falcon training ball
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Darth Wensleydale
Sith Lord
Never seen a smooth surface on a vintage ball. Is the OTC not the modern line?
tiefighterboy
Grand Master
Keep in mind they have made a repro of the training ball. This could be the round one. Not sure as I do not have a repro of the training arm and ball.
tiefighterboy
Grand Master
Heres repro, but it looks more like the common one.
http://www.reproparts.net/shopexd.asp?id=71
http://www.reproparts.net/shopexd.asp?id=71
tiefighterboy
Grand Master
Maybe its a homemade job...Kid loses bal....Mom replaces with bead out of knitting basket 
tiefighterboy
Grand Master
gustie said:
Dont want to spend tons of money to display a complete Ship?? Here is your answer!!! Up for sale is a Replacement Millennium Falcon Jedi Training Ball and Arm Set The arm is cast in grey and has great detail. The ball is cast in black, It is not a bead from a craft store. This item is great for displaying or completing your vintage star wars toy! This Item is New, it was made in 2006
Darth Wensleydale
Sith Lord
The second one just looks like a bead to me. I've owned a lot of Falcons over the years including ones with sealed parts bags and not once have I seen a smooth training ball. Never owned a Ledy boxed one though so maybe that one was different :?
marky242
Padawan
I bouth an OTC Falcon and can confirm that it did not come with the training ball (either that or I never noticed it and lost it!!)
Hope this helps!!!
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Hope this helps!!!
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Bollux
Grand Master
looks real enough to me Gustie!
Darth Wensleydale
Sith Lord
Darth Wensleydale said:
Well bugger me, I recently picked up an unused Palitoy falcon and inside the tape sealed parts bag was a plain bead ball. Thats the first one I've seen. I guess the image at the start of the post is correct then. Anybody else seen these before?
Here its is:
Darth Wensleydale
Sith Lord
Must be as the rest of the falcon is mint with unapplied stickers and you can see that its never been put together. The tape on the bag is also yellowed and the same as on the main parts bag. Definitely the real deal. I certainly remember my childhood one being the polyhedral one and I've had Palitoy Falcons since that were also polyhedral. I wonder if Palitoy ran out and just got hold of some beads instead?
I bought a small job lot of weapons. None of them were vintage SW but, amonst them, is the Falcon training arm.
It's cast it a soft metal, like lead! I'm pretty sure it's repro but it would be great to have that confirmed on the off-chance it's something unusual.
It's cast it a soft metal, like lead! I'm pretty sure it's repro but it would be great to have that confirmed on the off-chance it's something unusual.
poncho
Grand Master
Gutsie - what ever happened to him??
