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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Star Wars: Power of the Force - Millennium Falcon ("Episode VII: The Force Awakens" Conversion) by Elias

If you are like us, and you don't want to spend the money to buy another Millennium Falcon from Hasbro, here is a "Force Awakens" home improvement project that we made with our Star Wars: Power of the Force - Millennium Falcon. Years ago we upgraded our Falcon when the Legacy edition hit stores, so the 1995 released toy was sitting out of view a retired toy. Breathing life into it again was a real blast.

We had to heat the metal pin free from the old dish to get it off the housing, but it pulled apart pretty easily after a few minutes of being boiled in water. We weren't too crazy about the action features in Hasbro's new Millennium Falcon offering. The Nerf feature just felt out of place, and paying for a new dish was much cheaper than the new Falcon's price tag. We do admit that we wish we had the Finn and Chewbacca figures with the headsets! Those are great looking figures.

3D Print Designer TonyRR offers a replacement dish for the Falcon on Shapeways. The 66 mm quad radar dish is not round but square like the Episode VII Falcon. This upgrade is available in Frosted Ultra Detail.

"Star Wars: Power of the Force - Millennium Falcon

(The Episode VII Conversion)"

by Elias

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

3D Print Designer TonyRR is offering a replacement dish for the Falcon you already have on Shapeways.

The 66 mm quad radar dish is not round but square like the Episode VII Falcon.

This upgrade is available in Frosted Ultra Detail.

*Not sure if this radar dish will work as well with the BMF Legacy/Vintage Boxed Falcon as it does with the POTF Falcon. At least not without modifying the attachments considerably. With the POTF Falcon, not even glue is needed and the old dish could be easily reattached without issue or damage to the original piece.

BUY HERE

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

ISY's Happy Birthday Custom Challenge!

Imperial Shipyards is having their annual Birthday Bash! This time the theme was pretty simple to come up with: take one of those awful TFA Figures with the 5 points of articulation and show Hasbro what they should look like with full range of motion! You will have between now and November 9th to post your entry so get cracking!

Friday, September 11, 2015

Customizer Spotlight Update: "Tantive IV Passageway" created by Boutros77

Earlier in the summer, we showcased two really beautiful Star Wars dioramas we purchased on eBay. One was Ben's House and the other was Yoda's Hut. They were both created by artist Carl BouMansour who goes by the handle Boutros77.

His talent has caught the eye of Star Wars blogger/historian Tim Veekhoven who tweeted the artist's work, and Boutros77 has been interviewed by From 4-LOM to Zuckuss.com. His Cantina and Jabba's Palace dioramas have gotten some serious attention too.

A few weeks after we wrote our feature on the new additions to our collection, we had the opportunity to add another one of Boutros77's dioramas to our shelves. This time the display was of the inner passageways of the Tantive IV ship that carried Princess Leia and the Death Star plans.

The craftsmanship on this piece is most impressive. The opening and closing door feature is strong and sturdy, and we really love that one of the wall panels can be removed to increase the angles from which you can take photographs. These design choices really increase playability. The tabs that were engineered to hold the removable wall in place are just some of the fine details that make this a top shelf piece.

We advise checking out Boutros77's Flickr page. Drool worthy!

"Tantive IV Passageway"

created by Boutros77