The Master Replicas brand, also known by the abbreviation MR, specializes in the production of high-quality movie prop replicas and collectibles. Established in 2003 by Michael Cookson, the company is located in Walnut Creek. Since the company's inception, Cookson has held the position of Chairman, and he assumed the role of chief executive officer in August 2004. Historically, the primary market for Master Replicas' products has been customers residing within the United States.
Master Replicas is a manufacturer of licensed merchandise for well-known brands and companies such as Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Chronicles of Narnia, Marvel Comics, Muppets, and Stargate. Prior to January 2008, the company was a producer and seller of products under the Star Wars license, before it expired. Their product range includes full-scale props, especially weapon replicas like lightsabers, phasers, and swords, as well as scaled-down models of spaceships and characters.
Master Replicas has also been contracted to produce items for other corporations to resell. A notable example is the 1/6 scale Master Sword and Hylian Shield that MR created for Nintendo and Target Stores in conjunction with the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
The Force FX product line, known for recreating various lightsabers featured in the Star Wars films, is a signature offering of Master Replicas. Some examples include:
- Anakin Skywalker's blue lightsaber as seen in Attack of the Clones
- Anakin Skywalker's blue lightsaber as seen in Revenge of the Sith
- Darth Maul's red double-bladed lightsaber as seen in The Phantom Menace
- Darth Maul's red single-bladed lightsaber (battle damaged) from The Phantom Menace
- Darth Vader's red lightsaber as seen in A New Hope
- Darth Vader's red lightsaber as seen in The Empire Strikes Back
- Luke Skywalker's blue lightsaber as seen in A New Hope
- Luke Skywalker's blue lightsaber as seen in The Empire Strikes Back
- Luke Skywalker's green lightsaber as seen in Return of the Jedi
- Mace Windu's purple lightsaber as seen in Revenge of the Sith
- Obi-Wan Kenobi's blue lightsaber as seen in Revenge of the Sith
- Yoda's green lightsaber as seen in Attack of the Clones
In addition to the Force FX lightsabers, Master Replicas began producing mini-helmets inspired by headgear (or, in one instance, a head) from the Star Wars universe around 2003-2004. The creation of these helmets followed the acquisition of a license from Riddell's mini-helmet product line.
- Darth Vader's helmet
- Luke Skywalker's X-wing helmet
- C-3PO's head
- Boba Fett's helmet
- ROTJ-era Stormtrooper helmet
- Wedge Antilles Celebration IV Conference exclusive helmet
- Shadow Trooper helmet (UK 30th Anniversary Convention Exclusive)
- 501st Legion trooper helmet
- Clone Trooper helmet
- Clone Commander Gree Helmet
- Shock trooper helmet (UK exclusive)
- Utapau Shadow clone trooper helmet
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