Jawa
Wolff
- May 22, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chihuahua
- May 22, 2020
Early days, some of the figures suffered from sloppy manufacturing in the Hong Kong factories. Jawa is certainly one of those characters with hit-and-miss paint apps and mixed up torso moulds. As the line went one and production was moved to China, the quality and consistency of the manufacturing improved.
Refer to comparison graphics below
Left leg: “HONG KONG”
Early version
- Sharp bandolier torso mould
- Initially released with the light brown vinyl cape, but quickly upgraded to the cloth cape while still on the 12 back release wave
- Often features a light spray paint application
- Translucent eye paint with the “alien” eye spray mask
Later version
- Sharp bandolier torso mould
- Improved thicker and more accurate paint app, particularly to the eyes and bandolier
- Released with the cloth cape
- Alien eye spray mask
Left leg: “HONG KONG”
- The figure was altered again with a new rounded bandolier sculpt and completely new limbs (I believe from the 41 bks onwards, the first ESB Kader release I could find)
- Alien eye spray mask
- A mix of Kader F1 & F2.1 Jawa parts were sent overseas to Poch, with the paint application, assembly and packaging occurring in Spain.
- A mix of Kader F1 & F2.1 Jawa parts were used to produce the Toltoys jawa which was released with the darker vinyl cape on 41 back Kader cards. I don’t know why the limbs on this specific release are susceptible to discolouration.
- The last Kader HK made card I could find was the ROTJ 65 back before Jawa production moved to China.
Left leg: No Coo (HONG KONG removed)
- This figure debuted on the ROTJ 65bks and carried through to the POTF 92 back release
- The Family 1 sharp bandolier sculpt returns for this COO
- New unique limb sculpts
- Distinct large round eyes
Left leg: “HONG KONG”
- Shot in darker brown plastic than the Kader F1 & F2 versions
- Both sharp and rounded bandolier torso moulds. Sharp is identical to the Kader mould and rounded is unique to Unitoy
- Released with a cloth cape
- Pin dot eyes can be spaced close or further apart. These two eyes masks feature all through the Unitoy production
- Often has mixed up rounded & sharp front & back torso moulds which don’t fit snugly together
- A crease appears on the right arm in one of the two mould cavities
- Hong Kong Unitoy Jawa pieces were sent overseas to Poch, with the paint application, assembly and packaging occurring in Spain.
- The Unitoys sharp sculpt moulds were sent to Lili Ledy in Mexico to produce their Jawa figure.
- The last Unitoy produced card I could find was the ESB 47 back.
