The USS Lake Erie (CG-70), a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, entered service on 24 July 1993. Dragon has released a 1/700 Ticonderoga class model in the past but this kit has been updated to reflect more recent additions to the class in service.

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An updated sprue or two, with the same old kit? The story doesn't include the phrase "all new-tooled".

No it does not. They did not describe the kit that way. Usually if a manufacturer introduces a kit from new tooling they state that as a feature.

Dragon's new releases are almost always a rehash of a previous kit with a few new parts, new tooling essentially don't exist for them outside of BL, Disney and Detective right now.

Yeah...they're putting more effort into comic book characters and bobble-heads. Dragon's turning into a toy company! Although their recent Challenger release, even though a Black Label, is a decent effort.

You mean Conqueror, right? The only Challenger Dragon ever produced was a 1/72 scale version from before they introduced BL.

My bad! You're right! Seems to be their least objectionable "all new-tooled" kit in a long time!