As the hobby gets older, and the original confirmed donor kits get scarcer, and thus more expensive, the ONLY solution to this growing problem, and to this hobby having a future in which future generations can make these incredibly detailed, enjoyable, and massively complex builds, is to digitize the entire library of original greeblies so that 3D prints can be made.
To that end, I am offering a Limited Run, "Help Me to Help You" offering, limited to a very limited number of people. I own 160+ original issue, original boxings of the confirmed donor kits used by ILM in 1975-76 to make all the Star Wars models. I have built and/or will be building a Y-Wing, Millennium Falcon (5-footer), Turbo Laser Turret Cannon, X-Wing, Sand Crawler, Land Speeder, Snow Speeder, and TIE Fighter, and modifying the DeAgostini Millennium Falcon. I cannot afford the $1600 scanner required to digitize all my kits. If you help me acquire it, then I will repay you with digital scans of everything I have, in the following tiers:
TIER 1
You donate $5 to "Support the Cause" because you are already in possession of all that you need, and you have money to donate to a good cause for the RPF community. For this tier, you get exactly nothing in return except my profound gratitude.
TIER 2
$10 Donation -- You will receive ONE digital scan of the ONE greeblie that's been eluding you all these years, and that you keep getting skunked on every 3 years when its confirmed donor source kit does come up on Ebay.
TIER 3
$20 Donation -- You will receive ONE complete digital scan of the one complete Kit that you would like a digital scan of, but do not possess.
TIER 4
$50 Donation -- You get digital scans of as many greeblies as you want/need within a range of 5 kits, your choice of kits, and within that, you choice of whether it is an individual greeblie scan or a complete kit scan.
TIER 5
$100 Donation -- You will receive a digital scan of every model piece I have that is known to be used on ILM models. (N.B. - This does not mean a complete scan of every complete kit, but a scan of every "known" greeblie from within those kits)
TIER 6
$150 Donation - You will receive a digital scan of every model piece I have that is known to be used on ILM models PLUS the following:
A.) Digital scans of all future models I acquire that I do not yet have (which is a shrinking number, of less than 50 kits by my estimation).
TIER 7
$200 Donation - You will receive a digital scan of every model piece I have that is known to be used on ILM models PLUS the following:
A: Digital scans of all future models I acquire that I do not yet have (which is a small and shrinking number, of less than 50 kits).
B) Digital scans of all major "subassemblies" so you can print them off as one-piece instead of hundreds. (This saves you massive amounts of build time, and/or is also considered "cheating" depending on how "old-school" and "purist" you are about your build philosophy)
TIER 8
$250 donations - You will receive a digital scan of every greeblie I have that is known to be used on ILM models PLUS the following:
A.) Digital scans of all major "subassemblies" so you can print them off as one-piece instead of hundreds
B.) Digital scans of all future models I acquire that I do not yet have (which is a small and shrinking number, of less than 50 kits)
C.) Custom scan requests taken of anything you want scanned from these kits that a.) I may not have already been scanned b/c they aren't part of a build I'm planning on doing or b.) they are a kit part that you need for a non-Star Wars related model that you are working on but that I simply do not have in my catalog of files.
D.) This highest tier is both the most expensive and the rarest, as it will Disappear as soon as the purchase price of the scanner is hit. (The other tiers will be offered on an on-going basis to subsidize the Falcon project.)
My experience, so far, has been that some are hoarders (of digital or real greeblies), some are sharers (but don't have all the kits), and most are like me, totally in love with the whole thing but not rich enough to buy all the tools and kits they want to build everything they want.
I'm about to build the 5-footer Millennium Falcon, probably the "mother lode" of greeblies and "ultimate dream" of every studio scale Star Wars builder, and this typically costs 40-50k to build using originals, so consider this investment as the wise man's way to a.) build it for a LOT cheaper and, if you're married, b.) staying out of the dog house for the indefinite future in the "You-spent-HOW-MUCH-on-that-thing?" category!
The scanner I am planning on getting is accurate to within 0.10mm of resolution, which should be good enough for all applications.
PM me for payment details. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE indicate TIER 1, TIER 2, etc when you are communicating, in each and every PM, and in each and every Paypal transaction, so that I can keep it all clear as to who wanted/ordered/paid for what.
Cheers,
SK
To that end, I am offering a Limited Run, "Help Me to Help You" offering, limited to a very limited number of people. I own 160+ original issue, original boxings of the confirmed donor kits used by ILM in 1975-76 to make all the Star Wars models. I have built and/or will be building a Y-Wing, Millennium Falcon (5-footer), Turbo Laser Turret Cannon, X-Wing, Sand Crawler, Land Speeder, Snow Speeder, and TIE Fighter, and modifying the DeAgostini Millennium Falcon. I cannot afford the $1600 scanner required to digitize all my kits. If you help me acquire it, then I will repay you with digital scans of everything I have, in the following tiers:
TIER 1
You donate $5 to "Support the Cause" because you are already in possession of all that you need, and you have money to donate to a good cause for the RPF community. For this tier, you get exactly nothing in return except my profound gratitude.
TIER 2
$10 Donation -- You will receive ONE digital scan of the ONE greeblie that's been eluding you all these years, and that you keep getting skunked on every 3 years when its confirmed donor source kit does come up on Ebay.
TIER 3
$20 Donation -- You will receive ONE complete digital scan of the one complete Kit that you would like a digital scan of, but do not possess.
TIER 4
$50 Donation -- You get digital scans of as many greeblies as you want/need within a range of 5 kits, your choice of kits, and within that, you choice of whether it is an individual greeblie scan or a complete kit scan.
TIER 5
$100 Donation -- You will receive a digital scan of every model piece I have that is known to be used on ILM models. (N.B. - This does not mean a complete scan of every complete kit, but a scan of every "known" greeblie from within those kits)
TIER 6
$150 Donation - You will receive a digital scan of every model piece I have that is known to be used on ILM models PLUS the following:
A.) Digital scans of all future models I acquire that I do not yet have (which is a shrinking number, of less than 50 kits by my estimation).
TIER 7
$200 Donation - You will receive a digital scan of every model piece I have that is known to be used on ILM models PLUS the following:
A: Digital scans of all future models I acquire that I do not yet have (which is a small and shrinking number, of less than 50 kits).
B) Digital scans of all major "subassemblies" so you can print them off as one-piece instead of hundreds. (This saves you massive amounts of build time, and/or is also considered "cheating" depending on how "old-school" and "purist" you are about your build philosophy)
TIER 8
$250 donations - You will receive a digital scan of every greeblie I have that is known to be used on ILM models PLUS the following:
A.) Digital scans of all major "subassemblies" so you can print them off as one-piece instead of hundreds
B.) Digital scans of all future models I acquire that I do not yet have (which is a small and shrinking number, of less than 50 kits)
C.) Custom scan requests taken of anything you want scanned from these kits that a.) I may not have already been scanned b/c they aren't part of a build I'm planning on doing or b.) they are a kit part that you need for a non-Star Wars related model that you are working on but that I simply do not have in my catalog of files.
D.) This highest tier is both the most expensive and the rarest, as it will Disappear as soon as the purchase price of the scanner is hit. (The other tiers will be offered on an on-going basis to subsidize the Falcon project.)
My experience, so far, has been that some are hoarders (of digital or real greeblies), some are sharers (but don't have all the kits), and most are like me, totally in love with the whole thing but not rich enough to buy all the tools and kits they want to build everything they want.
I'm about to build the 5-footer Millennium Falcon, probably the "mother lode" of greeblies and "ultimate dream" of every studio scale Star Wars builder, and this typically costs 40-50k to build using originals, so consider this investment as the wise man's way to a.) build it for a LOT cheaper and, if you're married, b.) staying out of the dog house for the indefinite future in the "You-spent-HOW-MUCH-on-that-thing?" category!
The scanner I am planning on getting is accurate to within 0.10mm of resolution, which should be good enough for all applications.
PM me for payment details. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE indicate TIER 1, TIER 2, etc when you are communicating, in each and every PM, and in each and every Paypal transaction, so that I can keep it all clear as to who wanted/ordered/paid for what.
Cheers,
SK
