Comments on: Bandai's new model of Space Shuttle Endeavour http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Big Daddy http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826130 Big Daddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826130 Worth noting that LEGO just released it's Shuttle Adventure set. http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10213 Cheaper than this, and more fun, since you can take it apart and build your stuff. Worth noting that LEGO just released it’s Shuttle Adventure set.

http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=10213

Cheaper than this, and more fun, since you can take it apart and build your stuff.

]]> By: tp1024 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826190 tp1024 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826190 I'd rather get a Soyuz - a sleek silvery beauty, not that clunky birdsh*t colored heap of scrap. But that's just my communist infested mind. I’d rather get a Soyuz – a sleek silvery beauty, not that clunky birdsh*t colored heap of scrap. But that’s just my communist infested mind.

]]> By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826708 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826708 And the SpaceLab modules are installed BACKWARDS in the model. I'm sorry, but that just kills it for me. My cheap diecast models back in the 80s never made that mistake. And the SpaceLab modules are installed BACKWARDS in the model.

I’m sorry, but that just kills it for me. My cheap diecast models back in the 80s never made that mistake.

]]> By: juepucta http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826470 juepucta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826470 Nice to see that they included the Canadarm! (read the wiki for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadarm ) :) -G. Nice to see that they included the Canadarm!

(read the wiki for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadarm )

:)

-G.

]]> By: collectSPACE http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826726 collectSPACE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826726 The "SpaceLab modules" are not installed backwards: the layout recreates Endeavour's payload for its April 2001 STS-100 mission to the International Space Station. From forward to aft in the payload bay you have the exterior airlock and docking adapter; Spacelab pallet carrying the Canadarm2 remote manipulator system, the space station's primary robotic arm, which was launched on that mission; and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) "Raffaello," which was temporarily berthed on the station to deliver supplies and equipment and then returned to Earth with Endeavour. That's not to say that the model is not without a few issues. At present, it appears that Bandai has mistaken the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) -- the 50-foot extension to the shuttle's Canadarm mounted on the starboard sill of the payload bay -- for a second robotic arm. The “SpaceLab modules” are not installed backwards: the layout recreates Endeavour’s payload for its April 2001 STS-100 mission to the International Space Station. From forward to aft in the payload bay you have the exterior airlock and docking adapter; Spacelab pallet carrying the Canadarm2 remote manipulator system, the space station’s primary robotic arm, which was launched on that mission; and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) “Raffaello,” which was temporarily berthed on the station to deliver supplies and equipment and then returned to Earth with Endeavour.

That’s not to say that the model is not without a few issues. At present, it appears that Bandai has mistaken the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) — the 50-foot extension to the shuttle’s Canadarm mounted on the starboard sill of the payload bay — for a second robotic arm.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826005 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826005 Also pictured: The Space Shuttle program replacement, the Space Winny. Not as much room for cargo, but a heckuva lot more fun. Also pictured: The Space Shuttle program replacement, the Space Winny. Not as much room for cargo, but a heckuva lot more fun.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826520 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826520 Excellent point :) Excellent point :)

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826014 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826014 Yep, those two models are begging to be broken apart and reassembled as Lone Star's ride from "Spaceballs." Yep, those two models are begging to be broken apart and reassembled as Lone Star’s ride from “Spaceballs.”

]]> By: dhalgren http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826030 dhalgren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826030 This model is so full of awesome it makes me sick to my stomach because I can't afford it. $$$ towards new computer or kick-ass model? Sigh. This model is so full of awesome it makes me sick to my stomach because I can’t afford it. $$$ towards new computer or kick-ass model? Sigh.

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826290 Chentzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826290 I like the spacemen. I like the spacemen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/bandais-new-model-of.html#comment-826329 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826329 Where's the bathroom on this ride? Where’s the bathroom on this ride?

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