Deckard's Hero Blaster is now up for sale

[phase pistol]

The LED at the front of the sight rod DOES look suspiciously clean... but perhaps they just removed the debris that was down in there.

[andy]

[eltee]

I threw this pic together at med rez. Hope it helps.

[Noeland]

Eltee, I'm starting to get jealous of your access!!



Andy, the cylinder should be held in place while shooting with a pin from the rear. The ejector rod wouldn't be holding it in.

I'll have to check my diagrams to be sure.
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[andy]

From those pics it actually looks like the sight rod is actually part of the cylinder cover . I take it this gun is in your possession right now?

Andy

[Noeland]

Yeah, it does. Good eyes. Gotta be bolted together form inside the side panel though.

Ya think?



Is that . . . blended into the cross hatching there?

Some kind of adhesive, weld stuff?
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[phase pistol]

So did this thing ever have lights in the grip, or what?

Let's put all those old stories to bed at once.

[kurtyboy]

Aha! So my theory of it being cobbled together and recast might not be so outlandish after all? It does look like it has been added to the side plate and then a casting made of the whole assembly.

[Mr Webber]

Karl or eltee, how heavy in the hand is the original and which model replica comes the closest to the feel of the hero?
Not important but would still like to know.
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[phase pistol]

The prop is very heavy. No replica I am aware of comes close.

Coyle's metal blaster that I have is, heavy I suppose, but nowhere near as heavy as the prop.

Another issue is the grip, which is VERY big and fills your hand. Most replicas have stingy narrow grips by comparison.

I have not held the Sidkit or Tomenosuke replicas, so I can't be sure of those however.

[Mr Webber]

Thanks Karl,
Heres a clipping from todays local paper.......

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[spinner 44]

[Alex T.]

I dunno if someone posted this before, I haven't managed to read all the posts but.... could it be possible there was more than one movie prop? Apart for the obvious alterations (those white wires seem to be just too new to me..), there are some subtle differences in the rust spots.. dunno, maybe it's just speculation, but considering the prices we're talking about...

Cheers

Alex

[DeckB26354]

Thanks Spinner 44, great pics. I see what you mean, and it makes perfect sense.

So why is Eltree being so illusive about these photos he has? How does he have access the the Hero?

Also, from the picture of the back LED, this one clearly hasn't been replaced. The round "frame" to the LED is exactly the same as Karls pics, and what with the bottom Red non-working LED not being replaced I would suggest that the front Green LED hasn't been either. They have removed the junk as they did on the grips.

I can't see any evidence of rust removal or work on any of the metal. Does anyone else see any evidence of this?

[clutch]

I'm just glad he's showing anything at all. We don't know what kind of restrictions he is under. This is an item worth a boatload of money that they haven't received yet.

[Noeland]

[andy]

Just for the record, his name is Eltee (no R), as in 'L' and 'T', and he has promised to show more as soon as he can. He is obviously in a position of responsibility and can not jeopardize that.

Andy

[phase pistol]

Well I certainly would like to thank Eltee, for his generosity in posting what he can, and I look forward to more in the future!

As to IDing the Profiles piece as the hero prop, it does look to me that the Profiles piece is the same one I examined at Worldcon in 2006, at least based on the available photos at this time.

[DeckB26354]

Well let me start by saying how much I truly appreciate the photos he has posted; fantastic!

But I should say that I feel I have completely missed something here!
I am not familiar with who he is or what "position of responsiblilty" he holds, so if I have spoken out of turn at all then I apologise.

[DeckB26354]

LOVE that B&W holstered pic of Deckard, Spinner. I know I've already said it, but it really is a cool shot. Thanks again. I love the way you can see that they have cleaned out some, but not all of the junk from the small socket screw at the back of the reciver and also from around the back of the grip.


Have you noticed that both the front groves have that bumpiness in them that we thought might be some sort of lettering a couple of years ago? Now that I see that the top grove has roughly the same patternation as the side one I have a theory; I think the drill that they used to hollow out the rod got very close to coming through at that point and has made those marks in both grooves. If you look at the size of the opening at the front for the LED and them the depth of the grooves, it's bloody close! I must be wafer thin at that point. What do you think?