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Till All Are One Millenium Falcon

"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts," is just another way of saying "more than meets the eye." Here's a closer look of at the Star Wars Transformers version of the classic Millennium Falcon. The souped up star freighter transforms ship into two robots: mechanized versions of Han Solo and Chewbacca. This Deluxe toy features Han and Chewie pilot mini-figures, launching projectiles, electronic lights and sounds and a few more surprises. It will be available this summer from Hasbro.

Although I'm a fairly obsessive Transfan, I still don't like the idea of Han and Chewie combining to form one spaceship. Think-- if you were a Transformer, would you want your vehicle mode to be immobile (Han) or without sensors or weapons (Chewie) by itself?

Why didn't they just have our favorite smugglers transform into two separate vehicles-- Han into the Falcon, and Chewie into-- I don't know-- a Wookiee flying catamaran? They can even have both Transformers combine to form a super robot. But don't make combination a requirement for transformation-- that leaves a Transformer too vulnerable in one of his/her modes.

Random contributor: Hey, how about we have a Han and Chewie figure with both of them turning into two pieces for the Millienium Falcon! That way, they'll have to shell out twice the price just to have the Falcon.

Ten Me-toos reply with: What a great idea!
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You give them too much credit.

Han and Chewbacca as both associated with the Falcon. Both characters are more wifely recognized by a single vehicle. Making Chewbacca a random Wookie vehicle.

Although I'm a fairly obsessive Transfan, I still don't like the idea of Han and Chewie combining to form one spaceship. Think-- if you were a Transformer, would you want your vehicle mode to be immobile (Han) or without sensors or weapons (Chewie) by itself?

I swear this makes me want to smack you. You have no goddamn perspective as a normal human being on this subject. Honestly, what the fuck? If I was a Transformer I'd step on you for trying to meddle in the affairs of my race.

Honestly...

Soontir C'boath wrote:Random contributor: Hey, how about we have a Han and Chewie figure with both of them turning into two pieces for the Millienium Falcon! That way, they'll have to shell out twice the price just to have the Falcon.

Ten Me-toos reply with: What a great idea!
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You give them too much credit.

We'll have to wait until the figure becomes available at the local toystore to see if collectors-- myself included-- have to pay twice to get the Millenium Falcon. But if I was a Hasbro exec, I'd probably take an idea from 'Transformers: Energon' and market a Han and Chewie who can superlink into a super robot to sell more 'Star Wars Transformers'.

Those are supposed to be Han and Chewie? One has a brown head and a crossbow, if that's what they're going for.

Aren't they supposed to be "Robots in Disguise" and not "Vehicles Failing To Disguise Themselves As Robots"?

Gah. Some of the ones actually look pretty good. Like the Slave-1 mech. This just looks crappy.

What's with the thread title?

DPDarkPrimus wrote:What's with the thread title?

What the [hell is up with this new 'Star Wars Transformers' design]? Did Hasbro run out of plastic or something[, forcing them to prevent the designers of 'Star Wars Transformers' toys from making Han and Chewie transform into separate vehicles]?

Sidewinder wrote:

DPDarkPrimus wrote:What's with the thread title?

What the [hell is up with this new 'Star Wars Transformers' design]? Did Hasbro run out of plastic or something[, forcing them to prevent the designers of 'Star Wars Transformers' toys from making Han and Chewie transform into separate vehicles]?

That's asinine. It doesn't take any less plastic to make two seperate figures than a couple of combiners- in fact, it probably takes more.

Sidewinder wrote:Although I'm a fairly obsessive Transfan, I still don't like the idea of Han and Chewie combining to form one spaceship. Think-- if you were a Transformer, would you want your vehicle mode to be immobile (Han) or without sensors or weapons (Chewie) by itself?

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You realize these things are toys, right?

Still he has a point.

From an SoD perspective, it makes little sense to have two seperate imobile robots forming into one vehicle, yet remaining two robots.

A gestalt would have been more 'realistic'. Of course i'm a perfectionist so dont let my obsessive compulsive disorder hamper your enjoyment of the action figures.

Suspension of Disbelief? It's a toy!

000 wrote:Suspension of Disbelief? It's a toy!

Representing a transforming robot. If it can't do that well, then it's obviously not that great of a toy.

Did they ever make a decent transforming Droid Fighter?

I'm sorry, there's a part of me that just -'s at the idea of people trying to stick Han and Chewie together like that...! Woah, invasion of privacy!

More seriously, these just kind of look stupid. If I liked Han, I wouldn't want to buy something that instead looked like a Han-toaster crossbreed.

Yep, Han & Chewie are the next ambigiously gay duo (with overtones of bestiality, of course)!

Dammit, I was this close to being the first one to make a half-assed joke alluding at homosexual overtones regarding this toy. Damn you, Kurgan.. damn you!


.. And seriously, SoD? Since when were Han and Chewie robots? They're toys!

Done before. The G1 Micromaster Combiners series featured two miniture Transformers who linked up in alternate mode to make one large vehicle. You ended up with craptacular designs where one bot was the cockpit and air intakes of an SR-71 and the other bot was the engines and wings.

IIRC both bots were mobile and aware in alternate mode, even if you were the rear end and your alternate mode was something that, in the real world, would have no sensors or means of independent mobility.

I always felt bad for the rear guys, it's like being stuck as the ass of a horse costume.

I liked it better when they had a bunch of smaller robots form a larger one (Predicons, Constructicons, Voltron, etc) .

GROUP ORGY!!!!!111 (just kidding)

WTF? StarWars TRANSFORMERS?!?!

BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!

LadyTevar wrote:WTF? StarWars TRANSFORMERS?!?!

BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!

They've been around for awhile...

Elheru Aran wrote:

LadyTevar wrote:WTF? StarWars TRANSFORMERS?!?!

BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!

They've been around for awhile...

this is why I buy my nephews BOOKS and CLOTHING.

This is what happen when you let asylum inmates like the guys at www.st-v-sw.net make Star Wars toys. You get Robo-Rebels.

chitoryu12 wrote:This is what happen when you let asylum inmates like the guys at www.st-v-sw.net make Star Wars toys. You get Robo-Rebels.

You get an "F" for "attempt at fitting in by trying to bring up RSA in a thread that has nothing to do with him".


Star Wars Transformers would be a lot, LOT cooler if they were simply Transformers characters (new ones) that turned into the vehicles, instead of giant mechs that were supposed to resemble movie characters.

The transformer series is just subliminal propaganda to associate "mecha = cool" in the minds of our children.

The HAB shall deal with it in time...oh yes..