Oh, the wonders my mailbox had for me today: I got my Serenity ornament! This, this is a gorgeous thing.
The ornament from Dark Horse Deluxe is 6 1/2″ long and full detailed, with a nice heft to it. Light enough to be a Christmas ornament (it comes with a detachable hook and loop in the top) but heavy enough to fit snugly on the enclosed optional base. It’s sort of a bronzy gun metal color, with blue on the panels and the engine flames. The base is black with felt pads; Serenity fits on top at an angle for a mid-swoop effect. Bigger pics below.
It’s not a toy. A little too fragile to play with, the place where the engines attach to the engine struts is too weak to bounce around. Nitpickers will find problems – little rough on some of the details, no Serenity insignia on the side, etc — but tough. You gotta get one of these things.
Fortunately, that part’s easy. You can buy it at Things From Another World, Poplollies, 258 West Authentic, and your local comic store.
Or you try to win one of three I’m giving away this month, thanks to TFAW. Just post a comment somewhere on this site and you’ll be entered to win. Details here.
Oh wow, that’s really cool 😀 I had no idea they were making these!
Shiny! I want one!
Shiny! Must get me one of those 😀
Greetings from SL!!!
You have as great a site as your shop in SL! Very shiny…As is the ornament! Very nice! I might have to give them out as gifts this year 😀
Stay shiny!
I’ll take eight. ::beaming smile::
looks awesome
Beautiful ornament, I may get it when I am slightly less broke.
Hope I win this thing…
Looks great. Looking forward to this hanging on my tree along with my ST ornaments.
When I first caught wind of these I assumed I’d be able to resist, but these pics have changed my mind, naturally. Oh so very shiny.
Oh, how shiny! I want so badly to get my hands on one of those 🙂
I would DIE to have this. Shiny!
Those are definitely nifty. I totally forgot to pre-order one so now I need to scramble to pick one up … unless I win ONE from you 😉
Mine is in the mail; I cannot wait till it gets here! I have a place of honor on my desk at work just waiting.
Thanks for posting these great pics.
More silver colored than I thought it would be.
I’ll have to get at least one of these for myself and maybe one for my Browncoat friend as a Christmas present.
I wonder how many they are making of these…
—BK Says:
August 20th, 2006 at 8:14 am
Does anyone know how to get them in Europe ? It’s so expensive and complicated ordering from the U.S. —
You can get the shiny spaceship from forbidden planet UK
I saw it months ago and am SOOOO excited about it.. please can I win one?? 😀
-I’ll be in my bunk-
Tam. xx
That’s SO pretty, I’d love to have one.
I tend to get these from friends in a forum (batch orders) I wonder if it can be done with this item also. I want it really bad 😀
At this model’s scale, how big should the Serenity logo be? Maybe I can print myself up a sticker to fit in the right place.
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Cool!! A must have!
Wow, this is nice. Definitely going to be giving a few of these as Christmas gifts this year.
I might have to convert just to get one!
… look how many people want to enter the contest, how cool!
I got to get me one of these.
Cool. Mine is on it’s way, it just hasn’t arrived here yet.
Can’t wait to see it!
That is just about the best piece of merch out there. Beautiful.
Absolutely amazing. The detail is brilliant. I’ve been meaning to pick one of these up for a while now, I didn’t know they were actually out yet, heh (I thought I was getting one for my birthday as well, this month). Guess I’m going to have to pick one up as soon as I can (that’s if I don’t win this shiny competition)!
Really nice attention to detail on the ornament. Thanks for the close-up photos. 🙂
thanks for the pics – it really does look good!!! Like others on here I didnt know it was out so thanks for the heads up 🙂
Hi, got 3 of them today, great item.
I saw the prototype casting at Flan I, but what I saw was just the base cast, and didn’t have the nice paint job to make it all shiny. THis is gorgeous. I definitely gotta get me one, or two, or let’s see, three. Hmmmmm 🙂
Oh my goddess! Must have that NOW!
Oooh! I need to find that. I need one for me and two for my Browncoat kids. If they buy their own, then I guess I’ll just keep them all. 😀
Too much fun — I can imagine it suspended mid air!
Wow, I suddenly got fan-girl excited and freaked out my dogs. This is….amazing. I love how detailed and SHINY it is! I can’t wait to pilot it….er…buy it.
Wow, that’s a really nice ornament. Each year each of my family members hangs a silly ornament on the tree that they usually go on about being their favorite and such. I think I may just get one of these and then I’ll have a favorite too, even if it doesn’t fit any sort of Christmas theme. 😉
wow it looks fantastic. i wish i could afford one but im broke and i am Australian so i would have to pay double the price which unlucky. i hope more models of serenity and other ships etc would be made.
Shiny! I can’t wait to get one! But will have to until I can afford one…
This little beauty beats that ol’ Bird of Prey ornament all to Hell! I can just see it now, ornament dogfights around the tree. All we need now is an Ariel ambulance and an Alliance tree-topper. (‘Cause, well, they think they’re always on top of everything.)
I’m like one to eat.
Supposedly, mine is on the way. USPS tracking sez it’s in cincinatti; why? Beats me! Will be shiny indeed when mine arrives. 🙂
Ooooh, me likey. Thanks for posting the photos!
My Serenity ornaments have arrived. The quality is outstanding and is every bit as good as the pre-release photos depicted. They are made of plastic and are very light but durable, including the solar panels. The fine detail is amazing right down to turbine blades in the engine intakes, engine struts under the wings, small engine nozzles on the back and a shuttle on each side. The color is a flat gray pewter with some highlight colors, that seem to have been painted on by hand. The hanger hook and cord are removable for display on the stand. There appear to be no blemishes or pits in the plastic. The ornaments were packaged in sturdy cardboard boxes and Styrofoam with bright images of the product on the four sides and the Serenity logo on the lid. You can’t go wrong for the price and I may order more as Christmas gifts.
Wow! That’s even more gorgeous than I was expecting! The early preview pics just didn’t do it justice 😉 Hopefully I can scrape up some cash soon to buy one, but if not, there’s always Christmas… (assuming they’re still around then *gulp*).
Simply exquisite. Thank you for the pictures.
oh man that is awesome!! i have got to get one!!
Got mine, and I was thrilled right from the start of seeing the box……wow! It was worth waiting for such great quality and attention to detail. The box is a thing of beauty, and nice and BIG! The ornament itself is lovely, and very, very well protected inside said fantastic box.
One thing I love is that the ornament sits on the stand at a sort of flying angle, and you can rotate it with your finger for different views. It also looks great from all angles……front, side, behind, whatever and the slant they have it at always looks good. Seriously, this thing is awesome. I might have to have another to keep mint in the box. That’s not something I normally do, but with this I might.
Worth the wait, worth the price……shiny in every way. And the poplollies package was as fun as ever to receive
That is really cool. I need to get one of those.
Good lawd that is shinilicious!
..must..not..compulsively…buy….no…$$…
Serenity lands in New Zealand!
Looks a lot better than the photos. Sure, I’m just posting this so I can win one to give to my son, he can’t have this one…
I got mine just this past Saturday. And it is brilliant. But one strange thing makes me scratch my head.
The one I got is NOWHERE near the shiny silver color that yours is. Mine is actually pretty dark. I mean lots of darker grays than the one in the pictures. Especially the “head” (Cockpit area). It’s soooo dark gray/black that I thought it was supposed to symbolize how many times Serenity had been scortched from when she was entering atmo.
So having looked at your pics I have come to the conclusion that I may have to order another one in hopes of getting a nice and shiny one (Sometime after D*C though). But that being said, I recommend all of y’all get one of your own. No matter what color it is, you’ll be glad you did.