Planet Replicas - Carlos Ezquerra Signature Edition Lawgiver.

[Steve Green]

Up for pre-order now (£85+shipping)

https://www.planetreplicas.com/product-page/carlos-ezquerra-s-lawgiver-signature-edition

[Mardroid]

Very nice! Thanks for posting Steve.

That picture of the three lawgivers together was interesting. Ezquerras version looks very much like a transitional model. I know it’s not, it’s an alternate take on the Mark 2*, but if you mentally swap the original Mark 2 and this version around, so the order is Mark 1, Ezquerra’s then the Mark 2, I think you’ll see what I mean. I.e. it starts elegant and slender, thickens out with Ezquerra’s (while remaining fairly true to the original design), then its the chunky short barrelled design most artists draw today.

It’s a nice design. It’s true to the old take but looks like it would do some major damage with that barrel.

*Or was he drawing it like that back in the Mark 1 days too? I forget...

[Steve Green]

Thanks Chris,

Carlos' drawings vary a bit - there are some shots early on where the muzzle is pretty wide.

I think the lengthier MK1 tended to come from Brian and Ian (and I think Ian introduced the top magazine)

It's mainly because Carlos never adopted the MK2, but artists have their own variations anyway - Henry and Ben have flattened off the curved ammo dial for example.

Good to see that first 100 sold out straight away.

[BPP]

New batch of these (un signed no doubt) has just gone live - final run apparently.

[Mardroid]

I went to the site a couple of hours after this was launched expecting them all to be taken but thankfully I was able to get one.

Just checked again (3:26am on writing this)* and they’re still available! 250 were available this time, I believe.

*Why am I still awake? Partly habit... partly mice in my room, one of which I’ve managed to catch in a humane trap and deposit outside.

** I think that’s 5 or 6 now. Wonder if the heat-seeker round works on creatures so small? Not that I would... cute little buggers...

[moly]

So much for not buying 2000ad this month so far managed to buy this, space bastards and some stuff off eBay ahhh it never ends 

[Dash Decent]

I'd love one of these but they don't sell them to Australia (because of our strict gun ownership rules which also cover 'realistic' looking replicas).

[strontium71]

While I applaud Oz’s commitment , it does sound harsh. Can someone not buy it , then ship it to you?
I suppose it’d have to be declared at customs though...

[Steve Green]

It's dicey.

There's someone who had to order it specially but they have some paperwork for a licence.

They don't seem to differentiate between replicas of real guns/airsoft and this kind of thing.

The impression I've been given is it would probably get turned back or destroyed at customs.

[Dash Decent]

Yes, I wondered if there was a way PR could colour it in some way I could easily remove.  Toy guns are all made in bright blue/green/yellow/reds etc.  Maybe a balloon stretched over the barrel?

[Steve Green]

I'm not sure what difference having a balloon would make to the average customs official.

I don't know if unpainted or a bright green primer makes a difference either.

[Krakajac]

I'm also based in Oz.  It's very difficult to get these types of items.

However, somehow...my PR Mark 1 Lawgiver got through customs back in the day.

I had a Stormtrooper E-11 resin kit blaster seized because it was based on a Sterling SMG.  They also weren't keen on a Han Solo DL-44 resin kit blaster that I ordered - because it was based on a real-life Mauser.  I finally got my hands on them by applying for a special permit.