Amanaman Staff?

Just going through a batch of figures to sell and noticed the Amanaman Staff was different to the one I have.

The one of the left (straight stick, not so curvy 'branch'), is different to the one on the right (curvy stick, very curvy branch)

What's going on? Variants? Repro??? Help???

Does they both sink in water ?

I've not had any experience with these repo staffs but I believe there's ones that are very similar to the originals so one of yours might be a fake, the one I had as a kid was like the one on the right with a bent handle though.

Pomse2001 said:

Does they both sink in water ?

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Yup, both sink

Check the details on the sculpting against the ones halfway down the page here:
http://www.imperialgunnery.com/thestaffsaxessection.htm

genuine staffs sink. my amanaman staff is bent also its quite common, check ebay for loose graded amanamans and you'll see loads wint bent staffs

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-RARE-AMANAMAN-AFA-UKG-GRADED-85-/230809366263?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D7034950396573172234%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D230809366263%26

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STAR-WARS-VINTAGE-POTF-LAST-17-AMANAMAN-LOOSE-FIGURE-COMPLETE-MINT-RARE-/290891633579?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item43ba7e13ab

Yeah my Amanaman has a bent staff also.

The bent staff was very common. I remember having one as a child and wondering WTF. I have seen these in others collections too. Very common. Hope this helps!

fuzzybuzzytoys said:

Pomse2001 said:

Does they both sink in water ?

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Yup, both sink

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That is good, original sinks and some repro floats.

When you touch them does they feel different ? some repro are also easy to break.

To me they both look original on the pictures, but pictures can trick us.

Pomse2001 said:

fuzzybuzzytoys said:

Pomse2001 said:

Does they both sink in water ?

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Yup, both sink

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That is good, original sinks and some repro floats.

When you touch them does they feel different ? some repro are also easy to break.

To me they both look original on the pictures, but pictures can trick us.

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No, they both look and feel fine. Just wondering why one is straight and the other is bent?

That is great

Sorry I do not know why some are bend and some are straight :?

They both look OK to me. I wonder if it was the way that they were packed in the bubbles as some come very bend and others don't.

Pomse2001 said:

That is great

Sorry I do not know why some are bend and some are straight :?

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Same thing she said to me :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Jedi_june said:

Pomse2001 said:

That is great

Sorry I do not know why some are bend and some are straight :?

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Same thing she said to me :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

I would say it depends on the plastic mixture that was used. If the mixture was a bit off then maybe this caused the staff to bend.

I once had a repro that bend, my original does not bend

I've had an original one that was bent like that.