Who's building the Millennium Falcon model currently being advertised a lot then?

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idlewilde

02-01-2015

Lots of chortling about this on my Facebook feed. At £8.99 an issue with 100 weekly issues, you'll only need a paltry £900 and two years to spare.

http://www.buildmillenniumfalcon.com/

What a rip off.

Gormagon

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by idlewilde:
“Lots of chortling about this on my Facebook feed. At £8.99 an issue with 100 weekly issues, you'll only need a paltry £900 and two years to spare.

http://www.buildmillenniumfalcon.com/

What a rip off.”

and the bet that the magazine will produce 5 or 6 issues before folding

Every year, with out fail Deagostini or some such comes out with these ads.

RunawayGroom

02-01-2015

I was very tempted because it does look cool, but 8.99 a week is out of my price range

2shy2007

02-01-2015

You can get the original toy for about £40 on eBay.

idlewilde

02-01-2015

Probably cost less time and money to build the full size one for the new movie.

venusinflares

02-01-2015

Saw a 3D globe advertised too, £5.99 per week for 100 weeks!

Gormagon

02-01-2015

I saw an ad for a Model Suzuki Hayabusa on one of the motoring channels.

http://www.model-space.com/us/build-...-hayabusa.html

I have the full size version and it cost less than this model. Ok, i've done some work on it, but really, £1k for a model.

muggins14

02-01-2015

I saw the Millenium Falcon ad, my only thought was what kind of idiot would fork out that kind of money!

degsyhufc

02-01-2015

I was going to when I heard it was going to be full size

but then it said full size as the model used in the production

Orbitalzone

02-01-2015

Clearly someone buys these things but come on, £900 for a model?!?! clearly some idiots out there.

CELT1987

02-01-2015

There will be plenty of Star Wars geeks going to buy this. Model looks cool but no way is it worth £900.

f_196

02-01-2015

I was totally set on it.

But then I saw the 8.99 price tag, and then the small print.

100 issues, 4 issues a month. No chance! Especially when building it yourself over 2 years.

Gormagon

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by CELT1987:
“There will be plenty of Star Wars geeks going to buy this. Model looks cool but no way is it worth £900.”

as a star wars fan, I could be persuaded out of perhaps 2 or 3 hundred quid. £900 not a chance.

CELT1987

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by Gormagon:
“as a star wars fan, I could be persuaded out of perhaps 2 or 3 hundred quid. £900 not a chance.”

Yeah, couple of £100 maybe but £900, no chance. Plus you have to build the bloody thing.

degsyhufc

02-01-2015

There's another thread about the mark up price of things.

I wonder how much this thing actually costs them to produce? Most of it will be molded plastic.
Even adding in the magazine production it would be fairly cheap overall.

D_Mcd4

02-01-2015

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revell-EasyK.../dp/B000FCOK4A

No having to wait two years and you will be £850 better off.

BlueEyedMrsP

02-01-2015

People with more money than sense I reckon.

woodbush

02-01-2015

I'm sure we've had threads about these magazine models before. Some have folded before the model is finished.

Total rip off.

woodbush

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by BlueEyedMrsP:
“People with more money than sense I reckon.”

Or don't read the small print.

CELT1987

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by woodbush:
“I'm sure we've had threads about these magazine models before. Some have folded before the model is finished.

Total rip off.”

What happens there then? Say it folded with 5 issues left?

degsyhufc

02-01-2015

I wonder how many magazines and models they produce.

I reckon they think people will buy one or two mags and then give up. They must calculate it to make a profit.

Gormagon

02-01-2015

This is actually a die cast model, so is very high quality, its not an 'airfix' type thing.

CELT1987

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by Gormagon:
“This is actually a die cast model, so is very high quality, its not an 'airfix' type thing.”

Is it worth £900 though?

Gormagon

02-01-2015

its the same company every year, http://www.deagostini.co.uk

Every beginning of year a magazine run with things to build.

BlueEyedMrsP

02-01-2015

Originally Posted by woodbush:
“Or don't read the small print.”

And not too good with multiplication.

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