Return of the 5 Mile Executor

PSW: discuss Star Wars without "versus" arguments.

Moderator: Vympel

Post Reply
User avatar
Lord Poe
Sith Apprentice
Posts: 6988
Joined: 2002-07-14 03:15am
Location: Callyfornia
Contact:

Return of the 5 Mile Executor

Post by Lord Poe »

Image

"Brian, if I parked a supertanker in Central Park, painted it neon orange, and set it on fire, it would be less obvious than your stupidity." --RedImperator
User avatar
Vympel
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz
Posts: 29312
Joined: 2002-07-19 01:08am
Location: Sydney Australia

Post by Vympel »

The titanium series models all suck anyway. It's obvious the only reason it looks like that is so they could have an ISD with it that wasn't tiny- heck, it looks like a 4-mile Executor. The canon size disparity could never be accurately represented by such a cheap-ass toy.
Like Legend of Galactic Heroes? Please contribute to http://gineipaedia.com/
User avatar
VT-16
Sith Marauder
Posts: 4662
Joined: 2004-05-13 10:01am
Location: Norway

Post by VT-16 »

Toys are not a viable measurement in size debates.

Image

OMG OMG THE X-WING IS FUCKED, MAN!!111!!
User avatar
Cao Cao
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 2011
Joined: 2004-07-20 12:36pm
Location: In my own little world

Post by Cao Cao »

VT-16 wrote:Toys are not a viable measurement in size debates.
Aren't models like the one in the OP advertised as scale-miniatures though?
Looks like they got the scale all wrong. :P
Image
"I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode."~Teal'c
User avatar
VT-16
Sith Marauder
Posts: 4662
Joined: 2004-05-13 10:01am
Location: Norway

Post by VT-16 »

Since they not only got the scale wrong, but also the dimensions of the Executor itself (it looks like it's been squished and had its weight shifted to its width), my argument stands.
User avatar
Alan Bolte
Sith Devotee
Posts: 2611
Joined: 2002-07-05 12:17am
Location: Columbus, OH

Post by Alan Bolte »

Only the color is 'new.' That die is the same one that's been in use for at least a decade.
Any job worth doing with a laser is worth doing with many, many lasers. -Khrima
There's just no arguing with some people once they've made their minds up about something, and I accept that. That's why I kill them. -Othar
Avatar credit
User avatar
nightmare
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 1539
Joined: 2002-07-26 11:07am
Location: Here. Sometimes there.

Post by nightmare »

In all fairness, this toy package must have been designed some time ago.
Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Extralife style.
User avatar
Darth Servo
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 8805
Joined: 2002-10-10 06:12pm
Location: Satellite of Love

Post by Darth Servo »

Anyone with a brain can see it isn't accurate at all. We all know that most of the main outer hull is reletavely flat. All those "ridges" running across the top make me think they borrowed inspiration from neo BSG in designing this thing.
"everytime a person is born the Earth weighs just a little more."--DMJ on StarTrek.com
"You see now you are using your thinking and that is not a good thing!" DMJay on StarTrek.com

"Watching Sarli argue with Vympel, Stas, Schatten and the others is as bizarre as the idea of the 40-year-old Virgin telling Hugh Hefner that Hef knows nothing about pussy, and that he is the expert."--Elfdart
User avatar
nightmare
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 1539
Joined: 2002-07-26 11:07am
Location: Here. Sometimes there.

Post by nightmare »

Pretty sad considering that this is a titanium model, cast to last.
Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Extralife style.
User avatar
Cykeisme
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 2416
Joined: 2004-12-25 01:47pm
Contact:

Post by Cykeisme »

nightmare wrote:Pretty sad considering that this is a titanium model, cast to last.
Would you feel better about it if it was made of cookie batter? :)
"..history has shown the best defense against heavy cavalry are pikemen, so aircraft should mount lances on their noses and fly in tight squares to fend off bombers". - RedImperator

"ha ha, raping puppies is FUN!" - Johonebesus

"It would just be Unicron with pew pew instead of nom nom". - Vendetta, explaining his justified disinterest in the idea of the movie Allspark affecting the Death Star
User avatar
Cao Cao
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 2011
Joined: 2004-07-20 12:36pm
Location: In my own little world

Post by Cao Cao »

Cykeisme wrote:
nightmare wrote:Pretty sad considering that this is a titanium model, cast to last.
Would you feel better about it if it was made of cookie batter? :)
Anyone who wouldn't say "hell yes!" to that is a dirty liar.
Image
"I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode."~Teal'c
User avatar
Elheru Aran
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 13073
Joined: 2004-03-04 01:15am
Location: Georgia

Post by Elheru Aran »

Probably planned and produced ages before the size debate was resolved. Toy manufacturers aren't all that concerned with accuracy anyway, and *anybody* who tries to use this as a valid measurement would find their asses laughed off the board in short order. Unimportant. I wouldn't purchase it personally due to its looking like ass, although a few other of the Titanium models do look rather nice...
It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
User avatar
fusion
Jedi Knight
Posts: 608
Joined: 2006-03-28 10:35pm
Location: Capital System, Mid-Childa

Post by fusion »

My first inclination was that it was a scaled up star destroyer. I rather buy small lego set then that.
Post Reply