TK-7785
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UPDATE! Would those who have or believe they have a solid black blaster please post pictorial evidence. Thanks.
A recent thread elsewhere on the forum to do with trilogo Luke Stormtroopers and their packaging with blue/black blasters over solid black has got me thinking. I know this has been discussed before and others have attempted polls even to try and ascertain the ratio of Lukes with either or but it'd great to see the results from the polling of a greater selection of MOCs.
But the discussion on whether this was an intentional decision vs just chucking in whatever colour blaster was to hand is still open for debate. If indeed it was a case of laziness due to being the end of the line for Star Wars action figures I would expect to see a similarly common miss matched approach with other figures/accessories. For example, blue/grey Endor blasters with A-Wing pilots and Imperial Gunners.
It seems plausible that the last 17 would suffer this "miscard" accessory phenomena somewhat more exclusively given they were the end of the line in the dying days of the original vintage era. However, I have personally yet to come across a Trilogo Han Trenchcoat that wasn't packaged with a blue/black blaster, yet it is well established that the Kenner counterpart was the only figure intended to be packaged with a solid black smuggler blaster. Admittedly this is my own experience and too anecdotal to really inform one way or the other.
To my mind the fact that so many Palitoy trilogo Han Trenchcoats seem to have been packaged with blue/black blasters long before the line to was dying would lend credence to Palitoy intentionally packing blue/black blasters with certain figures. Or at the very least if blue/black blasters can be found with certain figures with a ratio somewhere even with their black counterpart it would seem plausible that this is actually a valid market variation between the US and Europe, rather than an error. Perhaps in an effort to use up existing stock.
To further support this theory, and again this is somewhat anecdotal based on my own buying and collecting experience over the years, if all Endor Hans that came from Palitoy only ever saw release on Trilogo cards and were packed with blue/black blasters and the only Han Endors that made it to retail in the UK with black blasters were Kenner overstock, this would explain why black smuggler blasters are so uncommon over here despite him being an extremely common figure. If this theory carries over to Luke Stormtroopers then again, it seems to point towards the fact that this was somewhat intentional on the part of Palitoy.
I've started a poll in this thread in the hopes that all you guys could check your trilogo Han Trenchcoats to see which blaster they're packed with; blue/black or solid black. I've attached photo reference to help.
Depending on the findings it would be interesting to roll this out further to get a greater cross section.
If you aren't 100% positive of yours being a true V4 solid black, please post a photo for identification before voting. If you have a Trilogo Han Endor with a solid black blaster would you please post photos to this thread. A clear shot on the accessory and a shot of the figure and card as a whole. it would be great to see if there is any corresponding variations between those with and those without.
Thanks,
Chris
A recent thread elsewhere on the forum to do with trilogo Luke Stormtroopers and their packaging with blue/black blasters over solid black has got me thinking. I know this has been discussed before and others have attempted polls even to try and ascertain the ratio of Lukes with either or but it'd great to see the results from the polling of a greater selection of MOCs.
But the discussion on whether this was an intentional decision vs just chucking in whatever colour blaster was to hand is still open for debate. If indeed it was a case of laziness due to being the end of the line for Star Wars action figures I would expect to see a similarly common miss matched approach with other figures/accessories. For example, blue/grey Endor blasters with A-Wing pilots and Imperial Gunners.
It seems plausible that the last 17 would suffer this "miscard" accessory phenomena somewhat more exclusively given they were the end of the line in the dying days of the original vintage era. However, I have personally yet to come across a Trilogo Han Trenchcoat that wasn't packaged with a blue/black blaster, yet it is well established that the Kenner counterpart was the only figure intended to be packaged with a solid black smuggler blaster. Admittedly this is my own experience and too anecdotal to really inform one way or the other.
To my mind the fact that so many Palitoy trilogo Han Trenchcoats seem to have been packaged with blue/black blasters long before the line to was dying would lend credence to Palitoy intentionally packing blue/black blasters with certain figures. Or at the very least if blue/black blasters can be found with certain figures with a ratio somewhere even with their black counterpart it would seem plausible that this is actually a valid market variation between the US and Europe, rather than an error. Perhaps in an effort to use up existing stock.
To further support this theory, and again this is somewhat anecdotal based on my own buying and collecting experience over the years, if all Endor Hans that came from Palitoy only ever saw release on Trilogo cards and were packed with blue/black blasters and the only Han Endors that made it to retail in the UK with black blasters were Kenner overstock, this would explain why black smuggler blasters are so uncommon over here despite him being an extremely common figure. If this theory carries over to Luke Stormtroopers then again, it seems to point towards the fact that this was somewhat intentional on the part of Palitoy.
I've started a poll in this thread in the hopes that all you guys could check your trilogo Han Trenchcoats to see which blaster they're packed with; blue/black or solid black. I've attached photo reference to help.
Depending on the findings it would be interesting to roll this out further to get a greater cross section.
If you aren't 100% positive of yours being a true V4 solid black, please post a photo for identification before voting. If you have a Trilogo Han Endor with a solid black blaster would you please post photos to this thread. A clear shot on the accessory and a shot of the figure and card as a whole. it would be great to see if there is any corresponding variations between those with and those without.
Thanks,
Chris