1978 Millennium Falcon Restoration - Water Damage Restoration

Today I'm working on a 1978 Millennium Falcon that appears to have water damage. The shell had yellowed with age from UV light exposure. I reversed the yellowing with a process known as RetroBright. If you submerge the plastic parts in hydrogen peroxide and add powerful UV lights, it will reverse the yellowing.

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[alistair]

I had this Falcon as a kid. One of my favorite toys. My parents sold it along with a bunch of older toys when I was about 13. I didn't object at the time, a decision of have regretted for many years now. Thank you for saving this one!

[sursurrus]

I'm pretty sure whoever designed this toy in late '77 would be utterly flabbergasted to know that nearly 50 years later 3.5 million people would use technology beyond anyone's wildest dreams at the time to watch an expert restore it with the care due a fine work of art!

[LadyAmdis]

I want the level of confidence in my life that this man has when putting down stickers.

[sloanlance]

I loved this. I received one of these for Christmas in 1978 or 1979. I sold it a few years back to collectors who had much more room to keep it. Mine was in very good condition. Some of the repairs done in this video were part of the maintenance I'd do when I was a kid.

[bird_bnezz]

does anyone else just get happy seeing a toy from their childhood get pampered? cause i sure do.

[zolan]

In my mind this was the coolest toy ever growing up and watching it disassembled... I had no idea there was a cardboard backdrop and other cheap things going on in there. Amazing.

[DanasLilMakeup]

My dad wanted one of those when it came out, he could never have one because his granny didn’t have the money for that. One day I will find one of these and buy it for him. His childhood was all about Star Wars and i inherited his love for the saga. I want to see my dad happy. Thanks for this video. It really made me smile.

[kickinvideo]

I like the dirty, rusty look!!!! It took 40+ years to get this toy to look like the movie prop!!!!

[clown]

oooh so there you are, Toy Story II old man! Glad to see you are still doing miracles. (immidiatly sub. You legend)

[cvbabc]

You'll never know how much I appreciate that you didn't put any dumbass background music in your videos! There are so many other restoration channels that are impossible to sit through because of it.

[belm]

I actually got one of those for Christmas as a kid. Seeing it restored to it's former glory made me all nostalgic. Nicely done.

[TheSwicker]

You have no idea how completely satisfying watching the FALCON being given new life is to me. I just started High School in 1977 the year Star Wars was released. Excellent job!!!

[joeygilbert]

Amazed at how you were able to disassemble this without shattering any of the 40+year old plastic

[thefreedomguyuk]

I've just spent 16 minutes watching a guy restore an old plastic model. And I truly enjoyed every second of it.
She's beautiful, thank you for saving her. I cannot understand why I never had one.
Great video!

[MaloneMusic]

My 6-year-old inner child was smiling ear to ear watching this.

[davidsimpson]

I feel like I’ve just gone through 35 years of therapy. I feel like a brand new person. Thank you. This is amazing.

[nikos_simantirakis]

I showed that video to my father and he remembered his own one, last afternoon we found it on my grandmas house and we are planning to restore it too

[mikereyes]

Before: Han Solo's Millennium Falcon
After: Lando's Millennium Falcon

[fac]

Awesome restoration My wife still has many of her old Star Wars toys, including a 1978 Millennium Falcon. It is in OK shape considering my 7-year-old plays with it.

[DC-SA]

I couldn't have afforded a Falcon when I was a kid, and now I can't afford one as an adult!😂