Parts of the X-Wing fighter will be sold week by week in a magazine.
But to finish the 1:18-scale model of Luke Skywalkers vessel you will have to buy 100 issues – and it will take you two years.
The new £9.99-a-week magazine from DeAgostini has been advertised on TV. The first and second issues of Build Your Own X-Wing are being offered at 99p and £4.99.
But the cost rockets for the remaining editions – a fact that has not gone unnoticed by devotees of the space saga.
One, Samantha Marcus, moaned online: “DeAgostinis new idiot tax, you can build your own X-Wing for just £985!”
While Jon Hornbuckle tweeted: “100 instalments at £10 each, £1,000, you joking hun? Force aint with that.”
The spaceship is modelled on the one the Jedi Knight used to destroy the original Death Star in the first Star Wars film.
The scale of the investment involved has been revealed on DeAgostinis website. It said online: “Luke Skywalkers Legendary Starfighter.
“Inspired by the movie props from A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, this iconic spacecraft, instrumental in the destruction of the evil Empires planet-destroying Death Star, has now been recreated in stunning detail.
“All elements are accurately reproduced from blueprints provided by Lucasfilm Ltd.
“From the remote activated Read More – Source
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