Madmonk Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 They vary form £7 - £10, have a search on Amazon for Bandai X-Wing, the Y-wing doesn't appear to be on there yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I'm going to have to start ordering them from Amazon from now on. I've always got them through ebay, and the prices there seem to be going up all the time. The box scale releases are usually in the £10-12 mark or higher, whereas I see a seller on Amazon still has the Star Destroyer for under £7. The Y-Wing is about £10 on ebay Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Cheers Warren, might have to grab a couple of each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 It looks like the TIE Striker has to flap its solar panels really fast to fly or they have different positions for landing and flying.!! The Bandai site has put up more details with a release date of January 2017. http://bandai-hobby.net/sw/jp/products/tie_striker.html Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ver Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I think when the wings/panels are down, they are meant to be in attack position. Pretty sure I read that somewhere official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 That is one ugly "fuselage"... looks like one of my pain killers with windows on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrule Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I wonder what the point of it is? I mean your regular TIE fighters seem perfectly able to fly in an atmosphere with a much smaller body, and all the other designs are built around a ball shaped cockpit, even Vader's. The only exception is the bomber so maybe this is some sort of light bomber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, Misrule said: I wonder what the point of it is? I mean your regular TIE fighters seem perfectly able to fly in an atmosphere with a much smaller body, and all the other designs are built around a ball shaped cockpit, even Vader's. The only exception is the bomber so maybe this is some sort of light bomber? According to the Xwing game it's a fighter designed primarily for atmospheric defense. In atmosphere it has doubled the maneuverability of the standard TIE. It provides all the benefits of an TIE Interceptor (including more firepower over a standard TIE ) at a substantial cost savings. It also has a limited cargo capability like the Bwing. Its space performance is almost as good as a standard TIE, just with little endurance. Making it useless as a fleet fighter, but an excellent land based fighter. In essence it's an Imperial Snowspeeeder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 It's more likely, new film, new look to familiar concepts I don't mind... it does get expensive though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mike said: It's more likely, new film, new look to familiar concepts I don't mind... it does get expensive though Oh, it's definitely a money grab! I'm just super glad they didn't use the EU ship the Howlrunner in the role. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/I-7_Howlrunner It looks like a lame Buck Rogers Thunder fighter. Which is really ironic if you know the Thunder fighter's history. Edited November 15, 2016 by Thud4444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ver Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 13 hours ago, Thud4444 said: Oh, it's definitely a money grab! I'm just super glad they didn't use the EU ship the Howlrunner in the role. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/I-7_Howlrunner It looks like a lame Buck Rogers Thunder fighter. Which is really ironic if you know the Thunder fighter's history. It looks like they might have taken elements of this one for the U-Wing though. The U-Wing is a much nicer ship to me personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I'm not all that fussed with the U-Wing. Seems a bit boxy and not as sleek as some of the other designs. I'd have thought they could have worked on a more up-to-date version of the clone trooper transports, which were borderline good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Can't help it, whenever I think of the Rebel Transport I think of this.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 18 hours ago, Thud4444 said: According to the Xwing game it's a fighter designed primarily for atmospheric defense. In atmosphere it has doubled the maneuverability of the standard TIE. It provides all the benefits of an TIE Interceptor (including more firepower over a standard TIE ) at a substantial cost savings. It also has a limited cargo capability like the Bwing. Its space performance is almost as good as a standard TIE, just with little endurance. Making it useless as a fleet fighter, but an excellent land based fighter. In essence it's an Imperial Snowspeeeder. If the First Order had kept some of these around the movie would have turned out differently... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyeagle Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 ...and still no B-wing.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 I am hoping once they get all this movie tie-in stuff on the shelves in time for Christmas they will return to the original trilogy. But- OK, we have enough figures to make a barn dance diorama, now some vehicles that go zoom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Just ordered my 1/6 storm trooper. Can't wait to put it next to my 1/6 Vader. If the line takes off in this scale, I really hope they do R2 and C3PO, those would look incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 There's a rumour going around that Bandai have acquired a license to sell overseas again - via Bluefin in the US maybe? That probably doesn't help the ROW much but might be a promising start. I also spotted this new Mobile Armour from their Gundam line: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10420319 which has fully bilingual instructions, paint guide etc. I've seen the first signs of this in their Yokai Watch kits (aimed at kids) - let's hope it's a trend and Bandai are going for world domination Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Excellent!! Edited December 14, 2016 by Thud4444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Did I miss anyone mention that they've announced the K-2SO figure now? There's some available for pre-order on eBay now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 But where are the 1/48 Y-Wing, B-Wing, A-Wing, Tie Fighters and AT-AT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 13 hours ago, Mike said: Did I miss anyone mention that they've announced the K-2SO figure now? There's some available for pre-order on eBay now K-2SO and the Shoretrooper are released today and the large 1/6 stormtrooper was released on Monday. The prices on eBay are quite high on first release and pre-order, though they do come down some time later. The best service I have found so far has been Tokyo Model Detective, the 1/6 Stormtrooper is a tad over £40 plus postage, best I have seen it on eBay is £65ish posted. I have no connection with Darren at TMD but have ordered kits on at least 5 occasions and the service has always been excellent, just remember that postage is added after you order!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Madmonk said: K-2SO and the Shoretrooper are released today Cool - for some reason I'm really looking forward to K-2SO. I got the Boy the Lego figure a coupla weeks ago, and it towers over the rest - even Captain Phasma, who has additional parts to lengthen her legs & arms so she's taller than the regular figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ver Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 hours ago, Madmonk said: K-2SO and the Shoretrooper are released today and the large 1/6 stormtrooper was released on Monday. The prices on eBay are quite high on first release and pre-order, though they do come down some time later. The best service I have found so far has been Tokyo Model Detective, the 1/6 Stormtrooper is a tad over £40 plus postage, best I have seen it on eBay is £65ish posted. I have no connection with Darren at TMD but have ordered kits on at least 5 occasions and the service has always been excellent, just remember that postage is added after you order!! I almost ordered a few kits from TMD but having no idea how much the shipping would be beforehand put me off at the time. I have heard nothing but good things from anyone who has bought from him though, so I'm very tempted to put an order in after I recover from the Christmas spending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I recently ordered 3 Deathtroopers and 2 box scale Y-Wings and postage was about £15 for SAL. i know Darren is trying to sort out a shipping calculator for the site. i also haven't been hit by any additional charges on any of my orders if you know what I mean.😜 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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