Junk Pilot
Sr Member
Re: Bandai 1/72 Millennium Falcon
Man, it sucks to be you right now. lol
If I wasn't already committed to the DeAgo Falcon I'd be all over this new Bandai kit because I love the 5ft Falcon as well...with ESB mods. But at the current exchange rate I'd be looking at paying over $500 AUD for it so it won't be happening for me, same with the Zvezda Star Destroyer, Bandai's AT-AT, X-wing, Y-Wing and more AT-AT's.
I think I'll go out to the garage to find a rope....
Man, it sucks to be you right now. lol
If I wasn't already committed to the DeAgo Falcon I'd be all over this new Bandai kit because I love the 5ft Falcon as well...with ESB mods. But at the current exchange rate I'd be looking at paying over $500 AUD for it so it won't be happening for me, same with the Zvezda Star Destroyer, Bandai's AT-AT, X-wing, Y-Wing and more AT-AT's.
I think I'll go out to the garage to find a rope....
Crap. I'm so torn.
Just the other week I gave up waiting for a 1:72 Bandai, and bought all 100 parts for the De Agostini Falcon. And this announcement hits!
De Ago pluses:
- fun to detail up the cockpit and hold, and make it go from toy to model
- impressively big
- I own it now
- I like the ESB ship in terms of hull lighting
De Ago negatives:
- It's too damn big. It's frickin' huge.
- I actually don't like the 32" Falcon. I much prefer the 5 footer
- I'm likely going to be moving, and the sheer size is a hassle
- The quality of the molding simply isn't up to Bandai standards
Bandai 1:72 pluses
- Very convenient size
- It's likely going to be totally perfect in terms of molding quality and accuracy
- It's the beautiful 5 footer
Bandai 1:72 negatives
- May be a hassle to get hold of
- I like the ANH design, but it wouldn't be right to stick ESB external lights on it
- No fun toys like the hold details
- The accuracy actually means less fun work fixing up the problems!
And I really don't want to have two huge Falcon models in the house. So I have to decide which way to go at some point.
What do you think?