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.

 

WHISPERCRAFT FROM "THE 6TH DAY" (2000)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
ENTERPRISE FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE" (UPN-2001- 2005)
- Bandai -
1:850
SHUTTLE POD FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE" (UPN-2001-2005) 1:72
- Alliance -
1:72
SHUTTLE POD FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE" (UPN-2001-2005) 1:48
- XAAM Models -
1:48
U.E.S.S. EMMETTE  FROM "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE" (UPN-2001- 2005)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72

COPPERHEAD TRANSPORT FROM "FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN" (2001)
- Bandai -
1:100
NABOO ROYAL CRUISER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE 2: ATTACK OF THE CLONES" (2002)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:288
JEDI STARFIGHTER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE 2: ATTACK OF THE CLONES" (2002)
- Fine Molds -
1:72
NABOO ROYAL YACHT FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE 2: ATTACK OF THE CLONES" (2002)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:288
SCORPION FROM "STAR TREK: NEMESIS" (2002)
- Polar Lights
1:24

FEDERATION G-CLASS STARBASE (2002)

-Fantastic Plastic Models-

1:2500

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" (2003-2009)
- Alliance -
1:9600
SPACE PARK FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:9600
CYLON RAIDER FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:48
COLONIAL ONE FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:350

COLONIAL RAPTOR FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"        (2003-2009)
- Black Sun Models -
1:48
CLYON BASE SHIP FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"       (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:4050
BATTLESTAR PEGASUS FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"       (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:9600
BATTLESTAR PEGASUS FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"       (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:3700
COLONIAL DEFENDER FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"       (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:3700

COLONIAL BERZERK FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"       (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:3700
BATTLESTAR VALKYRIE FROM "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA"       (2003-2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:3700
X-JET FROM "X2- X-MEN UNITED (2003)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:144
MANTA FIGHTER FROM "SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW" (2004)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
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
"VECTOR-WING" FIGHTER FROM "STAR WARS - EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH" (2005)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
FA-37 TALON FROM "STEALTH" (2005)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
EDI-UCAV FROM "STEALTH" (2005)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
Federation Way Station B from "Star Trek - Ships of the Line" (2006)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:2500

V-19 TORRENT FROM "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS" (2008)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
AT-99 "SCORPION" GUNSHIP FROM "AVATAR"  (2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
AEROSPATIALE SA-2 "SAMSON" GUNSHIP FROM "AVATAR"  (2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:72
C-21 "DRAGON" ASSAULT SHIP FROM "AVATAR" (2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:144
SSTO-TAV-37B "VALKYRIE" DEEP SPACE SHUTTLECRAFT FROM "AVATAR"  (2009)
- Fantastic Plastic Models -
1:144

 

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