Bandai release schedule
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Dedalus5550
Sr Member
And sold how many?
astroboy
Master Member
It looks like it already has battle damage. Normally I hate that, but they've done a nice job.
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Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
Wow. It was my birthday yesterday so I was busy doing other things besides looking at the Internets....
AND THIS HAPPENED!!!
Happy. Birthday. To. ME!!!!
AND THIS HAPPENED!!!
Happy. Birthday. To. ME!!!!
The Bandai 72 looks truly majestic. I've gone quickly over the photos and I can't see any errors at all. None of the mistakes of the 144 and 350 models are seen here! Even details that have fallen off since shooting and aren't present on the surviving five foot model are there. Dang.
Except the grilles are basically SE. And the cockpit interior details are ESB, not ANH. (Wrong side panel depth, incorrect front console details, light bars seem to align, pilot-side console levers, nav panel display is wrong, and steering yokes are present) Which is fine - you've got to give us completist nerds something to work on! How else can we be holier and Falconer than thou?
- nkg
Except the grilles are basically SE. And the cockpit interior details are ESB, not ANH. (Wrong side panel depth, incorrect front console details, light bars seem to align, pilot-side console levers, nav panel display is wrong, and steering yokes are present) Which is fine - you've got to give us completist nerds something to work on! How else can we be holier and Falconer than thou?
- nkg
Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
$400 is going to be a bit hard to swallow, but on the other hand it looks like it won't require hours of major surgery, a separate lighting kit, or a bunch of photo etch and Shapeways extras to get it passably accurate. Just paint and TLC.
The only real question for me is whether I go for it now or wait to see if Bandai releases a non-limited edition version, maybe without the lighting kit. If they were to drop the lights and drop the price to around $300, I'd be in like Flint. It's hard to imagine Bandai won't continue to make this thing available for years to come. It's an evergreen kit. It's like printing money.
The only real question for me is whether I go for it now or wait to see if Bandai releases a non-limited edition version, maybe without the lighting kit. If they were to drop the lights and drop the price to around $300, I'd be in like Flint. It's hard to imagine Bandai won't continue to make this thing available for years to come. It's an evergreen kit. It's like printing money.
Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
How else can we be holier and Falconer than thou?
- nkg
I, for one, would never stoop to rubbing my Falcon in anyone's face :angel but I know for sure that when I get this (not if) I'm going to make it the Falcon I wanted when I was 11 years-old and walked out of the original movie for the first time. I want it to look EXACTLY like it did when it backed out of the Death Star hangar bay, spun around, and blasted away. I may go so far as to do the plexiglass engines and 5-footer faux cockpit from the studio model. This may be the rare case where my goal will be to replicate the studio model rather than the "real" ship the studio model was supposed to represent.
Toadmeister
Sr Member
As mentioned, limited editions probably only means this first release. Other boxing's should follow with different options or different movie versions.
That said, can't wait to be the first to get my hands on this!
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That said, can't wait to be the first to get my hands on this!
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Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
As my wife and I were just having coffee, I told her about the Bandai announcement and walked her through why this 1/72 Falcon was a big deal -- a Holy Grail model. Then she asked the dreaded question: "How much is it." I gulped. "Just over $400 with shipping." Then without batting an eye.
"Of course you should get it."
I married UP! :love
"Of course you should get it."
I married UP! :love
Toadmeister
Sr Member
Wife and kids, this is what dad wants for Fathers Day. Ok if it comes a little late.
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Real Scooby
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Wifes and modelkits
When I recieved my BB-8, she was three-times shocked.
First, the delivery box wich was almost twice the size due loads of bubblewrap.
Second, I spread out all part on the dinning table, wich is about 1x2 meter.
Third, she already figured this will be big, and started whineing ( I guess she has no idea about the size of the DeAgo falcon until I finish it in Dec.
But in the end she liked the finished kit, and altough a model kit I talked her into it to see it as a scaled replica, that fits perfect to my collection of scaled MR lightsaber
When I recieved my BB-8, she was three-times shocked.
First, the delivery box wich was almost twice the size due loads of bubblewrap.
Second, I spread out all part on the dinning table, wich is about 1x2 meter.
Third, she already figured this will be big, and started whineing ( I guess she has no idea about the size of the DeAgo falcon until I finish it in Dec.
But in the end she liked the finished kit, and altough a model kit I talked her into it to see it as a scaled replica, that fits perfect to my collection of scaled MR lightsaber
astroboy
Master Member
Well, we are a double income family with two kids in daycare. And we live in Toronto. Tiny house. Huge mortgage.
Need I say more?
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Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
Even if I made all the money in our household, our marriage contract is one of mutual support. The money I make is our money and I made a vow to support our family. I've got kids starting college, a house, investments, heathcare, daily expenses... I can't just drop hundreds on a single bookshelf-sized model without thinking about it context of the lives I've pledged to support. I'm happy to run a purchase like this past my partner. Given everything she does for me, it's the absolute least I can do.
