6/01/2009

Millennium Falcon Month, Day 12: POTF2

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This version of the Falcon was released in 1995, and really it is nothing more than the original Kenner Flacon with a fancy paint job and some electronics added. It's not to scale by any stretch, but it's still a necessary ship to add to any Star Wars vehicle collection.

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The only bad thing about this ship is that it was originally designed to fit the old-style Kenner action figures, so you can't really fit the larger, beefed-up POTF2 figures in the cockpit or the gunner's station. That's why I've got my old Star Wars figures manning the battle stations. You can also fit the more recent figures in the ship. There's no way that the POTF2 Han Solo or Chewbacca are going to fit in the cockpit, at least at the same time.

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For those who don't have one, all the normal stuff you'd expect to move will move. The satellite dish and quad-cannon rotate, landing gear and boarding ramp extend and retract. The one bad thing is that because of the placement of the front landing gear, the Falcon is a little front heavy and will have a tendency to tip forward.

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The interior may seem a little sparse, but compared to the interior of the other Kenner ships or even the AT-AT, its downright spacious. There's the chess table, a smuggling compartment, and gunner's chair. It was also fun to open this ship and put it together, there were a lot of decals to put on and that's something I've always enjoyed doing with my toys. The detail on the inside of the ship? That's one, big, continuous decal.

This version of the Falcon has been eclipsed in recent years in terms of being really impressive, but its still an awesome ship and one I'm glad to have in my collection.

6 comments:

Rawpower95 said...

Why is Luke hanging upside down?

Heavyarms said...

Because he's sitting in the gunnery chair.

Anonymous said...

man i have this millenium falcon too, and i have to say its frustrating... the lack of space for figures, those horrible cardboard panels tha divide the mf in two sections, unnused section and useless section... the new mf its frustrating too..to small for figures !!!!

Anonymous said...

Man i have this millenium falcon too, and all i have to say its frustrating... the lack of space for figures, those horrible cardboard panels tha divide the mf in two sections, unnused section and useless section... the new mf its frustrating too..to small for figures !!!!

Billski said...

Do you know whether the original ramps from the 1977 orignal Falcon will fit at POTF2 ship?

Billski said...

Hi do you know if the original ramp molds fit the POTF ships?

Thanks