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Build Your Own Imperial Star Destroyer

Posted by michael on from the let-the-wookie-win dept.

tashanna writes "I got an e-mail from my brother with a link to this. Someone has built an Imperial Star Destroyer model from the original Star Wars movie that's appropriately-sized for the 4" action figures. The guy made it with an armory, bridge, cell bay, computer room, engineering (split over 2 levels), Darth Vader's chamber, conference room, troop rest room, medical bay and it measures 2 meters, by 1.5 meters, by 1 meter and is for sale on Ebay. There are interior photos on the eBay site. Ummm... WOW!"

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  1. Re:No longer for sale. by metlin · · Score: 5, Informative

    Look at the bid history. It looks like he ended the listing early. And if that page were to be believed, the retractors have stated that they have been unable to get in touch with the seller.

    And immediately thereafter, an "ad" for this gets posted on Slashdot? Makes you wonder you know...

  2. Re:Building models for profit by minkeyboodle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Read the auction. He says he's moving abroad and can't take it with him.

  3. Re:umm..what's he big deal?-Snap, crackle, and...o by Anubis333 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I am a 3D modeler/TD by trade, heh I guess that lingo isn't common geek speak, here is an article on 'greebling', or 'adding nurnies and greebles' to an object. It's basically the art of making up hi-tech looking crap. The original star destroyers were greebled with plastic navy ship parts and other crap. Interestingly enough, i think they were somewhere around the size of this guys toy; i may be wrong...

  4. But... It's not a scale model! by Cordath · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm sorry, but the anal retentive streak in me just wouldn't let this go. In order for a Star Destroyer to be built to the same scale as 4" action figures it would need to be over 75 meters long! Now *that* would be a freakin' lego project!

  5. Agreed!! Mod Parent UP by snooo53 · · Score: 5, Informative
    This article has the worst title ever! What's the deal here? Is slashdot trying to get a ratings boost or something? This is the kind of misleading crap article title you'd expect to see on Fox News or CNN. Where are the plans???

    Okay, fine, I'll be editor for the day. (5 seconds of googling later...) Make your own Star Destroyer.

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    The sending of this message pretty much inconveniences everyone involved.
  6. Re:But... It's not a scale model! by thehomeland · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... it would need to be over 75 meters long!

    That's exactly what I was thinking. To scale with the standard action figures would mean it'd be larger than you could possibly ship (pun intended) and the five-year-old would probably be able to fit *inside* one of the circular engines on the back. Now, the rooms inside based on the photos look almost to scale, but there should be like umpteen thousand rooms inside one SSD. Compare to the regular sized tie fighters that the figures fit in. You might be able to house ten fighters in that whole model..

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  7. Re:But... It's not a scale model! by samadhi · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe you should get a bit more anal about reading the article.

    > Although not entirely screen accurate (it would have been the length of my street for that) the distinctive shape is unmistakable.