MOC with "shattered" lightsabre

[edd_jedi]

Just saw this on eBay, I won't post the link in case anybody is watching it, but it's a really interesting piece so here's one of the photos. It's an apparently factory sealed figure with a lightsabre broken in to about 10 pieces!

I don't see how it could possibly have happened inside the bubble, so it must have been put in like that by a naughty factory worker. It appears to be factory sealed. Can't quite explain it, but I've never seen anything like it.

 

[poncho]

I love it 8) v cool and interesting

 

[jedisearcher]

Saw that one, it's got what looks to be really bad heat/sun damage doesn't it, but bad enough to somehow shatter a lightsaber?? Really weird.

Figure also has a terrible paint job by the looks of it, so bad it looks play worn. All very peculiar :?:

Edit: some of the paint issues might just be on the bubble, feet and hands look ok, really just the belt which can be iffy on Luke Bespin.

 

[Joe]

Wow! Judging by the card and bubble it's been subjected to some seriously damaging storage conditions, wonder if it was sat in a shop window for years or something? Could the sun damage have made the saber so brittle that it snapped? Perhaps it fell on the floor or took a knock after all that sun which made the saber shatter..never seen anything like it before.

 

[steve obi wan]

Someone at the factory had too much time on their hands , maybe that's why it went under :roll:

Lazy employees :lol:

 

[robpmarsh]

I saw this too....keeping an eye in the auction and might put a bid on it on the last day as long as it doesn't get too silly

 

[lejackal]

It may just be the angle of that photo but it almost looks like a Trilogo bubble on a Jedi card?

 

[Robstyley]

Yeah it is a Trilogo bubble, square corners. There's something wierd going on here, not convinced it's genuine/factory sealed. Would love to know the story behind it.

 

[bosk70]

I noticed the square corners too on the e-bay photo's all my old jedi card backs look like rounded corners were any original jedi bubbles ever square ?????

 

[palitoyjunky]

Wow :shock: never seen anything like that b4 :!:

 

[Mr-shifter]

Really like that. I would buy it and get it graded.

 

[Grant]

Iv seen the odd tip of a regular Luke Saber snapped of inside a bubble or two but never to this extent. This is defo snapped into pieces then carded. My bet. 8)

 

[kingshearer]

I've seen lots of tri-logo bubbles on Jedi cards and yes the shattered saber is a shocker I could never buy that.
Can't imagine the sun breaking the saber it must be factory and surely no one faking would put a jigsaw saber in there.
He says there's no cracks but there looks to be a scratch or cut at the bottom of the bubble if your going to bid might be worth asking what that is!

 

[Gorneesh]

I can't see how Sunlight/heat did that to the lightsaber, with out affecting the bubble, I imagine that would need a lot of heat. Maybe the plastic of the saber was brittle and rattling around in there with Luke for 30 years has smashed it up.
Still an intresting item unless it's a fake.

 

[Section 8]

Looking at the total discolouration of the card. My money would be on the sabre perishing in sunlight or in some other unusual storage space. It may depend on the two different types of plastic used for bubble and sabre which is why the bubble may have survived. My brother had a vintage Dusty Bin from childhood which the body crumbled into pieces, yet the lid and the legs made of slightly different plastic stayed solid.

 

[indianawars]

Sounds like we should start a 'Star Wars mystery files' thread...for all the unexplained items we've come across like that unassembled Death Star Commander inside the bubble.

 

[Jez]

I think i'm thinking disgruntled factory worker more than sun and shatter damage. The damage is so severe i can't see it breaking that much from one drop. Really interesting piece.

 

[Mr-shifter]

I'm going to bid on it I think. Any of you fellas got your heart set on it then pm me because I don't want to run anyone else up.

 

[Robstyley]

Just had a proper look at it, it's a cool item. Wouldn't mind it just for the weirdness factor. Not going to go for it though, I think it's gona go for a lot (more than I'd pay for it). Good luck Ben, hope you can get it.

 

[theforceuk]

Really like that. I would buy it and get it graded.

If you get it graded I will crack all mine out of their cases. :lol: