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Following on from two of my previous posts...

Firstly, I did dig out that old PC HDD and make a VHD file out of my old "Star Wars gaming PC" Everything worked OK after a bit of messing around getting things set up. The biggest problem was sorting out the drive letters of already installed CD Rom games. This was all done on a Windows XP desktop PC.

The second thing is that I can now finally play Rogue Squadron 3D PC on my Windows 7 laptop

http://www.dgemu.com/forums/index.php?/topic/475925-mh-star-wars-rogue-squadron-3d/

I have not got very far into the game but have yet to have any of the problems highlighted in any of the posts.

The 1994 and 1995 UK VHS were both available in full screen and widescreen and the Executor Box set is widescreen only.

From what I have seen, all three widescreen sets are the same with the only differences being with the Fox Fanfare. For some reason, the 1995 ESB and ROTJ widescreen versions do not have the Fox Fanfare but have a CBS FOX logo and fanfare instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1EI-cy_K50

After all these years of the Fox Fanfare - this is just wrong.....

A quick response to the question - are the 82 US Laserdiscs and VHS the same?

If I understand the question correctly, the answer is no.

I put up a few screenshots here to show some of the differences between various fullscreen versions.....

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/OBITUARY-Star-Wars-Fullscreen-Pan-and-Scan-versions-RIP/topic/13517/

My plan is to wall mount it like this..........

or this......

The Executor Super Star Destroyer in that picture is 49 inches long!!!

It is 32 inches by 24 inches by 9 inches........

Here is a pic of the finished thing as promised and I will try to do a few more detail shots later.

Have I enjoyed the whole process? Yes.

Would I do it again? Yes.

Would I recommend others to have a go at the same build? Yes.

In fact the only thing I regret is making it as similar to the official release as I have done. In many ways, I prefer this (Post 113) or this, but please do not think I am complaining because I am not!!!

Ironically I just finished my build half an hour ago....  I will post some pictures later.

In reality, my choices to make the build more affordable ie a blank radar dish, painted rigging, 60 black levers etc, do not detract from the fact that the 10179 Falcon is quite simply a monster build!!

The colours are almost irrelevant as it is the pure scale, size and detail of the thing that makes it what it is as this link shows.

I am extremely pleased that two people have actually been inspired to actually go ahead and build their own 10179 Falcon and with two others looking into doing this as well, I say that this thread has been a success.

The next step for me is to go ahead and wall mount the thing which I am really looking forward to seeing completed.

I do have loads more info and links so if any one is tempted to have a go themselves, I am more than happy to deal with them via PM rather than annoy anyone else on this thread.....

Would you care to expand......

A quick pic as promised. About 50% finished.....

Ooooooh. You made that hard work!!

A Wanted List aligned to a spreadsheet that tells you exactly what you need, what is left to order and what has arrived is a must have in this project. Seeing everything hit zero gave me a nice warm feeling!

I am in the UK so my £530 equates pretty accurately to your $880. I had major success painting the black rigging to LB grey so that should look good as well as saving a fortune.

I finally started my build last night and have just put the 6 legs on. It is looking really good so far although I am torn between wanting to rush it to completion and wanting it to take for ever...

I will take a picture or two and get them uploaded to show progress.

For the original Star Wars film YES. This was one of the tracks on the DJ V3 release.

For Empire, there has been much debate about the Pre 85 and Post 85 mixes (up to the 93 remix)  and the conclusion is that they are no different. There are analogue and digital variants but nothing else.

Jedi came out after 85 so that mix is assumed to be the original theatrical mix.

For a 29 year old source, that is very clear and crisp.

Sorry about that. This thread is long overdue an update.

17 orders and 5139 pieces later, everything is ordered with all but the last 500 already in my possession. Total cost is just under £550 which is way under my £700 guesstimate.

90% of the pieces were ordered in the first 4 orders but the last 10% were a pain in the neck to get and took 13 orders to get hold of.

14 orders were from Bricklink, 2 from the Lego Replacement Parts Service and 1 from Lego Pick a Brick.

If anyone was looking to do anything like this, I suggest the Copy and Paste method from the Bricklink inventory page into Excel, get a rough idea of the cost of each part from Lego or Bricklink and work out a guesstimate price and see if it is feasible. The Bricklink Wanted Lists are fantastic and make life so much easier.

Regarding the still available 10188 set, I suspect $200 is a bit on the low side but would be interested to see how you got on. However, some of the forums think that this set is to finish production shortly so it might be worth buying the full set retail while you still can and selling the minifigs on ebay to bring the price down.

Meanwhile, despite my insistance that this was a "one time only" thing, I am drawn towards the 10030 USC Star Destroyer.........

This is a one off, once in a lifetime, one time only, build it once, put it on the wall and leave it there project!!

The plan was to get a few bits each month over the next 6 months but in reality, I have ordered 88% of the bits in two weeks. It is just soooooo adictive!!

However, I am running out of local sellers that have more than one or two of the items I need. So, I am going to buy the last couple of items that Lego are out of stock of and maybe just buy the balance in bulk from them.

My first batch of parts have arrived and I am amazed how big just 750 parts actually is but of course, the finished thing is HUGE so why am I surprised???

I suspect it will be next year before I get all the bits and make a start.

One more order followed by an out of stock (on the first item you need on Page 1 of the manual!!!!) from Lego and I have just scraped the 75% pieces on order target I set myself.

I am going to wait till I actually get my 4 orders delivered, make sure I have not messed up and wait for the piece above to come back in stock at Lego as it is dear via Bricklink.

The magic 10p a piece average price I had in my head for my version is still on target. If I achieve, I may even swallow my pride and spend £30 on that bloody dish!!!!!!

All in all, I am happy with progress so far.

A quick update.

For the ship alone (no sticker stand or figures), I need 5139 pieces.

Three Bricklink/Lego orders later and I have 2748 of them on the way and have so far paid - inc shipping, 10p per piece.

As I have tried to go for some of the more expensive and difficult to get hold of items on purpose, I am happy with that.......

.....but VERY tempting!!!

The Psiaki X Wing is incredible but comes with a warning...

It is not very strong!!!!!

If you want to swoosh it around and attack a local Death Star, you will end up doing a Porkins and the ship will be in a dozen pieces.

The guns are delicate and come off very easily and the engines are not too far behind them. The amazing tiles and panels down the side of the fuselage fall apart when I pick it up and the whole front end connection is not much stronger.

If you get it, it needs to be on display and never touched again.....

£342.49 / US$499.99

It brings a tear to my eye when I go to this page!!!

I have already built 4 much smaller models/figures to get used to the Bricklink/Lego buying process but The Falcon is by far my biggest and best challenge yet!!

I built the R2 D2 and C3P0 CubeDudes...

...I built the Comic Con Landspeeder...

...and best of all, I built the Psiaki X Wing which is awesome.

They were my apprenticeship and all working towards building - The Falcon!!

I promise to keep this thread going to completion - even just for my own record of progress.

Meanwhile, here is my original inspiration

Even more corners were cut there but you cannot tell!!

You_Too said:

So what would all those needed parts cost? £600-700 like you said? That's still a lot!

I agree, it is a lot and normally I would not do things like this.

However, a near fatal heart attack of a much younger friend got me thinking "Why not" and then the news of a double fatality of a two neighbours sealed the deal!!!

Besides, I have pretty much quit drinking and stopped having fatty take-away food (see "near fatal heart attack of a much younger friend" above) so I will save enough to pay for it in about 6 months!! Apparently, heating healthy food is much cheaper than the stuff that is bad for you!!

Here are a few metrics on the cost.

I went to the Bricklink page of all 266 items I needed. I logged the cheapest cost new and used and the average cost new - just to give me an idea what the cost was likely to be and what effect my "changes" would have.

As per the official Lego kit

Cheapest Price New £508

Cheapest Price Used £343

Average Price New £1100 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 

I am also avoiding Ebay!!

My version

Cheapest Price New £224

Cheapest Price Used £142

Average Price New £604

So, basically, I am aiming for Average New plus shipping as there is no way of getting enough items at the cheapest prices. I have all the links to all the items in a spreadsheet if anyone wants to check this out for themselves...

Here are the links to the lists of parts

List with images

List only

My "Creative Decisions" are.....

Part 47996 has been bought in Black and sprayed Grey

Part 50990pb03 has been replaced with a plain Grey 50990

Part 298co5 has been replaced with Black/Grey 298c02

Part 32555 has been bought in Black to save money

Part 3703 has been bought in Black to save money

There are one or two others as well but those are the main choices made......

EDIT: I did not bother with the stickers, cert, manual or figures, I went for the cheaper versions of the "alternate parts" and I removed the pieces needed to make the name-plate sticker stand. A pdf of the manual is available online from Lego

Bricklink and the Lego Replacement Parts service.

Through Bricklink, you can "Part out a set" and get a full inventory of an official set.

This lists all the parts in a set which you can then Copy and Paste into Excel via Notepad. (Or, I could link to a basic version of my work.)

You can then add all the parts into a Wanted List and then go and Shop by Wanted List.

Prices vary wildly so I am having to balance availability vs new/used vs alternatives vs price vs shipping.

I reckon I can to it for around £600-700........

I have just started a new project and I thought it might be of interest to one or two around here - as well as being something a wee bit different…

I did see Star Wars in the cinema back in '77 so I am too old for toys.

Wrong! I was doing fine up to May 2011 when The Sun newspaper gave away a mini Lego X Wing. Santa brought me a bigger version later that year and they have been breeding exponentially ever since…

However, in my opinion, the Holy Grail is the out of production and out of my reach LEGO 10179: Ultimate Collector Series - Millennium Falcon.

Ebay prices in the UK are anything up to £2500 and people are paying those prices. I read a bit about this and found various people on Star Wars and Lego forums who were building these things from scratch, piece by piece. I researched further and have now decided to do one myself.

Mine will be a near perfect replica of the official version as I am not paying £250 just for two pieces unique to this set.

My theoretical changes are complete, the spreadsheet is up and running and the first orders are on the way.

My spare parts total prior to starting was 1 piece - the seat!! Only 5200ish to go.

In a few months time, I want this…

Interested?? Stay tuned.

Not interested?? Move along.

Quite the opposite. The TV broadcast in full - audio and video - is of interest!!