So who makes the prop replicas now?

[nash]

That's because Jeff Parks can't sell licensed replicas or Lfl will shut him down.

his stuff was made before he went to work for MR. that is not the reason they are inaccurate.

 

[Jango56031]

his stuff was made before he went to work for MR. that is not the reason they are inaccurate.

I'm so behind on stuff. When did he go to work for MR? Also did Larry Bell (Larbel) go to work for them too?

 

[orbitingx]

I've read some pretty bad things about Park's dealings through the past couple years on RPF and other sites.

However I purchased my Arc-Wave before MR started selling their FX models.Jeff Parks was really nice and easy to communicate with (just had to wait forever for it).I still love this saber.It is well built and has been through lots of battles with my nephew (he opts for my MR ESB Vader saber).

Sorry to hear about the bad blood with Parks and others.

Here is mine:

 

[The Mike]

A 1:1 Vader is easily possible.. with patience (And Money.)

Thats my Vader. Of course, I'm also in that suit. And one day someone with make a 1/6 Vader to match me.

But, Full Scale armor isn't difficult to find, just takes time and money for accurate pieces.

The funny thing about this comment is during one of their "Jedi Council Meetings" they had a focus group right after the Corgi/MR merger and the question was asked "If you could have just one more Star Wars prop as if the company was shutting down and could only make one more what would it be"

There were various answers but once someone said a 1:1 accurate Vader, the entire round table of five agreed that that would be the ultimate send off piece. Ironic that a few months later the company lost the license and the Vader was still never made.

In the end, the folks who work at Master Replicas were as much victims in this whole thing as the fans and collectors. But LFL was not in the wrong here at all. This is all at the feet of Corgi.

I spoke to the folks at MR quite frequently right after the announcement and about a month later and there are still folks there that are really upset about the announcement that they were losing the SW license.....