# Want to see your little Imperial's eyes light up on Christmas morning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360 "2004-04-22T03:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/1 "2004-04-22T03:35:50Z")
[Here you go!](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2474&item=3188595825#ebayphotohosting) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/2 "2004-04-22T04:28:54Z")
Now wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute here! There’s no way a 6-foot-long Imperial-class Star Destroyer is going to be to scale with 4-inch-tall action figures. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/3 "2004-04-22T13:52:12Z")
I think he means its built to be compatible with 4" tall figures, so they can stand comfortably inside it. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/4 "2004-04-22T14:19:26Z")
Somebody had WAAAY too much time on their hands. But it’s pretty cool! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/5 "2004-04-22T14:24:18Z")
It’s definitely not to scale – look at the TIE Fighter in the main photo. How big would such a model built to scale for action figures be, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/6 "2004-04-22T14:25:01Z")
Supersize the pics. It’s a different scale inside than outside. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/7 "2004-04-22T16:15:41Z")
I can deal with it not being exactly to scale – especially when contrasted with [Kenner’s official Star Destroyer playset](http://www.12back.com/playsets/destroyer.php3), anyway. Not even a ten-year-old’s imagination could transmute that thing into a Star Destroyer. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/8 "2004-04-22T17:03:41Z")
> [@Dewey Cheatem Undhow](#): > > How big would such a model built to scale for action figures be, anyway? About the length of a football field. That would make a nice rainy-day project … . ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/9 "2004-04-22T17:17:41Z")
Star Destroyer = 1.6km according to [http://mirror.wolffelaar.nl/zardalu.sytes.net/index.html](http://mirror.wolffelaar.nl/zardalu.sytes.net/index.html) Very cool site BTW for Sci-Fi fans ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/10 "2004-04-22T17:29:20Z")
Are those popsicle sticks being used as detail items just above the character’s head [on each side of the tower thing in this pic?](http://i14.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/a5/62/0a_3.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-see-your-little-imperials-eyes-light-up-on-christmas-morning/241360/11 "2004-04-23T15:18:21Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Star Destroyer = 1.6km according to [http://mirror.wolffelaar.nl/zardalu.sytes.net/index.html](http://mirror.wolffelaar.nl/zardalu.sytes.net/index.html) I’ll bet it’s actually 1.609344 km, if you know what I mean.