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General Kahn
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 1:06 pm | |
| Pegholes were made by using metal pins piercing through the freshly injection moulded figure?
In that case the shape of the pegholes would be determined by the type of pins used in that respective factory and not by the type of steelmould.
And consequently the shape of the pegholes would NOT be a mould characteristic. Still a strong link between a mould family and the shape of a peghole is possible and can be explained assuming the steel moulds of a certain family were in usage within the same toy factory.
This reasoning makes sense to you, guys? |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 1:17 pm | |
| - pattejan wrote:
I agree that these leads could mean that there are just two families ... but why are the positions of the PEG holes not identical on Macau and HK?  The different peg holes between the HK and Macau Gam Guards can easily be explained, as these figures were produced by different factories, each having its own distinctive pins. So in general the shape of pegholes is a factory characteristic, not so much a mould characteristic (following the reasoning in the previous post).
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 1:23 pm | |
| It's not the 'shape' of the pegholes but the position of the mould seam/ parting line in respect to the peghole. Different mould 'halves' = different mould family (in general) |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 1:33 pm | |
| - aussiejames wrote:
- It's not the 'shape' of the pegholes but the position of the mould seam/ parting line in respect to the peghole. Different mould 'halves' = different mould family (in general)
Thanks James, that helped. Ok, I understand now. It is about the position of the peg holes, not the shape. That was not clear to me. Like you say, the position is determined by the mould. Same for the position of EPMs. You can now just ignore my two previous posts, wrong reasoning.  |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 1:44 pm | |
| hmm...I am not sure (never investigated it further) if Macau and HK are the same....but:
1. We have no coo with dots left from H.K. and No coo from Macau stamped figures
2. The LFL leg seems close but I have 4 or 5 different and not one that matches a H.K. (compared to Macau)
...so I am with Patrick...not totally sure these are the same!?!?!?
I am not really good with ROTJ ...though
Anyway: I would stay away from PEG holes also. PEG holes are made AFTER the steelmolds were finished and duplicated. So it is possible that the very same Coo/Mold etc...can have different PEG hole positions.....just in case...just leave them alone I would say!
What is unique and more important is the "flashing" line between the two halfes of the steelmold. these can differ between the families....heavily!!
i know that this mostly goest with the postion of the PEG holes, but just in case...I would go for the lines only!
just my 2 cents |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 2:05 pm | |
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wbobafett
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 2:09 pm | |
| In general: There is very less differneces on ROTJ figures....if you exclude Biker or Leia Boushh which are obvious like hell...LOL
There are many explanations for that but well..worthless without proof.
I have checked my archive and have found nothing on GG. But I was sure I have found a pretty good difference onces....hmmmmm
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 2:17 pm | |
| Macau is 100% different to HK and Hong Kong!!
I have checked now my figures...not the same family at all! So 4 families on GG!! |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 03, 2014 5:05 pm | |
| I can also agree on the H.K and Macau differences, I have 3 H.K. and 3 Macau and all though the L.F.L leg stamp looks very much the same, none match, which would be a total number of 'moulds' for one family more than any other, which is highly unlikely, so we can there fore assume that the Macau is a unique family. Patrick I will post a couple of pics tomorrow of the 'speckled' bit so we know we're talking about the same thing |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sun May 04, 2014 6:32 am | |
| Yeah Alex, totally mathces my observations. But I agree with you that the Macau coo was altered. The problem here is: It was altered from the beginning. In ROTJ area there is a few altered Coos which never were released in their "original" form, means with their original Coo stamped on. Explanations for that can be foubnd in the "factory codes" thread.  I name one example: Raised bar China Tie Pilot!!  An I agree with Patrick....The LL and Macau are very close. I first thought I have fond sth but it is not present on all my Macaus....hmmm.... he only thing I have found is (looking from the front, to the left) a detail in the felt. It is a crease which is a) short or b) long - Macau: short, additional flashing to the feet - HK: short, no additional falshing to the feet - Hong Kong: long, no additional falshing to the feet - LL: long, additional falshing to teh feet So without using the PEG holes I can find two points which combinations seem to be unique. it would be better to find four different in one place but well...seems impossible on GG I guess?? |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Wed May 07, 2014 1:08 pm | |
| - wbobafett wrote:
- ... only thing I have found is (looking from the front, to the left) a detail in the felt. It is a crease which is a) short or b) long
- Macau: short, additional flashing to the feet
- HK: short, no additional falshing to the feet
- Hong Kong: long, no additional falshing to the feet
- LL: long, additional falshing to teh feet
So without using the PEG holes I can find two points which combinations seem to be unique.
it would be better to find four different in one place but well...seems impossible on GG I guess?? Hey Wolff, I agree it seems to be impossible to find one distinguishing feature for the four GG families. I took a closer look at my Gammies and I am not sure if I can find the short/long crease you mentioned:  But I think I found sth on Gammy's side. It's the same distribution as your crease. Hong Kong and LL seem to have more details on the sides than HK and Macau:  The chest circle details look as they are not distinct. Maybe I am wrong but the differences on this seem to differ within the families:  Like Alex pointed out it seems that a unique characteristic for the Hong Kong family are the EPM on the legs:  I think it's like Wollf said, we need to examine two features to describe each GG family clearly: The flashes on the soles and maybe the different looking sides (as I'm not able to see the crease differences mentioned by Wolff - or is it the same???  ) What attracted my attention - and I know I've read about that before - are the different head sculpts of the GGs. As you know from the pictures above I have 8 GGs in my collection. When I examined them to find differences I noticed that 7 of them had the same head sculpt and only one had the alternate sculpt. It's a No COO derived from the HK mould:  Now I'm wondering if all families can have this alternate sculpt or just the HK family or even just the No COOs from this family? And I'm wondering if this head sculpt is rare compared to the other or is it just coincidence that I have just one of them but seven of the other sculpt? |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Wed May 07, 2014 5:23 pm | |
| Great work Patrick, GG certianly is a n awkward one, especially trying to two unique differences per family.
I'll check over mine and compare them against yours, and I'll check mine for the head sculpt difference, although heads are certainly a bad point for family recognition as has been proven. |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Thu May 08, 2014 3:56 am | |
| That would be great Alex. If you want I can send you these pics in a higher resolution, so you could have a closer look to the characteristics of my GGs. What I think is really interesting too is the chest circle on one of my Macaus. It's the one on the far left in the second row. I don't know how to express this accurate in English but I would say there are nipples on the nipples.  Whereas my other GGs have just nipples without additional nipples on them. I agree with you that it's disputable to refer to "removable" heads for family recognition but thought it's interesting that I have only one GG with this different head sculpt. I'm curious about your examination on your GGs. |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Thu May 08, 2014 8:38 am | |
| Rog did some research on the faces (but the pictures are gone  ) http://www.imperialgunneryforum.com/t3957-the-tig-fotw-thread-gamorrean-guard I guess I'll be looking at my Gam Guard's nipples soon  |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Thu May 08, 2014 10:37 am | |
| Thanks for the link James. Seems that Rog's "Face B" (which is obviously my "different head sculpt") occurs only on the HK GGs (and of course on the corresponding No COOs). Maybe it's really just on this family??? But if it is so, why is "Face A" also present on this family and why "Face B" not on the other families? |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Thu May 08, 2014 4:03 pm | |
| Patrick I've checked my GG's and I agree, the chest circle detail does appear to change wth in families, I have Macau and H.K. GG's that have both the smooth and the stippled bit behind the bumps.
Also, interestingly, all of my GG's have the same face sculpt apart from my No COO (H.K. family) which has the different sculpt the same as yours :scratch: |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Fri May 09, 2014 7:42 am | |
| Thanks Alex for checking your GGs. I think we can state now that the four Gamorrean Guard families can be only identified by a combination of two features: The flashes on the soles and the details on the side. (As Wolff hasn't yet released the GG in his COO Guide 3.0 I just name the four families myself. Hope that's okay Wolff. ) Gamorrean Guard
I Hong Kong: no flashes on soles + detailed side
II HK (+ related No COO): no flashes on soles + less detailed side
III Macau (+ related No COO): flashes on soles + less detailed side
IV No COO (Lili Ledy): flashes on soles + detailed side
Family I (Hong Kong) can be identified alternatively by the EPM on the legs.
To date it seems that Face B (the different head sculpt) only appears on family II (HK + related No COO) whereas Face A appears on all families. It would be great if other members could check their GGs to confirm or disprove the Face B assumption. Cheers, Patrick |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Fri May 09, 2014 4:48 pm | |
| Great work Patrick and thanks  |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sun May 11, 2014 1:25 pm | |
| Hey Patrick...I ment a different crease...I have two minutes...will try to make some pics *fingers crossed* |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sun May 11, 2014 1:36 pm | |
| you will figure it out (what is what) Alex and Patrick Here is what I mean:  |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sun May 11, 2014 1:50 pm | |
| Cheers Wolff  it will have to wait until tomorrow now, I've stared at that fat bastard way to much this week already! Anyway, Gamorrean Guard is Patricks now |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Mon May 12, 2014 2:59 am | |
| Not much to contribute right now, just wanted to say thanks to Patrick, Alex and Wolff, for trying so hard to find these tiny mould differences for GG. Keep on the great work, guys! |
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| | Subject: Re: The Mould Family Guide & Discussion Thread Sat May 17, 2014 6:52 am | |
| Hey Wolff, thanks for the pics. I've had a quick look at my pigs and am not completely sure about these creases. My Hong Kong and my LL seem to have the long crease and my Macaus seem to have the short one but I'm not sure if my HKs have the long instead of the short crease??? I think I will have to look closely on my GGs again and keep you up to date.
Marco, thank you for your kind words. I'm glad that you like our observations on mould differences. |
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