I'm planning to do something similar. I'm buying one of each of the releases (core & expansions) and then rebasing some SSB ships on 40mm plasticard to flesh out the fleet. I'd rather use the official figs as much as possible but with a wedding coming up it's just not justifiable. The tricky part will be producing ship cards to match the different pilots which can be taken on and off the bases. Also, there's the issue of the maneuver dials but I don't think it'll be such an issue to reproduce.

I think I'll be happy with this approach as it gives me the best of both worlds - the right components to play the game and enough variety in fleets for replay value.

SSB was a pretty terrible game.  Even past the collectible aspect, it came down to who brought the more optimized list, and who could roll well.  Few range limitations, no LOS nonsense, and almost no point to move ships other than fighters made the game something that was cute for kids, but adults who wanted a space flight combat game were left flat.

$15 is a bit much for a lone miniature, perhaps, but also realize that the ship comes with 4 variants, so you get 1 piece of plastic, but it can represent 4 different ships at any given time.  Then take into consideration you're not likely to be fielding more than 5-6 ships in a game, and it's not so bad.  Granted, I come from miniature wargames like Warmachine and Malifaux, so I'm used to the entry fee being something like $150-200.

herozeromes said:

I didn't realize how much of a size difference there was.  Oddly, the old Micro Machines ships should be almost spot on.  My X-Wing measured 45mm, and FF's should be 46.2mm, and the Tie Fighter is 22mm compared to FF's one at 23.3mm if my math is right.  I don't have my FF ships yet, so I can't be sure.

tiepilot1138 said:

So measuring with my ruler I get this.

X-Wing, nose to engine: 45mm

TIE Fighter center of solar panels: 32mm

TIE Fighter bottom of solar panels: 22mm

Y-Wing laser tips to engine: 59mm

TIE Advanced center of solar panels: 33.5mm

TIE Advanced botom of solar panels: 25mm