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I've been trying to take a closer look at these by taking photo studies and comparing to what's in the media gallery. These are just observations. There are plenty of factors with this approach which can lead one astray and reach the wrong conclusions: the angle not being exactly the same, lighting not matching exactly the same, the amount of light coming from the flash, the surface area of the flash, the position of the flash relative to the lens, the quality and thickness of the paint, weathering differences causing illusions, etc. But even with these problems, I've noticed a couple of things about the Royal keys that seem a little off from the originals, beyond just the differences of topology on the top surface.

I'm using the key I sanded down for the comparisons. My DSLR isn't working, and my iphone 12 pro, although it has a great camera on it, couldn't take pics that recreated the right look with the flash, so I got out my old 2005 Canon Elph for these.

The degree of pinch in the lower corners seems to be tighter on the originals (original on the left)
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(original on bottom)
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(originals on bottom)
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there also seems to be more curvature in the upper portion of the sides, where it indents just slightly before coming to the top, and where it meets the top seems to flare out very subtly. (originals on bottom)

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I literally took hundreds of photos and spent a lot of time looking over them. There is nothing conclusive to say about them other than it's not a 100% slam dunk these are the correct keys. They are so close, it suggests to me that if these are not the ones, it may be an earlier model, or perhaps another make that these were emulating (or vice versa). Or maybe these are the ones and my photo recreations are not accurate in some critical way.

Here, my flattened key is floating about the two originals in the photo:
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couple more photos of my flattened key on my ROTJ display:
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If these are not the correct keys, you could do worse. They're so close it might almost be moot. Although it might be worth the effort to look at earlier Royal models.

<blockquote data-quote="Ord Mantell" data-source="post: 514953" data-attributes="member: 12897">I&#039;ve been trying to take a closer look at these by taking photo studies and comparing to what&#039;s in the media gallery. These are just observations. There are plenty of factors with this approach which can lead one astray and reach the wrong conclusions: the angle not being exactly the same, lighting not matching exactly the same, the amount of light coming from the flash, the surface area of the flash, the position of the flash relative to the lens, the quality and thickness of the paint, weathering differences causing illusions, etc. But even with these problems, I&#039;ve noticed a couple of things about the Royal keys that seem a little off from the originals, beyond just the differences of topology on the top surface.I&#039;m using the key I sanded down for the comparisons. My DSLR isn&#039;t working, and my iphone 12 pro, although it has a great camera on it, couldn&#039;t take pics that recreated the right look with the flash, so I got out my old 2005 Canon Elph for these.The degree of pinch in the lower corners seems to be tighter on the originals (original on the left)[ATTACH=full]214049[/ATTACH](original on bottom)[ATTACH=full]214050[/ATTACH](originals on bottom)[ATTACH=full]214051[/ATTACH]there also seems to be more curvature in the upper portion of the sides, where it indents just slightly before coming to the top, and where it meets the top seems to flare out very subtly. (originals on bottom)[ATTACH=full]214052[/ATTACH]I literally took hundreds of photos and spent a lot of time looking over them. There is nothing conclusive to say about them other than it&#039;s not a 100% slam dunk these are the correct keys. They are so close, it suggests to me that if these are not the ones, it may be an earlier model, or perhaps another make that these were emulating (or vice versa). Or maybe these are the ones and my photo recreations are not accurate in some critical way.Here, my flattened key is floating about the two originals in the photo:[ATTACH=full]214053[/ATTACH]couple more photos of my flattened key on my ROTJ display:[ATTACH=full]214054[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]214055[/ATTACH]If these are not the correct keys, you could do worse. They&#039;re so close it might almost be moot. Although it might be worth the effort to look at earlier Royal models.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ord Mantell, post: 514953, member: 12897"] I've been trying to take a closer look at these by taking photo studies and comparing to what's in the media gallery. These are just observations. There are plenty of factors with this approach which can lead one astray and reach the wrong conclusions: the angle not being exactly the same, lighting not matching exactly the same, the amount of light coming from the flash, the surface area of the flash, the position of the flash relative to the lens, the quality and thickness of the paint, weathering differences causing illusions, etc. But even with these problems, I've noticed a couple of things about the Royal keys that seem a little off from the originals, beyond just the differences of topology on the top surface. I'm using the key I sanded down for the comparisons. My DSLR isn't working, and my iphone 12 pro, although it has a great camera on it, couldn't take pics that recreated the right look with the flash, so I got out my old 2005 Canon Elph for these. The degree of pinch in the lower corners seems to be tighter on the originals (original on the left) [ATTACH type="full"]214049[/ATTACH] (original on bottom) [ATTACH type="full"]214050[/ATTACH] (originals on bottom) [ATTACH type="full"]214051[/ATTACH] there also seems to be more curvature in the upper portion of the sides, where it indents just slightly before coming to the top, and where it meets the top seems to flare out very subtly. (originals on bottom) [ATTACH type="full"]214052[/ATTACH] I literally took hundreds of photos and spent a lot of time looking over them. There is nothing conclusive to say about them other than it's not a 100% slam dunk these are the correct keys. They are so close, it suggests to me that if these are not the ones, it may be an earlier model, or perhaps another make that these were emulating (or vice versa). Or maybe these are the ones and my photo recreations are not accurate in some critical way. Here, my flattened key is floating about the two originals in the photo: [ATTACH type="full"]214053[/ATTACH] couple more photos of my flattened key on my ROTJ display: [ATTACH type="full" width="532px"]214054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="531px"]214055[/ATTACH] If these are not the correct keys, you could do worse. They're so close it might almost be moot. Although it might be worth the effort to look at earlier Royal models. [/QUOTE]

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