Electric Indigo on Hobby Talk found a listing for the 1/144 Death Star tile kit:
http://www.taghobby.com/archives/269223
3,600 Yen.
http://www.taghobby.com/archives/269223
3,600 Yen.
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monsterpartyhat
Sr Member
It's a new era. The womprats are on growth hormones.
Zombie_61
Master Member
Maybe meters are different lengths in the Star Wars universe than they are here? :confused
Real Scooby
Well-Known Member
dont tell me you guys are serious !
Everyone, me included, were sreaming for a set of DS-tiles and now everywhere ( on other building boards I visit too ) the builders start complaining about "... but the exhaust port is not in scale to the .144 fighter"
Everyone, me included, were sreaming for a set of DS-tiles and now everywhere ( on other building boards I visit too ) the builders start complaining about "... but the exhaust port is not in scale to the .144 fighter"
gedmac66
Sr Member
Real Scooby , don’t worry my friend - it’s just light hearted banter :lol!
This ‘ Tiles Diorama ‘ release announcement , would be even better if Bandai also confirmed the eminent release of their 1/72 B - wing !
:cheersGed
This ‘ Tiles Diorama ‘ release announcement , would be even better if Bandai also confirmed the eminent release of their 1/72 B - wing !
:cheersGed
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Nobody will stop anybody to put the 1/72-Scale-X-wing into this diorama... oh wait, now everybody is whining again about "the turret is to small for 1/72".... hehe...
Aren't these the 1:72 DS tiles from the other kits, bundled? :confused If so, I don't know why they'd include a 1:144 fighter. That exhaust port is pretty much exactly twice the size it should be for that fighter... Which, obviously, is just right for including a 1:72 fighter. I'd suggest maybe putting a Red 5 in 1:72 in the trench, and pose the 1:144 one decoed as Red 2 up and away from the trench to represent distance as Wedge leaves.
--Jonah
--Jonah
Victor3
Sr Member
Of course not!
Although, it'd be awesome to use this for a forced-perspective (hey , a pun!) diorama!
Put the exhaust port up front, with a 1/72 Red5 bearing down on it, then the 1/144 Vehicle collection Vader & Regular TIE's bouncing off of each other a bit further back, and the 1/350 Falcon zooming in overhead!
Might look weird on the shelf, but it would photograph really well.
Richard Baker
Sr Member
I love this release! My only issue is having the sides of the trench just rearranged surface pieces- if these units really represent functioning hardware it does not make sense to have repeated hardware at 90 degrees like that. IIRC the filmed trench sides had ledges and different greebly.
I think I will build mine horizontal and use the gun tower from my A-Wing kit to give a pair for the ships to fly between...
I think I will build mine horizontal and use the gun tower from my A-Wing kit to give a pair for the ships to fly between...
Real Scooby
Well-Known Member
Thats not right. At least the tile with the big box and the tile with the four logs are actualy wall pieces ( the ones that came with the .72 versions of the x-wing and y-wing )
DARTH SABER
Master Member
Yeah they are.
Basically 8 tiles from the existing kits and the tower from the A-Wing kit.
Still, very much in demand from collectors.
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The "Standard Version" of the Perfect Grade Falcon is out, if anyone missed it:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bandai-Sta...-Kit-257271-/132523555828?hash=item1edb04fbf4
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bandai-Sta...-Kit-257271-/132523555828?hash=item1edb04fbf4
Are the tiles for the 1/72 kits actually 1/72 scale?
I always thought they were a kind of "non-scale" representation of the "low altitude" tiles
here is a decent pic of the Y-wing tile base in use with a gun turret
And here it looks like setting up that shot. That trench looks to small to have fighters in it if it is only one tile high
I always thought they were a kind of "non-scale" representation of the "low altitude" tiles
here is a decent pic of the Y-wing tile base in use with a gun turret
And here it looks like setting up that shot. That trench looks to small to have fighters in it if it is only one tile high
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What is the difference between kits?
SixthScaleMan
Active Member
I think it doesn’t come with the light kit and there’s stickers but no water decals.
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If the percentages hold, we might expect the standard version to have a discount price of around $290 USD.
The standard version does not include decals, leds nor photo etch. It has stickers instead of the decals.
