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Anyway, as I said earlier, Entertainment Earth got my Star Wars Transformers Millennium Falcon to me today. Hooray!
The box was freakin' huge, that's for sure. I hadn't been paying too much attention to the toy, so I was freakin' stoked when I accidentally set off HanBot's electronics while taking him out of the packaging and he said "I've got a bad feeling about this" at me. He says all sorts of things. I was equally stoked when I discovered ChewieBot's electronics. Yeah, two sets of electronics. Rock. My love for this thing shot up 50%. (If you hold down either button, they make vehicle sounds instead of character sounds.)
Some Star Wars Transformers toys have a tendency to be floppy and loose to a point of unplayability. Not so with these guys. They're freakin' sturdy. Han's legs sometimes pop off at the thigh swivel, but otherwise this set is solid in both modes. Lots of pegs and clips. (The connection between the two halves in Falcon mode is really tough, thankfully. It's actually a little difficult to pull them apart.)
Han's likeness is pretty good -- his robot head has the sad Harrison Ford puppydog look. He's also pretty tall, being just a half-head taller than Vader. Chewie dwarfs all of the SWTFs. However, when they fold up and form the Falcon, the result is a little smaller than you'd expect considering the giant robot modes. Guess that's what happens when you fold up compactly into little wedges. This density is apparent in Falcon mode, which is pretty dang heavy for being made out of plastic.
Like the other SWTFs, the Millennium Falcon comes with tiny pilot figures. They both sit in the same cockpit, one in front of the other, so when the two are in robot modes, it means one of the mechs is on autopilot. D'oh. My pal Swift points me to a spot on HanBot's chest where you can seat Han. So nevermind! (Man, that Vader figure is short.)
This toy is easily the best of the line, which is good, 'cuz it's the biggest and most expensive. Also, it's Han and Chewie, who I wanted more than anybody else anyway, but that's just personal gratification. The toy avoids most of the pitfalls of the rest of the line in stability and playability, and adds awesome sounds and lights.
And it's the freakin' Millennium Falcon.
In other news, I caught my roommate SEWING this evening. That is not manly.