Hot Wheels: Star Trek > U.S.S. Reliant NCC-1864 Vehicle Review

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(More customer reviews)The Reliant from the Hot Wheels line of ships from Star Trek is arguably the best of the three that have been released so far ( the others are the Enterprise-D from 'Star Trek - The Next Generation, and The Enterprise Refit from the first 6 Star Trek films ). This toy has the largest amount of actual diecast metal of the three, with the entire upper saucer in metal, but the rest of the ship ( the weapons pod, the engines and their connecting struts, and the underside of the saucer ) are still made out of plastic.
The detailing is pretty good on this ship. Molded in details are fairly sharp, and the paint application is far superior to the Enterprise refit ( of course, the slightly larger scale of this ship makes better detail easier to create ). It's a shame that the Enterprise did not get not receive as much care.
I still think that it's a cheat to advertise these ships as diecast metal when so much of them is actually made out of plastic. A much more honest approach would be to say that they are models WITH diecast metal parts, but again, of the three that are already out, you are getting the most metal for your money with the Reliant... and a pretty nice little display item as well.


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Star Trek U.S.S. Reliant NCC-1864 Die Cast Metal Ship with Display Stand Review

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(More customer reviews)Our first real prepainted Reliant model is here!
As you may have read in other reviews, this is NOT an all-die cast product. The top and sides of the saucer section is die cast, the nacelles and "rollbar" are plastic.
The entire toy is durable, there are NO mold problems that are apparent with the Playmates, Furuta/F-Toys or Galoob versions. Meaning the nacelles are straight and parallel. The only quirk is that the rear of the nacelles seems to be a seperate piece that was glued to them, so the nacelle exterior is not a solid mold, it seems they did this so they could install the blue warp coil.
The paint job is good, but not great. The paint on the metal parts is somewhat glossy, which contrasts the plastic parts that are flat. The two parallel rectangular sections on the top of the saucer are white, the same white as the rest of the saucer. The only glaring paint error, is that the starboard nacelle pylon has the starfleet insignia/red stripes/text reversed. It seems that it is a flipped reuse of the port side marking. The print is so tiny, it is virtually impossible to notice with the naked eye.
The biggest error is the display stand. As the model is mostly metal on the top/front, the model falls forward. There is no way around this, aside from gluing the stand to the model. Huge oversight on the part of Mattel. My guess is that the whole model was supposed to be metal when the stand was designed, the weight would have been distributed evenly then. The good news is, that it sits up fine on the nacelles, no tipping at all.
Great model though, definately worth the money. Buy this before it's discontinued and your only option is eBay.


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