Greg Jein Collection Hero X-Wing & more
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Could be…either way, I’m not sure what to make of a restoration that sloppily applies glue that was not there in the first place. Strange.
Did Heritage assemble the communicator as part of the consignment, I wonder?
I'm certainly not defending anyone, I honestly don't know. I am not as knowledgeable about this stuff, as others are.
Those photos, really do show off sloppiness, for such a rare item.
Edit: I picked the wrong time, to not be independently wealthy!
Those photos, really do show off sloppiness, for such a rare item.
Edit: I picked the wrong time, to not be independently wealthy!
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The sad thing is, this could very well be the last time that many of these items are available for public viewing.
Unless the Paul Allen estate picks up some of these items to add to the EMP in Seattle…
Unless the Paul Allen estate picks up some of these items to add to the EMP in Seattle…
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We are lucky these things all still exist, and we are getting to see them now!
Remember: Save early, save often.
I wonder if my wife would mind if I spent $7,000 on Finnegan's tunic, so I can walk around saying "Me back, Jimmy boy, me back". Or perhaps, $9,000 on Mark Lenard's Romulan Commander uniform, from Balance of Terror?
Remember: Save early, save often.
I wonder if my wife would mind if I spent $7,000 on Finnegan's tunic, so I can walk around saying "Me back, Jimmy boy, me back". Or perhaps, $9,000 on Mark Lenard's Romulan Commander uniform, from Balance of Terror?
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Jm419
Sr Member
Wasn't Red Leader the original Hero, the one that was sent off to make the full scale copies for the Yavin actors to interact with? It was Blue Leader then, but it got a repaint... and I seem to recall it was subtly different from the cast off models, like can be seen in the cockpit frame geometry here.Interesting that the cockpit has a piece of plastic for the windshield...not on any screen -used models as far as I know
Yeah, maybe this is only temporary glue in there and is disclosed as such somewhere (in the fine print? lol) If it was really reassembled like this - oh boy.
A glue gun would certainly be better than epoxy.
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Yeah, maybe this is only temporary glue in there and is disclosed as such somewhere (in the fine print? lol) If it was really reassembled like this - oh boy.
Well, the problem with Kydex is it is very difficult to find a glue that actually sticks to it in any permanent way. If this new glue seen around the aluminum control plate is something like E6000 it can be easily peeled off of the Kydex without causing any damage.
phez
Sr Member
Pretty sure it was done recently. There were never any jewels on that one during the show, just the hubs. The hubs were in a bag in the box with the rest of the original parts with the Communicators when Master Replicas documented it for their prop and they were there when John Long documented and made a casting of it for his kit. You can see that it was the original hubs that someone thought it was a good idea to destroy doing this (Note: the two divots in the center hub in the auction photo match the two divots that were in the original right-hand hub in the MR documentation photos). Looks like they damaged the original hubs pretty badly. Whoever buys it can replace the hubs pretty easily but not sure why it was not left like it was seen on the show since the parts were there.
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phez
Sr Member
I think the glue might JB Weld. If it was E6000 I don't think it would look gray on the bottom of the mic plate. That was not on there before. And I agree, E6000 would have been the way to go here. Nobody outside this board would ever notice any of this though
Before "repair":
After "Repair":
joberg
Legendary Member
I remember seeing one of the XWing model (and a YWing) at an Expo, in Brussels, in 1977 just when SW was opening in theaters. I was wondering
why none of them had "glass" on their cockpit windows
I know better now, so why this piece of plastic was added?
Let’s turn to the item that is sure to generate the most bidding…The Shatner TOS Lace Toupee that is up for grabs.
Subjecting this rug to “Toupological Analysis” this appears to be more like the lace piece used by Shatner in Alexander the Great vs. Star Trek. Of course, this piece has been subjected to almost 60 years of aging and handling and could look substantially different than it did during the series, I suppose.
Subjecting this rug to “Toupological Analysis” this appears to be more like the lace piece used by Shatner in Alexander the Great vs. Star Trek. Of course, this piece has been subjected to almost 60 years of aging and handling and could look substantially different than it did during the series, I suppose.
Jm419
Sr Member
I was mistaken, Red Two is the original Blue Leader.I remember seeing one of the XWing model (and a YWing) at an Expo, in Brussels, in 1977 just when SW was opening in theaters. I was wondering
why none of them had "glass" on their cockpit windows
See here: 1976 Blue One X-Wing Reference.
The models all apparently had glass/plastic at first, but it was removed during filming because it was causing glare. This could be the original piece, restored to the model after it was filmed, or it could be a replacement for the same idea. Maybe he thought the model should have "glass" in the cockpit, who knows?
Heck, it could even be a creative dust-catcher for all we know. Either way, it was almost certainly not on the model during filming.
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Wish I could afford the Stargate Pyramid ship models.
And yeah... the Buyer's Premium is insane.
And yeah... the Buyer's Premium is insane.
A few other oddities:
the phaser they label as a midgrade is really a crapazoid.
The communicators labeled as STIII are really STV.
Some auctions have screencaps from the wrong movie/show.
Some of the oddball TOS patches (like the penal colony one) don't seem to match the screencaps they themselves provide.
There are, and have been for quite a while, makers of very good TOS braid. How do we know he didn't get some, and now that they've been found among his stuff, it's assumed to be original? (That could be asked about much of the stuff of course.)
One of the lots of movie patches, etc, has a Mirror Universe design never seen on a patch in any show AFAIK.
The TMP Klingon battlecruiser closeup engine has modeled-in damage at the rear. Why?
the phaser they label as a midgrade is really a crapazoid.
The communicators labeled as STIII are really STV.
Some auctions have screencaps from the wrong movie/show.
Some of the oddball TOS patches (like the penal colony one) don't seem to match the screencaps they themselves provide.
There are, and have been for quite a while, makers of very good TOS braid. How do we know he didn't get some, and now that they've been found among his stuff, it's assumed to be original? (That could be asked about much of the stuff of course.)
One of the lots of movie patches, etc, has a Mirror Universe design never seen on a patch in any show AFAIK.
The TMP Klingon battlecruiser closeup engine has modeled-in damage at the rear. Why?
The Lost In Space robot parts: as seen in photos, he had a replica in progress collecting dust in his studio for years. So he would have had replica parts around. I hope the folks who found the pieces were correct in their identification. I know the original props had been altered for reuse years later and, later still, restored (possibly with some repro parts), meaning these parts might never have been reinstalled after those post-LIS modifications, but saved by someone.
I'm not disrepecting them---they're good folks, more knowledgeable than I. It's just, mistakes happen.
Don’t email about the free catalog that they announce at the beginning of the podcast…they are out.
I’m no expert but in looking at the DS pistol from Logan’s Run… it looks like the TV version and not the film version.
Switch moved to back of grip, different trigger and three colored dots on top.
Were new pistols created for the tv show or did they modify the film pistols?
Switch moved to back of grip, different trigger and three colored dots on top.
Were new pistols created for the tv show or did they modify the film pistols?
SciFiMuseum
Sr Member
Both. They modified some of flameguns for the television series and some new ones were made as well with the plug on the back side and there would be a hole still present on the front where the original switch was. I think there were like 16 made for the 1976 film.
