The Correct D Ring for A New Hope Vader?
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Sym-Cha answered this very same question for me a few days ago:
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=258581&page=4&p=3961015&viewfull=1#post3961015
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http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=258581&page=4&p=3961015&viewfull=1#post3961015
Send me your address if you can't find one.
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Please Blockers ... do post some pictures of your vintage MPP ... I'm always curious to see it and add your pictures to my extensive research archive
Chaim
Here's a few pictures for you!
I have a D ring currently in the post (hopefully arriving today). The bubble strip has been cut a bit short either end, and as you can see in the photo, it has a few cracks in it, so I will be looking at replacing this at some point in the near future, but it will do for now. Not sure whether the bubbles are real or not though!
Sym-Cha
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Thanks ... I have to say ... though it's a beautiful MPP and Vader lightsaber ... I have some reservations about it's origin truly being a vintage flashgun ... there are certain tells that scream replica to me . . . perhaps others can chime in and share their valid opinions before jumping to such conclusions?
Chaim
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I feel exactly the same way, it was listed on eBay as an original Heiland Syncronar (obviously it's an mpp and not Heiland) and in the pictures it did look genuine. On closer inspection it looks more like a replica, but at the price I got it for, I'm not going to complain! What to you makes it look like a replica, just out of interested?
Sym-Cha
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First that the D-ring was missing was an early sign that it could be a Parks from some time ago ... which came without D-rings in the shroud for you to sort out. Second the plastic sleeve underneath the clamp which doesn't protrude a little as the genuine MPP sleeve does. Your endcap doesn't have the 3 embossed rings in the black part as is true to a genuine MPP. Also the shape of the shroud and the thicker shroud edge says Parks all over to me too. Here's a newer version of the last Parks replica before his 2.0 variant : http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=241337 aside from the silver sidebars you can compare and see the resemblance quite easily ... the only thing that's different between my Parks silver sidebar replica clamp and yours is the shape of the lever ... yours looks like a modern variant. I hope that helps 
Chaim
Chaim
Please Blockers ... do post some pictures of your vintage MPP ... I'm always curious to see it and add your pictures to my extensive research archive
Chaim
Chaim, I know I sent you pics of my MPP, just curious how many units you've catalogued over the years. You must have the ultimate archive of MPP's in our community.
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First that the D-ring was missing was an early sign that it could be a Parks from some time ago ... which came without D-rings in the shroud for you to sort out. Second the plastic sleeve underneath the clamp which doesn't protrude a little as the genuine MPP sleeve does. Your endcap doesn't have the 3 embossed rings in the black part as is true to a genuine MPP. Also the shape of the shroud and the thicker shroud edge says Parks all over to me too. Here's a newer version of the last Parks replica before his 2.0 variant : http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=241337 aside from the silver sidebars you can compare and see the resemblance quite easily ... the only thing that's different between my Parks silver sidebar replica clamp and yours is the shape of the lever ... yours looks like a modern variant. I hope that helps
Chaim
That helps a lot thanks Sym-Cha! It's a good enough replica for me, I'm only using it as a display piece, and it's nice to look out. But I shall still be on the look out for a genuine MPP in the future
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I think this may be the MPP I have! http://graflexsabers.com/mpp.html
The end cap looks the same, and the shroud is the same shape and without the D ring, so I think you may be right about it being a Parks Sym-Cha!
But I thought that the smooth black insert on the endcap was a variant that was also genuine - that's what parfaitelumiere seems to have indicated in the photo in the first post of his thread here: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=248078&p=3778126&viewfull=1#post3778126
Both of the MPPs that I own have the smooth black insert, and both were represented as being genuine :unsure
Sym-Cha
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Hm, but I'm horrible at keeping my Archives neat and tidy + some external harddrives are out of order at the moment to retrieve those picture files ... luckily thanks to parfaitelumiere who made the ultimate thread ... with lots of pictures we can all enjoy them
And that brings me to that particular endcap without the engraved rings ... if you have the two-step shroud than your MPP's might still be genuine D48thRonin Are these MPP's pictured above yours Panaflex ?
Chaim
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Hm, but I'm horrible at keeping my Archives neat and tidy + some external harddrives are out of order at the moment to retrieve those picture files ... luckily thanks to parfaitelumiere who made the ultimate thread ... with lots of pictures we can all enjoy them
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz258/Sym-Cha/MPPx6_zpsiltlwgrf.jpg
Are these MPP's pictured above yours @Panaflex ?
Chaim
Amazing photo Chaim!
I wish these were all mine. I have one black side bar, 2 step vintage flash that I put one of Roy's shrouds on.
The photos I sent were pretty detailed with all the engraved numbers etc.
Sym-Cha
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Found your emails again ... still need to add your pictures to my MPP file ... thanks for reminding me
Chaim
Found your emails again ... still need to add your pictures to my MPP file ... thanks for reminding me
Chaim
My pleasure. It's interesting to know there's a database forming.
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