[:D][;)]Got Polar Lights TOS Enterprise kit. It’s great! Get this, 3 building versions, 1st pilot, second pilot, production version. Markings for 5 shipe, USS Enterprise, ISS Enterprise(from “Mirror, Mirror”), the Constellation, the Defiant, and the Exeter. Bith stickers, well done, for the kids, and waterslide for us!! And the markings are as complete as a aftermarket set! Every marking on the original is on the decal AND sticker sheet, including windows! Well done, and accurate. Lee says GET IT!!!
Lee
Sounds like I gotta get one, too!
What’s the price in the States?
Here’s where you folks living overseas get your revenge on the Japanese market…stuff from abroad is usually 2 to 3 times list price!!!
But dat ain’t gonna stop me!
Need to make a correction in the kit instructins. It says parts14, 17 and 16, 15 are the main warp drive parts for trhe production version. Incorrect, as that version had detail on the inside of the engines. Use parts 14, 19 and 18, 15 for a correct production version. the other parts are for a 1st or 2nd pilot version.
Lee
Check these out! 
Cool!
Thanks for all the info, MP!
By the way, I finally picked up the Bandai STTMP Enterprise. Very nice!
I so want to retire and just build full time, not worry about my figure!
I’m in the middle of building this kit myself, and it’s been a sweetie so far.
In fact, the model I’m working on is scheduled to appear in the Workbench Reviews section of the January, 2004 FSM.
Matthew Usher
Senior Editor, FSM
We’ll keep our eyes out for it, Matthew!
By the way, I finally found the PL Enterprise here, for 1,600 yen ($13 US).
I’ve never built a Star Trek model, but from the sound of it, I think it’s time to try one. If only they had it in the states…
demono69
The Polar Lights kit of the Enterprise IS available in the States!
Distribution is either a bit spotty or there are distributors who aren’t bothering with it - take your pick - but the best way to find out is to check with your local store and ask about it. If they’ve never heard about it, then they are totally out of the loop. There are online stores where you can purchase it if your store doesn’t/won’t carry it.
It’s a beauty of a little kit! Worth the time to track down. It’s the most accurate version of the ship available in styrene.
My local Hobbytown USA carries it for $12.99. Did not know it carries both waterslide and stickers. May have to get several, I’d like to do the Defiant as well as one of the Enterprises.
My local Target, of all places, has em for $9.99!
Lee
Thanks for the heads up Lee. I took the family to the mall for some back-to-school shopping and in the Target they had two of them. Shelf price was $9.99, but when I checked out they scanned at $7.99 each! Less than $16 for both of them. I’m glad I went back for the second one since I originally took only one. I had a store credit slip for $15 and didn’t want to spend any of the budgeted school clothes money. So it basically only cost me a buck.
Two of them??? Maj Rob, that is soooo unfair! I will have to check out the Targets around here! Hopefully, you haven’t gotten to them before I!!
Nice to see you and J-Hulk visiting the “other” forums! LOL
Bill
I’d like a third one. Since the kit builds into 3 versions of the Enterprise. I loved the show as a kid and have watched all of the TV spin-offs. I even watched the cartoon!
Got to have atleast 4, one for each version and one to keep. I have 3 so far. It’s a great kit, I just wish it had the windows molded in, and I wish the pylons were one part.
can’t wait for the NX this winter.
Mach
The kit is well worth the $13 retail price and it was a steal at $10 and $8. I will grab another when I see one.
Update: I found another Target with 3 more on sale at $7.99. Got all I need to do virtually any Enterprise variant they list.
This is a sweetheart of a kit. One of the best as for fit and design.