You sure? Where the rod enters it looks like a pretty solid piece.
yes!
James Kenobi filled me in, thats the graflex stunt sold at Christie's auction house, the emitter eing as been filled in with a resin (or some other material) plug for stability. the rivets are in the clamp and the saber was painted with rattle can silver
resin fighting stunts didn't show up until 1998 in TPM
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I will also say, this mold was detailed enough to pick up the circuit board leads and the detailed upper neck. Would it then also be so crappy to cast a bevel where a straight edge would be?