Colonial Shuttlecraft Model from SMT
 

Well, Colin at SMT has managed to clean up the recent mess surrounding the availability of his kits. At least that is how it appears. :cool:

So, he is once again offering Galactic (sic) Shuttle kits (as patterned by Alfred Wong) on a VERY limited basis. He's having them generated in batches of 5. When he has them in his posession, he puts them up on the site for sale. When all 5 have been ordered, he stops taking money until he has 5 more in his possession. Good business practice, if you ask me, especially in view of past problems. :rolleyes:

So... I have a Galactic Shuttle kit on the way. A massive 23" long replica of everybody's favorite "interstellar puffer fish-shaped brick". Originally, when they were taking pre-orders, I had hoped it would materialize in time for my 40th Birthday, but alas... no such luck. :cry:

But it seems that I'll be getting it less than a year later as a Christmas present to myself. I'm not fond of that phrasing, since I don't believe you should be thinking of yourself in a Christmas context, but it nutshells the activity. Like many of you, I have family members who just don't "get" me. So, sometimes its up to me to make my own "happy" at the holidays. ;)

-Gordon