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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2021 20:50:50 GMT
He had a protector.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 28, 2021 22:02:27 GMT
Dare I ask who the bear's protector was?
Hang on- this wasn't some weird sex game was it? Ya big freak.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2021 9:54:28 GMT
The throne of Mandalore is mine!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 29, 2021 9:59:00 GMT
Check it for spiders first.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 7, 2021 17:11:10 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2021 18:05:21 GMT
With realistic detail including an opening cockpit, functioning landing gear, separating wings, and projectile launcher
Projectile launcher!?
How is this £133 when the larger scale snowspeeder was only £90?
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2021 21:13:58 GMT
Projectile launchers are really expensive.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2021 21:19:04 GMT
What projectile launchers do x-wings have?
The snowspeeder needed a firing tow line.
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 7, 2021 21:43:47 GMT
Projectile launchers are really expensive. -Ralph I can get you a cheap one, Doc'. Be a bit of a slag though. |
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Post by Llama God on Sept 8, 2021 7:24:00 GMT
How this, especially the figure, never got made at the time is beyond me Probably for the same reason that that bomber from The Last Jedi never got released (it has an obvious action feature and even LOOKS like a toy), and why they just didn't bother with Rise of Skywalker at all. Although I have no idea what that reason is, other than just madness. |
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Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2021 8:08:34 GMT
What projectile launchers do x-wings have? The snowspeeder needed a firing tow line. X-Wings have those proton torpedo launchers in the main body of the fighter. I don't recall them being used in Rogue One though. |
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Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2021 8:10:13 GMT
I don't see a those being the launchers on the toy though. Maybe (from where the trigger seems to be) it's to launch an R2 unit out of it's socket?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 8, 2021 8:53:19 GMT
The launcher is concealed on the underside of the nose iirc
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Post by Benn on Sept 8, 2021 9:40:09 GMT
I always thought they were the two silos on the side. Red Leader and Luke fire two each at the Death Star, right?
Unless you mean the toy.
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Post by Llama God on Sept 9, 2021 7:23:06 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 9, 2021 8:05:09 GMT
Yeah, my memory is it's different on the model The first release of this X-Wing mould had the launcher under the cockpit www.rebelscum.com/potf2fxxwing.aspwww.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/potf2/POTF2xwingfxbottom.jpgThe electronics, missile launcher and built in figures were gutted for it's later release but that gave us our first usable droid socket X-Wing www.rebelscum.com/sagaxwing.aspThe droid socket lets us play "Put the robot in, take the robot out" with our R2 unit/astromech collection. I have a few. LOVE that toy and it's in the "won't sell" category This was used for the subsequent releases - www.rebelscum.com/TLCvehXwingWedge.asp - but there was a later retool that made the nose removable for packaging. No launcher. There's another in a set with a Darth Vader tie - I can remember finding that in TKMaxx Brum - This was used for it's most recent release during Rise of the Skywalkers - annoyingly I can't find photos to check if the launcher returned or it's just my head confusing it with the original POTF2 Power FX version |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 9, 2021 9:23:54 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 9, 2021 20:27:19 GMT
Good lord. This is the 8th use of a 23 year old mould and it fits just as well with figures from then as it does new ones?
That's either great for consistency or bloody boring. We may have twenty years of CHUG figures that have a dozen different styles, but at least that means some variety.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 9, 2021 21:01:16 GMT
Good lord. This is the 8th use of a 23 year old mould and it fits just as well with figures from then as it does new ones? Better. The original had the figures moulded in and was ****ing useless. First modern SW toy I skipped. One you can use figures with is still nearly 20 years old though! |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 9, 2021 21:04:44 GMT
I've never owned an X-Wing. This new one looks good...but the price...
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 9, 2021 21:11:54 GMT
Moulded in figures is an own goal admittedly, but so is gutting the electronics!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 9, 2021 21:24:12 GMT
I remember electronics in toys...
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Sept 10, 2021 7:21:20 GMT
Hey, the Force Link toys had electronics in them. Kind of. And they were shite.
The Force Awakens Millenium Falcon has loads of electronics - it makes hyperspace noises and the noises change as you move the ship around. It's great. (It also has a massive Nerf cannon that pops out of the front, which isn't strictly-speaking screen-accurate, but is good for scaring unsuspecting house guests.) But it does occur to me that that was a few years ago now. And back in a time when Star Wars toys in this scale were produced as... you know... toys. For kids to play with.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 10, 2021 7:30:57 GMT
As some toylines have shifted more towards the collector fanbase, play features have decreased. A shame.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Sept 11, 2021 8:00:40 GMT
Very much so. I've been having fun sitting at my desk with my recently-acquired Strika and making her missile launchers go back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2021 10:25:57 GMT
Mission Fleet Millenium Falcon was on sale in Asdaland so got one.
It has...it has...FIRING MISSILES!!!!!
FOUR OF THEM!!!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 27, 2021 10:59:14 GMT
I have shot myself in the face several times. I am out of practice with playing with missile-firing toys.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Sept 28, 2021 7:10:33 GMT
No, that sounds like you're doing it right.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 30, 2021 9:17:58 GMT
It's a fun, surprisingly well detailed toy and well worth the £28 from Asdaland. Why the 'adult' MF was £400 boggles my mind.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 13, 2021 20:10:43 GMT
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