Station Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Again Revell in their infinite wisdom have decided that the US is their target market for the FM repackaging, we in Europe are clearly not modellers and are happy with the easy-kits! Mini rant over!! Don't feel too spurned. I've yet to see any of them at an actual store. I got them off of amazon here, which I'm sure is a possibility in the UK too, although they are probably even more over priced. Revell seems to be happy making the easy kits for us too, which is a shame, there's a real lack of quality sci-fi kits outside of Japan. I'm also pretty sure that since they don't distribute them like they do the easy kits (probably due to the price) they think they aren't popular, so we probably wont see reissues of the other finemolds kits like the Slave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSolo Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) After seeing Revell & Dragons Falcon efforts so far I will happily wait for a 1/72 Bandai Falcon. Star Wars has never been so popular, were even getting spin off films. Now is the time for Bandai to "Punch it Chewie" and upscale their awesome 1/144 Falcon to 1/72 and also release a huge 1/1700 Star Destroyer, 1/48 AT-AT, Sail Barge & skiff, Blockade runner & Medical Frigate. Im also excited at the idea that Bandai might release a 1/72 B-wing! And a 1/72 Atmospheric Assault Lander (AAL), First Order Transporter, would be so cool too! Edited May 2, 2016 by BobSolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 After seeing Revell & Dragons Falcon efforts so far I will happily wait for a 1/72 Bandai Falcon. Star Wars has never been so popular, were even getting spin off films. Now is the time for Bandai to "Punch it Chewie" and upscale their awesome 1/144 Falcon to 1/72 and also release a huge 1/1700 Star Destroyer, 1/48 AT-AT, Sail Barge & skiff, Blockade runner & Medical Frigate. Im also excited at the idea that Bandai might release a 1/72 B-wing! And a 1/72 Atmospheric Assault Lander (AAL), First Order Transporter, would be so cool too! I would happily buy a 1/72 falcon from them, even though I have the finemolds. They need to get on a tie interceptor and bomber too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneS Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Well, it's the Shizuoka Hobby Show in a couple of weeks, perhaps they'll show off some upcoming models in the SW range, although I'd be very surprised if we see anything that hasn't already been announced there. Wish I could go this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm patient. I sold my resin 1/72 B-Wing to another builder last week. It was a nice kit but I have so much ahead of it to be working on that a Bandai kit would probably be issued before I could get to it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Don't know if this has been on here before, but..... Bandai, AT-ST, post free from Japan for 17.83p.(No pound sign on this laptop!) Sounded so good even I had to order one! Amazon is your target. Other Star wars kits are there post free too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Any new kits announced on Star Wars day Bandai? Rebel Blockade Runner? Star Destroyer (proper size)? B-Wing? May the fourth be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 My Kylo Ren arrived today and it's just as good as all the others! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 So, someone managed to sculpt a blockade runner and LIGHT one of the new star destroyer kits! http://dorobou.blog.so-net.ne.jp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 That's cool, like the idea of recasting the parts on clear to help with the lighting effect. I've got 4 of these on their way so may have to look at attempting to light one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 That's cool, like the idea of recasting the parts on clear to help with the lighting effect. I've got 4 of these on their way so may have to look at attempting to light one! I've got 2 on order. I might attempt this as well. Was thinking of making a display next to a star destroyer type background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrule Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Next Bandai kit is a TIE Interceptor in 1/72, nice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldrik1978 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Next Bandai kit is a TIE Interceptor in 1/72, nice Nice. Where do you find the info regarding upcoming releases? I can never find anything Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrule Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I usually take a look at this site http://www.taghobby.com/ got all sorts of stuff on Japanese hobby releases 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldrik1978 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) Nice one. Thank you very much Edited May 9, 2016 by baldrik1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomMajor Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I can't see any mention of the bandai tie interceptor. ..can some one post the link please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Yessssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbrazen Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I can't see any mention of the bandai tie interceptor. ..can some one post the link please Here: http://www.1999.co.jp/10389046 Scheduled for July release. The details sound very similar to the standard TIE fighter. Lovely...one of my favourites! Imperial Shuttle next please, Bandai! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Here: http://www.1999.co.jp/10389046 Scheduled for July release. The details sound very similar to the standard TIE fighter. Lovely...one of my favourites! Imperial Shuttle next please, Bandai! It's somewhat amusing that Google translates it as Thailand Interceptor. While I'd agree with you that a Shuttle would be great, we surely can't be far from an announcement of a B-Wing now Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) It's somewhat amusing that Google translates it as Thailand Interceptor. While I'd agree with you that a Shuttle would be great, we surely can't be far from an announcement of a B-Wing now Andy It would almost have to be. Presumably, they paid quite a bit for the license, and with the amount of kits they've been churning out, it seems they want to get the best use out of it. They don't seem to be much for re-paints, and there are only so many ships in the star wars universe. I would bet we see a larger scale star destroyer around the time Rogue One comes out, as well as an AT-AT. My guess would be that the B-wing would be one of their next 2-4 releases. Edited May 10, 2016 by Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 It would almost have to be. Presumably, they paid quite a bit for the license, and with the amount of kits they've been churning out, it seems they want to get the best use out of it. They don't seem to be much for re-paints, and there are only so many ships in the star wars universe. I would bet we see a larger scale star destroyer around the time Rouge One comes out, as well as an AT-AT. My guess would be that the B-wing would be one of their next 2-4 releases. Would be great. Hmmm - what if the Rebel Blockaderunner will play a bigger part in Rogue One...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Rouge One being a prequel of sorts, I am hoping for a old era Y-Wing with full plating (or partial plating removed). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 It would be great to see a live action fully plated Y-Wing. I guess it's unlikely as Rogue One is only a prequel by a relatively short space of time before ANH. I don't know if it would be practical for Bandai to retool their Y to give it full plating, but they'd have a guaranteed sale to me if they did Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misrule Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 It's the big Shizouka hobby show this week so hopefully we'll get some nice information on future projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 My Star Destroyer arrived today & it's another lovely little kit. I won't be attempting lighting this one. The details are too fine. Andy, you know you can get a resin Clone Wars Y-wing?. It's available from Starship Modeller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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