Zip Testing Question

[ChallengerFox]

Do all vinyl capes definitely make the zip sound when you run your fingernail on the outside? Reason I ask is that I picked up a small loose collection off a guy local to me which included a Ben Kenobi and a Vader and neither of them make the zip sound on the outside but they look genuine , the guy says he has had them in his loft since his childhood so I'm sure they're original , he had no real reason to lie because he was going to throw them away before I expressed an interest, thanks

 

[ChallengerFox]

Just tested the inside and it makes the zipping sound : )

Still strange though because my original Kenobi makes the zipping noise on the outside where as this one does it on the inside , variant maybe ?

 

[Cazza]

Just means the cape is inside out My VCJ is the same.

 

[poncho]

Lars researched variants of capes a while back

 

[aussiejames]

IMO there is no correct way- zip on the inside or outside. "Typical of all genuine Star Wars vinyl cape accessories, there would be a zipping sound made when you run the edge of your finger nail along the cape.
The sound could be heard either on the printed or non-printed side."

http://leia.bespin.info/index.php?pageID=4


Keep in mind not all vintage capes zip- Tawian Leia, Ben & Vader Ledy .....

 

[Mr-shifter]

I'm guessing when these figures are assembled, not a lot of effort would have been put into making sure the capes where the right way round. I have owned a couple of vcjs and mine were both the wrong way round, and had been from new.

I imagine there would have been assembly line workers, big box o jawas and a big box o capes. I doubt the assembly workers would have been zip testing the vinyl to see which way round it was.

 

[ChallengerFox]

The Leia doesn't make the zip sound on either side, I assume that's a Taiwan one then ?

 

[aussiejames]

Don't assume. Is it a Taiwan Leia? Greater chance that it's fake. I'll repeat, there is NO right way round- if there was the Leia bespin capes would all be one way....

 

[ChallengerFox]

It's the original Leia from Star Wars i'm talking about

 

[aussiejames]

It's the original Leia from Star Wars i'm talking about

does it say Taiwan on the leg?

 

[ChallengerFox]

I'll check when I get home, but I suppose the cape could have been swapped anyway, is there any other way of telling other than the zip test ? It looks genuine enough, although it has more of a glossy finish compared to the Kenobi and Vader capes

 

[edd_jedi]

Things like zip, float test etc are not reliable. They are better than nothing, but to be 100% sure you really need to compare side by side with a known legit example. Plenty of fakes these days can pass these primitive 90s tests.

 

[ChallengerFox]

I'll post a few pics later

 

[Pomse2001]

Pictures of the figures, the coo and the cape would be great.

There is vader capes with no zip sound

I have never seen a kenobi no zip sound cape. Not that I would say there is no one of them.