Jul 29 2008T.I.E. Fighter Model Used In Star Wars: A New Hope On eBay, More Than You Can Afford
Want the T.I.E. Fighter model that was used in Star Wars: A New Hope? The one that hit Vader's ship? Well now you can, it's on eBay.
903. Original T.I.E. Fighter filming miniature and original camera reports from Star Wars: A New Hope. (TCF, 1977) During the nail-biting assault on the Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, this is the actual filming miniature of the T.I.E. Fighter that bumps into Darth Vader's fighter knocking him out of the trench, allowing Luke to destroy the Death Star. This historic piece is from the collection of Academy Award-winning Visual Effects wizard, Richard Edlund. The design concepts for the T.I.E. (Twin Ion Engine) Fighters of the Galactic Empire originally came from Colin Cantwell and Ralph McQuarrie. Joe Johnston, who was the visual effects art director and overall storyboard artist for the entire trilogy was very involved in the final finessing of the ships and Death Star designs. Only four T.I.E. Fighters were built for the first Star Wars film. Grant McCune, head of the model shop, used a fairly heavy but stable resin for the body of the ship and other resins for the tinier parts. It has a central hollow aluminum knuckle with six-way threadings for top, bottom, front, back, left and right side mounting options with 11/16 in. hollow threaded rods as wiring conduits which attached to the various self-lit neon blue pylons. The hexagonal wings are created of fine expanded metal sheeting. Much of the intricate design detail was robbed from plastic model kits, then modified and affixed.
Unfortunately, the little thing is only 18" H x 14" W, so there goes using it as a treehouse. So, what can one expect to pay for such a diminutive T.I.E. Fighter? How about $170,000? Yeah. There's never been a better time to kidnap, extort, blackmail, and/or auction your hitman services. I'll start by knocking off The Superficial Writer. Do I hear $10? $5? $1? 2-for-1 Whopper card? Fine cheapskates, but this is your only freebee.
Hit the jump for several more pictures and a link to the auction.
Thanks Johnathan, you know anything about robbing banks?
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Reader Comments
1. austinm2011 - July 29, 2008 3:54 PM
o . m . g.
2. Batman - July 29, 2008 3:54 PM
First
3. austinm2011 - July 29, 2008 3:54 PM
PEW PEW
4. suzy blue balls - July 29, 2008 4:02 PM
what'd i just say about all this star wars junk?
5. Error401 - July 29, 2008 4:06 PM
expanded metal sheet? is that like styroluminum?
6. Tap - July 29, 2008 4:08 PM
Just don't let the stormtrooper smash girl get ahold of it.
7. dan - July 29, 2008 4:21 PM
that pilot totally has an "OMG!" look about him
8. bILL - July 29, 2008 4:31 PM
DO WANT
9. iota1 - July 29, 2008 5:35 PM
It looks like that tie pilot is wearing a regular motorcycle helmet.
10. keyes - July 29, 2008 7:45 PM
Starting price is actually $204,000 because there is a 20% buyers premium.
11. freeman - July 29, 2008 9:01 PM
I saw many people are discussing this on
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12. JWM - July 29, 2008 10:44 PM
If you have that kind of cash to throw around for this, knock yourself out, right? I just hope that it is someone who has that to throw around, and not someone who's emptying his 401k and kid's 529 to get this.
But I really have a feeling it's the latter, and so do you.
13. Ginormagantuan - July 30, 2008 2:07 AM
man... i would love one of this things!
14. Killa - July 30, 2008 7:50 AM
I'd rather honestly just have a detailed replica made the same way for like..$500. And one that isn't distressed in the corner. I know, it was from when it smashed into Fagakin..I mean, Lord Vader.. but still. My Lego TIE Fighter is just as PEW PEW as this..plus Darth Maul and Darth Vader are on the wings ready to slice off space heads! :)
P.S. Darth Maul has two black capes, one on the front, and one on the back, so you know he means business!
15. Jon H - July 30, 2008 8:22 AM
I love how it looks like the pilot is holding his head, like, "OMG I Just pwned Vader! He's gonna have my ass!"
16. brasilica - August 2, 2008 5:50 PM
$ 350,000 !!!
jumped from $170,000 - $350,000 in last two minutes !
Frickin' losers... rich losers... but stil frickin' losers
http://offer.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=260257433381
17. Propecia - September 4, 2008 10:31 AM
very cool. as a star wars buff this is exciting.