Hasbro’s remote-controlled flying Millennium Falcon is one of those items that, if you didn’t see the photo, you’d have to ask, “What do they mean, flying? As you can see, however, Hasbro designers had the inspired idea to replace the saucer-shaped hull of the Falcon with a propeller to make it fly, although at a speed a few points behind lightspeed. Here’s Hasbro’s catalog copy for the RC Falcon, which will retail for about $49.99 this fall:
Han Solo once bragged that the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs…and now fans can give it their best shot with the all-new Star Wars R/C MILLENNIUM FALCON! For the first time ever, the MILLENNIUM FALCON — the most beloved and iconic Star Wars ship of all-time — is available as an indoor flying remote control vehicle. Measuring an impressive 11 inches long and 8 inches wide, the largest flying Star Wars R/C to date is highly detailed, easy to fly and includes a charging controller and vehicle battery for up to five minutes of flying time.
I’m still waiting for the holographic chess-like game that will make a Wookie rip your arms out of it’s sockets.
Must. Have.
Oh. My. God. everyone in my family will be getting one for xmas.
arg, Hasbro…thats not how to do it…it should have been a shaped helium blimp. then you could have had a 2 or 3 foot Falcon flying round your living room. (yes I’ll take that product development job thanks)
That gyrocopter style is only going to have up and down controls (really only up with down done by gravity)
I would love to get one of those. Spencer can you adopt me.
So it’s roughly the size of a sheet of paper and has a giant, gaping hole in the middle. Hmmmm… I think I’ll just lovingly admire the various models of the Falcon on display in my home and elsewhere.
This bucket of bolts is never going to get us past that blockade.
Would a screen covering the top and bottom and “painted” flush reduce its lift so much that I couldn’t fly?
Wow! Just…..wow….That’s no space station, that’s just plain KEWL! Thanks for sharing the squeegasm!
with the extra weight at the front, the center of gravity will be forward causing it to move forwar, the lower rotor will be able to speed up and slow, causing rotation.
These central rotor things are unstable enough without adding turbulence. Just bask in the awesome compromise.
A parsec is STILL a measure of distance not time
hmmmmm….. it looks like a hollow frisbee.
It looks like an ORI ship from Stargate.
For those that say that parsec is a measure of distance, not time, you are right, but why point that out??
“it’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs” is bragging that their ship was able to get to Kessel, which is a planetoid in the midst of a black hole cluster, in a minimum amount of distance. They aren’t bragging about how fast they got there, but how close to black holes they managed to get, presumably based on bravery/stupidity and speed.
wow. a gaping hole…
looks remotely like an electrical doughnut made from a ripped instruction booklet.
Now all we need to have is a Star Destroyer and Tie Fighter and X-Wing R/C Flyers and then we can re-create the epic star wars battle sceen with these R/C Flyers.
they should make them with electronic sounds and lights as well
i’m definitely getting this. and yes, if we had RC’s of the other ships, that would totally rock!
@Brett. Kessel isn’t in the center of the black hole cluster, but on the outskirts. Though Solo did use proximity to the cluster to shave off time. Gotta get one of these Falcons!
When does the RC Death Star come out?
What a piece of junk, this thing is the biggest waste of money I spent this Christmas. This thing will not fly, it flips upside down and as soon as it turn you lose the IR control. Now I’m out 50 bucks and have a kid who is really disappointed. Thanks Hasbro…
I have to agree with the above. This thing is a piece of junk.
Has anyone else enjoyed this for 5 minutes or less, only to find it is impossible to charge? I have tried everything to get it to fly again, but it won’t hold a charge. ???
Whatever!, Hasbro, you lost at least 2 customers this past Christmas. Bravo!
i like mine. I had the channel switch in the wrong setting causing it to fly strangely. It crashed and broke a tip off the lower wing. I was ticked off. So I traced the shape from the other end of the rotor blade and cut it out. Taped id on with a little piece of duct tape. New batteries in charger, good as new. I cut the cockpit off with a razor knife after reading on another forum that the cockpit was making it spin around. Dont know. did it anyway. Flies great now.
meant to say I cut a new wing tip from the lid of a Pringles can.
I broke the tip off the top blade while trying to set up the toy for my kids. It was the second flight, now my kids are constantly telling me to find the part and fix it. I am hoping the pringles can works, however, how many fixes will this tin can (starwars line) take before my $35 is trashed? The wife bought this and an air hog, both did not live up to expectations of the kids. I on the other hand knew they would be destroyed by our 6 and 7 year old boys in minutes.