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Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 00:11
by ODB
SteveD wrote:
ODB wrote:The AT-TE is a good buy too, they were £50 over here at one point but I missed out on that bargain. My biggest grip with the new Falcon is its too big for most people to 'fly' round the room which as a kid I did with my vintage Falcon all the time.
I think they may be cheap in toys r us again odb. I think they were about £60 in the meadowhall one when I w as there. I was tempted. I like the huge tank! Would look awesome in red, and would squash the atc!
Don't say that, I'll be tempted again. Fingers in my ears lalalalalalalalalalala

Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:42
by Chopper
I forgot about this pic, amongst others. It's not wise to upset a Wookie........'


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Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 18:07
by Thundershot
Just a quick pic of the vintage one, for comparison
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Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 23:05
by Chopper
I duuno, you and your vintage stuff, Ed. ;-) The new one actually glows blue when you hit a button and it does say the whole wookie/c3-p0 argument too. Pretty cool. My favourite part of the new one is the door, which lowers, makes the noises and has 2 lights light up either side, like in TESB.

I will look for a vintage one but not till the collection of SW is near complete. Which will be years away.

PS gotta get me a Threepio, that looks cool man.

Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 06:37
by Thundershot
Aye, as children we had to use to use our imagination for all the special light & sound effects...kids just don't know thier born these days, wot with all this fancy micro chip rubbish. ;-)


B.T.W, do young kids still make thier own special sound effects when they play with toys, such as revving engine noise & machine gun fire, like we used too?

Reproducing the sound of a Spitfire, as you ran like a mad man,with a Airfix aeroplane around the garden, was an essential part of growing up...being able to press a button to produce an authentic Merlin engine sound just doesn't seem half as creative (or fun).

Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 07:57
by paul463
Thundershot wrote:
B.T.W, do young kids still make thier own special sound effects when they play with toys, such as revving engine noise & machine gun fire, like we used too?
My nephew and I do when we are playing with his cars and his helicopters (wocca wocca). Also big booms with mid air collisions too!

Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 11:25
by Chopper
Yup, can comfirm that here too. Peoung, bang, bang. Woooooooorrrrrrrrrrrr. Taka, taka, taka. Bang.

Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 19:21
by Squad Leader
you've trained your lad well chopper!

excellent collection the nipper's got going, you'll have him on here doing trades soon ;-)

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Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 22:58
by Chopper
He only has a few Joes and I gave him a couple of Action Men, we play with them occasionally but he's mostly a Star Wars and Ben 10 kid. Lately its been Tech Decks. That's the damn school influence. ;-)

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Re: My Sons Star Wars collection and the Falcon.

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 18:07
by Squad Leader
well i've heard of Ben10 but Tech Decks just went soaring over my head :-|

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