New BMF coming
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Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
Junk Pilot
Sr Member
Yeah. I know. I just wanna see her bits. Mawhahahahahaha :devil
A Falcon up-skirt?!?! What is this board coming to?
tek2graphics
Sr Member
Sooo Exciting!!!!! Just saw the Xwing at Walmart last week! its HUGE!!! Cant wait to get the Falcon!!
FlyingDachshund
Active Member
I paid 59.96, free shipping.
Mark in Okinawa
Mark in Okinawa
crackerjazz
Sr Member
kokkari, Marc, don't forget to post hi-res shots for us so we can see if it does hold big potential as a poor man's prop. If you can start with a top view so we can see the toe-in of the mandibles that would be great! And, of course, the bottom view so we can see what the cannon-less, landing-gear-less (but hopefully not hollowed out) bottom looks like.
SVTStingRay
Sr Member
if it has no landing gear, how is it suppose to sit................. hover?
Junk Pilot
Sr Member
That's the easy part. Use the force. And if that fails use your imagination. Isn't that what these toys, with absolutely no play value, are all about?
TazMan2000
Master Member
Maybe it's a Hasbro experiment to see if large cheap toys with less play value are going to sell better than expensive toys with all the doohickeys.
TazMan2000
Well I got the Falcon today. I definitely have mixed feelings.
The Bad:
It's only 28inches long, so all the side wall details will have to be scratch built.
Most of the side walls are included stickers
The landing gear and the gun on the bottom are molded on , which is ridiculous.
The inside of the jaw boxes are hollow.
No landing ramp
Detail on top of the cockpit looks flat
The Good:
The proportions look pretty good
The mandibles toe in
A lot of the detail is acurate
It looks like it's easy to open up
It's light as a Frisbee
Pictures to follow...
The Bad:
It's only 28inches long, so all the side wall details will have to be scratch built.
Most of the side walls are included stickers
The landing gear and the gun on the bottom are molded on , which is ridiculous.
The inside of the jaw boxes are hollow.
No landing ramp
Detail on top of the cockpit looks flat
The Good:
The proportions look pretty good
The mandibles toe in
A lot of the detail is acurate
It looks like it's easy to open up
It's light as a Frisbee
Pictures to follow...
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Mara Jade's Father
Master Member
A few pages back I brought that up as being a possibility. That was my worst fear.
Junk Pilot
Sr Member
Hmmm yes the potential is there but I think any detail added has to be scratch built. I don't think this is large enough to use actual donor kits like the BMF. 4in makes a significant difference. Strange that they molded the gun on the bottom and NOT the top. I did not the inside of the jaw boxes now has molded detail whereas before it showed the detail as stickers.
Thanks kokkari for the photos.
Thanks kokkari for the photos.
robn1
Master Member
Thanks for the pics, it looks pretty good. The bottom details may be weak but at least it has a bottom, unlike the new large X-Wing. Lots of potential here.
The hull shape, proportions, and cockpit capsule match the 5 footer pretty well, but the details are patterned mostly from the 32 incher. I would want a 5 footer ANH style, and most of the detail needs to be redone anyway, so this is not a problem for me.
Would the 28in length put it close to 1/48? Seems about right.
The hull shape, proportions, and cockpit capsule match the 5 footer pretty well, but the details are patterned mostly from the 32 incher. I would want a 5 footer ANH style, and most of the detail needs to be redone anyway, so this is not a problem for me.
Would the 28in length put it close to 1/48? Seems about right.
Yea, there's no way you are using original doner parts on this one. Gonna have to be scratch or 3d printed.
SVTStingRay
Sr Member
look at the size of that thing!
i expected it to be worse, the sidewall is really the only major issue. maybe someone would make a kit with landing gear, bottom gun, and sidewall detail.
i expected it to be worse, the sidewall is really the only major issue. maybe someone would make a kit with landing gear, bottom gun, and sidewall detail.
