Procopius Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I look forward to three hundred special boxings of General Veers' AT-AT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Well at least it makes a change from Shermans & Germans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastvader Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Interesting that they appear to want to major on 1/144. It might be a manageable size for the Falcon, but I can't help but feel it will make the fighters a bit small to be worthwhile. I imagine the 1/35 AT-AT will be popular though. You could have it stomping a Tiger. J. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 From a practical point of view a 1:144 Walker would be my favourite, but 1:35!?!?!?! I much prefer the Bandai one though, with the mechanical legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Interesting that they appear to want to major on 1/144. It might be a manageable size for the Falcon, but I can't help but feel it will make the fighters a bit small to be worthwhile. I agree. The fighters aren't exactly large to start with. I can only imagine how small a 1/144 snowspeeder would be (actually, going off the Bandai 48th one, they'd be about 40mm long). OK for dioramas, but a bit small for display models. I suppose it could be because they don't want, or aren't allowed to release kits in the same scale as Bandai. And on that note, have they actually said if they've got an international licence, or are we going to have another Bandai situation? At least there'll be more to come, going by the "Phase 1" title (can I please have my B-Wing ) Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScootyPuffJunior Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) The 1/144 fighters are going to be small but should lend themselves nicely to display and diorama options with the 1/144 Millennium Falcon and Slave I. Edited December 18, 2015 by ScootyPuffJunior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Would have been nice to have the Falcon in a different scale with 2 1/144 already in the market. Not sure about the 1:144 AT-ST and snow speeder set, surely it would go better with the AT-AT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 are we going to have another Bandai situation? it would be interesting to see how that turns out with Dragon. The thing about Bandai is they produced the kits in a popular scale eg 1/72 while Revell had odd ones. You can see why the international market would be attracted to the Bandai offering. Dragon if they are going with 1/144 might not have the same appeal due to this scale. 1/144 appears to be more popular with the Asian market as quite a number of Japanese brands offer a range of models in this scale not to mention Gundam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneS Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Just a thought. Dragon have a distribution agreement with Revell, and therefore might distribute their model kits internationally. If I were Bandai, I would be mightily peed off if they're allowed to do this, and Bandai aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastvader Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm not going to lie, I'd much prefer an AT-AT in 1:72 over either of the scales offered. 35th will doubtless be impressive but I somehow doubt I'll be able to justify the cost and Iknow for certain iI won't be able to display a model that's 65cm tall. I think I'd struggle just to store the box if I'm honest. As for 144th it's just a little too small. Standing only about 15 cm tall it's about the same size as an HG Mobile Suit and is not that much bigger than the F-toys version which you get two of in a box and as they're made by FM are of pretty good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 How tall would a 1:35 AT-AT be? 22.5m according to a Star Wars DB, so it'd be 64cm tall. We'll be talking multiple hundreds of £ by the time we see one, I'd guess. That's bigger than the Lego one the Boy has, and that's pretty large! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Anyone with ambitions of owning a Dragon 1/35 AT-AT might be wise to keep in mind that Dragon happily charge £20+ in the UK for a 1/72 light tank that will fit on the palm of your hand several times over.....If your weekend car isn't an Aston Martin, you might want to look elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Lambess Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 The 35th scale AT AT may not be that expensive . In terms of tooling it's 4 sets of one leg sprue and two hollow boxes (which could assemble like flat pack furniture) most of its bulk and size isnt due to the plastic itself. Fingers crossed☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Best part of £20, spent with Dragon: http://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/Dragon/CBenjamin_IJN_KaMi_7435_preview.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Maybe a 1-144 and a 1-35 scale AT-AT from Dragon mean a 1-72 AT-AT from Bandai??? C'mon - I just sold my Revell Snap AT-AT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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