First, for the newer guys, you need to understand that without the RPF Studio Scale Models Forum, there is no DeAgostini Millennium Falcon kit, and no Master Replicas model before that.
This is the place where we hashed out what we call the "32-inch Falcon". This is the place where guys like Tim Ketzer, Frank Cerney and Morten Moeslund sussed out the actual shape of this miniature, many times over. This is where they came to share kit part identifications and ask for everyone else's help finding other kit parts, and then post progress of their own builds. This is the forum where, to this very day, people are still finding new kit parts that were used on the original ESB Falcon miniature. This stuff is not a closed book!
And this is the exact place where Steve Dymszo came when he wanted to produce the MR Falcon model. He even came here after the MR model finished production, asking for even more help identifying a large number of parts that didn't make it onto the MR model, and he got a ton of help with that effort, too. Without this forum, you most certainly wouldn't have the eFX X-Wing, or any number of other "Studio Scale" collectibles in your collections, either.
So first of all, be thankful that the RPF Studio Scale Models Forum has existed for sixteen years. You're very welcome, by the way!
And for all you new guys, temporary guys, sock-puppets and trolls...you are free, as always, to bitch about us old-timers here, and whine about the way we continue to conduct studio miniatures research and replica builds that we share in the wide open here, warts and all.
Just remember that you don't have any of these great new toys without this forum existing exactly as it has.
Again, you're welcome!