Hi all,

I know that there are some scale issues when it comes to Star Wars vehicles, but I am having real trouble trying to pin down how long a model of Luke's Landspeeder would have to be in order to match up roughly with the IA figures (as scenery).

For my starting point, the human model figures in IA (and from the comparable WotC range) appear to be roughly 34mm tall, or about 1/52 scale.

Now to establish the estimated length of Luke's landspeeder. Here, several online sources state 3.4 metres (i.e., about twice the length of a male human). That doesn't seem too far off, to judge from this pic, assuming we are measuring only the hull and *not* including the rear jet engine nascelle:

With that in mind, on a 1/52 model the hull should surely be around 6.6 cm long (340cm / 52).

The old 3-inch (from the nose to the trailing tip of the rear nascelle) die-cast Landspeeder model manufactured by Hasbro from 2005, and more recently reissued in the Titanium Black range...

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Titanium-Skywalkers-Landspeeder/dp/B00SD8IOLI/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1464212541&sr=1-1&keywords=titanium+landspeeder

...promised to be pretty much spot on! However, when it arrived and I popped it next to an old WotC figure for comparison, it looks ridiculously small!

Where am I going wrong, folks?

Cheers all,

Matt

I don't know if the WoTC landspeeder is to scale or not. IA figures are roughly 1:57 scale. Yeah, I see someone said they are like 3 inches, which, as you said, is too small.

I think the wotc figures are all a bit smaller than this game. But even this games scale isn't perfect: see Weiss.

I popped it next to an old WotC figure for comparison, it looks ridiculously small!

The titanium speeder looks small next to the WotC figure, or the WotC figure looks small next to speeder?

I popped it next to an old WotC figure for comparison, it looks ridiculously small!

The titanium speeder looks small next to the WotC figure, or the WotC figure looks small next to speeder?

The speeder looks ridiculously small.

I am wondering whether I should have gone for the Disney die cast model instead. If anyone has it, and has an opinion on whether it would match the IA / WotC figures, what do they feel? Would love to know.

I popped it next to an old WotC figure for comparison, it looks ridiculously small!

The titanium speeder looks small next to the WotC figure, or the WotC figure looks small next to speeder?

The speeder looks ridiculously small.

I am wondering whether I should have gone for the Disney die cast model instead. If anyone has it, and has an opinion on whether it would match the IA / WotC figures, what do they feel? Would love to know.

You don't want to use the WoTC speeder? Is it because it has Obi Wan and Luke in it?

I popped it next to an old WotC figure for comparison, it looks ridiculously small!

The titanium speeder looks small next to the WotC figure, or the WotC figure looks small next to speeder?

The speeder looks ridiculously small.

I am wondering whether I should have gone for the Disney die cast model instead. If anyone has it, and has an opinion on whether it would match the IA / WotC figures, what do they feel? Would love to know.

You don't want to use the WoTC speeder? Is it because it has Obi Wan and Luke in it?

Yup, pretty much.

I imagine the speeder Luke uses, would be 3sq by 4sq. Looking at the imperial assault speeder from Hoth set, the speeder should be 1 bit larger on either side.

Which is fine, because one is designed to be a manned weapons platform, and the other fitted out for joyriding.

Look at the crashed snowspeeder or cannon tower on the Hoth map tiles.

This