Attakus Diorama Arrives: Part Two

The final chapter in the diorama-opening saga REVEALLED!

When we last left our intrepid heroes, two boxes remained:

The top-most box was the “plinth,” a section of flooring from the death star hangar, shown here packed upside-down:

Quite a weight on the sucker – none of these items are managable by one person. The resin is heavy and the scale is cumbersome. The bottom of the plinth is covered in a soft velvet to prevent scratching of table surface:

Next, placing the falcon cross-section on the flooring:

Then onto the third and final box, which opened to reveal the Death Star Corridor, also packed upside-down. Why, I have no idea:

We had to carefully tilt the box to allow the weight of the model to pull the styrofoam free. This is probably the heaviest piece of the three.

Since the corridor has flooring attached, it matches up with the plinith to create the illusion of a complete hangar:

Like the falcon, the corridor has something to look at on all sides, making placement against a wall an inconvenient method for display. Shown here, a little alcove for R2 and 3PO, just in case anyone should get caught in a trash compactor…

There is an open section in the middle where Vader and Obi-Wan duel. On the opposite side you can see the hallway where Han and Chewie run from the stormtroopers, a good place to put a mouse droid or two. (Shown at bottom corner of final image, scroll down)

As with the falcon set, there were additional items packed within the corridor set. These were revealled to be MORE miscellaneous boxes, to decorate both the hangar bay and the cargo area of the falcon.

This was my first and only disappointment — WHERE THE HELL WAS LUKE? A Metal Collection version of Luke (in stormtrooper gear) was supposed to be included with the corridor!!!

My fiancee read the description on Entertainment Earth’s website, which states that “Mail-away certificates for Luke and Mouse Droids” should be included. Well, the mouse droids were actually included with the Falcon, and there were no certificates (or paperwork of any kind) included in any of these boxes.

So looks like tomorrow I’m calling customer service.

Ah, well — There is no light, without dark. ;(

Metal Collection Vader, Obi and Troopers are placed:

Hasbro figures are placed at the boarding ramp. I love how the Trilogy Collection version of Han is perfectly sculpted to hold onto the ramp hydraulics. So cool!

A few more angles:

The circle is now complete!!

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So there you have it. The word “awesome” is often over-used, but it really does apply here. No picture can show just what it’s like to try and lift one of these pieces, or how intimidating the scale is, especially on a dining room table. It’s both the prize of my collection and something of an albatross at the same time.

The craftsmanship and scale are epic. It’s truly amazing work. My only complaint, an apparent lack of any display plate or certificate of authenticity to state the limited edition number! (So far my only proof is what’s been hand-printed on the box).

Truly, it is the elephant in the room:

For all my glee, I also feel kind of like I’ve shot some really amazing heroin, and have now woken up in an alleyway smelling of my own excrement and realizing – “This (addiction) has gotta stop…”

So this is my way of celebrating 30 years of Star Wars. Special thanks to my fiancee Christa (who not only approved of this purchase but actually made it herself), my buddy Matthew who shares my love of galaxies far, far away, and any of you at Entertainment Geekly, the SWAN forums or Force.net that cared enough to check out these links and reply to them.

Look for an eventual review of this diorama to appear on

Star Wars Action News

(“Now THIS is Podcasting!”)

See you at Celebration!

GregTheWookiee

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