TheJabbaWookie
Sith Lord
I've recently purchase a loose Princess Leia Organa from a seller on eBay, who I've bought from before, who often sells rarer PBP and Lili Ledy products and who I have nothing but kind words for.
The figure is in immaculate condition but came packed with a v4 Lili Ledy Blaster and cape with smooth texture on both sides and no characteristic zipping sound. The cape is smaller than my current cross hatched zipping (assume) no Coo cape and has the corner cut off one corner rather like the Taiwan variant listed on the TIG site. The figure is a Hong Kong Coo.
I will examine the cape in more detail over the weekend and post up imagery of the cape alongside my existing No Coo cape (though my camera is not good enough to pick up the detailed textures), as well as pics of the Coo but in the meantime I wanted to rack the brains of the most experienced here.
Firstly I wondered if there is a full proof way to identify a Taiwan cape. There have been a lot of previous threads posted up over the years but nothing conclusive that I could find.
Secondly and more interestingly I wondered if there was anyway to confirm the following which the seller has said to me. He has said information can be found on the TIG forum but I haven't been able to locate it as there are so many threads.
"Jay this is the first issue (very early cape) it just has a smooth side and a slightly textured side, the zipping sound/style capes merged and took over and became the norm. I have had Obi, Tusken and Darth capes all first issue and the same material, please don't panic as the figure is mine from card. I know TIG say that organa leias have dark blue blasters but kenner organas were also packed with light blue V4s (Ledy ones) but obviously were kenner and not Ledy, confusing but true"
Lars, I know you were heavily involved in a thread in 2014 (see link below) - were any conclusions ever reached? Has any info been uncovered since. Does anyone own an early Issue Cape that could confirm if they were different to the standard cross-hatch? http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20113&p=278310&hilit=Leia+cape#p278310
Any help appreciated.
Jay
The figure is in immaculate condition but came packed with a v4 Lili Ledy Blaster and cape with smooth texture on both sides and no characteristic zipping sound. The cape is smaller than my current cross hatched zipping (assume) no Coo cape and has the corner cut off one corner rather like the Taiwan variant listed on the TIG site. The figure is a Hong Kong Coo.
I will examine the cape in more detail over the weekend and post up imagery of the cape alongside my existing No Coo cape (though my camera is not good enough to pick up the detailed textures), as well as pics of the Coo but in the meantime I wanted to rack the brains of the most experienced here.
Firstly I wondered if there is a full proof way to identify a Taiwan cape. There have been a lot of previous threads posted up over the years but nothing conclusive that I could find.
Secondly and more interestingly I wondered if there was anyway to confirm the following which the seller has said to me. He has said information can be found on the TIG forum but I haven't been able to locate it as there are so many threads.
"Jay this is the first issue (very early cape) it just has a smooth side and a slightly textured side, the zipping sound/style capes merged and took over and became the norm. I have had Obi, Tusken and Darth capes all first issue and the same material, please don't panic as the figure is mine from card. I know TIG say that organa leias have dark blue blasters but kenner organas were also packed with light blue V4s (Ledy ones) but obviously were kenner and not Ledy, confusing but true"
Lars, I know you were heavily involved in a thread in 2014 (see link below) - were any conclusions ever reached? Has any info been uncovered since. Does anyone own an early Issue Cape that could confirm if they were different to the standard cross-hatch? http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20113&p=278310&hilit=Leia+cape#p278310
Any help appreciated.
Jay