Millennium Falcon Model Kits Comparisons

[@wizardtowergames]

The thing with these kits is the MPC kit you are showing is old, back then in the late 70's when produced it was state of the art. Now days with 3D modeling, scanning etc the kits are so much nicer. What I like about even the older kits is the history of them. Build them, display them and you can have on your shelf a wonderful showing of what is arguably the most famous and coveted ship in Science Fiction. Great video also....

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Thanks for watching and it is nice yo by a kit that isn’t going to cost you a fortune

[@eligebrown8998]

I bought an original 1982 Return of the Jedi X Wing fighter model. Still in the box and still in the plastic wrap. Payed 100 bucks and noway am I going to open it. Love the video

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Thanks for watching and I have more then a few kits I have not opened

[@nicodharmaputra7109]

Happy to see that im not the only one collecting various kind of millennium falcons

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Yea I know a few people like us

[@adamb2954]

The fine molds one is amazing I got mine a couple of years ago and he is right the details are breathtaking

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Yea one day I will build that one or my fine molds

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

I ment to say bandi

[@johanferozco]

Thank you for the detailed comparison.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Thanks for watching

[@mattfrench2120]

Nice. I am in Japan so have easy access to the Bandai stuff. I just did the 1/144 after the 1/350 for practice and it was great fun. I can't quite justify the 1/72 yet, so I am probably going to get an AMC one to do a dry-run and get my paint technique down.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Yea you can get so many cool syfy kits like all the starblazzer stuff

[@paulgertsch7105]

I have the perfect grade kit hopefully I can get it built this year.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

yea the kit looks great I hope you have a great tie building it

[@harrumphy]

Bandai 1:144 kit. 3 versions, 1 for each of the sequel releases. No “original trilogy version”, but each version comes with all the parts that came with the previous version(s), so the Rise of Skywalker version has the round AND rectangular dish, plus figures from all 3 versions and corrected mandible sidewall parts that the Last Jedi version first included.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

I forget witch ones I have I know I have two

[@therookpiece]

Speaking as an old mean, it was ice to see the original red on silver Jedi packaging.

[@Ahkander67]

This is a very nice comparison vid. I am working on the paint job for the Bandai perfect grade kit now. Soooo many greeblies

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Such a great kit

[@michaels9595]

When hobby lobby has their occasional model kit sale 40% is a good time to get the bandai.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

that's good to know thanks

[@benavery703]

Great vid nice to see the comparisons. You mention that the Bandai decal sheet looked a bit thick. That's because you have the standard version, that comes with stickers not decals. The lighting kit version comes with the decals 👍

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Thank you I am glad you liked and thanks for info. I hope to do more vids soon.

[@lookylookhere71]

There was a Master Replicas Falcon, it wasn't a kit but a very fine repro of the studio model

[@treadstone1138]

I had I believe an MPC kit that had a light up feature back in the 80's. I built and and loved it until a friend stepped on it. :-( Then there was a kit that had a opening for the main cargo area from the 90's that I almost bought until I realized it was incorrect as the "inside area" crowded into the gun turret area and just looked bad.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Yea that one never looked right and thanks for watching

[@imanpepion777]

Thank you for doing this

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

thank you for watching

[@Hellothis584]

you need to add a summary at the end of your video with the price, quality of parts/level of detail etc

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Probably would have done things a bit differently it was a very early vid. Thanks for watching

[@pablosangria]

Great job on these comparisons!

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

thanks

[@MegaGemann]

You forgot the AMT ERTL Cutaway model. I would send you pics but i can't here. Great video!

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

yea I don't have that kit and there are so many but I think these are the most popular.

[@briankrontz]

Great video! There's a background hum though that's pretty annoying. 😊

[@StarWars_Pla]

Wow✨ Great job👍

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Thanks

[@kokkari37]

Yes the Fine Molds has some amazing detail but I can’t overlook the glaring jaw box and mandible inaccuracies. It just looks wrong!

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

It’s been a long time since I looked at it, I will have to again

[@RealDaveWinter]

Having built many falcons, including a full sized 32" replica, the "mandible inaccuracies" just aren't. One dude on the internet claimed they were wrong and if it's on the internet it must be true. The reality is that any inaccuracies with the mandibles are insignificant and imperceptible. It's still a better kit than the Bandai one, which has everything finished for you out of the box.

[@kokkari37]

@@RealDaveWinter what? 😂 The jaw box has no taper therefore the mandibles are angled incorrectly. “One guy said it”? It’s well known. I’ve built the fine molds falcon and couldn’t stand looking at it and couldn’t sell it fast enough. I don’t know what building a 32” falcon has to do with anything as I’ve built one also. If you feel the perfect grade Bandai is not as accurate as the fine molds you have disqualified yourself from this conversation and don’t know what you are talking about because they are modeled after two different studio models. The Bandai is almost completely accurate to the 5ft model and the fine molds is a nice try of the 32” model. Case closed!😂

[@RealDaveWinter]

@@kokkari37 that sounds like a personal problem. It’s only a ‘known problem’ because one guy said it on the internet. And yes, I know they are two different studio models. Nobody said the Bandai kit was in accurate, I said it’s half built for you. It builds up like a toy. You’re clearly an assembler and not a modeller. So you’ve disqualified yourself from the conversation.

[@kokkari37]

@@RealDaveWinter “personal problem” hmmm maybe you should internalize that comment. The irony!🤣 You actually may not be a modeler if you can’t see the problems. Anyone who is can clearly see it. Sounds like you like lots of parts. Are you on the spectrum? If so, I’ll leave you alone.

[@sunguar]

What is that low frequency hum in the background?? Vader? VADER!!!!!

[@bradsoltoff4041]

Beautiful job comparing the Falcons. Urgent question: I recently purchased the FineMolds 1/72 Falcon online- but the scammers who sold it did not include a the bottom half of the Falcon! ( They gave me duplicate top halves instead.) Niw I know why it was so cheap ($125) Wondering (hoping) I can do some surgery and use the MPC bottom half and graft / sculpt/ merge it onto the FineMolds top half. Possible?!

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

I don’t think so the size is a bit different

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

That sucks that is a strange way to scam someone. Did you get it on eBay? And if you did did you contact eBay

[@aaronm1855]

7:25 The kit you are holding is from A New Hope. ESB has 5 landing gear, same as Jedi. (Watched the next 60 seconds....1000 apologies lol)

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

yea I messed up on what I was holding

[@scaleworksRC]

Very cool video! I just came across the Rise of Skywalker version at the store and almost got it on sale. It looks like a remake of the smaller Bandai kit here from Force Awakens. I didn't get it because I just can't give a dollar to that franchise after what they did. Maybe an older kit on Ebay down the road, but I have other projects going.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Understandable. How much did they want for the kit

[@scaleworksRC]

@@RevengeOfTheShow $69.99 but they have a 40% sale every other week. I ended up getting a U-2 kit on Ebay instead, haha.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

@@scaleworksRC cool is that u2 kit a new kit

[@scaleworksRC]

@Revenge Of The Show nope, it's the older one from 1988 I believe.. the yellow box. They are all the same basic mold I think from Italieri.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWHOd6Bte9lsaJI

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

@@scaleworksRC yep I know that kit I am hopping they some time do a u2 r kit

[@RealDaveWinter]

I will always prefer the Fine Molds Falcon over the Bandai PG one. First, it's important to note (and I don't think you did) is that the two kits are based off of two different filming models. The Fine Molds is based off the 32" filming model, the Bandai is based off the larger 64" filming model. But the thing that irks me most about the Bandia kit is that most of the details are molded into the hull for you already. A kit based off the 64" filming model should have 1200 parts, but it has far fewer than the Fine Molds one. Given how everything is pretty much done for you out of the box, the Bandai kit just doesn't justify the cost.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

I can’t remember what I said it was a while ago. I do really like the fine molds too. Thanks for watching

[@Scotty_KoDomino]

What is that annoying hum?

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

I don’t remember it was a while back someone else I think way back asked the same thing

[@Larkinovic]

The sequel trilogy falcon has 5 landing gears instead of 3, and has a square radar dish instead of a round one. As for the Bandai 1/72 scale PG Falcon, the notable differences between the standard and the LED version is that the standard uses a blue thruster beam but no LED unit. The LED version on the other hand, uses a white beam to accurately replicate how the falcon appeared in 1977. Little know trivia about the making of the millennium falcon is that the prop model used in film was made up of a bunch of random spare model kit parts. When Bandai wanted to study the actual 3ft prop to make their 1/72 scale Perfect Grade model, they had the prop scanned. Upon scanning the prop Bandai discover pieces of the falcon used model kit pieces from other bandai kits from the 70s. Certain pieces matching with their library of model kits allowed to to manufacture their 1/72 PG kit as the most screen accurate model kit up to date.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

Thought I mentioned the landing gear stuff but it’s been a long time ago that I made that vid. Good to know there was a difference in the lighting system. Thanks for watching

[@Andrew-el8xi]

Bandi is great but they try to justify the price by having sp many parts ..

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

All models kits are getting so expensive and that sucks. Thanks for watching

[@Andrew-el8xi]

@@RevengeOfTheShow yes I liked the mpc only because it'd a good scale and not a bad price only the sides are chunky but you could some how cut them down abit ..brill video and really helpful

[@darthweezy]

You forgot the DeAgostini Falcon, which is a way better model than the Bandai kit. Plus with all the genius people creating upgrades for it, you’ll never find a model closer to the actual studio scale prop.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

It’s been a while but I thought I did mention it. Yea that model is great but wow they are expensive

[@darthweezy]

@@RevengeOfTheShow yeah it gets worse with the upgrades! Mine is only 10%-ish built as life often gets in the way…

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

That’s cool that you have one

[@EDcase1]

I have the DeAgostini, FineMolds and Bandai. Even though they are different versions of the M-Falcon, looking at the common bits like laser hits, the Bandai actually has the most detail. DeAgo and Fine Molds are Empire and Bandai is NewHope. Other than the number of legs, there are quite a few differences in the greeble details between Empire and NewHope as well.

[@MattGrimmett]

Can barely hear ya

[@mandocalrissian6454]

0:01 What a *pile* of junk!

[@jimsmalleimb7709]

Couldn't listen because your voice was drowned out by the loud feedback humming. Re-do your audio.

[@RevengeOfTheShow]

yea this was a very early vid I have had a few other people mention the hum or something. at this momment I am still trying to get better audio or equipment for my vids.

[@josephherman5790]

Ment is spelled with an A in it as in MEANT.