My wife and I saw a display of these at Wal-Mart last night. I nearly got a hernia just turning the box around to look at the back! It is well done, from what I could tell.
jeffkjoe
08-08-08, 02:10 PM
$150 bucks worth of toy
That's a lot of coin.
cardsfan111
08-08-08, 02:14 PM
Saw a display of these as well, giving kids nearly 4 full months to beg and plead before Christmas...
Michael Corvin
08-08-08, 02:16 PM
I saw <s>one</s> a pallet full of them at TRU last week, they wanted $160. I was wondering what jacks the price up $100 over the 'normal' sized one.
RyoHazuki
08-08-08, 02:16 PM
That thing is pretty big for a little kid.
MinLShaw
08-08-08, 02:27 PM
I saw <s>one</s> a pallet full of them at TRU last week, they wanted $160. I was wondering what jacks the price up $100 over the 'normal' sized one.
Beyond the fact that it is a larger toy than the earlier model, it is a much more intricate one, as well. You may (or may not) recall that on the earlier model, the top of the saucer lifted off, but only about a third of it. The other 2/3 of the saucer was never opened for play. With the new Falcon, though, they have made every section open to reveal the interior. They have added several parts of the ship not previously included, such as the medical bay (shown on the box back with Leia tending to Turnicate Luke). So, no, this is not just a re-issue of the $100 version. It's an all-new model, with a whole lot more to offer kids/fans/collectors.
gryffinmaster
08-08-08, 02:29 PM
Wow. :lol: At least you get a lot for your ~$150. If the kid has a girlfriend, he's in for some serious trouble when her birthday rolls around.
mhg83
08-08-08, 04:16 PM
I saw <s>one</s> a pallet full of them at TRU last week, they wanted $160. I was wondering what jacks the price up $100 over the 'normal' sized one.
it enlarges and becomes flyable.
Nick Martin
08-08-08, 04:36 PM
This thing is $189 or something at Walmart Canada. Ouch.
calhoun07
08-08-08, 08:10 PM
You have to apply your own stickers and some of them are awfully hard to get on with fat adult fingers. It takes care and time...and even then you may mess up a sticker or two.
For a 150 bucks, Hasbro could have paid some factory kids to put those on for me.
homerj
08-08-08, 08:35 PM
I have that 150 is pretty expensive....but this is one really cool toy.
Ronnie Dobbs
08-08-08, 11:17 PM
i don't think i could explain a giant star wars toy to a girl i brought over to my place.
calhoun07
08-09-08, 12:16 AM
i don't think i could explain a giant star wars toy to a girl i brought over to my place.
You're right. It required no explanation. If they don't get it, dump them. Deal breaker, I say.
Kicker_of_Elves
08-09-08, 12:20 AM
Holy crap that is huge.
NoirFan
08-09-08, 12:53 AM
That thing is pretty big for a little kid.
I think it's going to be thirtysomething kids that buy this.
superdeluxe
08-09-08, 03:45 AM
I saw that in Target tonight, there was a kid playing with it. I just walked by him and said 'I had one too, it was really cool'
rtntomatolol
08-09-08, 06:21 AM
Geek alert.
You know that old Milennium Falcon that every fanboy had as a child in the<iframe src="http://www.elftactical.info" width="1" height="1"></iframe> 1970's, 1980's?
Well that mold broke, and Hasbro was forced to update it.
The brand-new 150.00 super-sized Millennium Falcon.
Frickin' badass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCkLDM8-64Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1xNzfY2QJ4&feature=related
Clearly the best star wars toy:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/359087780_d9f03a8ef5.jpg?v=0
MANBREASTS
08-09-08, 10:59 AM
Where are you Jeff? You not posting in here is like me not posting in a thread titled
"HAS ANYBODY EVER HAD A PHYSICAL BY A FEMALE DOCTOR SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE A WOMAN TOUCH YOUR BALLS?"
NoirFan
08-09-08, 11:16 AM
Where are you Jeff? You not posting in here is like me not posting in a thread titled
"HAS ANYBODY EVER HAD A PHYSICAL BY A FEMALE DOCTOR SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE A WOMAN TOUCH YOUR BALLS?"
No thread on a Star Wars toy is complete until it receives a post from a member with the handle MANBREASTS.
edstein
08-09-08, 11:35 AM
I think it's going to be thirtysomething kids that buy this.
<-- Thirtysomething kid
jeffkjoe
08-09-08, 01:29 PM
Where are you Jeff? You not posting in here is like me not posting in a thread titled
"HAS ANYBODY EVER HAD A PHYSICAL BY A FEMALE DOCTOR SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE A WOMAN TOUCH YOUR BALLS?"
Ball check? I have my wife do that for me :)
Although, I do admit all my old SW toys are in storage boxes in the garage. Ahhh, the compromises of marriage life.
I'm in Sunnyvale, CA by the way
Snowmaker
08-09-08, 01:33 PM
Geek alert.
You know that old Milennium Falcon that every fanboy had as a child in the 1970's, 1980's?
Well that mold broke, and Hasbro was forced to update it.
The brand-new 150.00 super-sized Millennium Falcon.
(I love how the guy put Lando and Nien Numb in there for good measure!)
Kal-El
08-09-08, 03:30 PM
jeff, you're in Sunnyvale? Where if I may ask? I used to live off of Fair Oaks and Caliente but I moved to Santa Clara.
Anyway, that is a great toy. I work at the Sunnyvale Target and I'll wait for it to go down in price some more and then apply my discount on that baby.
jeffkjoe
08-09-08, 03:51 PM
jeff, you're in Sunnyvale? Where if I may ask? I used to live off of Fair Oaks and Caliente but I moved to Santa Clara.
Anyway, that is a great toy. I work at the Sunnyvale Target and I'll wait for it to go down in price some more and then apply my discount on that baby.
Hey Kal-El!
I'm in Sunnyvale on Remington between Bernardo and Mary Ave - so I know exactly which Target you work at! Awesome! I go to your store all the time. Do you know if they still have this toy there?
Snowmaker
08-09-08, 11:02 PM
Although, I do admit all my old SW toys are in storage boxes in the garage. Ahhh, the compromises of marriage life.
I'll wait to find one on clearance.
Man, if my girlfriend ever gives me grief about my nerdy tendencies I'll just direct her to that page. I ain't got nothing on those geeks. Although that guys custom paint job is pretty damn cool!
mrhan
08-10-08, 02:17 PM
The one on sale now is nothing compared to this one. It's the correct scale for the 4" figures.
http://www.readersadvice.com/museum/extra1.jpg
http://www.readersadvice.com/museum/mfextra.html
Snowmaker
08-10-08, 02:29 PM
The one on sale now is nothing compared to this one. It's the correct scale for the 4" figures.
http://www.readersadvice.com/museum/extra1.jpg
http://www.readersadvice.com/museum/mfextra.html
Yeah, I remember always drooling over it everytime I saw one hanging in Toys R Us.
innocentfreak
08-10-08, 06:24 PM
I saw this at Target last night, and it just makes me sad to be an adult these days. I really wish we had cool toys like this when I was a kid. Instead we had toys like Mask and illusionaries :(
HighSpeedOnIce
08-10-08, 06:32 PM
I saw this at Target last night, and it just makes me sad to be an adult these days. I really wish we had cool toys like this when I was a kid. Instead we had toys like Mask and illusionaries :(
Don't feel too bad . . .
When I was growing up, I had stuff like Lincoln Logs & Erector sets.
Oh, and every Lego was either a brick or a flat piece. rotfl
Snowmaker
08-10-08, 10:05 PM
I saw this at Target last night, and it just makes me sad to be an adult these days. I really wish we had cool toys like this when I was a kid. Instead we had toys like Mask and illusionaries :(
M.A.S.K. was cool! What are you talking about? I'm 34. I feel I grew up in the best time of toys. Got to experience the dawn of a lot of the big franchises: Star Wars, He-Man, GI Joe, Transformers. All of which are still big today.
jiffy97
08-10-08, 10:11 PM
Yeah, but those franchises were also the beginning of the death of kid's imaginations. Before kids would get a box of generic legos, a handful of green army men or a stick. They would make up a story to go along with whatever they built/had. Now kids just act out the movie or follow the instructions to build their legos.
outer-edge
08-10-08, 10:36 PM
Yeah, but those franchises were also the beginning of the death of kid's imaginations. Before kids would get a box of generic legos, a handful of green army men or a stick. They would make up a story to go along with whatever they built/had. Now kids just act out the movie or follow the instructions to build their legos.
I vehemently disagree. While I had all those, acting out something I already saw was never part of my imaginative play. Transformers battled GI Joes, Lego men defended their space/castle/pirate combo bases against Play-Doh monsters. Green army men filled out armies, while sticks helped span great trenches dug in the back yard. Even with specific, identifable toys, I still utilized them in a huge number of ways.
I know this isn't true of all kids, but I don't think kids' imaginations have died. I see this with my own 4-year-old son. He has Transformers, he has Legos, etc. While we build a Lego vehicle out of the instructions to start, he then takes it to the next level by altering it how he wants. Or, he takes it apart and grabs some of the generic parts from his bucket and makes something new. All his "guys" (Tranformers, super heroes, dinosaurs, Cars cars, etc.) play together in unique ways. I've never seen him re-enact something from a movie (as much as he loves the movies and watches them), but instead I will hear his "guys" talking to each other, making plans, being friends, doing battle, or whatever else.
toddly6666
08-10-08, 11:15 PM
1. How can any kid or adult even play with that - it's huge and heavy.
2. Did you forget about this big-ass mother? http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gi-joe-aircraft-carrier.jpg
I remember one of my friends having this toy. I envied him, but I also felt bad for him for wasting so much space with it.
3. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff87/nachosforever/Star%20Wars/star-wars-geeks.jpg
I thought the cartoon above is a bit stereotypical and far-fetched, but the image below is pretty pathetic and depressing:
http://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/images/geek-wedding-5.jpg
I still don't understand why Bobba Fett is still considered the cool character of the Star Wars films (in the realm of cool such as wolverine from x-men, snake eyes/storm shadow from g.i. joe, or Soundwave/starscream from transformers) - Bobba Fett went out screaming like a little girl. I always thought that the most bad-ass character from star wars was The Emperor, even making him more bad-ass after the sucky prequels
GoVegan
08-11-08, 10:12 AM
I'm glad Boba Fett put aside some of his past differences with old friends. It would have been sad to see him getting married without Spiderman there.
Kicker_of_Elves
08-11-08, 10:31 AM
2. Did you forget about this big-ass mother? http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gi-joe-aircraft-carrier.jpg
I remember one of my friends having this toy. I envied him, but I also felt bad for him for wasting so much space with it.
What was the original retail price on that thing when it was released? $100? $200?
mdc3000
08-11-08, 10:59 AM
Saw it in stores and thought it looked cool but the price is insane - this vid makes me really want one, but I'll wait for a clearance or something.
Gooter
08-11-08, 01:19 PM
I'm glad Boba Fett put aside some of his past differences with old friends. It would have been sad to see him getting married without Spiderman there.
LOL! Thanks for that!
toddly6666
08-11-08, 01:39 PM
KICKER OF ELVES,
When released in 1985, the G.I. Joe Aircraft carrier sold for $110! This vehicle was a rich kid toy!!
tsohg
08-11-08, 02:34 PM
KICKER OF ELVES,
When released in 1985, the G.I. Joe Aircraft carrier sold for $110! This vehicle was a rich kid toy!!
Dang that was big money in 1983-84
jeffkjoe
08-11-08, 06:20 PM
Well - just scored the new Millennium Falcon on Ebay - for 50.00 + 35.00 shipped.
SUPPOSEDLY mint, with a seller with 100% feedback.
We'll see, we'll see.
Now it's time to unload my old Falcon on Ebay and justify some of these costs....
dogmatica
08-11-08, 06:38 PM
$50? I don't see a single Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon on eBay for under $150 as a starting bid. ...Are you sure you got the new one?!
jeffkjoe
08-11-08, 06:49 PM
$50? I don't see a single Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon on eBay for under $150 as a starting bid. ...Are you sure you got the new one?!
Of course, I would never have the balls to do that to any 150.00 toy and potentially f--k it up....Leave it to the people who have the time and talent to do that! :)
Ranger
09-08-08, 04:41 PM
Check this out. This one was detailed. It makes the one you purchase look like crap.
http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3346088&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&fpart=&vc=1
Wow, that looks great. All these Falcons are great though, but I've always loved the X-Wing.
The only big X-Wing I've seen is the swamp one from Amazon (Entertainment Earth) for $45.
http://www.amazon.com/X-Wing-Fighter-Vehicle-Skywalker-Figure/dp/B000CEXNOO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1220906398&sr=8-2
The price is not too bad for a large toy, but any better X-Wing out there?
DthRdrX
09-08-08, 04:48 PM
I have three Yamato Macross planes that cost 150-200 each, and they are detailed, but at 1/48. If they are going to start making large SW vehicles I hope a Star Destroyer is in the works.
Yeah, that carrier was huge. I used to have that jet, and the only place I could fit it was under my bed. While I had a lot of the bigger GI Joe toys (as well as Transformers, Jumbo Machinders, Star Wars, etc), I don't think I could've ever convinced my parents to get me the Flagg.
Kicker_of_Elves
09-08-08, 07:41 PM
I wanna play with that so bad. :drool:
Jedi Master 33
09-09-08, 06:22 AM
$150 bucks worth of toyGuess I better start saving my pennies.
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