VanOaksProps
Sr Member
For anyone planning on a Cara Dune costume, it looks like her blaster is mainly the WWII Japanese type 14 Nambu pistol with a Bushnell Phantom scope with the eyepiece removed.
That MGC scope is worth 5x what a real one cost. I sold one for $300.00It's also possible that the scope and mount were scavenged from an MGC Man From U.N.C.L.E. kit...
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Are we sure that they used an actual Nambu for the build? It looks like it might be based on an airsoft or even a casting/3D print looking at what's going on with the upper receiver and how there are no real seams around the grip and magazine.
The prop on display is less my point than the actual structural differences of the Cara blaster compared to a real type 14 nambu. There are certainly a number of pieces that line up exceptionally well with the Type 14 such as the grip & trigger guard, upper rear sight, and the cocking knob, but there are also enough differences such as the extension to the rear tang on the frame/grip, the extended slide with cocking serrations and the extended front end with the cutout around the barrel and such to question if they used an actual nambu (which are starting to become rare $$$$) for the build or if it's just heavily inspired by one just like Mando's blaster pistol was inspired by it's real world counterpart. We've also seen Disney largely rely on using Airsofts in their films as of late rather than using actual live firing models like in the OT days. Just food for thought (also I'd hate to see people start butchering real nambu's if one wasn't actually used)I don't think they use the actual prop guns for these displays. The one shown is a casting, and the scope is warped, too.
The prop on display is less my point than the actual structural differences of the Cara blaster compared to a real type 14 nambu. There are certainly a number of pieces that line up exceptionally well with the Type 14 such as the grip & trigger guard, upper rear sight, and the cocking knob, but there are also enough differences such as the extension to the rear tang on the frame/grip, the extended slide with cocking serrations and the extended front end with the cutout around the barrel and such to question if they used an actual nambu (which are starting to become rare $$$$) for the build or if it's just heavily inspired by one just like Mando's blaster pistol was inspired by it's real world counterpart.
Yeah, I'm leaning towards the airsoft replica that was once available.We've also seen Disney largely rely on using Airsofts in their films as of late rather than using actual live firing models like in the OT days. Just food for thought (also I'd hate to see people start butchering real nambu's if one wasn't actually used)
Could just be my eyes playing games, but it almost looks like the barrel on her blaster sits higher on the Cara blaster than the nambu's barrel would even allow for