Creating a replica of the Empire Strikes Back movie prop - Stephen Dymszo interview 

Yeah, I was about to mention that. His company is cheap not to build it in the U.S just to avoid paying American wages. What a pitty

Well... Hot Toys is made in... uh... you know..

Fagdalf The Gay hottoys is a company owned by Chinese and located in HONGKONG, China.

Pho Chigga Ummm... so? The millennium falcon is made in china... Hot toys products are made in chine... Top notch quality made in chine... Now befoe you say some random shit like, Hong Kong isn't part of China, would be stupid. they got independance just to do the eaxt same shit as China. So I would refer to them as such. Me, as an asian, and like many other asians, like what China produces, but hates their guys for not giving a shit about the planet, and starving their people because they're sex craving cunts that never heard of condoms.

Pho Chigga And the pollution/

+Alex Typical Libertarian "me generation" point of view. Using your standard, since workers in China and India and the Philippines have a lower cost of living and will always work for less than an American (or a Brit), all industry is completely morally justified in moving their factories overseas because the only thing that matters is profit. That's called amorality. Your flippant snark betrays a lack of worldly experience and an abundance adolescent selfishness.

+InformantNet Do you have any clue at all how many people in China (and other places) have been lifted out of abject poverty because there is a demand here in the US (and elsewhere) for a $1500 plastic model of the MF? The people working in factories in China making things like this might previously have died from dysentery, or continued to live in squalor with no running water or flushing toilets.

InformantNet There is no moral in business. Business is Business.

Tron So you're saying American industry (or British) has a moral obligation to take work from Americans (or Brits) in order to move Chinese out of poverty? I did not realize that. So, in other words, any work that can be moved from America SHOULD be moved from America until all peoples of the world are living in abject poverty. Great idea. I imagine, if you're an American, when you go shopping for goods, you avoid anything "Made in U.S.A" and opt for the item made in the poorest country available. That's interesting. Hell, even Mr. Dymszo sounds a bit uncomfortable when he says that his models are made by artisans at "our factory in China," but you're not.

Like Chris Tucker said to Jackie Chan in Rush Hour "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?"

The finished kit isn't just a piece of plastic. It has a full metal frame, working electronics such as lighting and an automatic bay door, ridiculous detail inside and out, and the main pieces are actually cast in high quality resin. It's also in scale to the actual filming miniature used on set. Basically what you're getting with this kit is closest thing you can get to the actual screen used kit. Plus no one is forcing you to buy it anyway. This is really only for diehard Star Wars fans, and lovers of model making.

Says the guy who almost assuredly can't afford to buy this anyway.

+Solarstar10 SPOILER The larger original Falcon cockpit was moved over from the Rebel Blockade Runner and had a one inch playboy foldout on the bulkhead behind the Wookie.

+douglas barnett Uh, cool i guess. I don't see what that has to do with anything being discussed here. But a cool tidbit nonetheless.

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Liam Burke they just released a build your own R2-D2 and a build your own X-Wing

mackjsm LOL!!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

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Stuuti Rai I don't need too, I've got the Blu-Ray.

+divisioneight Actually, almost all of the first 'Tron' was ink-and-painted in Red China. I built a special lightweight magnesium & aluminum 35mm B&H 2709 camera to bolt onto the hotel wall in Hong Kong. Mules carried the work into the PRC and back, my friend filmed the cells (and came back with the roll in his pocket, i suppose. Richard Taylor still won't talk). And so sad, when Walt died, the John Birch Society ran out of money.

I take it your not a subscriber? You may have to find a different retailer?

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Aawww lol

Good news! It's now available in the USA www.model-space.com/us/build-millennium-falcon.html

Paul Nobody stops you from scratch building the falcon for less than that. I'm quite sure all the research and building the molds, all the work that has to be done first without earning a dime took quite a big amount of money (china or not) which all has to be earned back in order to just get to 0. The lego falcon is smaller and costs twice the amount of money. Ok, one issue costs 15$. Now subtract what the store gets from that and the production cost and the shipping to the stores and maybe licensing fees for Disney and other stuff I forget to mention. So, if you can't afford it, change that.

I said it once, i'll say it again. If you can't put aside a bare minimal $20 per week, get a better job. Also, it's $80 p/w if you buy it separately from the stores.

+Fagdalf The Gay Jobs are one way, selling videotutorials or other knowledge or skills is another. In other words: starting to be self employed. Adding value to the market place. Of course that means to follow goals, set targets, think strategically and get knowledge in psychology, and marketing philosophy (Jay Abraham is good). Still, making the falcon from scratch has an incredible appeal. Not sure whether that's actually much cheaper though. Bottom line, if you can't !!comfortably!! set aside 20$ per week, your life needs improvement and you're not the target audience, yet...

HauntHouse Making strong durable props cost $1000+ to make. And considering that this is studio-durable is good, since it has to be able to stand up to abuse.

+Fagdalf The Gay I don't need a 1000 bucks for that. Plywood, easily cut and glued, goes a long way if you include mostly triangles. You could even recycle wood and glue it together. Just don't ask how much money one could make in the time one needs to research all the greebly details...if you don't just photograph all the model parts at the local store ( : Just checked: 1mm steel sheet metal 1000x2000mm costs 33 euros. 3 sheets should be plenty to sturdy everything out, probably 2. It becomes amazingly stiff once you bend it. add a few square pipes to the mix if you want to. Problem would more be the needed machinery. Cutting, bending and welding metal takes some investment. Riveting might be cheaper. But again, if you can't comfortably buy a few machines, get a better job, right?

It will be available in the US in a few months!

De Agostini UK really?? that's amazing, thank you so much for replying and giving me the good news!

Kramer1701 Just to let you know the product is now available! www.model-space.com/us/build-millennium-falcon.html

De Agostini UK good lord, it is! thank you so much for letting me know, I appreciate it very much so

+banthapoodo It will be next year. They said so on the forum.

+banthapoodo It's available right now yay!

Yeah but it still looks like...LEGO.