I would certainly buy a post 1982 1/700 Enterprise myself.

What baffles me is that there is an old kit of a beehive Enterprise (Revell) in 1/720, and the old upgraded Enterprise (Tamiya) in 1/350...yet, my understanding of what Dragon intended to release was another beehive version in 1/700. I would think you would START with providing something new/not already on the market. Then, go back and offer a--hopefully greatly improved--version of something already existing. The reasoning seems to be that the Revell did well, so a better one of those should be "safe" to market. Speaking for myself, my old Revell is a sentimental favorite which I have no intention of ever replacing. I want the different version of the subject. I doubt I am alone. The 1/350 market could use a brand new kit of the old beehive version, while us 1/700 folks should be seeing a new post 1982 kit.

So, naturally, if they do it, they'll do it backwards. Tamiya will face competition from a new 1/350 post '82 kit, and we will get a new 1/700 beehive version. (Which I will ignore.) Go figure the mind of a kit designer.

Will Dragon start turning out new subjects again? Good question.