"She'll hold together. Hear me, baby? Hold together!"

From a profile of upcoming Star Wars toys from Hasbro, regarding the new Millennium Falcon:

According to Hasbro, this is the first update to the toy Falcon in 30 years, because, after all this time, the mold they had been using to churn out ship after ship finally broke down.

[#1 posted by strider_mt2k , June 5, 2008 11:04 AM]

What sucks is when you're putting one together and you realize most of the way in that they lost the lateral controls.

'sall I got. :(

[#2 posted by gwizah , June 5, 2008 12:02 PM]

That thing? Whatta piece of junk!

Wow. It blows my mind that the same Millennium Falcon that I played with when I was 8 was made in the same goddamn mold every other one that was made for the past 30 years.

Good to see that they are finally updating it.

[#3 posted by Ryanwoofs , June 5, 2008 12:09 PM]

With all the sounds and glowing lights, who needs an imagination!



Seriously, how long until kids just set the toys up, and then watch as they play themselves?

[#4 posted by stratosfyr , June 5, 2008 7:57 PM]

#3 - That, I think, is exactly the problem with the Sony Rolly.

[#5 posted by Bucket , June 5, 2008 8:34 PM]

I bought the re-issue of the Hasbro X-wing and Tie fighter a few years ago, and was both excited and saddened that they appeared to have come out of the same molds that the ones I played with in 1979 did.

Excited because it was like tracking down an old friend after 30 years. Saddened because that friend looked like they'd been used and abused in the intervening decades. Clean, crisp details gave way to rounded, sagging corners. Also, the realization that I was now old.

One of these days I should write down what happened when I went hunting for my original x-wing in my parent's attic. It was a traumatic experience.