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That is pretty cool! A great crossover for your wife!
How tall is that? About a foot?
How tall is that? About a foot?
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James, that's a fantastic piece for both you & your wifes collections.
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Thanks Guys
I forgot to get measurements on it while I had it unpacked Jay
It is very close to 12 " tall though
After my wife opens it I will get measurements to add to the cobot thread ...
I forgot to get measurements on it while I had it unpacked Jay
It is very close to 12 " tall though
After my wife opens it I will get measurements to add to the cobot thread ...
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Hey James, that is a cool Col;a R2. Never saw it before.
Julie must be very happy with her gift!
Julie must be very happy with her gift!
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Finally secured a nice piece of pre-production artwork history!
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SO happy!!!!!
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That Leia Bespin photo transparency is a great piece of pre production history Jay, It will make an outstanding new addition to your focus and look great in between your Proofs.
a really nice write up on it too, with great close up, detail shots.
congratulations on picking it up bud
a really nice write up on it too, with great close up, detail shots.
congratulations on picking it up bud
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Nice transparency.
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Forgot to congratulate you Jim on the cool 'Cobot' radio controlled droid, for Julie's Coke collection.
Its a great R2 knock off, are the sounds its makes similar to R2?
This ledy luke Bespin arrived in the post today, he's in great shape, with just a small amount of discolouration to the front of his torso.
I bought this from a Spanish seller. I am curious to know if the weapons are ledy too, or just kenner? If anyone can identify them as Ledy (Alex?) I think the Saber is the correct mold variant for a Ledy Bespin Luke saber?
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Its a great R2 knock off, are the sounds its makes similar to R2?
This ledy luke Bespin arrived in the post today, he's in great shape, with just a small amount of discolouration to the front of his torso.
I bought this from a Spanish seller. I am curious to know if the weapons are ledy too, or just kenner? If anyone can identify them as Ledy (Alex?) I think the Saber is the correct mold variant for a Ledy Bespin Luke saber?
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Hi guys, after a long sabbatical I'm back!
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Not vintage (I hope ), my daughter (Beth) was delighted to receive a nice selection of chocolate treats from Canada via Scarborough. While in Scarborough two 80's Mexican SA Luke Bespin figures stowed themselves away (I guess they were sick of being exposed to a certain 'infamous' arse).
As I said privately, I am very grateful Clint & Alex!
These are my first vintage bootlegs (Alex, I guess you're trying to get me hooked as revenge for starting you off on a moc Lando Skiff focus ) BTW, it was great talking to you last night.
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Not vintage (I hope ), my daughter (Beth) was delighted to receive a nice selection of chocolate treats from Canada via Scarborough. While in Scarborough two 80's Mexican SA Luke Bespin figures stowed themselves away (I guess they were sick of being exposed to a certain 'infamous' arse).
As I said privately, I am very grateful Clint & Alex!
These are my first vintage bootlegs (Alex, I guess you're trying to get me hooked as revenge for starting you off on a moc Lando Skiff focus ) BTW, it was great talking to you last night.
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Steve, I'm just glad to see you back posting again.
I hope Beth is enjoying the chocolates.
I hope Beth is enjoying the chocolates.
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cantina_patron wrote:Hi guys, after a long sabbatical I'm back!
Welcome the hell back brother
Time for our dance of joy ...
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I am so fracking happy to see you back Steve
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Commander Clint wrote:Steve, I'm just glad to see you back posting again.
I hope Beth is enjoying the chocolates.
Thank you Clint!
The Coffee Crisps went down very well ( I had a little taste). Beth is with her mother for the weekend, so I'm saving the others for her when she returns on Sunday evening.
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cantina_patron wrote:The Coffee Crisps went down very well ( I had a little taste).
I'll have to include some more for you and Alex, with the next package heading to the UK.
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ourchickenshack wrote:cantina_patron wrote:Hi guys, after a long sabbatical I'm back!
Welcome the hell back brother
Time for our dance of joy ...
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I am so fracking happy to see you back Steve
Thank you James, I've missed you bro.
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A true moment of joy to see you back posting here, Steve!!!
And what a lovely daughter is Beth, you must be a proud dad!
And what a mean thing to do of Alex, trying to get you addicted to that bootleg crap.
And what a lovely daughter is Beth, you must be a proud dad!
And what a mean thing to do of Alex, trying to get you addicted to that bootleg crap.
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Glad you like those quality figure Steve, was a pleasure talking to you last night Glad to see you back again!
Hope this makes some bizarre sense dude and I would like to better look at your saber
Chris, nice score on the LL Luke, he looks in great shape. Concerning the weapons. Now I'm not a Ledy expert, Ozio will definately be the man to ask here but my theory is that Ledy didn't have all the molds for the weapons by character as can be seen by Luke and Han with the Bespin blaster and Jawa with the Pilot blaster, Emperor cane, AT-ST & B-Wing pilot, Leia poncho etc. etc.. For me, they used the same mold, so for example Luke Jedi used the same saber mold for the bespin Luke hence the fate hilt (Something from the Kader factory which never produced Luke Jedi so he never had this saber apart from LL)
The same applies for the Rebel blaster, I believe they only had the one mold and used it to produce all the Rebel Blasters, Squid Head, Han Bespin, Luke Bespin, Han Trench Coat.
The mold was the thick handled blaster, all the MOC exampe I've seen of these fiures have this fat handle version, so in my opinion your blaster is not LL but Kenner.
This is my LL Luke Bespin blaster from Ozio, Notice the bubbling effect, this can often be the case with this blaster but not always:The same applies for the Rebel blaster, I believe they only had the one mold and used it to produce all the Rebel Blasters, Squid Head, Han Bespin, Luke Bespin, Han Trench Coat.
The mold was the thick handled blaster, all the MOC exampe I've seen of these fiures have this fat handle version, so in my opinion your blaster is not LL but Kenner.
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Concerning the lightsaber, it is certainly quite interesting, how ever I always struggle to photograph these bastards correctly. The saber is the correct fat hilt version from Kader for this figure. The Kenner version of this saber is a vibrant yellow and the plastic has that 'soft' look. The Ledy version of this saber is often referred to as translucent and is much paler in colour and looks translucent-ish, it also has the 'soft' plastic look.
When I bought the unique transitional LL figure from Ozio the saber it came with was very interesting because it was different to both of these, the yellow colour was more 'flat' and the plastic had more of the 'hard' plastic look. The saber is unquestionably authentic and my thinking is hopefully unique to the transitional figure, certainly a much rarer weapon, in the pictures your's kind of looks like this, it has the 'hard' look.
Here are the three:When I bought the unique transitional LL figure from Ozio the saber it came with was very interesting because it was different to both of these, the yellow colour was more 'flat' and the plastic had more of the 'hard' plastic look. The saber is unquestionably authentic and my thinking is hopefully unique to the transitional figure, certainly a much rarer weapon, in the pictures your's kind of looks like this, it has the 'hard' look.
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Left to Right - Kenner - 'Transition Hard - Lili Ledy translucent
Hope this makes some bizarre sense dude and I would like to better look at your saber
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thanks very much for your response to my query Alex
I thought that the blaster was probably kenner, and that the likelihood of the correct Ledy blaster staying with this figure over 30+ yrs was pretty remote. But the saber I did think might be a possibility, so thanks for clarifying things a bit.
The light here is fading fast now as it is 21:15 pm, but I took a comparison pic with my other two Kenner sabers. Unfortunately they are not the same sculpt, but it may help give you an idea of colour comparison under my lighting conditions.
I also copied your sabers pic and placed mine side by side with yours as means for comparison, however I think your light conditions were a bit brighter than mine.
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My saber, as you said Alex, does look like a harder sculpt compared to your translucent Ledy saber (on the right of your pic) and is not a vibrant yellow as the Kenner one in your pic (on left).
It's hard to say for certain, but I'm going to lean towards my saber being Kenner also. I will have to get hold of a kenner saber of this sculpt variant, so that I can better compare them first hand. But for now I will keep it solely displayed with my Ledy figure, just in case
I thought that the blaster was probably kenner, and that the likelihood of the correct Ledy blaster staying with this figure over 30+ yrs was pretty remote. But the saber I did think might be a possibility, so thanks for clarifying things a bit.
The light here is fading fast now as it is 21:15 pm, but I took a comparison pic with my other two Kenner sabers. Unfortunately they are not the same sculpt, but it may help give you an idea of colour comparison under my lighting conditions.
I also copied your sabers pic and placed mine side by side with yours as means for comparison, however I think your light conditions were a bit brighter than mine.
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My saber, as you said Alex, does look like a harder sculpt compared to your translucent Ledy saber (on the right of your pic) and is not a vibrant yellow as the Kenner one in your pic (on left).
It's hard to say for certain, but I'm going to lean towards my saber being Kenner also. I will have to get hold of a kenner saber of this sculpt variant, so that I can better compare them first hand. But for now I will keep it solely displayed with my Ledy figure, just in case
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Thank you Patrick! I've got a lot of catching up to do.
Thanks Marco, and yes, I am a very proud dad!
Marco Jay wrote:A true moment of joy to see you back posting here, Steve!!!
And what a lovely daughter is Beth, you must be a proud dad!
And what a mean thing to do of Alex, trying to get you addicted to that bootleg crap.
Thanks Marco, and yes, I am a very proud dad!
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... with a little help from a friend ...
Never heard about this HK variant until last month ... and yes, maybe it's just degradation ... but I like the pale face on this LXP!
A big thank you to Jay who helped me (again and again ) to get nice figures off ebay sellers who either only ship by the expensive global shipping program or don't ship to Germany at all!
Jay, I owe you one! Our next (well, actually it will be our first - hopefully one day) beer is on me!
Cheers,
Patrick
Never heard about this HK variant until last month ... and yes, maybe it's just degradation ... but I like the pale face on this LXP!
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A big thank you to Jay who helped me (again and again ) to get nice figures off ebay sellers who either only ship by the expensive global shipping program or don't ship to Germany at all!
Jay, I owe you one! Our next (well, actually it will be our first - hopefully one day) beer is on me!
Cheers,
Patrick
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Not much recently, but a couple of nice pieces came my way, first up a couple of LL CCP's thanks to Kenneth and a Tie Pilot, the Ti Pilot I had already but I finally got him a nice LL Blaster!
And this piece of cardboard arrived in the post as well
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And this piece of cardboard arrived in the post as well
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Well yesterday was an interesting day! I have been waiting for an LL Klaatu Skiff figure to arrive from Norway for the best part of 3 weeks now and was beginning to get worried, but I stopped by my house while at work on Monday and found a slip from the postman saying I had a parcel waiting at the post office. Naturally I assumed it was the Klaatu because it was the only thing I was expecting so I was quite happy it had arrived. I was how ever a little baffled as to the reason it hadn't been put through the letter box? The ticked box said 'too large' ??? I had even seen a picture of the envelope sent from the seller? How could one figure be too large??
Anyway, I didn't think too much into it and the next morning stopped by the post office to pick it up, when the woman returned she was holding a large parcel which was clearly not the one I was expecting and was packed in U.S. mail envelopes that I have become familiar with from Jay
I got a little excited and wondered what has he gone and done now! I have had several very generous gifts from Jay before When I got back in the truck I started opening it and happened to notice the declaration form say 'Used Camera'
This made me instantly think back to a conversation I had a couple of weeks earlier while on the phone to Jay, we were talking about taking photo's and I said how I did mine with my phone now as my camera was always taking slightly out of focus shots. Jay mentioned that he was also thinking of a new camera and I had said that if he does, I'd buy his old one from him if he wanted. AT this point I thought he'd bought a new camera and sent me his old one which seemed a really cool thing to do
Then I found the note, which as asked, I read after looking at the package and I have to say when I read it I was actually quite emotional..... not in a gay way, where I was crying and stuff, because I'm a soulless machine void of any emotion, but in a proud kind of way, proud that I know people like you guys!
Anyway, I didn't think too much into it and the next morning stopped by the post office to pick it up, when the woman returned she was holding a large parcel which was clearly not the one I was expecting and was packed in U.S. mail envelopes that I have become familiar with from Jay
I got a little excited and wondered what has he gone and done now! I have had several very generous gifts from Jay before When I got back in the truck I started opening it and happened to notice the declaration form say 'Used Camera'
This made me instantly think back to a conversation I had a couple of weeks earlier while on the phone to Jay, we were talking about taking photo's and I said how I did mine with my phone now as my camera was always taking slightly out of focus shots. Jay mentioned that he was also thinking of a new camera and I had said that if he does, I'd buy his old one from him if he wanted. AT this point I thought he'd bought a new camera and sent me his old one which seemed a really cool thing to do
Then I found the note, which as asked, I read after looking at the package and I have to say when I read it I was actually quite emotional..... not in a gay way, where I was crying and stuff, because I'm a soulless machine void of any emotion, but in a proud kind of way, proud that I know people like you guys!
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So now, thanks to the best set of friends a guy could have, I now have a lovely new camera to take picture with that I am happy with, so I can finally start getting some work done for the site, believe me, I have spent hours taking photo's over the last few weeks and have just not been happy with the results and ended up deleting most of them.
When I actually finished work that day, I was greeted by a parcel...... Klaatu so I took my first test shots of him which turned out fine despite the day been totally bad in terms of light!
When I actually finished work that day, I was greeted by a parcel...... Klaatu so I took my first test shots of him which turned out fine despite the day been totally bad in terms of light!
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Sooooooooooooooo...........
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all you guys in the only way I know how
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Now, stop taking pictures of your ass, and get back to the job of taking pictures for the site.
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