Mike Rush
Well-Known Member
Couldn't see another thread on this, which means either nobody else has one yet, or nobody else cares. 
Anyway here's mine, and if I missed the thread please move or delete.
Packaging:
Prop:
No moving parts this time, even the trigger. I'm fairly sure they used to advertise it as having a working countdown etc, like the Korben gun, but perhaps they changed their minds after the problems they had with that replica.
So now you twist the dial on the left side and the lights come on. The digits are static, set at 333.
Here's where the batteries go, under a panel cunningly held on with magnets. (Batteries are included!)
Some of the right-side detail:
The gun on its stand, which is a nice match for the Korben stand.
One difference is that where the butt of the gun sits in a cutout, there's another magnet to keep it in place. This makes it even sturdier than the Korben pistol.
Important note: you may want to not put this prop on top of your television. Magnets do bad things to CRTs.
Under the base the print is in silver this time rather than white, and the edition number appears here too (handwritten).
So here are the two weapons face to face:
and side by side:
This is a big hunk of prop, very solid and quite weighty. It's not particularly comfortable to hold and aim, but of course that's a feature of the design and not the replica! The finish is fine and the lights are bright. It would have been better if the trigger/countdown worked. Also I can't see why they didn't put different number displays on each of the three positions on the dial, but that's just wishful thinking.
I'll let others nitpick the details, but to my mind HCG have delivered another very nice prop at a decent price. This will go proudly on our Fifth Element shelf.
Anyway here's mine, and if I missed the thread please move or delete.Packaging:
Prop:
No moving parts this time, even the trigger. I'm fairly sure they used to advertise it as having a working countdown etc, like the Korben gun, but perhaps they changed their minds after the problems they had with that replica.
So now you twist the dial on the left side and the lights come on. The digits are static, set at 333.
Here's where the batteries go, under a panel cunningly held on with magnets. (Batteries are included!)
Some of the right-side detail:
The gun on its stand, which is a nice match for the Korben stand.
One difference is that where the butt of the gun sits in a cutout, there's another magnet to keep it in place. This makes it even sturdier than the Korben pistol.
Important note: you may want to not put this prop on top of your television. Magnets do bad things to CRTs.
Under the base the print is in silver this time rather than white, and the edition number appears here too (handwritten).
So here are the two weapons face to face:
and side by side:
This is a big hunk of prop, very solid and quite weighty. It's not particularly comfortable to hold and aim, but of course that's a feature of the design and not the replica! The finish is fine and the lights are bright. It would have been better if the trigger/countdown worked. Also I can't see why they didn't put different number displays on each of the three positions on the dial, but that's just wishful thinking.
I'll let others nitpick the details, but to my mind HCG have delivered another very nice prop at a decent price. This will go proudly on our Fifth Element shelf.
