Ditto! I might get one of the X-Wing and this to weather and hang from the ceiling in my office or home theater.=DaddyfromNaboo;3343606
I think it might be my first foray into the field of painting and weathering.
Ditto! I might get one of the X-Wing and this to weather and hang from the ceiling in my office or home theater.=DaddyfromNaboo;3343606
I think it might be my first foray into the field of painting and weathering.
And there lies another question. There is no need to buy action figures. Vehicles IIRC were always meant to compliment action figures and playsets, too, if not even fueling action figure sales. This is such a stand alone toy, what scenarios are you going to play with it? The old falcon was vehicle AND playset, especially the BMF.
I think it might be my first foray into the field of painting and weathering.
Some more nice images......huge here
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums...rs-Hero-Millennium-Falcon-002_zps92b186f6.jpg
One of the reasons I said - it that is what it really looks like... To me it looks close to 2-2.5 feet based on a 8 year olds arm span in the pic. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
I'm with Dade on this one, I know that a younger (and current.....) me would love this sort of thing as a toy, not every kid is overly fussed by play features.
Same here. My BigTrak and Starbird (neither of which open up to hold figures) got along great with my Micronauts stuff when I was a kid. That's what imagination is for! Even back then the out of scale modifications that some of today's sets have in order to accommodate action figures would have bothered me...
When I was a kid (pretty young) for a while I didn't even make the connection that my friend's original Kenner MF was supposed to be Han Solo's ship. It was just way too small overall and the gray plastic looked too light in color.
IMO the newer BMF was a great job of compromising everything for a decent toy. Fitting the action figures, looking accurate, and staying sellable is a hell of a task. Those are three opposing demands that just don't reconcile very well for the Falcon.
I think we have to give Hasbro credit on that new BMF - they took a hit on that thing and made something on the edge of too much for the mainstream market. At least with the Falcon figuring heavily in the new trilogy they stand a better chance of recouping the investment over time.
I'd like to have a scaled-up copy of this new toy. Exactly double the 25" size would really look like the movies when posed with the action figures. Too bad there is no easy/cheap way to enlarge a mold like that.
People are saying the new Falcon prop is 111 feet long, does that sound about right for a proper full sized version?
Ford was about to start a scene involving the 111ft vehicle when the incident occurred.