EjIMBo and Toffer,
I understand where you are coming from.
Ya be PREACHING to the choir!!!
Surely (Ill stop calling you Shirley!) You have seen the 32 inch Millineum Falcon. thread?
WHO has the two most complete ones? Moe and I. Between Moe and myself, we have about 1500 bucks in kits..and an excel spreadsheet with parts..and 1000s of photos that most would DIE for.
Not to mention the entire model COLOR CODED with ALMOST each and EVERY part identified.
We are guessing we need 5 kits.
So...just to state publicly, Im NOT a HYPOCRIT...I just hate flame wars...and wanted people to get the facts straight..and take it off line.
Like I said....I dont hang out on the PROP boards...cause it got WAY TOO FREAKY and POLITICAL. Pyschotic in some cases...
as far as this statement:
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Frank, I have seen the Star Wars "Seeker Ball" for example, that you built/helped build (I forget which, but I know your name was mentioned as a source of info at least). Truly great work and I'd love to have all the info to build one myself, but let's pretend you were making them for a living. Would you still want to give away all the information that you worked years for so that others could go into competition with you and possibly result in your losing business? You'd be best to keep it to yourself I'd think.
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Thank you!
I appreciate the compliment.
I did get sick of making them, however despite intense negotiotions....with MASTER REPLICAS..and lots of questions asked about the ball in terms of info...accuracy..where to improve...parts..etc.
Thats exactly what happened. And the fact that Steve REBUILT the ball from scratch based on mine ( he owned a casting that I had sold him years ago and even took it to LUCASFILM for initial product pitch )
...that kinda what happened.
No biggie. The fans will get a really accurate remote..for a good price. Even though I didn't get compensated for ALL THE RESEARCH and MR will make BIG $$$$$, I had a significant part in its manifestation.
So...everyone wins!
I hope that when everyone out there GETS one...THINK of me everytime you look at it. Its me all over it.
Frank Cerney