INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

 

The Original Princess Leia For a number of years, a serious problem has been affecting vintage Star Wars figure collectors: repro weapons! Anyone in the world of the vintage Star Wars collecting knows that it is more difficult to find a figure complete with all its accessories than incomplete. This is because the figures were made for children to play with, and as the weapons were small, a lot of them were lost. This makes complete figures much more desirable by collectors and their value higher than the incomplete ones.

Some years ago, repro weapons arrived on the marketplace, supposedly aimed at less discerning collectors that looked for an easy and cheap way to complete their loose figures. However, very soon a growing numbers of dishonest sellers began selling repro weapons as originals. The problem became worse as time went by and the quality of reproductions increased. Nowadays it has reached a point where there is such a high percentage of repro weapons in the marketplace that you need to be an expert to be able to distinguish between them. Many collectors and even sellers are unable to tell if their weapons are original or not and many think that you can never be 100% sure. This is very damaging to the hobby and many collectors are being disappointed. The purpose of this page is to be a reference point helping people distinguish between original weapons and repros.


CONTENTS

 

NOTE: The armoury of the jawas works with the collaboration of many collectors; so if you have a repro or a variant that is not in our database, please contact us in order to include it.

This page is composed of several sections. You can browse them using the menu on your left:

INTRODUCTION
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REPROS F.A.Q.
Frequently asked questions and answers about the repro weapons.

PISTOLS AND RIFLES
Here you can find the database with high resolution images and information about the repro weapon and accesories that we have listed.

SPEARS AND STAFFS
Database with high resolution images and information about the repro spears and staffs that we have listed.

SABRES AND MISCELLANEA
Database with high resolution images and information about the sabres and other elements repros that we have registered.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This page would not be possible without the collaboration of all of you. In this section we thank all the collaborators that have help in its creation.

© S I T H N E T - Javier Lois

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