Reeyees Advice

[colin310]

Hi guys,
Looking for some advice on my Reeyees.
Trying to decipher from rebelscum if I have a moulded hand variant but I'm getting confused reading it
Pics attached….
Left 1 is Hong Kong
Right 1 is Taiwan
IMO Taiwan has light brown boots rather than green & on the last pic, HK looks to have brown legs with grey paint due to the rub
Any advice would be appreciated, I have the HK variant for sale in a job lot on eVay & just wondering if it's slightly rarer & I should keep it, cheers again

 

[Snaketibe]

Hi Colin,

Your Taiwan is a moulded hands, your HK is a painted hands. You appear to have these two variants:

If you examine the hands up close, you can see that the Taiwan moulded hands variant (on the left in my pics) has shiny plastic unpainted hands, whereas up close the HK painted hands version is a more matte and duller finish, due to it being painted:

If you want some more pics, here's the 'Toy of the Week' thread on Ree-Yees:

SWTOTW, Week 8, 2019, Part 2/2 Ree-Yees

Ree-Yees:

starwarsforum.co.uk

I'm afraid neither variant is particularly rare or valuable, with each being worth about the same. Ree-Yees is not a figure whose variants grab the headlines, and hence they are not ones that most collectors care much about. I like them though, and it's still nice to own both versions .

Hope that helps.

Jeremy

 

[colin310]

Hi Colin,

Your Taiwan is a moulded hands, your HK is a painted hands. You appear to have these two variants:

View attachment 172039

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If you examine the hands up close, you can see that the Taiwan moulded hands variant (on the left in my pics) has shiny plastic unpainted hands, whereas up close the HK painted hands version is a more matte and duller finish, due to it being painted:

View attachment 172041

If you want some more pics, here's the 'Toy of the Week' thread on Ree-Yees:

SWTOTW, Week 8, 2019, Part 2/2 Ree-Yees

Ree-Yees:

starwarsforum.co.uk

I'm afraid neither variant is particularly rare or valuable, with each being worth about the same. Ree-Yees is not a figure whose variants grab the headlines, and hence they are not ones that most collectors care much about. I like them though, and it's still nice to own both versions .

Hope that helps.

Jeremy

Thanks Jeremy!
I was looking for rifles & seen a graded couple pop up with "moulded hands" & just couldn't get my head round the rebelscum description.
Glad the Taiwan one is moulded as I have it matched to a cardback that has "figure made in Taiwan" on it so means I can keep the match.

Thanks again

 

[TheJabbaWookie]

Check out these two links on variant villain

Mould Variants

Mould-Colour Variants

FIGURE VARIATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Admiral AckbarBoba FettGamorrean GuardGeneral MadineHan SoloHan Solo HothKlaatuLeia Boushh DisguiseLuke JediRebel CommandoRebel SoldierRee Yees This guide is dedicated to the mould-colour variants produced by Kenner in the Asian factories (Taiwan, Macau...

www.variantvillain.com

Rifle

Ree Yees Rifle

ACCESSORIES TABLE OF CONTENTS MOULD COMPARISON MI: Taiwan (U.M.) M2: Smile M3: Lili Ledy GW ACRYLIC RIFLE DISPLAY CASE BOOTLEGS Brazil Mexico Poland REPRODUCTIONS FURTHER READING The Ree Yees Rifle was usually released with the following combinations of colour to figure: Golden Ree...

www.variantvillain.com

 

[colin310]

Check out these two links on variant villain

Mould Variants

Mould-Colour Variants

FIGURE VARIATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS Admiral AckbarBoba FettGamorrean GuardGeneral MadineHan SoloHan Solo HothKlaatuLeia Boushh DisguiseLuke JediRebel CommandoRebel SoldierRee Yees This guide is dedicated to the mould-colour variants produced by Kenner in the Asian factories (Taiwan, Macau...

www.variantvillain.com

Rifle

Ree Yees Rifle

ACCESSORIES TABLE OF CONTENTS MOULD COMPARISON MI: Taiwan (U.M.) M2: Smile M3: Lili Ledy GW ACRYLIC RIFLE DISPLAY CASE BOOTLEGS Brazil Mexico Poland REPRODUCTIONS FURTHER READING The Ree Yees Rifle was usually released with the following combinations of colour to figure: Golden Ree...

www.variantvillain.com

Thanks TWJ!
Very helpful & interesting.
Didnt really realise how many different variants of figures/cardbacks etc there were until finding this forum.