STAR WARS Merchandise Episode - 2

[kajnrig]

There were some small scale model kits of the AT-ST plus snow speeder... maybe that? I forget if they're metal or not.

[Graham]

I seem to remember  at the time the PG Millenium Falcon was announced, Bandai also made an announcement about die-cast vehicles, but nothing was shown.

[kajnrig]

Hm... a cursory google turns up nothing, but this was what I was talking about. I seem to remember seeing them in diecast too. Maybe chrome plating? I dunno.

https://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Vehicle-Height-Speeder-Plastic/dp/B06XCBMGY5

[tekering]

"New, from Kenner's Star Wars: The Last Jedi toy line, it's the Crait Resistance Base playset!"

"Featuring a retractable shield door..."

"Working elevators for transporting personnel to the Ski Speeder hangar..."

"...and an emergency exit through the crystal foxhole."

"Desperate to defend the base from the First Order, General Leia confers with her Resistance fighters."

"At the last minute, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker arrives to save the day!"

"Action figures sold separately."  

Looks like something the old guard at Kenner might've produced back in the day, eh?  

[Sildani]

And for that, it’s awesome. No included crystal fox tho?

[Black Valkyrie]

 

Guys & Gals did you watch the Netflix four episodes documentary The Toys That Made Us, especially part 1 about SW. 

 

[sh9000]

Cool setup.  I’ve noticed in person that the 3.75” figures look a little smaller than older releases.  I bet they can be customized and fit better in 1/18 cars.

I’ve heard The Toys That Made Us show is good.  I need to check it out.

[tekering]

On 12/27/2017 at 10:31 PM, Sildani said:

No included crystal fox tho?

No vulptex figure on the horizon, I'm afraid... but making my own might present an interesting challenge.  

11 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Cool setup.  I’ve noticed in person that the 3.75” figures look a little smaller than older releases.

Sometimes significantly smaller, sometimes substantially larger, depending on the character:

More scale-accurate, basically.

11 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I bet they can be customized and fit better in 1/18 cars.

Sure, if they're properly articulated.

Unfortunately, most of the sequel trilogy figures are very poorly articulated.  

11 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I’ve heard The Toys That Made Us show is good.  I need to check it out.

I've just watched it (thanks for the heads-up, Black Valkyrie!), and it's fascinating.  I especially liked seeing the original wooden patterns for the Kenner Falcon:

The photo collages they put together representing different eras are fun, too.

Although hardly accurate...

Isn't that a Yamato v.2 Valkyrie?  

[Chronocidal]

Looks like a 1/48, judging by the long nose, kneecaps, and slightly open speed brake.

[David Hingtgen]

Sorry if this was brought up before, but it's bugged me since like, trailer #1 of episode 7------and Bandai seems to be the first to "fix" it-----the markings on the new X-Wings.   They were ALL "Blue 3".  Except for Black Leader, which was marked as "Black 3" (or maybe Orange 3?)    

Anyways----the new Bandai 3-pack (MF, and black and blue X-wings) comes with 'proper' squadron markings for the X-wings, have a look:

They actually paid more attention than the movie CG artists etc.   Disappointingly, their new Ep 8 version of the X-Wing kit,despite having several new parts than the Ep 7 release---doesn't include any more markings for the wings.  

[Dobber]

Cool! That’s how I marked my 4 T-70’s I built 2 years ago. I also made the blue markings on the bridge of the nose to match as well. They actually can correspond.

Blue Leader

 

 

 

Blue 2

 

 

 

Blue 3

 

 

 

 

Blue 5

 

 

 

 

 

[electric indigo]

Proof that collective prayers do work:

Bandai 1/72 B-Wing kit

Edited February 18, 2018 by electric indigo

[Kelsain]

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20 minutes ago, electric indigo said:

Proof that collective prayers do work:

Bandai 1/72 B-Wing kit

*extremely childish glee-scream*YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!

 

my basement will end up full of B-wings... Mine and my Roomie's fav. Starwars fighter!

[kajnrig]

When.... When did these show up?

[Chronocidal]

YESSS!

Day is officially made.  I'm going to have to get at least three.. maybe more.  I bumped up my 1/72 X-Wing total to four, once they released the Red Leader version with the solid nose stripe (and the 1/144 mini version).  I might have to start grabbing more of each type.  I do hope they're still going to continue with the Death Star baseplates for the stands though, the new X-Wing kit just used a generic black base (probably because it was marked more as a Rogue One product).

Now we're down to the just the Tie Bomber for OT ships right? 

I think my only real lament now about the 1/72 lineup is that I still want a true 1/72 A-Wing.. between the huge pilot, and screen comparisons, the A-Wing is much closer to 1/48, and matches the electronic X-Wing's scale.

Edited February 18, 2018 by Chronocidal

[mechaninac]

for the B-Wing.

As for what's left from the OT: 1/72 TIE Bomber, 1/72 and/or 1/144 Lambda class shuttle Tiderium, and maybe Rogue One's (It's in the time frame) 1/144 AT-ACT and Krennic's command shuttle in 1/72 and/or 1/144 and a 1/144 Zeta class cargo shuttle and a 1/12 assault tank commander, and I'd love to see them delve into the capital ships... 1/350 or 1/700 or 1/1000 Blockade Runner, 1/700 or 1/1000 Nebulon class frigate, etc.

[Chronocidal]

Oh yikes, I forgot the shuttle entirely.. it's even been on my mind a ton lately due to remodeling my UCS Lego one.  Would love to see that in 1/144.. 1/72 might be doable, but I think that's the rough scale of the old MPC kit, and it was a bit of a beast.  It wouldn't be anything on the level of the PG Falcon probably, but still a huge and expensive kit.

I'd love to see some of the larger capital ships done well finally, even the mid-ranged ones.  The only thing remotely comparable I've seen thus far are the X-Wing tabletop miniatures.  I think they're around 1/250?  That's a little big for some things, but the Blockade Runner is really nice in that size, a little over a foot long, and easily displayable.

[Dobber]

Excited too, but unfortunately nothing official about a release. Hopefully this will not be another Star Destroyer, motorized AT-AT, large R2, and 1/12 Vader TIE situation.

Chris

[Kelsain]

So, I just heard that Toy Fair is going on, so I did a quick Google.

Looks like the next wave of Black Series figs is gonna have a lot of cool stuff.

http://news.toyark.com/2018/02/17/toy-fair-2018-hasbro-star-wars-black-series-288541

I've been holding out for an ESB Leia to add to the lineup of awesome rebel ladies. She looks more like 1990's Carrie Fisher though, rather than 1980. But better that the ANH version.

But dang, we've got Wolfe, Zuckuss, 4-LOM, Tarkin, Porgs...

Although, something tells me Holdo's not going to be flying off the shelves. Just a hunch.

[electric indigo]

51 minutes ago, Kelsain said:

 

Although, something tells me Holdo's not going to be flying off the shelves. Just a hunch.

I need one to set it on fire...

[Dobber]

49 minutes ago, electric indigo said:

I need one to set it on fire...

Lol! I agree not going to be a big seller

Chris

[Graham]

The Black Series 6" Wolfe and Rex look awesome, definitely getting them. My son and I are both huge Clone Wars, Clone Trooper fans.  My only complaint is I wish they had made the faces more faithful to the cartoon, rather than going with  the face of the actor from the prequel movies.

Also, gonna be buying the Black Series Porg pack and the Black Series 6" Gamorrean Guard figure

I can't imagine the  Black Series 6" Vice Admiral Holdo  figure selling well, or at all. That's a definite shelf warmer in the making. 

[sh9000]

The 4 ft Jabba’s Sail Barge is cool.

http://news.toyark.com/2018/02/17/toy-fair-2018-hasbro-star-wars-hasbro-lab-jabbas-barge-288609

[Scyla]

Seems like the Black Series Darth Revan gets a reissue. You can preorder one at BBTS: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/45592

 

[sh9000]

[Black Valkyrie]

 

http://news.toyark.com/2018/04/09/solo-star-wars-story-kessel-run-millennium-falcon-hand-gallery-295349

 

[electric indigo]

New Revell kits

I'm liking the trailer so far, but who designed the hardware for the movie? Lego?

 

[Chronocidal]

4 hours ago, electric indigo said:

New Revell kits

I'm liking the trailer so far, but who designed the hardware for the movie? Lego?

 

I've asked this sort of question about every single design since the new trilogy began.    Also, for the record, I'd take literally any non-Star Wars design by LEGO in the past 20 years over anything on that page. Yes, that includes Bionicle, Ninjago, heck even the Spongebob rocket set at least looked more functional as a vehicle than those piles of wasted plastic.

I think every new design from Star Wars since the new trilogy started has failed on both an aesthetic and a marketing level.  They're butt ugly to the point that no one's going to want to buy the toys, let alone models of them.

Wake me up when we get box art for B-wing and Tie Bomber kits.  

Side note:  I would love to slap every dipwad designer at Revell upside the head for making such idiotic kits.. what sort of braindead lump of flesh designs a "build and play" kit of what amounts to a car, and then forgets to give it wheels to make it actually... you know.. roll?  Where's the "play" function of a car that doesn't have any moving parts?  Same thing applies to those "patrol speeders," but at least Han's car actually looks something like a vehicle, as opposed to someone straddling a cubicle wall with handlebars.  

Edited April 11, 2018 by Chronocidal

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1 hour ago, Chronocidal said:

as opposed to someone straddling a cubicle wall with handlebars.  

Maybe this is the designers trying to show us how trapped they are by the constraints of their Disney overseers...

[Scyla]

Seems like Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker is available at HLJ: https://hlj.com/product/BAN996324R

[electric indigo]

I see you built your own Death Star...

http://www.taghobby.com/archives/275383

[Dobber]

Bandai 1/72 B-Wing is OFFICIALLY announced! Coming in August! Plenty of pictures here:

http://bandai-hobby.net/item/2346/

Chris

[ZorClone]

41 minutes ago, Dobber said:

Bandai 1/72 B-Wing is OFFICIALLY announced! Coming in August! Plenty of pictures here:

http://bandai-hobby.net/item/2346/

Chris

Woo!  Finally!  Optional LED kit too, sweet.

[wm cheng]

Great!  Now where's that big Star Destroyer they teased us with so long ago?  Enough with these tiny micro-machine kits, I don't need another bbroken golf ball, give me a decent sized SD!!!