Marrone, the lead artist for the game's Starship and UI art teams and a STO starship designer in his own right, was the lead art editor, the creator of many renders for the magazine, the source of paint guides of the game's CG models, and the author of the magazines' text content.Īinsworth coordinated the production of the physical miniatures from start to finish, while Fabio Passaro's Meshweaver Productions provided format conversions. In partnership with Perfect World (Arc Games)/ Cryptic Studios and authorized and licensed by ViacomCBS Consumer Products, it was available from company webshops and other specialty retailers in a number of countries worldwide.Įach issue included a magazine and a hand-painted 100 to 140 mm-long ABS and die-cast metal scaled replica of a starship from Star Trek Online, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.Ī twenty-page magazine (measuring 145 × 183 mm) fit within the windowbox package (beneath the model) and commonly featured three main sections, including an "in-universe" profile of the starship, a behind-the-scenes exploration of the ship's design history, and an article about broader STO lore.Ī 50%-off coupon for a Tier 6 starship for the video game was included with each issue.īen Robinson, John Ainsworth, and Thomas Marrone, the project's managers, utilized the original CGI models from the video game as reference for the miniatures and for many of the illustrations and orthographic views within the magazine. The Star Trek Online Starships Collection is a British partwork magazine and product line that debuted on 6 June 2020 and was published by Eaglemoss Collections under its Hero Collector imprint. Starship models re-scaled to in-universe dimensions
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