You seated the Luke figure incorrectly. The figure is supposed to be positioned with his back resting against the "seat" of the chair (which is actually the back of the chair). The chair is positioned vertically.
@@toyshelfreviewthe original 1978 Kenner commercial made the same mistake LOL. You unknowingly recreated the Kenner commercial for the falcon way back in the day.
@@toyshelfreview here is the original 1978 commercial. This one shows Han Solo in the gunner seat instead of Luke. And han is in the correct "upside down" position. th-cam.com/video/O4B7CV4mPAM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jCmMtTDeX3xCvz7Y
Hmm, so its basically my old Falcon from 1980 with a few new stickers and lights. Love the old "swoll" figures, I forgot they hit the weights pretty hard in the 90's. :-)
If I had been a very young kid in the 90's instead of the 70's, I'm sure I would've been very happy with this toy and it would highly likely be in my collection right now.
While you can admire the photo-likeness and hyper articulation of the modern figures, the appeal of the older figures (including the hulked up power of the force) certainly to people of my age is that literal connection to those awestruck moments of youth. This goes for the vehicles as well. Yes the stunning legacy Falcon is "superior" in everyway to both this one and the original Kenner release, but Id rather have either of the original two models for that palpable (not Palpatine) link to the past. Excellent review as always Erin, continuing to make things brighter in these strange times. Thank you.
I'm with you in that! the POTF line is my all time favorite despite the bulkiness of the figures, they just have that sweet 90's vibe on them, which I grew up as a kid.
As a kid it used to really annoy me I couldn't get Han and Chewie in the cockpit with the top closed. The problem with all the features is that they were recycled from the old Kenner mold that was scaled to the vintage figures.
I’ve tried multiple times. I probably didn’t show it off so well in the video but I’ve given it some pretty good pulls up. It might just be mine. Thanks though.
I bought two of these back in 1996. One I gave my nephew, he opened it up and played with it, the other I kept in package. It's still in its package in one of my closets, hope I can get some money for it.
Well done! Couple things to add. You mentioned the dish not sitting up. Just raise the dish up and put the little nubs up into the top of the triangle frame. Use a tiny muscle. And there is an incredible YT video of a landing gear tab fix using a $1.50 pencil eraser cut to fit your sagging rear-end. Did it on mine. Works perfect! Somebody needs to make good articulating figures that fit more usefully. Most your video was very nice. Love mine!
One thing to mention is that this, along with the majority of the early Power of the Force vehicles (like the X-Wing) uses the same molds at the original 70's/80's releases.
The POTF line is the place for all new collectors to start. Everything is soooo much cheaper, and after the line moved past the He Man shit, they had some great stuff.
I support that once you get past the initial line I think Hasbro / Kenner took note of criticism and produced some really nice figures which felt more of a natural progression from the original figures
I just ordered this Millennium Falcon on eBay earlier today for a good deal I can’t wait for it to arrive to me I never had a millennium falcon toy as a kid but now that changes lol 😂
Nice review. Thanks for posting. I have quite a few of the POTF vehicles but not this one. They were good quality builds with good features and nice updates to the original versions.
I have the 2004 OTC version of the mold, and yes, the engines on the back being functional with lights and sounds is its best feature, but at the cost of some space on the playset for the figures, that's the only bad thing, but anyway, the engines look very cool. Excellent review as always! 👍
The reason your radar dishes and staying up is because you're not actually pushing it all the way up to the top, it actually fits pretty well when you push it all the way up. Not hating, just letting you know.
I should have phrased it better. I know there is a little notch for it to set over. Just never stayed in there. It’s all good…didn’t take it the wrong way.
@@toyshelfreview excellent, I know reviewers always have to deal with crap from people, so I wanted to make sure I'm not being crappy. I'm glad to know my vigilance and word choice paid off! I hope you have a good day!
yup i use to have the falcon when i was a kid, for me it was too heavy for carrry. on the turret gun, you must place the figure with the legs up to spin it around 360
Interesting that the tried to make the cardboard insert for the main area look a bit more like the Falcon interior seen in the film, with an image of the corridor leading to the cockpit, though what the widow behind the gunner station is meant to be I’m not sure. Looks like it didn’t come with the training remote that the original did? On the original the battery compartment had a button to activate the sounds, is the battery section still in the same place, it looks like the actual ‘button’ is just grey plastic now
I just recently got this ship yesterday for early Christmas. It's not the same as the potf one but it's from 2004 with the lights & sounds. I really like this toy. It's huge it's giant & I don't think I want to go any giant than that with the legacy one oh heck no. Not for 500$ dollars this mold does it enough for me. I'm happy with it. Something I don't understand about it is the size. When I watch videos about it it looks small from the camera but in reality it's big. I look at it compared to us humans tall ones & don't understand how they don't see what I see. Tall but the toy is small. Compared to them. How does that work? Either I'm short & the toy is bigger than me or something is off with gravity & size. A growth spurt probably.
Congrats on the pickup! Perception/Memory might be part of the issue on the size. Many of the older collectors that were kids holding the vehicle originally I’m sure felt bigger in their hands....now not so much. Also after having bigger vehicles released it probably doesn’t help as much.
This is probably what happens when you drink too much coffee every morning. You're growth stops growing. & Thus it makes you short. I don't know what happened to me. I must've shrunk.
Right I see your point taken. Nah I'm fine with the original mold; the more recent releases of this ship are just too big & expensive to buy. All while Hasbro just does that so they can get more money out of people who can afford it. Honestly I was lucky to get this ship complete & everything on eBay for a counterbid of 58.00$ + 35. Cents something n shipping for almost a hundred dollars. Michael from retroblasting was right about them. It's just because of more accuracy & details implemented to want consumers to buy it but I'm not foolish enough to want their giant oversized ship when the original is already big enough for me. I'm a pre-adult in his senior year of highschool & I shouldn't be this exactly short. But it's because of my addiction to coffee so you know.
Probably this mold would fit better the 1977 figures since it's a modified reprint of the original toy. And my copy of this toy has the same issues. And, and, I actually used the front landing gear as a handle to hold it and "fly" it back in the day.
Yeah, me too. But now that I think about it, he did the right thing. These things have long fronts where most of the footing is close to the back. If he set the position with the landing gear square, it's big front half would be swinging around and would look awkward as it rotates.
That's the worst falcon ever , I got the force awakens falcon so much better the detail inside of it don't even compare to this one ,it doesn't have no landing gear or no ramp but it is what it is .
I’m trying to imagine myself as a kid back in the 70s… I think I would’ve thought this thing was pure crap even back then… LOL!. I think Erin does a good job with these Reviews, Love the Channel- Just Not this thing!.
I see it very differently. If I take away my bias (I had this line as a kid), I guess I could say the Force Awakens one is more durable, and they did an excellent job with that backdrop wall! My favorite one seen out of any Falcon! TFA also had a very nice control deck interior that fit both characters, to put this one here to much shame. Neither Falcon had a very solid feel, would be my other critique of this one. Force Awakens one just felt mushy because of that softer plastic, which is not bad for vehicles you don't have to grip and balance together like an oversized sandwich. And this one used the sturdy plastic, but in the back it was too thin and unsecured to whoosh around with. But this is still my favorite Falcon for all the points Erin lays out and for all the things it got right that the other ones simply don't. What I don't like about Force Awakens Falcon is that it seems too squatty for the characters to ever believably stand up in. The glass window is more durable, but the design and lack of tint ruins that smooth look it once had. I feel like every Falcon with lack of weathering is just missing something major. The design of TFA Falcon was all off; the side panels were so flat and smooth it didn't even Look like the Falcon. It was all straight cords in front that looked real bad and blinded you from noticing any of the real features of the ship. Looks like Disney wanted to severely cut back on design costs, and went unforgivably too far on all its extremities: The bulk height, the mandables, even the cockpit looks stubby to compensate for this or try to hide it. The red style on the interior is also a pathetic move. It tells you they had something against the look of the original. The stairs feature was an interesting concept, but it doesn't work; it changes the whole shape of the ship in a disorienting manner. Speaking of changing the ship in a disorienting manner, those missle features are for the birds, no argument to be made there. :]
When I got the original back in Christmas 1980, I thought it was the best toy ever. I took this thing to the nearby park and flew it around right after I opened it. That and the death Star playset were my favorite toys.
I have a potf falcon. Around 10years ago I bought it minus canopy for £25 off ebay as these were considered inferior to vintage. I bought a vintage canopy for about £10, and it's my pride of the fleet I have.......🤗 I gave up collecting a few years ago, just after Disney took over, and in my view, cheapened the franchise. The older stuff seems betters in a playable way 👍🏻
You seated the Luke figure incorrectly. The figure is supposed to be positioned with his back resting against the "seat" of the chair (which is actually the back of the chair). The chair is positioned vertically.
🤦🤦🤦🤦 I really should have known that.
Kenner made the same mistake in one of their commercials: th-cam.com/video/ZDTLV09rIFE/w-d-xo.html
@@toyshelfreviewthe original 1978 Kenner commercial made the same mistake LOL. You unknowingly recreated the Kenner commercial for the falcon way back in the day.
Somehow I missed this comment. I just watched the clip. If I saw any of those I certainly don’t remember now. Thanks for sharing the link.
@@toyshelfreview here is the original 1978 commercial. This one shows Han Solo in the gunner seat instead of Luke. And han is in the correct "upside down" position.
th-cam.com/video/O4B7CV4mPAM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jCmMtTDeX3xCvz7Y
I loved playing with this awesome toy when I was a kid and it became my favorite Star Wars ship of all time.
I had so much fun with this toy as a kid!
Hmm, so its basically my old Falcon from 1980 with a few new stickers and lights. Love the old "swoll" figures, I forgot they hit the weights pretty hard in the 90's. :-)
They talked to He-Mans trainer and got his roids too.
If I had been a very young kid in the 90's instead of the 70's, I'm sure I would've been very happy with this toy and it would highly likely be in my collection right now.
Still have this at home with the POTF X Wing and Snowspeeder.
While you can admire the photo-likeness and hyper articulation of the modern figures, the appeal of the older figures (including the hulked up power of the force) certainly to people of my age is that literal connection to those awestruck moments of youth. This goes for the vehicles as well. Yes the stunning legacy Falcon is "superior" in everyway to both this one and the original Kenner release, but Id rather have either of the original two models for that palpable (not Palpatine) link to the past. Excellent review as always Erin, continuing to make things brighter in these strange times. Thank you.
I'm with you in that! the POTF line is my all time favorite despite the bulkiness of the figures, they just have that sweet 90's vibe on them, which I grew up as a kid.
The fact that you can retract the landing gears makes this old vehicle better than the big legacy falcon.
As a kid it used to really annoy me I couldn't get Han and Chewie in the cockpit with the top closed. The problem with all the features is that they were recycled from the old Kenner mold that was scaled to the vintage figures.
0:16 thanks Erin, you're the best!
Great review as usual! I always love these old vehicles/playsets.
Just bring the dish antenna all the way up so it locks into place, you have it sitting loose, great review looking forward to more vehicle reviews.
I’ve tried multiple times. I probably didn’t show it off so well in the video but I’ve given it some pretty good pulls up. It might just be mine. Thanks though.
Don’t feel bad. Mine won’t stay at the top either
This was my falcon growing up, until I gave it away and upgraded to the legacy collection version
Another excellent review. It’s a great ship and really is a nice display piece in any collection.
I remember getting this for Christmas as a kid.
Thanks for the review Erin ! We love Power of the Force releases ;)
I bought two of these back in 1996. One I gave my nephew, he opened it up and played with it, the other I kept in package. It's still in its package in one of my closets, hope I can get some money for it.
Well done! Couple things to add. You mentioned the dish not sitting up. Just raise the dish up and put the little nubs up into the top of the triangle frame. Use a tiny muscle. And there is an incredible YT video of a landing gear tab fix using a $1.50 pencil eraser cut to fit your sagging rear-end. Did it on mine. Works perfect! Somebody needs to make good articulating figures that fit more usefully. Most your video was very nice. Love mine!
One thing to mention is that this, along with the majority of the early Power of the Force vehicles (like the X-Wing) uses the same molds at the original 70's/80's releases.
The POTF line is the place for all new collectors to start. Everything is soooo much cheaper, and after the line moved past the He Man shit, they had some great stuff.
I support that once you get past the initial line I think Hasbro / Kenner took note of criticism and produced some really nice figures which felt more of a natural progression from the original figures
My brothers have the POTF figures including the vehicles before when I was born.
Oh, absolutely!
0 dislikes? Respect. 😁
I just ordered this Millennium Falcon on eBay earlier today for a good deal I can’t wait for it to arrive to me I never had a millennium falcon toy as a kid but now that changes lol 😂
Nice review. Thanks for posting. I have quite a few of the POTF vehicles but not this one. They were good quality builds with good features and nice updates to the original versions.
I have the 2004 OTC version of the mold, and yes, the engines on the back being functional with lights and sounds is its best feature, but at the cost of some space on the playset for the figures, that's the only bad thing, but anyway, the engines look very cool.
Excellent review as always! 👍
The reason your radar dishes and staying up is because you're not actually pushing it all the way up to the top, it actually fits pretty well when you push it all the way up. Not hating, just letting you know.
I should have phrased it better. I know there is a little notch for it to set over. Just never stayed in there. It’s all good…didn’t take it the wrong way.
@@toyshelfreview excellent, I know reviewers always have to deal with crap from people, so I wanted to make sure I'm not being crappy. I'm glad to know my vigilance and word choice paid off! I hope you have a good day!
Wow. More time has passed since this came out than between this and the original 1978 Kenner release. By a lot!
yup i use to have the falcon when i was a kid, for me it was too heavy for carrry. on the turret gun, you must place the figure with the legs up to spin it around 360
Fabulous review as per usual!
Interesting that the tried to make the cardboard insert for the main area look a bit more like the Falcon interior seen in the film, with an image of the corridor leading to the cockpit, though what the widow behind the gunner station is meant to be I’m not sure. Looks like it didn’t come with the training remote that the original did?
On the original the battery compartment had a button to activate the sounds, is the battery section still in the same place, it looks like the actual ‘button’ is just grey plastic now
But where do u put the battery’s
I just bought mine could not resist the nostalgia after my dad sold mine. I feel complete now lol.
Any tips on maintenance and cleaning?
Nice! The only tips I have is an occasional dusting and keep out of the sunlight.
I just recently got this ship yesterday for early Christmas. It's not the same as the potf one but it's from 2004 with the lights & sounds. I really like this toy. It's huge it's giant & I don't think I want to go any giant than that with the legacy one oh heck no. Not for 500$ dollars this mold does it enough for me. I'm happy with it.
Something I don't understand about it is the size. When I watch videos about it it looks small from the camera but in reality it's big. I look at it compared to us humans tall ones & don't understand how they don't see what I see. Tall but the toy is small. Compared to them. How does that work? Either I'm short & the toy is bigger than me or something is off with gravity & size. A growth spurt probably.
Congrats on the pickup! Perception/Memory might be part of the issue on the size. Many of the older collectors that were kids holding the vehicle originally I’m sure felt bigger in their hands....now not so much. Also after having bigger vehicles released it probably doesn’t help as much.
This is probably what happens when you drink too much coffee every morning. You're growth stops growing. & Thus it makes you short. I don't know what happened to me. I must've shrunk.
Right I see your point taken.
Nah I'm fine with the original mold; the more recent releases of this ship are just too big & expensive to buy. All while Hasbro just does that so they can get more money out of people who can afford it. Honestly I was lucky to get this ship complete & everything on eBay for a counterbid of 58.00$ + 35. Cents something n shipping for almost a hundred dollars. Michael from retroblasting was right about them. It's just because of more accuracy & details implemented to want consumers to buy it but I'm not foolish enough to want their giant oversized ship when the original is already big enough for me. I'm a pre-adult in his senior year of highschool & I shouldn't be this exactly short. But it's because of my addiction to coffee so you know.
I didn’t get it since I had the vintage one and it was the same mold but today I kinda regret it if I find one today id probably buy one
By the way, do you have the Chewbacca figure that came with the Derjarik table? Can you swap out the table in the Falcon with that one?
how did you arrive at this versus say 2004 TOC or 2005 ROTS that have significant upgrades while still the same mold?
I bought it when it was released in 1995.
ahh. love the channel btw.. another win for us old guys hanging onto this stuff.
Some improvements to the original I have I like the card insert better than what the original had and pegs to hold the floor down.
1990s was the pinnacle of civilization. Since there things have gone south.
Can original kenner figures fit in the power of the Force Millennium Falcon?
Smaller peg hole size to the original figures modern figures have smaller holes under their feet
Probably this mold would fit better the 1977 figures since it's a modified reprint of the original toy.
And my copy of this toy has the same issues.
And, and, I actually used the front landing gear as a handle to hold it and "fly" it back in the day.
2:48
Le radar peut se bloquer !
Il faut forcer jusqu'au bout, et il tient !! 👌😉
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LOL
La figurine se place avec la tête en bas !!! 😅
Met en lol
This is a old video but radar needs to be push up so it snaps in to the mount
Yeah, mine has never stayed in there.
Thanks needed to turn engines on
Where is the battery compartment?
It looks like every panel is 0.05mm different to the other the one it's connected to haha
Bro, the figure goes into that gun chair upside down. Try it. Youll thank me.
Yeah, I know 😀. IQ points drop a little when I’m recording.
@@toyshelfreviewloved the review. I still love mine
I'm holding my breath the whole review expecting the thing too fall off that rotating pedestal-like thing... it's barely hanging on...
Yeah, me too. But now that I think about it, he did the right thing.
These things have long fronts where most of the footing is close to the back.
If he set the position with the landing gear square, it's big front half would be swinging around and would look awkward as it rotates.
may the fourth be with you
That's the worst falcon ever , I got the force awakens falcon so much better the detail inside of it don't even compare to this one ,it doesn't have no landing gear or no ramp but it is what it is .
I’m trying to imagine myself as a kid back in the 70s… I think I would’ve thought this thing was pure crap even back then… LOL!. I think Erin does a good job with these Reviews, Love the Channel- Just Not this thing!.
I see it very differently. If I take away my bias (I had this line as a kid),
I guess I could say the Force Awakens one is more durable, and they did an excellent job with that backdrop wall! My favorite one seen out of any Falcon!
TFA also had a very nice control deck interior that fit both characters, to put this one here to much shame.
Neither Falcon had a very solid feel, would be my other critique of this one.
Force Awakens one just felt mushy because of that softer plastic, which is not bad for vehicles you don't have to grip and balance together like an oversized sandwich.
And this one used the sturdy plastic, but in the back it was too thin and unsecured to whoosh around with.
But this is still my favorite Falcon for all the points Erin lays out and for all the things it got right that the other ones simply don't.
What I don't like about Force Awakens Falcon is that it seems too squatty for the characters to ever believably stand up in.
The glass window is more durable, but the design and lack of tint ruins that smooth look it once had.
I feel like every Falcon with lack of weathering is just missing something major.
The design of TFA Falcon was all off; the side panels were so flat and smooth it didn't even Look like the Falcon.
It was all straight cords in front that looked real bad and blinded you from noticing any of the real features of the ship.
Looks like Disney wanted to severely cut back on design costs, and went unforgivably too far on all its extremities: The bulk height, the mandables, even the cockpit looks stubby to compensate for this or try to hide it.
The red style on the interior is also a pathetic move. It tells you they had something against the look of the original.
The stairs feature was an interesting concept, but it doesn't work; it changes the whole shape of the ship in a disorienting manner.
Speaking of changing the ship in a disorienting manner, those missle features are for the birds, no argument to be made there. :]
When I got the original back in Christmas 1980, I thought it was the best toy ever. I took this thing to the nearby park and flew it around right after I opened it. That and the death Star playset were my favorite toys.
I have a potf falcon. Around 10years ago I bought it minus canopy for £25 off ebay as these were considered inferior to vintage.
I bought a vintage canopy for about £10, and it's my pride of the fleet I have.......🤗
I gave up collecting a few years ago, just after Disney took over, and in my view, cheapened the franchise.
The older stuff seems betters in a playable way 👍🏻