EvilCarrot

Apart from the price there's no reason not to go for the Bandai kit. (unless you prefer the ESB version) I've compared several of their kits and the fine detail of the Bandai kits blows any Finemolds kit out of the water. Also, the Bandai kit is larger by a fair bit, despite being the same scale. The Falcon and a few other FM kits are too small for their scale. And before anyone starts, I know they're not real and therefore can't have a scale, blah blah blah...

I agree that in terms of depth you'd be comparing the city fountain to the Mariana Trench but to me, when comparing aesthetics and ship design, Star Wars wins hands down. I played the X-wing and Tie Fighter games before I had seen any of the movies and I've always loved the way the ships look. Here's one for the German armor modelers

Couple of online stores already have it on preorder for less. I'm hoping it will drop below 300 at some point.

https://www.revell.de/en/products/star-wars/star-wars-bandai/bandai-millennium-falcon-perfect-grade.html Seems to be the full option kit with lighting and PE. RRP is still over the top but I'm sure we'll be able to find it cheaper. And best of all, no import taxes! Also looks like they plan on releasing other Bandai kits in the future. I'd say this is potentially great news for us Europeans.

If I say stuff like that in a pub I either get "A what?" or "Oh yeah, model kits, I used to build those when I was a kid!"

Considering the price it sells for I'm not surprised. I don't mind though, with this amount of simplicity it might be a kit I actually finish.

So the tech got himself FIRED? Maybe this is sabotage like in Hot Shots where the planes need to fail in order to speed up the purchase of new fighter planes.

I took home a big Airfix Harrier, a Hasegawa FW-190A-8 with C conversion kit and some other kits in the "wrong scale" Also took home some beer in my "special beer compartment" It was nice meeting Erwin and Thierry, hope to see you again sometime!

Maybe ICM will do one at some point?

I'll be there tomorrow. I'll be sure to come and say hello!

There was a resin upgrade set with the correct antennas for the two-seater, but I think it's OOP.

A possible alternative could be the 1/24 Trumpeter if you don't mind the larger scale. It's supposedly a bit more hassle-free than the 1/32 offerings out there.

Sockelshop

Same here, it's the guns at the front that do it for me.

Lowest I've seen it in Europe is €127 which is about $146. It's odd, usually the Europeans are a lot worse off.