Elite Dangerous merchandise

x_m_n

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Before making this topic I did a google search for "elite dangerous capital model kit site:forums.frontier.co.uk" just to make sure it hasn't been mentioned before.
Reddit has it https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/33oy1h/model_kits_for_elite_ships/
While the replies were sparse, interest is definitely there.
And you can't deny how popular the Gundam model kits as well as other vehicle model kits are.
I personally wouldn't buy any of the existing merchandise offered on elite dangerous store (I don't wear caps/hats, even if I buy a t-shirt it'd be covered by my jacket ALL the time, I'm practical like that, apparels just isn't my thing), but if you offer model kits on there, especially capital ships and space station model kits, I'd buy it in a heart beat.
Ok maybe not in a heart beat but I'll save up for it and eventually buy at the least. I've got a baby to raise.

If you're worried about spending man power to design it, I think it's a hell lot easier to design than those gundam kits. Elite ships are large with little moving parts. If you've got deployable hardpoints/heat vents/cargo hatch, the rest of the ship can be snapped together. The movement and the parts under the skin are a lot easier than the gundams. Hell, transparent model with visible insides, doesn't have to be moving/working insides, would be a nice bonus.

So what do you say Frontier? Either you do it or some of us would have to 3D print it ourselves.
 

x_m_n

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Nah, I'm holding out for capital ships. Honest opinion, I don't like the ship designs of elite that much. A bit too... normal for a starship for my taste. That said, the capital ships are fine. With limited funds as I mentioned, I'd rather buy capital ships > space stations > normal ships from elite, that's my priority at the least.
Also there's the joy of putting the ship together. A die cast or sandstone model is no where near the joy of putting one together.
 

Alex Brentnall

Alex Brentnall
Still not quite a capital ship but some people have done some amazing work with lego if you can get a kit build from them. A little expensive though if you are building a custom kit through the website designer.

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I don't mind the designs too much personally, little too much of the flying wedge but I'd get a Diamondback, the Anaconda and probably an Imperial ship fairly quickly if they came out. Probably the Cobra III for nostalgia reasons.. Yeah stations and capital class ships would be cool :D
 
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