[Crazy Jetty]

I love the starships in Star Trek. Even moreso than Star Trek itself.
The only thing keeping me from buying up the DS Starship line is price.

But... why is it that Galoob in their micromachine line was the last time we every got a full line of toy ships that weren't halfassed?

And what I mean by this is a full range and variety of ships that had decent detailing.
Most companies make some great looking ships, but they usually only produce just a handful of the best known ships, and then end (That's what I mean by halfassed).
Most companies produce this:

Enterprise (TOS, but now ad the new reimagined version to this), a TOS Shuttlecraft, E-A, E-D, the Reliant, A Klingon Bird of Prey, a Romulan Bird of Prey, a D-7 Battlecruise, and a Romulan Warbird.
If any lines go beyond this, then we'll get a Klingon Vorcha, a Ferengi Marauder, the E-E, E-NX, and a Borg Cube. And if... and only if we're reaaaaally lucky... we'll get the Voyager, the Defiant, DS9, and a Runabout And maybe the Excelsior.

That sounds like a lot. And on the surface, it really is. But this is the only mix we get. No matter what company, it's always this same group. But when you look at all the different ships that are in Trek, it's a very small persentage, and it gets really boring.


So... is it because no one can find their footing anymore, and survive long enough to get anymore more out? Or is it companies snagging the lisnece, trying to make a quick buck off the best known ships, and then giving up the lisence and not really caring to do anything more with it?

Why couldn't Diamond Select create a cheaper, smaller line of ships, focusing on getting out more than ships named Enterprise?
Or, make a line of scaled ships? Or just do something that isn't more variations of a handfull of Enterprises?

What's wrong with a Nebula? Or an Akira? Or an Oberth?
We've never had a Nebula, since Micromachines, and pretty sure a lot of ships from then have yet to pop up. And we've never had an Akira, at all.