RafalFett Strikes Back... with the 4th Shin Tool!

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Dec 26, 2012

• #41

SPY007 said:

I don't know about the rest of you, but I hate the "made up" props in the DK book. To me that's like inventing things for a King Tut exhibit or adding horns to a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton "because it looks cool". Movie props are pieces of history. In the touring Star Wars exhibit, some of the light sabres are licensed replicas. LAME.

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More shame goes for those who have access to the real suit and still their replicas are far from being accurate. You have all the measurements you want, lots of photos taken by you or from the archives, even they let you cast one of the original helmets, and you still can't do a decent job. The shin tools are just the tip of the iceberg...

 

stormtrooperguy

Sr Hunter

• Dec 30, 2012

• #42

the thing with the DK books is that they are not prop collector guides... they are in-universe books aimed at kids. a 7 years old wants a laser slicer, not a patterson squeegee

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Feb 1, 2013

• #43

Cant let this Die, on the RPF theres a thread about the Graphlex, there are a few variations of the switch used....Graflex Variations: Facts and vs. Replica check out the real ones in the pics....and this here Boba Fett First Prototype Costume - The Dented Helmet Gallery

based on the size of the knee darts it would have to be slightly larger then them, but smaller in diameter then the paint stirrer... any ideas here raf?

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Feb 2, 2013

• #44

Fett 4 Real said:

Cant let this Die, on the RPF theres a thread about the Graphlex, there are a few variations of the switch used....Graflex Variations: Facts and vs. Replica check out the real ones in the pics....and this here Boba Fett First Prototype Costume - The Dented Helmet Gallery

based on the size of the knee darts it would have to be slightly larger then them, but smaller in diameter then the paint stirrer... any ideas here raf?

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Thanks for reviving this thread!

Well, in our case that RPF thread doesn't help too much, except this older variation of the Graflex flash tube (Graflex Variations: Facts and vs. Replica - Post #3), which seems to be the correct tube for the Supertrooper blaster:



The great thing about this Graflex tube is that it has a different button, the so called 'telegraph' style button, which also has the correct diameter (around 12mm, the other posted in the first post had around 13mm) and it looks pretty close to the red thing in the Pre-Pro #1 4th shin tool:

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Feb 11, 2013

• #45

Added some interesting info to the end of the first post.

 

Major

Active Hunter

• Sep 7, 2013

• #46

This is great work..... and we'll zero in on this sooner than later....

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Sep 7, 2013

• #47

Major said:

This is great work..... and we'll zero in on this sooner than later....

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Thanks for the kind words! I hope too that we will find the missing shin tool sooner or later...

 

01Hawk

Active Hunter

• Jul 27, 2015

• #48

This has been a huge help! Thank you!

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Mar 25, 2017

• #49

Have we ever looked at Dosimeters for the 4th tool?

 

RafalFett

Well-Known Hunter

• Mar 26, 2017

• #50

Fett 4 Real said:

Have we ever looked at Dosimeters for the 4th tool?

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Never heard of this, but just took a quick look on Google and it looks pretty good. The only problem is that it has only 10-15mm diameter, while the 4th tool has around 30mm.

 

Fett 4 Real

Sr Hunter

• Mar 26, 2017

• #51

Noticed that also after looking at them a bit.


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