Are these weapons repro?

peekaygee73

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Last year I bought a lot of figures which supposedly all had original weapons. However, whilst some did it turned out some definitely didn't. There are still 4 of which I'm not certain - a translucent bowcaster, two imperial blasters and a rebel blaster. I've checked them against TIG but would appreciate further opinions:

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Cheers Iain - yep, they all float. I thought they looked fine too but wanted someone with more knowledge to check.
 
itfciain said:
They all look fine to me at first glance - presume they all float?

Is it normal for the blue imp blaster to be smaller than the black?

Not questioning the consensus of these being legit, just curious.
 
lejackal said:
itfciain said:
They all look fine to me at first glance - presume they all float?

Is it normal for the blue imp blaster to be smaller than the black?

Not questioning the consensus of these being legit, just curious.

I've never looked at that before - when you think these were made in loads of different factories at different times across the world then there are likely to be the odd abnormality - heck that's why people love a variant !!
 
Thanks all for the feedback.

Drop test seems OK today. The blue imperial blaster's at an angle on both pictures which probably doesn't help. I took the pictures in natural light (not that there is much at the moment!) so I'll try for some closer pictures during the week.
 
lejackal said:
itfciain said:
They all look fine to me at first glance - presume they all float?

Is it normal for the blue imp blaster to be smaller than the black?

Not questioning the consensus of these being legit, just curious.

I don't think it is smaller. If it was taken with a phone or compact camera it will be a slight wide angle lense skewing the image making things in the middle look bigger and things towards the edge smaller.
 
Robstyley said:
lejackal said:
itfciain said:
They all look fine to me at first glance - presume they all float?

Is it normal for the blue imp blaster to be smaller than the black?

Not questioning the consensus of these being legit, just curious.

I don't think it is smaller. If it was taken with a phone or compact camera it will be a slight wide angle lense skewing the image making things in the middle look bigger and things towards the edge smaller.
Yes, it's a compact camera with wide angle lens on macro setting. :)
 
Again, thanks for all the feedback guys. I believed these were all original but my repro-detecting skills took a bit of a knock recently on a Vader sabre I thought was genuine but wasn't. Nice to know I haven't completely lost it! :lol:
 
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