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After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:49 am
by Stikpusher
Finally somebody is making this subject since it first appeared on screen so dramatically in 1977...
Yeah this is a “must have/will get”
Thank you Bandai!!!!
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:08 pm
by Stuart
Cool - but needs more engines!
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:15 pm
by Medicman71
Oh hell yes!!!
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:32 pm
by Floki
Finally! Any idea on scale?
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:41 pm
by speedgraflex
1/1000 - about 5 inches long (12,7 cm?). You can cut out the cockpit window...
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:54 pm
by Stikpusher
Bruce beat me to it.., they are also releasing it in a combo pack set with a 1/350 Millenium Falcon, according to Scalemates.
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:02 pm
by speedgraflex
1:350 resin. Compare the detail:
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 4:45 pm
by Stikpusher
Well now, 1/1000 to 1/350 is not quite an equal starting point... larger scale means more room for detail...
in any case, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Hobby Lobby gets either the single kit, or the twin pack kit. I was there yesterday and they had the Death Star 2/Star Destroyer combo kit in stock...
Re: After 41 years...
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 4:51 pm
by speedgraflex
I agree, Carlos—I wasn’t knocking Bandai, believe me, but there are non-Bandai Blockade Runner kits out there in the Unlicensed Universe that are detailed beautifully. That is one of them. Randy Cooper makes the other. Also, I don’t know if Randy still makes a Galileo Shuttle, but I would jump on that kit. I don’t see a decent original series shuttle appearing any time soon; I have the resin to rework the AMT kit, but that one needs a lot of help.