Star Wars: Millennium Falcon- A 3-D Owner's Guide [Board book]

Ryder Windham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2010 | Age Range: 9 and up

The Millennium Falcon as you've never seen it before!

This novelty format dissects the most famous ship in the galaxy section-by-section, revealing the ship's secrets and special modifications.

Includes technical notes from Han Solo as well as a detailed overview of each of the ship's main functions.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A 3-D cardboard construction of the Millennium Falcon emerges behind the die-cut cover of this oversize board book/mock owner's manual ("Congratulations on your purchase of a Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 light freighter!"). Turning the pages lifts sections of the ship away layer by layer, revealing the internal mechanisms, while sidebars and diagrams explore the vessel's technology. Stills of Han Solo and Chewbacca along with quotations recall moments from the films. The detailed illustrations should delight mechanically inclined readers; here's hoping other titles are in the works using the book's brilliant "peel-away" format. All ages.
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Product Details

• Age Range: 9 and up
  
• Board book: 24 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; Brdbk edition (September 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0545210380
• ISBN-13: 978-0545210386
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 0.8 x 11.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chris Trevas has been creating Star Wars artwork for over 15 years. He's worked with numerous licensees to create art for books, games, trading cards and packaging. His books include Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, The Essential Atlas, Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection, and Millennium Falcon - A 3-D Owner's Guide. Chris works from his home studio in Michigan where he lives with his wife and daughter.
www.christrevas.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes! I can live vicariously through my 4 year old again. October 14, 2010

By Just Anonymous TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

One night not a long time long ago I left my TV on one night as background while I was doing dishes and Empire Strikes back was on TV. My 4 year old was playing on the computer in the basement but at some point she wandered up and sat down in front of the TV. To my amazement, she was mesmerized by Empire Strikes back. She kept asking, "what is that Daddy? who is that Daddy?" So I wound up sitting down with her to watch and narrate Empire Strikes back for the beginning of the movie. It was quite the experience. After an hour it was time for bed but said, "Daddy, I want to watch the whole movie." I told her I had the movie on the DVD and that we could watch it on movie night, which is Saturday nights. She gets to stay up and watch a movie in her jammies cuddling with her Daddy on the recliner.

I must say that movie night with Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)is a heck of a lot better than watching The Jungle Book (40th Anniversary Platinum Edition) or even Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) for the 847th time (although Finding Nemo is watchable even after 400 times).

I promise, cross my heart and swear that I did not offer a child Star Wars. I blame cable TV but I am so happy that we've moved on to more adult movies --- and Star Wars! This bodes well for the future.

After that, she was hooked and as a fan of Star Wars, I was perfectly happy during movie night....

But, my little girl is inquisitive and wanted to know where they sat in the Millenium Falcon and what was inside, so this book is perfect for that. It's really an "owner's manual" and each page reveals a layer of the Falcon with helpful pointers and guides to the interior, configuration, etc. I'm glad I finally have my "owner's manual" AHEM, I mean to say that I'm very happy that my little girl has an owner's manual for the Millenium Falcon. It's definitely bedtime reading and quite wonderful.

I also ordered the Revell Star Wars -Millennium Falcon which we're going to assemble. I am so glad that I have my very own Millenium Falcon....AHEM, I mean to say that I'm very glad that my little girl now has a model of the Millenium Falcon...but I swear, if she breaks it, she's getting a time out ;-)....and then I'm getting my own that she won't be allowed to play with.

Back to the book. This is wonderfully done and really gives you an inside view at what the Falcon looks like. Get it, enjoy it...relive your childhood. And, even if you don't have a child as an excuse, get it anyway - you only live once. Read more ›

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome way to introduce young jedi to the Star Wars Universe September 24, 2010

By Matthew S. Kronk

Format:Board book

I saw this at a brick and mortar store an had to look it over. I got a lot of weird looks for reading a kids book in a stor(I'm 6'1" 260lbs) but I didn't care.
The artwork is amazing. As far as I could tell it pulls most of its information from the original movies and has a lot of cool comments from Han Solo injected throughout.

Overall a really cool look at the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!! November 15, 2010

By BobTheBuilder

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is great. You get to see layer by layer the inner workings of the Falcon and where she started from. The side notes are great along with the details. Very good book for the Falcon collector or any Star Wars fan. I'd easily pay full price for it again if I had to!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for Star Wars fans of all ages! November 10, 2010

By Pamela VINE™ VOICE

Format:Board book

This is kind of a difficult review to write, mainly because I want to write "OMG IT'S SO COOL" about a hundred times and leave it at that. This is one of the coolest books I've had my hands on in quite some time, and if you're a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy, you will definitely love this book.

When I first saw the title, I expected a pop up book, but the actual format is even better. Each page is a "slice" of the Millennium Falcon, accompanied by technical specs and notes from Han Solo and Lando Calrissian on modifications that they have made to the ship.

I'm sorry, I need to interrupt myself. HOW COOL IS THAT?

The level of detail is pretty impressive, especially for a book theoretically aimed at kids ages 8 and up (we all know that grown up Star Wars geeks are going to buy this thing for themselves), and the writeups for the various features and equipment on the ship are both easy enough for kids to understand and detailed enough to satisfy adult readers. The illustrations and layered pages look fantastic and are definitely detailed enough to keep you poring over this book, looking at everything. The modification notes sound like Han and Lando, so kudos to whoever wrote those! You definitely got their voices down.

This book would make a great gift for a Star Wars fan of any age (or for yourself, if you're a Star Wars fan).

(Review originally published at The Discriminating Fangirl [...])

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very sturdy December 7, 2011

By IronBuddha

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

I didn't know what to expect from this, I was curious to see how the book dissects the Millennium Falcon. I have to say it's put together very well.Each page is thick cardboard like, with clear plastic showing each part of the ship. Much more then what I was ecpecting.

4.0 out of 5 stars book February 25, 2013

By clinton kinsell

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the boys got this for Christmas also, they liked pretty good for a while then grew old to them as all things do at their age

5.0 out of 5 stars very clever design January 1, 2013

By Kathleen Kershaw

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A great addition to my library. A must-have for Star Wars / Han Solo lovers. The slice-by-slice pages and "owner comments" are brilliant fun.

4.0 out of 5 stars The ins and outs November 24, 2012

By Zameer Hosein

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Great technical schematics of all the inner and outer workings of this fantastical ship. Makes a great gift for any fan of the series.