When dropping a Slight damaged or Very damaged anvil from a height they lose their broken texture when falling in mid air. This can be duplicated by placing a stack of blocks about five high and then let the anvil fall.
The image attached is a slightly broke anvil in mid-air.
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MC-2451
Falling Anvils show the wrong texture
Resolved
MC-2995
When "Very Damaged Anvil" falling down the anvil model swapping/changing to a new anvil model and after landing he is back to "Very Damaged Anvil" again!
Resolved
MC-3952
Anvil has no cracks while falling
Resolved
MC-10628
Texture off anvil while falling doesnt show its damage
Resolved
MC-12779
Damaged anvils don't have damaged falling animation
Resolved
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I actually think the problem is caused because falling entities use the item render, in the case of the anvil. That render is always that of an unbroken anvil, for all three states obtainable without commands.
Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version 1.6.4 / Launcher version 1.2.5 ? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.
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A problem caused by the falling anvil being an entity.