newmagrathea
Sr Member
A price????... not sure how real this is.
Hot Toys showing off 1/6 Falcon,...over 18ft long
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The hell with the Falcon.
The girls are far more interesting!
The girls are far more interesting!
xeno
Sr Member
mktodd
Sr Member
For the amount of effort it took to make that thing, why did they not bother to make it look any good? So many details are wrong, the end cap details are worse than a toy version, the hull plate edges are far too thick and the cockpit looks way off. It looks like they scanned the Code 3 diecast and blew it up. Whoever paid for this travesty should ask for their money back.
The ONLY thing impressive about it is the size; Everything else looks terrible.
The ONLY thing impressive about it is the size; Everything else looks terrible.
IzzyMel
Sr Member
Did I read that right $229.999?????? :eek
MonsieurTox
Master Member
Fake !
gyoung2993
Sr Member
Jaitea
Master Member
......theres more wrong with it than right,.....how could they mess up accessible dimensions?
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Dedalus5550
Sr Member
Three words: man dib bulls. Not interested. (I mean, besides the price, the size, but them mandibles need to please me, and they don't.)
Spacejunk
Active Member
Here is a vid showing some close up detail. For what it is, though the detail not accurate, it is still impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-zbX89-so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-zbX89-so
crackerjazz
Sr Member
They're probably just after a backdrop for the 1/6 figures and not a true scaled up model. But if they could make something this big, wouldn't a 5-footer be within reach? Or maybe even just an empty 5-footer shell for those who long to build one 
Yes, this is about staging the 1/6 figures in a cool setting and drawing the crowd's attention to it. The big Falcon amounts to a huge diorama prop.
As for building a 5ft ship - where's the market?
I've never even seen a fan-built model of the Falcon much bigger than 32" size. Not a finished one. Not something with any accuracy & detail to adult eyes.
IMO there might have been some minor market for that before Hasbro's BMF (the expensive electronic one) came out a few years ago. But that toy fulfilled enough of the hobby's want of a better MF model to pose with their 3.75" figures.
As for building a 5ft ship - where's the market?
I've never even seen a fan-built model of the Falcon much bigger than 32" size. Not a finished one. Not something with any accuracy & detail to adult eyes.
IMO there might have been some minor market for that before Hasbro's BMF (the expensive electronic one) came out a few years ago. But that toy fulfilled enough of the hobby's want of a better MF model to pose with their 3.75" figures.
Most casual visitors would be impressed by it, it's a great centre piece. But as an SW and MF fan I can't help feel disappointed with the accuracy ,particularly the paint work, the weathering is poor and the lack of a detailed cockpit really detracts from it. If HT think that work like this and on the huge TIES at SDCC is going to help them sell to the majority of collectors then it isn't. Nobody here is going to part with a massive chunk of cash for something that so differs from the screen models. Why they are producing them at this scale but with such inaccuracy Is bemusing me, its not that there isn't any data to go on is it? I can only think that a time factor has played a large part in this.
I wouldn't be surprised if HT subcontracted out some or all of the job to a one-off specialty/prototyping firm.
And if it was the work of outsiders to the SW world, they probably would just grab the best commercially-available representation of the item they could get on short notice. The FM 1:72 model kit would probably appear to be a safe bet from where they were sitting.
And if it was the work of outsiders to the SW world, they probably would just grab the best commercially-available representation of the item they could get on short notice. The FM 1:72 model kit would probably appear to be a safe bet from where they were sitting.
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