandoned Eaglemoss projects for months now, issuing tweets as information becomes available, and he just issued a biggie:

And we're here! The news you've been waiting for - Planeta DeAgostini have taken over the rights to the buildup Enterprise. You'll be able to pick up from any issue. It's exactly the same model. Visit https://t.co/nztnQGrc2w to sign up. Lots more info to follow! Spread the word. pic.twitter.com/IgRHSVzIWn

— Ben Robinson (@BenCSRobinson) January 12, 2023

That’s excellent news for collectors of the build-ups. As the tweet says, you’ll be able to pick up wherever you left off with Eaglemoss, or start fresh with the first issue. Each month subscribers will receive 4 issues, with pieces made of die-cast metal, a magazine with instructions, and even a few free gifts along the way. At the end, they’ll have a 28-inch-long model with illuminated windows, light-up engines, an illuminated deflector dish, and a detachable saucer section for Tori to crash into the surface of a planet with.

Fanhome has been a source of build-ups and collectible models for some time now, with licenses ranging from Star Wars to Marvel to Street Fighter, so it makes sense that they’d seek to pick up where Eaglemoss left off. Given their experience with Eaglemoss, it would be understandable if customers were a little gun shy about leaping back into their monthly build-up subscriptions, but it seems unlikely that Fanhome would take over the license if they didn’t have the abiity to follow through.

You can get more information and sign up to receive updates on the USS Enterprise-D build-up at fanhome.com. And stay tuned to DSTN for more updates about Eaglemoss’ abandoned products.