I agree that these are not the most accurate Fetts in the world, but man they are impressive none the less.
I've had the pleasure of owning this statue, twice. I currently own one, & it is just cool.
I had the honor of visiting Don Post Jr. on many occasion when they had there shop minutes away from where I worked in Burbank. Before Paper Magic bought them out. The first one I purchased was a # 13. It was an Amazing paint job. Not as tattered or "weathered" as the ones pictured, but very nicely done. The armor pieces were weathered very well.
I sold that one & purchased another one, # 50 or #70 something or other, I'm to lazy to go check.
Anyhow, this one is a bit more clean, but not that far off from the # 13 I originally had.
I asked Don about the variance in color schemes & he told me that first off, like so many other numbered replicas in a series, numerical order wasn't necessairly the order they went out of the shop.
He told me that they went in batches . Every batch having the same "artist". So when another batch went out more than likely it was painted by someone else, hence lending itself to a different paint job everytime no matter what the standard "template" was.
It also depended on the personal like of the customer. some people specifically would ask for a "clean" version. So, go figure, Don actually would listen to a specific request if he got one.
Don was an awesome guy to deal with. He took a complete stranger (me) & showed me around his shop. Pretty damn cool.
He led me to believe that the Fetts that were more weathered were actually the ones that were paid less attention to. it almost looks like they just got an airbrush & blasted the suit with black spots.
The first 20 or so were the ones that got the better paint jobs. He told me that some actually had different colored belt ammo pouches. One batch would have the aged weathered brown while others had just plain black.
Anyway, they are very cool. I love mine. :thumbsup
