T is for Toy Fair '18 Reports - Revell - Star Wars

I can't speak for everyone, but I think most of us (or a lot of us?) like a bit of Star Wars, even if only at a distance, or occasionally, and Revell had a bunch of new and old on display in London last month.

I only shot a few as I get a tad annoyed by the constant lack of scale-compatibility with this modern space/TV tie-in stuff, remember the great slogan of Airfix in the early days 'Constant Scale'!

It's one of life's ironies; back in the 1960's manufacturers responded to consumers requests for 'in-scale' ranges of toys which were being used to make railway layouts, or war-gaming armies, but now the whole industry has become servant to an ephemeral, fleeting phase of childhood before electronics and the stresses of 'growing-up fast' they have realised it's not about scale, it's about 'having an X-Wing' for a few months, as a result (and because the war-gamers and railway-buffs are taken care-of elsewhere) there's been a return to the 'box-scale', of the 1950's, especially for space lines, as there is such a differential between the depicted items - a 1:76th scale Star Destroyer would require a large garden to assemble in!

These four are from the Build & Play easy assembly/clip-together kit line (not sure 'kit' is the right word, but they are a kit-of-parts?) and with one around 40mm and the other close to 1:76th, they are quite useful, the 'Falcon and 'Walker' are not so!

A close-up of the A-Wing, well - it's got a figure!

A close-up of the Walker, scales not brilliant, but I like the fact that it references the old AT-AT, while being slightly different, sort of like the changes you see between an early war T34 and a cold-war up-armored T34/85, and I guess they couldn't call it an AT-HAW, but they could have called it an AT-Something; AT-HA would have been OK?

The 'new' Tie Fighter seems to have been given a bomber's body, which is definitely a continuity error! And the 1:80th of Obi Wan's starship is a bit small, but it could be useful with Galoob/Hasbro's figures?

There are also Star Wars themed stencil sets available in a link-up between Revell and an Orbis, whether it's the old Orbis Publishing of part-work and coffee-table book fame, or not; I haven't looked into (I think it is though!). Although, if you are tempted, I should point out that in the 2018 catalogue it's sets II and III, suggesting one is OOP, and will need to be tracked-down before it disappears.

Current Listing

03600 - Millennium Falcon - 1:241

03601 - X-wing Fighter - 1:112

03602 - Darth Vader's TIE Fighter - 1:121

03603 - Tie Interceptor - 1:90

03604 - Snowspeeder - 1:52

03605 - TIE Fighter - 1:110

03606 - Anakin's Jedi Starfighter - 1:58 1:58

03607 - Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter - Episode 2 - 1:58 1:58

03608 - ARC-170 Clone Fighter - 1:83

03609 - Imperial Star Destroyer - 1:12300

03610 - Boba Fett‘s Slave I - 1:160

03611 - Naboo Starfighter - 1:109

03612 - Sith Infiltrator - 1:257

03613 - Republic Gunship - 1:172

03614 - Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter - Episode 3 - 1:80

06053 - Republic Star Destroyer - 1:2700

06715 - AT-AT” 1:53

06718 - Millennium Falcon - 1:72

06719 - Imperial Star Destroyer - 1:2700

06749 - Imperial Star Destroyer - 1:4000

06755 - Rebel U-wing Fighter - 1:100

06759 - Resistance A-wing Fighter - 1:44

06160 - Kylo Ren‘s TIE Fighter” 1:70

06161 - First Order Heavy Assault Walker - 1:164

06762 - Resistance A-wing Fighter - 1:44

06763 - Poe's Boosted X-wing Fighter - 1:78

06765 - Millennium Falcon - 1:164

06767 - Han Solo Item A - 1:164 (still in development for forthcoming film)

06168 - Han Solo Item B - 1:28 (still in development for forthcoming film)

06169 - Han Solo Item C - 1:28 (still in development for forthcoming film)

06880 - Millennium Falcon - 1:144

Legend

Marked as new (but may be re-issue)

Not available yet

Close or near'ish to 'H0-00' gaming

Close or near'ish to 28mm role-play

Close or near'ish to 54/60mm figures