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Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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Mon, 15 May 2000 01:46:53 GMT
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The only falcon that was 40% too small was the one used in the first film (which
incidentally,
the set for was in my town :) the ones in the other films were the right size.
alot of information about the millenium falcon is here:
www.synicon.com.au/sw/mf/falcon.htm
they person who made it even managed to make a very accurate plan of the
internals of it.
Mike Petrucelli wrote:
> Well I have said it before and I guess I have to say it again. The external
> scale of the life-sized falcon used in the movies is 40 percent smaller than
> the internal sets that were used. TLC's falcon is a near perfect external
> scale. Of course this means that the internal scale is crap. (It is
> impossible to create an accurate model of this ship) The color scheme is a
> dissapointment but that is about it.
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> -Lord Insanity
> P.S. By the way every MOC falcon I have seen is oddly enough 40 percent too
> big because they used the internal scale.
>
> In lugnet.starwars, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Wow, having looked at all the photos from various sources, I have to say
> > that I probably won't be buying the Millennium Falcon set. What a
> > disappointment. TLG did such a good job on sets like the X-Wing and the
> > Snowspeeder, and even Slave I... the sets captured the essence of their
> > Star Wars counterparts very well, IMO.
> >
> > This new Falcon is more like a Turkey.
> >
> > It has the basic shape of the Falcon, but beyond that it bears no other
> > resemblance to the "real" thing.
> >
> > 1) The colors are poorly chosen (blue?)
> >
> > 2)The shape is hollow... check out the single-plate-thick hull in the front,
> > and the empty mandibles... they could at least have enclosed both sides
> > so you couldn't see through them.
> >
> > 3) The laser cannon on the roof is made from four antennas. Come ON,
> > LEGO, where's the little widgets or at least a few cylinders to make it look
> > like a laser cannon? Sheesh. My NLLSO could build a better laser
> > cannon than that.
> >
> > 4) The interior is square, with hardly any details, and it certainly doesn't
> > reflect any of the form present in the films.
> >
> > 5) That big cockpit canopy piece is just sad.
> >
> > I think TLG is going to have to create a UCS Millennium Falcon before I'll
> > consider buying one... unfortunately, that's not likely to happen because
> > the cost would be prohibitive.
> >
> > This seems to be another case of "It's great for the kids," but us AFOLS
> > are left high and dry.
> >
> > Discuss.
> >
> > ~Mark
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| OK. Then why was the 40% too small scale used: in ESB when the Falcon is being chased by TIEs, in ROTJ when the Falcon and Luke's X-wing leaves Tattooine, and in the dog fighting scence durring the Battle of Endor. (Basically everytime the outside (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Well I have said it before and I guess I have to say it again. The external scale of the life-sized falcon used in the movies is 40 percent smaller than the internal sets that were used. TLC's falcon is a near perfect external scale. Of course this (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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