Southpaw Black Falcons?

[Nyundi]

So I stumbled on some old CC and Lugnet posts from years back about (and sorry if this is redundant, but a search for "black falcon left" turned up nada) how some Black Falcon torsos are printed in reverse, meaning the little falcon is facing left, not right.

It seemed to be a pretty rare thing, so I thought I'd dig out my Falcons and see what I could find. Of the 22 Falcons that I have, 3 of them have the left-facing icon.

Here's the interesting part: I've always kept my Legos in as good a condition as possible, but over 20 years things are going to happen :) Nonetheless, when I look at all of the Falcons in a row, the wear-and-tear of each is pretty average to the rest (meaning none are more worn than any of the others) with the exception that the three whose reverse printed falcon are *significantly* more faded (the printing that is, not the blue plastic). So faded in fact, that its tough to tell whats even going on.

So I thought I'd share this, and see if anyone out there new what the story with these reverse printed Falcons was... and if there might be a connection to this "misprint" and the quality or coverage of the ink used (that would cause them to fade so much faster).

Cheers!

[WesternOutlaw]

I don't have any reversed falcon shields, but years ago, after puchasing 383: Knight's Joust , one of the shields in this set was reversed. I thought it was the strangest thing. After buying another copy of the set in the U.S., the 2nd shield was fine.

[Norro]

No idea about the wear issue. But consider yourself fortunate to have a few of these!

God Bless,

Nathan

[SlyOwl]

Ye could try putting one on Bricklink and see how much it goes for...

[Lord Of Pies]

This person's southpaw Falcon looks like good, bold printing to me, so I suppose it was either a design fault as to why the the southpaw torsos are poorly printed or he just has an exceptionally good leftie-falcon!

[Nyundi]

This person's southpaw Falcon looks like good, bold printing to me, so I suppose it was either a design fault as to why the the southpaw torsos are poorly printed or he just has an exceptionally good leftie-falcon!

Great pic! That clears that up a bit... must just be a crazy coincidence that all of mine look like they've been worked on by a scrubby brush |-/

[TheFrisian]

This person's southpaw Falcon looks like good, bold printing to me, so I suppose it was either a design fault as to why the the southpaw torsos are poorly printed or he just has an exceptionally good leftie-falcon!

Is it just me or do all three look different? Not only the way the falcon is facing is different, but also the silver/black varies. Weird... *wacko*

[iamded]

Is it just me or do all three look different? Not only the way the falcon is facing is different, but also the silver/black varies. Weird... *wacko*

Right you are! That is strange. I guess it's just... variety?

~Peace

[Batbrick]

Right you are! That is strange. I guess it's just... variety?

~Peace

It could be, I don't see how that many different variants could come about *wacko*

And yes, I've started stalking you again iamded *skull*

Batbrick Away! >:-)

[SlyOwl]

...So is there a left-facing falcon with black trim on the left hand side? - We've got the rest...

[Nyundi]

...So is there a left-facing falcon with black trim on the left hand side? - We've got the rest...

Now that would be something! I did check, but I have none with the black trim on the left; I wonder if thats a legitimate (one-time) misprint, or if they are lurking about in various collections (skulking in closets, waiting for their moment!)...