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Still prototyping on the Echo Base Playset™ and as I am way too busy with driving myself nuts with CAD and GIMP, I do not have the energy to get a more interesting figure out than Bespin Han, who has been on my desk for months and Guinea pig for many occasions. Anyhow, med bay is almost done, next up control room I guess. What a project. I need sleep! On another note, was I the only one who fell asleep on BOBF ep 6? Okay my least favorite Bounty Hunter, the superfluous Cad Bane, looked really cool here. But what felt like half an hour of watching Luke behave like an enlightened Yogi meditating with Grogu and reminiscing about Yoda isn’t very exciting. At least not much of Boba Fett. Also am I the only one who finds the stereotypical behaviors of Weequays etc. kind of silly? #starwars #actionfigures #echobaseplayset #cardboardmagic #kenner https://www.instagram.com/p/CZibw_vKKWi/?utm_medium=tumblr

Second set I built this week / in my life: the Cloud City Playset. As with the Cantina Adventure Playset from yesterday I used scans provided by erikstormtrooper.com. For days I am obsessed with the idea of rebuilding the Palitoy Death Star Playset, which is not only bigger but also much more complicated, so I thought I start with simpler sets and learn along the way about the dos and don’ts. While yesterday’s set was quite straightforward with no major errors, I fumbled a bit on this one today, as I missed a tab here and improvised with adding a slit for other tabs in wrong places instead. The result is not very satisfying as the carbon freeze chamber doesn’t really sit tightly attached and its top is a bit too large, which may have various reasons. After having rebuilt this set I am still not quite confident about the ideal materials to use: while I used simple multipurpose labels for the printed scans and 1mm solid cardboards for the structure on the Cantina Set, I went for self-adhesive photo paper on the Cloud City Set and used a mix of the sturdy 1mm cardboard (main piece) and the much thinner and softer cardboard (the kind I usually use for my colored backgrounds) as the carbon freeze chamber piece. The photo paper is quite sticky and cutting is a bit more adventurous as it easily frays out. The thinner cardboard is of course more versatile and can be folded better. Anyhow the Death Star Set probably will require either corrugated cardboard or foam board as it is much larger. Let’s see how many ink cartridges I will waste along my journey to the Death Star 😅 #starwars #actionfigures #cardboardmagic #kenner #cloudcityplayset https://www.instagram.com/p/CY5Aa0RNg78/?utm_medium=tumblr