Mpc snowspeeder: replacement resin pilots
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Galactican
Sr Member
Yo, he is called "TheToyShack". I just ordered two couples for me and a fellow builder. Here is a link:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/star-wars-CU...-1-22-SCALE-/141731467257?hash=item20ffda8ff9
I hope this helps!
http://www.ebay.de/itm/star-wars-CU...-1-22-SCALE-/141731467257?hash=item20ffda8ff9
I hope this helps!
TazMan2000
Master Member
Not a bad price, considering I don't think anyone else makes them.
Amputee pilots as to be expected as in that scale they would not fit into the cockpit.
TazMan2000
Amputee pilots as to be expected as in that scale they would not fit into the cockpit.
TazMan2000
Yo, he is called "TheToyShack". I just ordered two couples for me and a fellow builder. Here is a link:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/star-wars-CU...-1-22-SCALE-/141731467257?hash=item20ffda8ff9
I hope this helps!
thats the one! Cheers mate. I like the fact as well that the legs (knees anyway) are still present.
If anyone would like a pair of mpc monkey pilots they're free to a good home
haha
Galactican
Sr Member
You are welcome!
SGluedMyFingers
Well-Known Member
Here's my feeble attempt at working with what I had. I had this shelved for quite a while. It turned out to be a lot more work than I anticipated, particularly reworking the cockpit. The last time I took it off the shelf to finish the cockpit panels I realized how bad my eyes have gotten. I need to get a magnifying work lamp to finish this. I was pretty satisfied with how my pilots came out in the details but ultimately they are still way too small. I think that is part of why I haven't completed this project. After the FM and now the Bandai releases, I wonder if I ever will. BUT seeing these fairly inexpensive resin pilots I may pick up a pair. The details look a little dull but the fit looks right.
Dedalus5550
Sr Member
If anyone would like a pair of mpc monkey pilots they're free to a good home
I'll let you know. They might work for my Jane Goodall diorama.:lol
Lol, she'd definitely approve of these things. She could name one of them Digit! Or was Digit from Gorillas in the mist?
What on earth were they thinking when they made them. I dunno....
Galactican
Sr Member
I know ... They simply sculpted the wrong species!
Dedalus5550
Sr Member
It's kind of like the laws of science and engineering in reverse. In the real world, and even sort of in the sci-fi world, you consider the natural shape of the human body and build around that. But the snowspeeder doesn't follow that model. A human being simply can't fit into the speeder as it is designed and scaled. So the options are to make the figures smaller (ahem, cough, cough, Bandai, couch) or distort the shape of the human body to make it fit in the cockpit. Or leave off parts of the rump and the legs to make it fit. And if you scale the pilots right AND make them complete AND they fit, it's time to start checking the shape of the speeder for accuracy. They took the option of distorting the shape of the figures. Whatever.
BTW, of the original models, that's one of my favorite MPC/Ertl kits. Very recently (last time I looked) they could be had for $10 or so, and if I didn't already have a bunch, I'd be buying a bunch. And I would build most of them parked so I don't need figures.
Mike Todd
BTW, of the original models, that's one of my favorite MPC/Ertl kits. Very recently (last time I looked) they could be had for $10 or so, and if I didn't already have a bunch, I'd be buying a bunch. And I would build most of them parked so I don't need figures.
Mike Todd
kruleworld
Well-Known Member
I can't believe they made similar mistakes in prequels, with R2 needing his legs cut off to fit in the jedi starfighter, lol.
TazMan2000
Master Member
SGluedMyFingers
Well-Known Member
I got in a pair of these. My opinion: There's a reason why the pics are so blurry in the listing. I'm not very impressed. Definitely better than what came with the models. But now I'm inspired to get back to my own sculpts.
