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[The Doctor]

It seems odd to have advertised a $500 toy without full pictures of the deco from the start.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

I've only just twigged this is in the 3.75 inch scale. Is that what the die hard SW fan still collects? Maybe a black series 6 inch collectable would have gone down better?

[The Doctor]

Imagine what size the sail barge would be then!!!

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

It'd be as big as a car! Pinwig's gone mad!!!

[Pinwig]

No, I meant a different toy. Not the barge. You see those 6" scale tie fighters they had in TRU? They looked amazing for sixty quid. Do that, make a six inch scale Falcon. Boom. 5000 pre-orders overnight.

[The Doctor]

I dunno. I would think the giant MF from a few years ago fits the collectors needs. I have seen Phil's and it is amazing and also too darn large as it is.

A six-inch figure scale MF? Are you mad?

Think of the size of it! Same problem as this barge. Are there 5000 collectors with enough room for something that enormous? The shipping costs alone would be mad.

-Ralph

[legios]

At six inch scale a Millenium Falcon would be 114 inches long - around 289 centimetres. If that doesn't sound a lot in just one dimension then remember that the Falcon is almost as wide as it is long, so at that scale it would take up a massive foot-print... The current one is smaller than 3+3/4 scale and it is fairly huge anyway. An actual six-inch scale Falcon would be a behemoth.

I'm skeptical that a six-inch scale Falcon would actually be that much better than the 3+3/4 Sail Barge they proposed, it would likely be in the same order of magnitude price-wise, and given its flatter shape might end up taking up more space than the smaller scale Barge.

Karl

[Philip Ayres]

3511 of 5,000 backer goal | 10 days to go

Mar 22, 2018 7:35:19 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Pictures have provided a little boost but you can't help fee it's too little, too late:

3150 of 5,000 backer goal | 12 days to go

Mar 19, 2018 9:58:10 GMT Philip Ayres said:

2788 of 5,000 backer goal | 15 days to go

[Shockprowl]

I WANT A SIX INCH SCALE DEATH STAR LIKE THE OLD CARDBOARD ONE!!!!!







(I still have my cardboard Death Star!!!)

[Pinwig]

At one twelfth scale that would be 13 1/3 kilometres in diameter!

[Shockprowl]

YYYEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

[The Doctor]

I must not covet Shockprowl's cardboard Death Star.

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

Last time I played with it, my Jabba's army, lead by Ree Yees, infiltrated it! Skiff Guards and Stormtroopers batteling it out accross both levels! With ESB Han and Ceremony Luke caught up in the middle!


It's in pretty good nick, actually. Only a couple of areas have seen repair with space-tape. I lost the laser-gun bit years ago though. But now the middle is just a 'Shagf of Doom'. It's one of my favorite toys. Completely magnificent. They should do a new plastic one.


Oh, and I also still have the Action Force cardboard base. Which in many ways it better than the cardboard Death Star.


But my S.T.A.R.S. base... is gone. Just, gone.

[Philip Ayres]

3660 of 5,000 backer goal | 8 days to go

Mar 24, 2018 16:43:49 GMT Philip Ayres said:

3511 of 5,000 backer goal | 10 days to go

Mar 22, 2018 7:35:19 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Pictures have provided a little boost but you can't help fee it's too little, too late:

3150 of 5,000 backer goal | 12 days to go

[Philip Ayres]

4112 of 5,000 backer goal | 5 days to go

Mar 26, 2018 6:51:20 GMT Philip Ayres said:

3660 of 5,000 backer goal | 8 days to go

Mar 24, 2018 16:43:49 GMT Philip Ayres said:

3511 of 5,000 backer goal | 10 days to go

[Philip Ayres]

That's 500 in 3 days!

[The Doctor]

I suspect some Matty Collector style shenanigans, especially if it suddenly goes over the line with hours to go..

-Ralph

[legios]

Mar 25, 2018 16:39:46 GMT Shockprowl said:

Oh, and I also still have the Action Force cardboard base. Which in many ways it better than the cardboard Death Star.


But my S.T.A.R.S. base... is gone. Just, gone.

Yeah, the Action Force base was superb. I used that as a kid both as the ground base of Action Force, and as various stations that AF and the Rebellion had to board to thwart the evil plans of the Red Shadows/Empire alliance. (It makes a great space station if you turn it on its side and use the ladder well as a big airlock tunnel.

Karl

[Shockprowl]

OH MY GOD THAT'S BRILLIANT! THE SPACE STATION THING!!!!

[Philip Ayres]

It should make a great space station: it's a retooled Palitoy Death Star

[Philip Ayres]

How many Klaatus can you get in Jabba's Sail Barge?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgo3OPjoklM

[Philip Ayres]

****er me!

5376 of 5,000 backer goal | 4 days to go

www.hasbrolab.com/

[The Doctor]

I smell ***** as the saying goes.

-Ralph

[blueshift]

Mar 30, 2018 22:11:00 GMT Philip Ayres said:

****er me!

5376 of 5,000 backer goal | 4 days to go

www.hasbrolab.com/

!!!! Wow, what a twist!!

[Bogatan]

I'd find it more suspicous if not for the full colour reveal. It makes such a difference Im not suprises there was a surge.

[Philip Ayres]

6196 of 5,000 backer goal | 2 days to go

[Philip Ayres]

6607 of 5,000 backer goal | 1 day to go

[Benn]

Well, at least it didn't limp over at the last minute...

[Philip Ayres]

Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/HasbroNews/status/980520354744557568

And, incredibly, it looks like it'll pass 7K tonight!

6934 of 5,000 backer goal | 1 day to go

[Philip Ayres]

Just passed 7k