“Hero Collector” is going to release a new model kit of the Enterprise-D. That’s good! It’s around 70 cm long, so it’ll be around 1/915 scale. That’s… a little odd. The kit will come with internal lighting. That’s great! But the shape and detail of the model will be compromised in order to accommodate the lighting. That’s… unfortunate. They will be releasing the kit as a “subscription,” where every two weeks you get another box of bits. That’s… well, ok. The pricing has apparently not yet been announced, which is unsurprising. But… here’s the thing. A prior release of theirs is a “Back To the Future” Delorean which actually looks pretty sweet, and is probably instructive as to how much the Enterprise will cost. Their website shows off the Delorean model pretty well. And they make it pretty easy to sign up for the subscription service. . You get charged every two weeks until the model is complete, and waaaay down on the page it let’s you know that each issue costs $10.90… and there are 130 issues. Total: $1417.
Yikes.
The Enterprise is a bigger model, so I’d guess it’ll cost more. Up to you to decide if perhaps two grand and two years are a fair price for a model that would require a *lot* of work to make accurate. Personally I hope that Polar Lights gets around to making a 1/1000 1701-D kit.