Right folks, today I present to you a ...... Bespin Luke Obviously

I would like your opinions on this Bespin Luke if you would be so kind. I had a word with Wolff about this to see what he thought and I think the general thought is that it could be a 'mixed up' figure.

Either way I thought I'd share him with you guys to see what you think.

First of all a little back story, I've actually had this figure for about 3 years and bought him initially as a ginger Bespin Luke with the large HK COO for the reason he had a 'short shot' hand and I thought he would be nice for my focus as a factory error type figure. When he arrived I did think he looked a little different, but wasn't really familiar with Poch/PBP stuff and alo my research wasn't what it is now and he has kind of remained out of the main focus because I classed him as a factory error, however a sales post by Kenneth B got me thinking differently, and after sorting through my Luke's the other day I started thinking a few things.

Bear in mind I'm still missing the brown haired HK Large Poch Bespin uke from my collection (anyone got one for sale?????) and this really got me thinking.

Now first of all, I know it's not that figure but I'd like your opinions all the same. I'll talk you through it in a comparrison way to the actual Ginger HK large Luke generally regarded as the Palitoy variant.

First up, here's the actual figure:

Secondly, a head comparison, now the 'Palitoy' version has a vibrant ginger hair and always has thin black eye prints. This figure (right) has lighter ginger hair and brown bold eye prints.

Next is the hands, Now the 'Palitoy' version always has a kind of dull flesh tone which is probably the best flesh paint used on any Bespin Luke, this one is notably paler (bottom)

Now the boots, it's important to note that the 'Palitoy' ginger Luke has brown boot's, not tan or sienna, this colour is unique to this figure and they ALL have it. The figure in question however has tan boot's and the paint is rather poorly applied with several over-lapping splashes onto the legs and a couple of thin spots. There is also some extra flashing not usually present on the stanrad figures.

Next up, melt marks? There is definately some marks on the back, but it's hard to tell wether they are melt marks or just damage, however the belt on the back of the torso and the parts of the belt which are on the actual legs (left leg in particular) show marks. There are also other marks around the edge of the leg not shown in the pic (sorry)

Hi folks, Sorry to again present another Bespin Luke here, but hey, it's what I do. Just thought this was interesting and a follow up to the one I posted about two pages back. It's the choclate boots Luke and is almost identical to the other, even down to the right hands pink and the left hand pale and almost identical melt marks.

It's also worthy of a mention that although the eye print on this whole range of Bespin Luke figures, this particular one is quite bold though, similar to this carded example:

Hi Rawlin, I would agree with Javi that this is not a POCH figure, I have the same Bossk with very similar fading/discolouration and the same COO, this came from a guaranteed English childhood collection.

Hi Claes, Luke Bespin is the Dark Boots - Painted Hip version of the figure, this specific variation was a European variation, most common in the U.K. on Palitoy ROTJ 45 Back C cards and the ROTJ 65 Back D cards. He could also be found on Tri-Logo cards. This variation is generally referred to as PBP (like so many non-specific PBP figures) however no carded PBP examples of this figure exist, BUT these figures have turned up in Spanish childhood collections so it is an almost certanty that this figure could be found in Spain, but it is not a PBP specific variation.
The melt marks go in it's favour also as possibly originating from Spain, but again, not a certainty as this could happen else where, his hands are pink also, as opposed to the usual 'pale' hands (this figure could be found with either)