Science Fiction - 2000s
The new millennium began with science-fiction modeling in serious decline. Many mass-market manufacturers like AMT/Ertl and MPC had gone out of business. Revell and Monogram had merged and the new "Revell-o-Gram" as it was nicknamed seemed to have little interest in science-fiction subjects. Genre enthusiasts had successfully launched the upstart company Polar Lights, a division of Playing Mantis, in the late 1990s, but in mid-decade sold out to Racing Champions, which threatened to kill their entire modeling line. Only Japan's Fine Molds and Bandai, Revell of Germany and a host of garage kit companies were there to keep the sci-fi modeling flame alive.
But in the last few years of the decade, the hobby enjoyed a miraculous resurrection. The founders of Polar Lights bought their modeling division back from Racing Champions and re-launched the company under the name "Round 2" and resurrected the AMT model line. New, equally small but enthusiastic companies -- Mobeius Models and Pegasus Models -- also entered the sci-fi fray with both licensed and original subjects. Even Revell got back into the game with an expanded "Star Wars" line.
And all the while, garage kit companies -- Fantastic Plastic as well as Alliance, Bad Azz, Timeslip Creations, Anigrand Craftswork, Black Sun, Stargazer and others -- were turning out products at a furious pace.
For the fantastic modeler, it was indeed a great time to be alive.
But in the last few years of the decade, the hobby enjoyed a miraculous resurrection. The founders of Polar Lights bought their modeling division back from Racing Champions and re-launched the company under the name "Round 2" and resurrected the AMT model line. New, equally small but enthusiastic companies -- Mobeius Models and Pegasus Models -- also entered the sci-fi fray with both licensed and original subjects. Even Revell got back into the game with an expanded "Star Wars" line.
And all the while, garage kit companies -- Fantastic Plastic as well as Alliance, Bad Azz, Timeslip Creations, Anigrand Craftswork, Black Sun, Stargazer and others -- were turning out products at a furious pace.
For the fantastic modeler, it was indeed a great time to be alive.
WHISPERCRAFT FROM
"THE 6TH DAY" (2000) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
ENTERPRISE NX-01 FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE"
(2001-2005) Bandai 1:850 |
FEDERATION SHUTTLEPOD FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE"
(2001-2005) Alliance 1:72 |
FEDERATION SHUTTLEPOD FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE"
(2001-2005) XAAM Models 1:48 |
U.E.S.S. EMMETTE FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE"
(2001-2005) Fantastic Plastic 1:1000 |
COPPERHEAD TRANSPORT FROM "FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN"
(2001) Bandai 1:100 |
NABOO ROYAL CRUISER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES"
(2002) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
NABOO ROYAL CRUISER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES"
(2002) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
NABOO ROYAL YACHT FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES"
(2002) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
ROMULAN SCORPION FIGHTER FROM "STAR TREK: NEMESIS"
(2002) Polar Lights 1:24 |
FEDERATION G-CLASS STARBASE
(2002) Fantastic Plastic 1:2500 |
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Alliance 1:9600 |
SPACE PARK LUXURY LINER FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:9600 |
CYLON RAIDER FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:48 |
COLONIAL ONE FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:350 |
COLONIAL RAPTOR FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Black Sun Models 1:48 |
CYLON BASE SHIP FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:4050 |
BATTLESTAR PEGASUS FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:9600 |
BATTLESTAR PEGASUS FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:3700 |
COLONIAL DEFENDER FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:3700 |
COLONIAL BERZERK FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:3700 |
BATTLESTAR VALKYRIE FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"
(2003-2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:3700 |
X-JET FROM "X2: X-MEN UNITED"
(2003) Fantastic Plastic 1:144 |
NX-ALPHA/
NX-BETA FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE - 'First Flight'" (2003) Fantastic Plastic 1:144 |
MANTA FIGHTER FROM "SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW"
(2004) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
SYNDROM'E VELOCIPOD FROM "THE INCREDIBLES"
(2004) Fantastic Plastic 1:24 |
DROID TRI-FIGHTER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH"
(2005) Revell 1:24 |
ANAKIN'S JEDI STARFIGHTER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH"
(2005) Revell 1:24 |
V-WING FIGHTER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH"
(2005) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
FA-37 TALON FROM "STEALTH"
(2005) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
EDI UCAV FROM "STEALTH"
(2005) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
WHITE FALCON FROM
"GERRY ANDERSON'S THE NEW CAPTAIN SCARLET" (2005) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
FEDERATION WAYSTATION B FROM "STAR TREK: SHIPS OF THE LINE"
(2006) Fantastic Plastic 1:2500 |
V-19 TORRENT FROM "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS"
(2008) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
AT-99 SCORPION GUNSHIP FROM "AVATAR"
(2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
AEROSPATIALE SA-2 SAMSON GUNSHIP FROM "AVATAR"
(2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:72 |
C-21 DRAGON ASSAULT SHIP FROM "AVATAR"
(2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:144 |
SSTO-TAV-37B "VALKYRIE" DEEP SPACE SHUTTLE FROM "AVATAR"
(2009) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |