A GUIDE TO VINTAGE STAR WARS FIGURES & ACCESSORIES

Glasslite Luke Skywalker

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Figure

DIFFERENCES: Compared to his Meccano (Tri/Mec) counterpart, the Glasslite Luke Skywalker has:

  • Pale face, neck and hands
  • Lighter yellow hair
  • Equal eyebrows
  • Darker trousers
  • A Black belt
  • Hand painted belt / trousers and hands (TBC)
  • Excess mould flashing
  • Melt marks (*)
  • Unique Lightsaber


*Melt marks have been present on 3 of my 4 examples.

NOTE: A Meccano (Tri/Mec) figure with an identical COO is used for the comparison.

Glasslite on the left / Front view
Glasslite on the left / Side view
Glasslite on the left / Rear view
Glasslite on the left / Side view
Glasslite on the left / Head detail
Glasslite on the left / COO detail
Glasslite on the top / Hand detail
Glasslite on the bottom / Melt marks on torso
Melt marks close-up
Melt marks close-up
Glasslite on the left / Poor quality paint work on belts
Brush marks on hand painted belt
Poor quality paint work on legs
Poor quality paint work on legs close-up
Poor quality paint work on hands
Mould flash on legs
Mould flash on arms

Poor QA also resulted in minor differences between batches.

  • Differences in paint applications.
  • Melt marks on the front of the torso.
  • Mould flash (see on these example along the legs and arms)

Saber

The Glasslite Luke Skywalker came with a v8 Lightsaber compared to the Meccano (Tri/Mec) v4 Lightsaber. The Lightsaber which came with the Meccano (Tri/Mec) variant is not unique and is therefore labelled as Kenner/Meccano in the comparison photos below.

Glasslite Lightsaber on top / Meccano (Tri/Mec) Bottom
Glasslite Lightsaber on top / Meccano (Tri/Mec) Bottom

WATER TEST

  • Both lightsabers float when placed in water
  • Meccano/Kenner lightsaber sinks when tapped
Glasslite/Meccano (Tri/Mec) Lightsaber water test
Glasslite/Meccano (Tri/Mec) Lightsaber water test