A GUIDE TO VINTAGE STAR WARS FIGURES & ACCESSORIES

Glasslite Han Solo

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Figure

Han Solo Mercenário Estelar

DIFFERENCES: Compared to the Kenner counterpart, the Glasslite Han Solo has:

  • Moulded in harder plastic
  • Pale face, neck and hands
  • Lighter reddish hair
  • Lighter brown eyebrows
  • Brown eyes (Kenner has black)
  • Hand painted detail on hands
  • Excess mould flashing
  • Packaged with a solid black Jawa blaster

 

A Kenner figure with an identical COO is used for the comparison.

Glasslite on the right / front view
Glasslite on the right / left side view
Glasslite on the right / rear view
Glasslite on the right / right side view
Glasslite on the right / head close up

Poor QA also resulted in minor differences between batches.

  • Differences in paint applications
  • Hand painted & spray masked red strips on the legs
  • Mould Flash (seen here on the legs)
POOR QA: Two Glasslites with hand painted detail.
POOR QA: Glasslite on the bottom, note the hand painted detail.
POOR QA: Glasslite on the bottom, note the hand painted detail.
POOR QA: Two Glasslite examples with excessive flashing around the legs.

Blaster

The Glasslite Han Solo came with a solid black Jawa blaster compared to the black/blue rebel blaster which came with the Kenner figure. Note that the Jawa blaster mould is identical to the silver version which came with the Princess Leia action figure.

Comparision
Comparision
Comparison photo showing the Glasslite solid black and silver Jawa blasters.

WATER TEST

  • Both Blasters float when placed in water
  • Neither Blaster will sink if tapped
Comparison photo showing the Glasslite solid black and silver Jawa blasters.