Julien’s Upcoming Hero Phaser & Communicator Auction
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I’d like to point out that, unlike the 2021 auction phaser forgery, the P1 side rails on this prop are planted onto the sides of the upper shell, with no slots cut into the shell to accommodate them (as most fan-made replicas and fakes have). This is consistent with the Jein hero.
Sounds about right.
Lightning
Master Member
they need to make a fake Eveready to put in there.
AdmiralBaxter
Sr Member
I think folks are tired of fakes....
Anyway, I think the phaser is in the bag, but I look forward to more images of the communicator. Since both props were apparently consigned by the same source, it’s not a huge leap to assume both are genuine, but it would still be nice to get a definitive match on the comm, as well.
Ugh…
I have always hated that bronze handle color seen on some of the heroes…
I am so disappointed to see it verified as being on the Finney / MOST hero…
Though, it appears to be an inconsistent issue as some of the verified midgrades have a more gunmetal handle color.
Perhaps the Bonze color is part of a Season 3 repaint and didn’t apply in earlier seasons?
One can see a darker paint layer under the bronze paint of the handle (as well as the early season one white handle color):
(I am trying to find a way NOT to have to use that bronze color, you see…)
I have always hated that bronze handle color seen on some of the heroes…
I am so disappointed to see it verified as being on the Finney / MOST hero…
Though, it appears to be an inconsistent issue as some of the verified midgrades have a more gunmetal handle color.
Perhaps the Bonze color is part of a Season 3 repaint and didn’t apply in earlier seasons?
One can see a darker paint layer under the bronze paint of the handle (as well as the early season one white handle color):
(I am trying to find a way NOT to have to use that bronze color, you see…)
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AdmiralBaxter
Sr Member
All of the screen used midgrades I have examined in person have a "gun metal" or "dark grey" metallic finish....
Feek told me he thinks it was bad photoshopping that gave such an odd color on the hero phaser, so I will take him at his word
phez
Sr Member
It is hard to let go of preconceptions of what we thought that communicator looked like but when you compare it to all of the screen caps you can tell that it is pretty much still how it was in the show. There are a few weird things on it that until you really look at the screen caps don't look right, then once you see them you know there was no way this was faked.
phez
Sr Member
I think Wah Chang updated the Heros and the studio prop department made the mid-grades. It is probably as easy as Wah chose to use bronze paint on the ones he painted and the prop department used gunmetal (looks close enough) on the ones they made. There is really no indication in screen caps that they were ever repainted after they were updated is there?
asalaw
Master Member
That sounds very reasonable, especially since we now have two confirmed heroes with bronze paint...
I was thinking the same …the studio prop shop colors on the midgrades are “close” to the Wah-created heroes, but just a shade or two “different”, including the handle color.
But…
The Jein handle appears to be less “bronzish” than the Finney / MOST phaser (photography and lighting?) and there also appears to be another layer of a different color of bronze / gunmetal paint on the handle, here:
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feek61
Sr Member
Looks like they must have had JLong restore the Beta comm. A t-jet hub and the morie and ring was missing back in February.
Lighting is a big factor. I suspect that the color is probably the same gunmetal color seen on the Jein and the midgrades.
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