Posted 23 May 2017 - 12:17 AM

If this is DST done with the franchise, then I feel a few parting words would be justified here, especially to address what I said earlier:



AA/DST have knocked every ship out of the park in my opinion. Whilst a few quality issues crept in here and there, I can honestly say I love every ship I bought. The only slight I have against the Starship Legends line is that, from when they got the license in 2002, putting repaints aside they only produced nine unique sculpts since then (Reliant would've been ten). One more small negative for me, is that the TOS-era ships massively outweighed the TNG+ era ships (7-2, would've been 8-2 with Reliant).

Their Trek Tek line was also fantastic, producing wonderful props for the price. Again, my only negative is that they never made anything from the era of Star Trek I grew up with (Cobra phaser is still unreleased).

I can't comment on figures, but receiving a 'crispy' Khan for simply asking a question one time, well that sealed my love for the company to be honest.

The one thing that tainted the reputation was Zach. I only interacted with him once or twice (I'd dig up the posts in question, but they're from 2013 I think), complaining about the Enterprise-B's impulse engines not being stuck together properly. Rather than even just replying with something akin to 'that sucks' etc, I remember his post was basically him taking the piss out of me for complaining about something 'at the back' (I kid you not...). I know people here and elsewhere have gone to extremes that you wouldn't believe in terms of complaining about the minutest of things, but this was a genuine problem (the saucer not being stuck together properly at the stern, resulting in hull gaps so big, you could fit your finger inside), that I honestly couldn't believe it.

Anyway, I soon realised that I wasn't the only one who'd be on the receiving end of his 'humour', having read his replies to people being really respectful as well, not just the arseholes you see demanding that every single detail be perfect. His responses acted like gasoline on a small fire, turning something that could've been put out very quickly, into something huge, causing people to respond in kind whilst trying to one-up him. :/

However, I refuse to let some poor PR work ruin the legacy of Art Asylum at the very least. Some fine work has been done over the years, making me extremely happy, and yet, I still feel the lines never hit their full potential. Nine ships in fifteen years is frustrating to be honest, especially because at no point did production speed up.

That being said, if DST is done with Star Trek, I'll be sad to see them go. Their last few ships were incredible.