03-10-2010, 10:51 AM
(03-10-2010, 10:43 AM)427 Cobra Wrote:(03-05-2010, 10:15 AM)MonsieurTox Wrote: The Hasegawa Leopold came in 3 colors : dark green, dark gray and light gray.Actually - you're half right and half wrong. The first ones used by ILM were Tamiya, but for some reason they stopped production of these in the first six,weeks making them very rare. I read that the Leopold was sold to Hasagawa because Tamiya had problems moving the kit to the shelves. There was little public interest,but the box my uncle has stashed has the same cover on it,but it says Tamiya.
I've never heard of any 1/72 Tamiya Leopold (could have been reboxed by Tamiya though, like they did with Italeri stuff, but I doubt). Anyway all the Leopold used on Star Wars stuff are the Hasegawa version !
No doubt they used a lot of Tamiya stuff on their models (got almost them all), but for ANH there were not as many Tamiya kits used on their models than we could think. A lot of Revell, Airfix AMT stuff was used ! Some of the Revell kits were released in 1956 (and I had to find 15 of them for my ISD !).
And since you're speaking about the ANH X-Wing, there are also Hasegawa kits on it, the Ticon and the Sherman !After Hasagawa bought the die moulds, there was no retooling done, but it changed colours from a dark gray to an olive drab green signifying a changerover.
So you are correct - the Hasagawa is what they used on later models. Oh well, there's no accounting for taste!
Cris get that box & get us a photo. That would be one of the rarest kits on the planet if so. I don't doubt your word but iwe really need to see a picture for varification. This is an important discovery.