It had a boxy hull covered in sloping thermal superconducting armor that could disperse both the heat and energy of incoming fire over a broad area rather than ablating or reflecting damage.

For example those small 1:55 cars tend to have sized up wheels, because the wheel size that should actually be on there would look pretty weird in scale (some manufacturers actually do those, but they usually target other audiences). The HAVw A6 Juggernaut first appeared in Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith released in 2005. I love these deep-dive articles, but I think this one might be too comprehensive for its own good — I quickly got bored of scrolling thru all of the stats without any additional analysis. There is actually also a thing about colors, that ends up looking inaccurate in smaller scales, making people mix lighter colors and create fake shadows, but that's a whole other can of worms, that scale modelers have to deal with.Featuring lighter armament and armor than other turbo tanks, the HCVw A9 compensated with its higher speed and a hull optimized for deflecting energy bolts.

It was designed primarily as an infantry fighting vehicle, meant to carry troops into battle and protect them once deployed. Establishing precise minifigure-scale is always difficult, primarily because minifigures feature such unusual proportions.Weapons systems were also upgraded to include a heavy laser cannon turret, a rapid repeating laser cannon, two medium antipersonnel laser cannons, two twin antipersonnel blaster cannons, and two turreted projectile launchers, loadable with variable-yield concussion grenades for close support or missiles added for anti-armor firepower. A few years from now, if you want to know how close a particular model is to minifig scale, you can refer back to this article. I really enjoyed the glimmer of extra analysis we got with the gunship and would have really like to see this expanded for the entire article taking a dive into exactly where each set suffers scale issues and analysing the best methods to improve scale for the minifigures. EU: 4242691 Availability Retail Notes This version contains Mace Windu with a 'light-up' lightsaber.

I think Chalmun’s Bar in the current set is probably a lot closer to minifig scale than most of the vehicles on this list. Due to its success and effectiveness the HAVw A6 Juggernaut was utilized by the Galactic Empire, successor to the Galactic Republic. Over 40 years earlier, the 127’ HMS Pallas was used to launch kites bearing propaganda against Napoleon. Part of Kuat Drive Yards' line of armored, wheeled combat vehicles, it acted as a troop carrier and transport. Scale the model to their width, and that’s how you end up with Speed Champions producing 8-wide tanks.The Juggernaut's interior was surprisingly spacious and could carry up to a company of 300 fully equipped clone troopers in individual jump seats on two decks. In 1849, the SMS Vulcano became the first “balloon carrier”, when it was used to launch bombs carried by hot air balloons against Venice.