Kit Review

Straight build + Panel lining + Seals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's way bigger than I expected.

1/72 Tie Striker - Views from various angles. (1/6)

1/72 Tie Striker - Views from various angles. (2/6)

1/72 Tie Striker - Views from various angles. (3/6)

1/72 Tie Striker - Views from various angles. (4/6)

Various angles.

Core section detail shots.

The front and top of the core section each let you choose between a plastic part or a clear part.

With the plastic parts installed.

1/72 Tie Striker - With the clear parts + seals installed. Unless you're planning to paint the grilles on the clear part

With the clear parts + seals installed.
Unless you're planning to paint the grilles on the clear parts, just going with the plastic parts looks much cleaner.

The seals inside the cockpit and the pilot seat.

A same-scale pilot silhouette figure is included.

1/72 Tie Striker - Since the craft is so long, you'll need to position the stand post toward the rear to deal with the c

Since the craft is so long, you'll need to position the stand post toward the rear to deal with the center of gravity.

The solar panels move across quite a wide range.

Comparison of the solar panels at maximum raised vs. lowered positions.

Spreading them out horizontally like this looks pretty cool too.

The laser effect parts can be attached to the front tips of the solar panels.

A scene using the laser effect parts.

1/72 Tie Striker - The laser effect parts can also be applied to each of the 2 weapons on the underside of the core sect

The laser effect parts can also be applied to each of the 2 weapons on the underside of the core section.

Together with the 1/72 Red Squadron X-Wing.

A gathering of the 1/72 TIE series.
As you can see, the Tie Striker is overwhelmingly the largest.

The Tie Striker from Star Wars: Rogue One has been released as a 1/72 scale plastic model. As you can see from all the comparison photos above, this craft is bigger than expected. The solar panels are especially long and large, so much so that you actually have to flip the stand post around to the rear just to handle the center of gravity.

The basic kit composition isn't all that different from existing TIE Fighter types — the cockpit layout is similar, and it's the same deal with the canopy and cover parts being provided in both plastic and clear versions. Just looking at the build process, it honestly feels like you're just building a TIE Fighter that's been stretched out lengthwise.

The large solar panels move up and down across quite a wide angle, and thankfully the joints are fairly solid so there's no drooping issue. The laser effect parts can be plugged into three spots in total — the front tips of the solar panels, and optionally onto either of the two weapons on the underside of the craft.

That said, since the kit is big and hefty, tilting the stand joint to get various angles is a bit of a stretch — pulling off a sideways banking pose is pretty much out of the question, and about all you can manage is angling the nose up or down.

Either way, this is the biggest and most imposing-looking kit in the TIE series, so if the Tie Striker left an impression on you in the film, this should be a fun build. :-)

1/72 Tie Striker | 2017.1 | ¥2,700

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.