Leia poncho which one came 1st?

[Jedi_june]

As you know I've been selling of my variant figs, and I now just want a standard complete set. I just need to know which one of these Leah's was released 1st? Check out the pics below.

These are the COOS for them.

Thanks peeps

Peace,
June

 

[Pomse2001]

Good Question June, I would also like to know that

 

[walkie]

the chicken or the egg?

 

[aussiejames]

Find a pic of a first shot.
Compare the mould details to this:

Left figure is LFL on thigh which I'm tempted to say is 'first' having more detail. But it's just a wild guess.
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[walkie]

AJ is the man!

 

[snaggletooth]

Wouldn't there be a first shot for both molds or is there only one first shot and then hard copy's?

 

[aussiejames]

The 'theory' is there is only ever one sculpt & any changes after that are mould changes. Along the lines of Hard copys are used to produce the moulds. First shots test the moulds. So I guess there could be first shots from both factories/moulds.

http://www.12back.com/features/creation/creation.php3

 

[olisuds]

Absolutely right there would be a first shot made from each factory mold so no way to determine which was first.

 

[olisuds]

Also there would only be one final sculpt but from this several hardcopies may be produced. Some of which would be used as tooling masters for the production of the steel molds. Each of which may have very slight mold differences or paint application details.

 

[snaggletooth]

Thanks fellas, I just had another read of that link and it makes great reading. It just puzzles me why there is so many variants out there but only one original sculpt, which means the hard copys are the same and the guys making the molds where the best artists involved in the production, Is there different detailed hard copys of any figures?