So i purchased the collector's edition.

[jetblade545]

Personally for the price i think its worth the 174$, but for the main ship model the speaker is rough, the audio quality is like a higher quality McDonald's toy from 2010, and there was paint chips near the ships bay which is odd do to the amount of packing, and the missile destroyers engine is bent, sense its a rubber-ish material (I'm going to see if i have it straight if it will keep the new position) the materials are high quality and the poster is not some cheap printer paper which is nice, going back to the paint chips from what i see they did use primer but never sanded the plastic to help it stick, i mean yes if i care enough i could pay someone to patch it up, but i don't think someone should have to expect to do that in the first place. Besides the problems the rest of the collector's edition is nice and i enjoy it,
all-though i am easy to please so i don't know if i should be mad or what idk what do you guys think?

[Drakwolf]

I have watched the unpacking video, and I have to say that the model's layering and materials feel a bit cheap and rough.

[jetblade545]

Originally posted by regan2024:

I have watched the unpacking video, and I have to say that the model's layering and materials feel a bit cheap and rough.

what do you mean by layering?

[ko]

Sounds like you got the usual cheap junk lesser publishers peddle as "collectibles".

[DarthMalak]

made in china for $0.25

[Pestilence]

lol

[Vault Traveler]

Could be worse, could be a duffel bag.

[Endy PSA:TBW]

I'm one of Homeworlds biggest fans. But when i activated the speaker i cringed so hard. a part of me died. I loved the hyperspace sound IN THE GAME.

It sits next to the Pride of Hiigara. It feels like i shouldnt do this as it hurts my soul to see the Pride of Hiigara sitting next to something so... 2023.

[Bill Gates]

so this may be another duffle kerfuffle is what you are saying.

[Bill Gates]

Originally posted by Vault Traveler:

Could be worse, could be a duffel bag.

haha i just posted the duffle kerfuffle comment lol

[VoidFish]

its like these people have never heard of 3d printing before....You could print yourself one with so much more detail for about $5.

[herbstwerk]

Originally posted by VoidFish:

its like these people have never heard of 3d printing before....You could print yourself one with so much more detail for about $5.

$5 in resin... plus at least a couple of hundred for a decent printer, other consumables like IPA, the time to model it (unless there is a free version floating around), print it, clean up all the mess from a resin print. Then the money and time needed for paint, maybe an airbrush and compressor while you're at it? And that's ignoring the time needed to learn the necessary skills to perform all this.

This argument is about as genuine as the "I made this [piece of furniture] for only [random but low amount of money]" videos on YouTube. Sure, the material cost might have been low compared to buying something off the shelve, maybe even the Swedish flat pack stuff, but you can't do anything like it without the thousands of currency units for equipment, a decent workspace, and the skill needed to not leave a couple of fingers behind.

[Cizjut]

Originally posted by herbstwerk:

Originally posted by VoidFish:

its like these people have never heard of 3d printing before....You could print yourself one with so much more detail for about $5.

$5 in resin... plus at least a couple of hundred for a decent printer, other consumables like IPA, the time to model it (unless there is a free version floating around), print it, clean up all the mess from a resin print. Then the money and time needed for paint, maybe an airbrush and compressor while you're at it? And that's ignoring the time needed to learn the necessary skills to perform all this.

This argument is about as genuine as the "I made this [piece of furniture] for only [random but low amount of money]" videos on YouTube. Sure, the material cost might have been low compared to buying something off the shelve, maybe even the Swedish flat pack stuff, but you can't do anything like it without the thousands of currency units for equipment, a decent workspace, and the skill needed to not leave a couple of fingers behind.

3D printer hobbyist here. Yeah, it's a hobby and a time consuming one. You gotta enjoy the whole process. It's gonna be awesome at the end, but it's not for everyone.