Yes, I would like to own a historical piece like that. But alas I can’t justify the prices for something like that even though as I understand it some of these pieces were reasonably priced for pre-production items.
You’re quite right to highlight this. These are probably incorrectly labelled first shot on the website, as first shots do not have the date and coo details. They are more likely test shots but still a great pre-production piece in this case showing What prune face looked like before the Hong...
There is Lars. I think it’s hard to tell from the outside. The best tell is to look at the stitching on the inside. As soon as I get a chance to look I’ll report back
Check out the Prune Face first shot as part of the larger Peach Fett recent find. It shows you the figure with the HONG KONG stamp
https://peachfett.com/first-shots
V1 is indeed Kader. Both V2 and V3 are Smile. Lili Ledy is listed incorrectly on there as V3 but is in fact the same mould as Kader in a reddish brown rather than brown colour.
The original moulds for Prune Face for both Kader and Smile would have initially said HONG KONG on them. Some of the moulds will have a complete smooth deletion of the Country of Origin (CoO) and others will have remnants of the letters visible where the filler will not have been applied...
My 2023 goals were:
1. Poch chocolate legs Han Hoth ✅
2. Poch black neck Lando ✅
3. PBP 4-LOM
4. Poch Black Boots Rebel Commander
5. Early Bird Certificate Package ✅
6. MIB Imperial Troop Transporter
7. MIB Darth Vader Tie Fighter
My 2024 goals are:
1. Poch Black Boots Rebel Commander
2. LL...
The Han Hoth trilogo figure will almost certainly be a no coo figure - either smile no coo; Kader no coo based on the Unitoy moulds or a PBP figure. It is unlikely to be your HK figure
You’ll never know for sure as a smile HK figure can be found on both Kenner and Palitoy cardbacks.
As it’s a HK coo it is almost certain it will have been found on a ESB cardback as during the ROTJ era the smile figures had the Coo removed.
I don’t know all the Palitoy card backs the Han Hoth...