1/6 Sideshow 1/6th Scale Star Wars Speeder Bike

[shocktrooper_au]

Put mine together last night. Tried posing the scout on the bike carefully. Let go of everything to see how I'd fared.

Whole damn thing, scout, bike and base, topples sideways. somehow nothing breaks, though both scout hands staying attached to the handle bars while the body fell off probably helped that.

What is it with me and SS bases? Looked at the bottom of this one and it's not even flat. Set it down on a table and you can literally rock the damn thing back and forth on its long axis. Seems some round piece of plastic on the bottom isn't flush with everything else, and the whole base is what I'd call "squishy" when pressed to see if it would snap flush with the rest of the bottom. Didn't do anything, and now I'm stuck either using the wider trees/moss/rock rubbery base, or make my own if I want it to stay upright.

Other issues:
-First step in Rubio's directions: plastic rectangular piece from foot pedals didn't fit into body of bike. Hole not nearly wide enough. Fixed with a knife.
-Tie down metal snap for one side of the tarp on the back didn't actually click. Wasn't close. Just didn't snap. Glued this...
-Handlebars are more deformed than other people's appear to be in pics. Did the Rubio way of putting it together. Flush with the body. Just looks like they started melting.
-3 of the 5 controls on the body (little plastic nub things) didn't fit, due to shoddy hole cutting by whoever's job it was to cut holes. Used knife again.
-Brown pieces at the nose that are put on with the metal pins (steering vanes?) are awful. Mine don't stay on well and the pins that go into the holes were bent in such a way that they couldn't both go into their respective holes at once.

That's all I can think of right now, without the bike in front of me. All in all, it looks nice, but feels cheap. Very cheap. Mine went together worse than some $10 plastic model kits I used to put together as a kid (those at least went together flush with tight fitting pieces and no wonky melted-looking bits), and the plastic in most places feels as flimsy as those were. If it didn't look nice at the end, this thing would be going back. As it stands, between my Mythos Obi-Wan debacle and now this, I've seen enough of what possible headaches there can be from SS, and as such this will be my last piece. I know there are issues with all companies, but two consecutive purchases that aren't able to stand up on their own, as designed, without some serious alterations is a bit much for me.

Sorry but a couple of these seem to be user error, I recognise the issues but I don't think you logically solved them,
Ie the vanes you move to fit and the gear levers have shaped ends to fit the holes the foot pegs I slid left then right a couple of times and they fit without use of a knife

 

[rubio95]

More pics!

 

[Raiders March]

Put this bad boy together this morning. Thanks rubio, i followed your suggested order of assembly and i came through without a breakage.
Overall it looks the part, i really like the plaque and is a great addition to my 1/6th stars wars stuff.

That being said, there were a few sketchy moments where i feared the worst. The slot for the pedals tab is too tight, no way it was going in there without a slight elongating on one end.
The handlebars were a struggle to get seated, but a bit of patience prevailed. They are VERY delicate!!
The instructions for the control levers was a bit too general, resulting in some trial and error in fitting them.
Did'nt have much of an issue with the steering vanes, but i can see what everyone is refering to about installing those.

I will most certainly be keeping this, i just wish the build quality in some of the components was better for what we have payed for this

 

[Vonhahn]

Sadly im sending mine back. Sideshow confirmed the drooping front assembly is as intended and my OCD is just not okay with that. Plus the overall build quality is just not worth $300 to me. Another $50 ill get a diecast AOU Iron Man bu HT.

 

[rubio95]

Sadly im sending mine back. Sideshow confirmed the drooping front assembly is as intended and my OCD is just not okay with that. Plus the overall build quality is just not worth $300 to me. Another $50 ill get a diecast AOU Iron Man bu HT.

So accuracy really isn't your thing?

 

[K1NG J0RDAN]

So accuracy really isn't your thing?

 

[TaliBane]

So accuracy really isn't your thing?

His looked more like actual droop than the designed angle though. Maybe it's the picture - it's possible the wide angle lens is distorting the right side of the pic.

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[Puay]

Bob became an automobile salesperson, after fall of the empire.

 

[jkno]

Sideshow has made a video for assembling the bike. I'll be using it when I put it together.

Watch us assemble the Star Wars Sixth Scale Speeder Bike | Sideshow Collectibles

I wonder how many different bikes and parts were used to have such an easy assembly

 

[Vonhahn]

So accuracy really isn't your thing?

The overall details are nice, but the construction quality is not...for me personally anyway. Not worth this amount of money. I realize everyone's mileage will vary and so too their own feelings, but that's just mine. If you are happy with it, I think that is great, no need to be condescending for others who feel differently.

 

[Puay]

I wonder how many different bikes and parts were used to have such an easy assembly

I appreciate the amount of thoughts putted into product design, however production quality is far from ideal.

I took an hour or two to put this thing together. The plugs and holes definitely aren't perfect fits.

 

[Puay]

Still puzzles me why is partial of the black base left exposed.

 

[jkno]

Still puzzles me why is partial of the black base left exposed.

So you cannot cover it completely with the extra parts you got? WTF?

 

[Puay]

So you cannot cover it completely with the extra parts you got? WTF?

Do mind your language. We do have a friendly environment created here.

Anyway unless it custom made, material in hand isn't sufficient.

 

[Tee-Kay]

Half covered base is indeed a head scratcher. I can understand they'd leave part of the base clear on figures for posing issues but this one just doesn't make sense.

 

[cstojano]

SS posted a "how to build this" video on Facebook this morning. Seems easy enough

So after waiting until the 11th hour (literally) I cancelled my ex (again) last night after converting. I just don't have the time to futz around with this right now., especially if its taking people an hour or two to put it together.

 

[Jagjaguwar]

Sorry but a couple of these seem to be user error, I recognise the issues but I don't think you logically solved them,
Ie the vanes you move to fit and the gear levers have shaped ends to fit the holes the foot pegs I slid left then right a couple of times and they fit without use of a knife

...really? User error?

Let's use other people's quotes from the thread as framing, and start with the foot pedals:

Everything went smoothly up to the anticipated 'rectangular tab' for the foot pedals. My opinion is that a screwdriver or similar tool is wholly unnecessary to fit this. Like previous images shown, one side is very narrow on the slot. If you hold the rectangular tab firmly in your hand you can push the very corner into the most narrow part of the slot and it will go in, then simply push the rest of the tab into the wider section to fit.

See, the problem here is simple. Some people have a slightly narrower end of the hole on the body of the bike that they can just shove the rectangular bit into. Mine did not have this. About 3/4" of what should've been the hole wasn't just narrower, it was still closed with a thinner-looking, lighter brown crease where the hole should have extended to. There was no way to wiggle the piece in. There was no "sliding left and right." I suppose I could have just jammed the whole rectangular piece into the too small hole, until something cracked?

Where my real trouble began was with the silver hosing on the red handlebar - it literally has been made too short to reach the body"

I had this same issue as well, but didn't bother mentioning it as I was eventually able, with enough pulling and stretching of the silver hose, to use tweezers and reach the hole where it stayed put.

Ok, how about the steering vanes

The final pieces of the construction were also faulty, as the holes for the steering vanes do not take the silver rods. I have placed a needle inside the holes to see how deep they are, and they are only two millimetres deep. A slight tap or movement of the speeder and they both fall off.

My issue was slightly different. See, before, the silver piece on both sides (not the long black L-shape) was bent in such a way that neither side would be able to be angled, or moved, or wiggled, or anything in order to fit the two pieces (silver and black L-shape) into the appropriate holes on each side. Bent. Nothing I was doing wrong, or could have done differently. Bent. So once I unbent them (re-bent them?), I was actually able to fit all four pin pieces into all four holes. And I could wiggle them around to angle the vanes differently. ....and they don't stay in worth a damn, just like others have said. Can't be pushed in more to fit, can't be wiggled to be secure.

As for the gear levers, as I explained, the levers themselves weren't the problem. It was the holes in the body where they were supposed to go. Yes, they had half-circle shaped ends. No, the half-circle shaped ends did not fit into 3 of the 5 holes. Tried with each of the 5 pieces, in every possible angle/direction. Holes were too small, and no amount of jamming the plastic pieces into the too-small holes (sound familiar?) was going to work.

I'm glad you were able to put yours together without issue. I wouldn't want everyone's experience to be like mine was.

 

[Deedzy]

Got mine and spent about 45 mins putting it together today. I would put the handle bars on before attaching the bits on the underside as I found I needed to apply pressure from the other side to get the bars to "click" into place.

I would also tighten the screw on the mounting pole as mine wasn't strong enough to hold the bike in position straight out of the box. Only thing I don't care for is the plastic rocks and foliage bits that you can apply to the base, much classier display without them, IMO of course.

Overall I feel that this is a great addition to my collection and I place it right up there with the probe droid.

 

[Mike86]

I like how Sideshow's video for this makes it seem like a breeze and runs only about two minutes where most people are claiming it's taking longer to assemble.

 

[jjosdom]

Took me less than 5 minutes. I also followed Rubio's order.