Star Trek Classic Enterprise Limited Edition 1-1000 Polar Lights

by Polar Lights

Product Features

• Plastic Model Kit

Product Details

• Item Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000DJX75
• Item model number: 4200
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,347 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #48 in Toys & Games > Hobbies > Model Building Kits > Rockets & Spacecraft
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Product Description

1:1000 scale Polar Lights USS Enterprise. Polar Lights brings us a beautiful,accurate USS Enterprise from the original Star Trek. The kit features over 50 parts molded in grey and clear plastic. You can choose to build the model one of three ways The First Pilot version, the Second Pilot version, or the Production version. Waterslide decals allow you to decorate the ship as Enterprise, Constelation, Defiant, Exeter or even the Mirror Universe Enterprise. Measures almost 12 inches. Build all the variations!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Model!!!!, January 23, 2004

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Ian (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Trek Classic Enterprise Limited Edition 1-1000 Polar Lights (Toy)

Okay, I've had 2 of the old AMT/ERTL Enterprise models (one from the 60's and one from the late 90's). Considering they were the only model of their kind available, they weren't too bad. But last year, Polar Lights came out with this "snap together" version of the same ship. I had my doubts about it because of that, but I got it anyway (it was only $10 so I didn't have anything to lose). I was amazed! Although the model is only 11" long, and the saucer about as big around as a CD, it's packed with tons of "nifty" little features, most notably they let you choose which version of the ship you want to build (there were 3, one from each of the pilot episodes, and the final version used to film the rest of the series), I opted to build the 2nd pilot version. This version has the taller bridge dome, the larger deflector dish and the "spikes" on the nacelles. The series version had seperate nacelles from the pilot version (if compare the pilot model and the series version, you will notice that the nacelles are more of a straight cylinder in the pilot version). One thing I would suggest is to cross out the directions for the ships you ARE NOT building, as it is easy to confuse them and end up with a strange looking ship. I gave the ship 5 stars for fun for obvious reasons, 4 stars for educational value because it teaches you that there is no such thing as a "snap together" model, and 3 stars for durability because it is a somewhat fragile ship (it is not the same as the replicas produced by Art Asylum) and the display stand was somewhat "poorly engineered", so you may want to use the money you saved to get a brass rod to replace it. With the stand being my only issue, I love this model and plan to buy two more!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than three versions, August 10, 2006

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Robin M. Hendricks - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek Classic Enterprise Limited Edition 1-1000 Polar Lights (Toy)

Both reviews of this kit say that you can make 3 versions:1)Original pilot( Capt.Pike's ship) 2)2nd pilot("Where no man has gone before"-strange energy barrier at edge of galaxy causes Gary Mitchell to become super telepath).3)"production ship",seen in most episodes.
However,you can also make the Enterprise from "Mirror,Mirror";
The U.S.S. Constellation,the U.S.S.Defiant and the U.S.S.Exeter.Which means it is possible to make 7 versions of this kit.Just to let you know. :)

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Kit, July 15, 2004

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David A. Ferrell "edge10" (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Trek Classic Enterprise Limited Edition 1-1000 Polar Lights (Toy)

First this is a model kit for display, not a toy for playing
with.

It is a bit smaller than I would have wanted, but the shape
of the kit is spot on. The option to build 3 different versions,
is an awesome plus. It also contains a great set of decals to
match the details of the different versions. If you want to
build it as a snap together kit and decals are worrisome for
you, it also has 'stickers' for all the markings which would be
good for the younger set as well.

I can't recommend this kit highly enough!