[Frank Richards]

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Originally Posted by Skoob

Can anyone here comment on the black plastic display stands for the Diamond Select starships? I understand that the design is improved or changed somehow and would appreciate any thoughts you may have. I'm particularly interested in the recently-released Captain Stiles Excelsior and the upcoming 1701-A Enterprise...

Honestly, the stands are the only thing I don't like about Diamond's line of Star Trek ships.
The plastic beneath the area that connects to the ship is brittle and a little thin. The stands don't pivot much, nor do they move very freely, so when positioning the ships on their stands, you definitely have to exercise caution.

The Enterprise-D is pretty hefty and comes with two stands, and after obsessively repositioning mine (it just looks so great from a variety of angles ), and obsessing over having both stands be unachievably straight, lol, the weak part on the top of the rear stand began to develop stress lines and looked as if it might eventually break. I preemptively broke it and super-glued it, and the repair is virtually unnoticeable. Even if it were, the beauty of the ship completely diverts the eyes from the stands.

Don't let that deter you from picking any of these up. They look great, and with a little luck and caution, hopefully you won't have the same issue I had with the stands.

EDIT: Oh yeah, BTW, I bought my Enterprise-D from a comic shop in 2013, and I'm fairly certain that it was the re-released model. So, apparently, whatever improvements or changes that Diamond has made to the stands for this line didn't really improve their overall durability or quality. Well, at least for the Enterprise-D, anyways.