The Blaster

Unlike a lot of the weapons in the Star Wars movie, the Scout Blaster was a custom piece made by ILM. Normally the artisans at ILM would take existing weapons and modify them to be futuristic blasters, not so with the Biker Scout's weapon.

A British made "Single Point Scope" was used on the blaster, but that is the only part that we can tell came from a modern day weapon. the rest of the gun was custom sculpted.

The front nozzle looks to be a PVC conduit coupling. There is an electonics piece on the side of the pistol grip too, but that is all anyone has identified for this weapon.

Kenner Toys sold scout blasters back in the mid 1980's for a couple of years. They were one of the harder to find items at that time, but through ebay and yahoo auctions, you can find one or two a month being sold somewhere throughout the world. The Kenner toy is about 12% larger than the actual ILM version. Propmakers sell resin cast versions of the kenner toy for any where from $35.00 to $70.00.

A couple propmakers have taken the Kenner toy and modified it to match the size of the realworld "Single Point Scope", therefore making an even more accurate blaster prop for the fans. These more accurate versions go from $60.00 to $120.00. Polymer Armory http://www.polymerarmory.com has made the most accurate resin cast blast to date. Price is below $100 too, so get these amazing kits before these artisans stop making them.

The generic measurement of the scout blaster is 21cm long (from tip of the barrel to end of the gun) and an 4cm inches maximum width for the main body. The barrell is 1cm in diameter. The Single Point Scope is 18.5cm long and 3.2cm in diameter at the back of the scope. The general diameter of the scope tube is 2.5cm.

TB312's Endor Base has a nice tutorial on making your own Hardware Scout blaster.

The Boot Holster for the Scout Blaster is discussed in the "Knees and Boots" section.

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