Advice on a black blaster please

[StarWarsFan]

Hi guys my mate showed me this blaster the other day. Said wasn't sure if real or not. TBH have never seen one with 2 indents on the handle and close up shots it looks grainy any ideas please thanks.

 

[Beeper383]

V4 has 2 indents in one side of the handle. But, agree it looks a bit poorly demarcated in other areas. How's the drop test sound?

 

[StarWarsFan]

V4 has 2 indents in one side of the handle. But, agree it looks a bit poorly demarcated in other areas. How's the drop test sound?

Thanks for the update mate, not sure tbh will ask him.

 

[Beeper383]

Suspect it could be a repro - see V3 here: https://www.imperialgunnery.com/endorblasters.htm

 

[StarWarsFan]

Suspect it could be a repro - see V3 here: https://www.imperialgunnery.com/endorblasters.htm

Ace thanks mate yes looks very similar

 

[Mini99]

100% repro I'm afraid.
Nowadays that's a very expensive piece of plastic.

 

[StarWarsFan]

100% repro I'm afraid.
Nowadays that's a very expensive piece of plastic.

Cheers mate

 

[Beeper383]

Gutted for your mate. Those of us lucky enough to have loose examples acquired before the fakes got better at least have references. Loose complete collecting is tricky, especially for newcomers. One of the +points for me in joining the forum is that repros (fakes) are considered undesirable here (and I think I'm phrasing it politely using the term 'undesirable').

 

[StarWarsFan]

Gutted for your mate. Those of us lucky enough to have loose examples acquired before the fakes got better at least have references. Loose complete collecting is tricky, especially for newcomers. One of the +points for me in joining the forum is that repros (fakes) are considered undesirable here (and I think I'm phrasing it politely using the term 'undesirable').

Cheers mate, fortunately he was able to get a refund. Thanks again for your help

 

[Pomse2001]

Hi guys my mate showed me this blaster the other day. Said wasn't sure if real or not. TBH have never seen one with 2 indents on the handle and close up shots it looks grainy any ideas please thanks.

I agree to me it looks like a repro

 

[yak12]

100% repro I'm afraid.

There are two variants - one for the gunner and one for the a wing pilot. My experience - finding a real A wing blaster was a proper mission, which lasted 4 years. Found multiple gunner blasters within that period.

The genuine ones have very sharp details.

 

[Beeper383]

100% repro I'm afraid.

There are two variants - one for the gunner and one for the a wing pilot. My experience - finding a real A wing blaster was a proper mission, which lasted 4 years. Found multiple gunner blasters within that period.

The genuine ones have very sharp details.

I wast not aware that there were A-wing pilot and Gunner specific variants. I'd be grateful for more detail on this - prob need to check mine!

 

[StarWarsFan]

100% repro I'm afraid.

There are two variants - one for the gunner and one for the a wing pilot. My experience - finding a real A wing blaster was a proper mission, which lasted 4 years. Found multiple gunner blasters within that period.

The genuine ones have very sharp details.

Thanks mate, interesting never knew that

 

[yak12]

A couple of good reference sources:

https://www.variantvillain.com/accessory-guide/endor-blaster/#m3

https://www.imperialgunnery.com/endorblasters.htm



The most obvious difference between the A wing and

 

[yak12]

Gunner endor blasters are the hilt (circled below). The gunner one has an L shape as shown. I'm sure there are other indicators and probs someone on this forum much more knowledgable than me that can go into detail :-)

 

[yak12]

 

[yak12]

Here's my UKG 85 graded versions - tried my best to capture the blasters in the photos

 

[Beeper383]

Here's my UKG 85 graded versions - tried my best to capture the blasters in the photos

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Thanks - just checked my loose completes and they are thankfully correct.