1/1 Xwing

[Jolly Rogers]

I guess it's a fringe benefit having George Lucas as the conference keynote speaker and his ILM actively recruiting / interviewing digital artists there this week...

[Jolly Rogers]

They parked this puppy at the lobby of the LA Convention Center (South Hall). No pass is required to get an up close and personal look.

[Jolly Rogers]

Lots of autographs of the cast (including Kenny Baker) on the other side of the fuselage, but not on this side for some reason.

Edited August 2, 2005 by Jolly Rogers

[Jolly Rogers]

Last but not least, the butt shot.

[B-52 GUNNER]

My Buddy Ron had one that he bought for $13,200 and sold it to a guy in Australia for $24,000.

It's more like 90% Scale

35 feet long and about 2400 lbs

They only made 9 but one was lost in a accident.

The one you saw was at CIII last April.

Scot

[Jolly Rogers]

Autographs

[Guppy]

My Buddy Ron had one that he bought for $13,200 and sold it to a guy in Australia for $24,000.

It's more like 90% Scale

35 feet long and about 2400 lbs

They only made 9 but one was lost in a accident.

The one you saw was at CIII last April.

Scot

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Jeez.. what was the shipping cost? I live in Australia.. where did the x-wing go to? I'll do a B&E and take some pics!!

[Mechwolf]

Wow. It's that the horribly disproportioned X-Wing. Yay. S-foils are too stubby, nose is too short & the engine nacelles are too small. Basically, someone just scaled up the old Kenner X-wing toy.

[LORD KUNGFU]

Wow. It's that the horribly disproportioned X-Wing. Yay. S-foils are too stubby, nose is too short & the engine nacelles are too small. Basically, someone just scaled up the old Kenner X-wing toy.

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Thats funny, I was thinking that myself when I first saw the pictures. It does look out of proportion, but still cool.

Edited August 2, 2005 by LORD KUNGFU

[Skull Leader]

I get so sick of seeing this thing... it's NOT a true 1/1 scale X-wing, and the wings should be closed while it's in a parked position...

It's still cool, but I guess I've just seen so many other threads of it that the "neato" factor has completely worn off on me.

[Capt Hungry]

Good to know that I am not the only one who thought it looked smaller than it should.

Still cool to see though.

[B-52 GUNNER]

Lucas had a company in Germany make them for the THX release of Star Wars, so I would say that he gave the thumbs up on building them after he saw the prototype.

As for the Ausi one.

I think it's in Sidney in a Private Collection.

I helped pack it in a shipping container and it was a B*t*h.

After we packed it a exterminator had to come and bomb it.

He said that if the first person to open it didn't have a resparator on they would either die or get cancer.

Heck for all I know it may still be on the ship headed over there because it had to go through the Panama Canal.

[Commander McBride]

Saw it today, it does look cool IRL.

[Chronocidal]

Meh.. Seen it. It was cool when I was 14 and there was one above the gift shop after Star Tours. Then I got a sense of proportion.

I will give it this, it's a lot better than the toys, or the Ertl kits.. but still.. you realize if you sat down in that thing, your feet would probably come out the torp tubes. Plus I love the way they added that hydraulic ram to raise the canopy.. right in the middle of the window.

[B-52 GUNNER]

I've sat in the one my friend had and it's tight on the sides but has plenty of leg room.

I will give it this, it's a lot better than the toys, or the Ertl kits.. but still.. you realize if you sat down in that thing, your feet would probably come out the torp tubes. Plus I love the way they added that hydraulic ram to raise the canopy.. right in the middle of the window.

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