galactiboy
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The Reigns are detatchable... but on top of the head they are sculpted in place and around the jaw line there is a harness. At least that's how the broken horn one was; I'd assume they just used the same sculpt
There was no backing/mounting board on the Tauntaun in jabba's palace.
Well, I've looked at all of the photos I can find and I don't think you can say definitively one way or another. It is true that if there is one, it's not a big one. I popped in the blu-ray version of Return of the Jedi and turned the brightness all the way up on my TV, and it looks like there could be something there, but it's inconclusive. Still, given the fact that the Gentle Giant statue has a backer and that it will (in my opinion at least) look better with one, I think we would be justified in adding one.
Now I'm sure there is no backing board. here's a blow up of a picture from my lucasfilm shots
Anyway, I think GG made the backer error because of this pic:
If you drag this pic to your desktop, turn up the brightness/sharpness etc., there does appear to be a backer on the Taun.
But when comparing it to your Ephant pic, you can see it's actually just random fur clumps that appear to create a pattern of bumps.
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