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
06880 - Millennium Falcon - 1:144
Legend
Marked as new (but may be re-issue)
Close or near'ish to 'H0-00'
gaming
Close or near'ish to
28mm role-play
Close or near'ish to 54/60mm
figures
2 comments:
>Bandai Star Wars were banned in Europe
>they were cheaper (less than a half of price) and hade much better quality than anything Revell and others could ever do
Hugh would you prefer stuff from older SW or New? Rebels or Empire?
Cheers Ranalcus, I'll eMail you, I've just got a couple of posts to lead for tomorrow!
H
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