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(More customer reviews)The fourth release in the Hot Wheels 'Star Trek' line is the 'Klingon Bird-Of-Prey'. First seen in "Star Trek III - The Search For Spock", the ship was originally supposed to be of Romulan origin ( hence the traditional Romulan 'bird of prey' moniker and markings ), but changed hands when the Klingons became the major villains of the film. The filming miniature created for the movie was used in the four following feature films, and showed up in episodes of "Star Trek - The Next Generation", and "Star Trek - Deep Space Nine", establishing the design as one of the most recognizable in the series.
This toy version of the ship is largest in scale of the four releases, and seems very accurate in it's overall shape, and molded in detailing
( which has been pretty consistent with these Hot Wheels ships, so far ). The application of painted on details is very well done and gives the model a nicely finished look. Another nice touch are two translucent red plastic pieces; a tiny one in the forward torpedo tube, and a larger one where the glowing engines were seen in the movies.
This toy has a great action feature which allows the wings to be set in three different 'flight' positions, allowing the user to recreate the most often seen 'poses' of the ship.
All of the models are supplied with a sturdy plastic stand topped by a ball joint which fits securely in the bottom of the toy. This allows the ship to be tilted in different positions. This stand has a silver embossed Klingon emblem and a translucent green top ( as opposed to the 'Federation' ships, which have the Starfleet emblem and dark blue tops ).
Unfortunately, this toy shares another trait common to all the others in this line, in that the packaging advertises it as die cast metal. Just like the others, there is but one small piece of metal on the whole toy ( the upper half of the of the central hull and command pod ). The rest of the model ( lower hull, wings, guns, engines ) is all molded in plastic. I would not have as much of a problem with this if these toys were marketed as 'die cast metal and plastic' That would be a bit more honest.
The Bird Of Prey toy has now eclipsed the former "best of the bunch" - The Reliant- in overall looks, detailing, and visual appeal. The model is another nice display piece, but again ( as usual with this toy line ) points off for the lack of actual metal in the toy.
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