GoldenHulk
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Post by GoldenHulk on Mar 17, 2008 11:21:40 GMT -5
This auction's closed, so I figure it's cool to post this. cgi.EBAY LINK NOT ALLOWED/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260211752211 Is this definitive proof that the "yellow boots" Dusty is just a sun-damaged regular Rhodes figure? Only the back of one of the boots is yellow; the one that also happens to be on the side with the one darker arm. It seems to me that extended sun exposure caused the plastic on top to get brown, and the painted part on the lower legs to fade, with the unpainted white boots also becoming discoulored due to the sun. See also that the yellow on the kneepads on the back seems lighter than the front (also telling me that this was left facedown outside in the elements for a long time). One of my children left a plastic Shrek figure outside and it did the same thing. I don't suppose I should pass that off as a rare variant as well, should I?  I know a lot of people will groan and tell me that this is old news, but a lot of people still claim that yellow boots Dusty is a legit variant, and I've always said they're just damaged figures. Is there any proof otherwise, like a carded example (I've never seen one)? Am I just crazy (could be anyway), or is there some other explanation? |
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Mar 17, 2008 11:50:51 GMT -5
and i thought id heard the last of this! ....im sure someones gonna post a dusty with yellow boots on both sides...
..not me, mines moc regular boots.
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Post by STOMWIJF on Mar 17, 2008 13:30:09 GMT -5
I have both versions of Dusty.
The big difference is that the white boots version has flesh color plastic molded legs. The yellow boots version has black plastic molded legs, but painted flesh color. This make the flesh color look much paler and the black color underneath is showing through a bit.
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Mar 18, 2008 3:58:53 GMT -5
This one seems to be sunfaded and not "the real deal" as he claims.
So it's not the last word; there are yellow boots ones MOC; that's yellow all around, sun can't do that when MOC...
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Mar 18, 2008 7:22:32 GMT -5
so, it not the last word then..... thought not! :-)
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Post by GoldenHulk on Mar 18, 2008 7:25:57 GMT -5
I wasn't "closing the case", I was asking what the last word on this is from the experts of the board. I've never seen one MOC with the yellow boots, that's why I was curious. And anyone with eyes can tell that this one is sun faded and that creates the thought that it is possible that this is how the boots get yellow on the un-carded figures.
Does anyone here have the yellow boots MOC, or have a picture of one?
PS: The guy who listed that "staked his rep" on the fact that this was the real deal. What does this mean for his rep? lol
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Mar 18, 2008 7:34:15 GMT -5
..yeah, can someone post a moc yellow boots???
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Mar 18, 2008 11:34:24 GMT -5
I can't, but I followed one on ebay a year or so ago. Remember it catching a pretty penny.
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Post by Hasbromaniac on Mar 18, 2008 20:44:25 GMT -5
Must have been an overseas only auction, because I have not seen one listed on ebay since I joined almost 9 years ago. I check all carded Hasbro auctions a few times a week.  |
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Mar 19, 2008 3:44:48 GMT -5
Must have been an overseas only auction, because I have not seen one listed on ebay since I joined almost 9 years ago. I check all carded Hasbro auctions a few times a week. That's possible, but I gave up because most sellers either refused shipping outside the U.S. or asked insane shipping. So I returned to the worldwide items (from the U.S.): those sellers know the international shipping fees. |
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Post by Blazer034 on Mar 19, 2008 9:13:47 GMT -5
I have both versions of Dusty. The big difference is that the white boots version has flesh color plastic molded legs. The yellow boots version has black plastic molded legs, but painted flesh color. This make the flesh color look much paler and the black color underneath is showing through a bit. Would you please take some pics of both of the versions for us? |
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Post by GoldenHulk on Mar 19, 2008 18:17:17 GMT -5
I have both versions of Dusty. The big difference is that the white boots version has flesh color plastic molded legs. The yellow boots version has black plastic molded legs, but painted flesh color. This make the flesh color look much paler and the black color underneath is showing through a bit. Would you please take some pics of both of the versions for us? I believe he already did, and they are in the figure database on this site. |
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Mar 20, 2008 1:28:13 GMT -5
Would you please take some pics of both of the versions for us? I believe he already did, and they are in the figure database on this site. there is not a moc yellow boots on the database. |
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Post by GoldenHulk on Mar 20, 2008 1:41:27 GMT -5
STOMWIJF never wrote that he has it MOC, just that he had it. Blazer was just asking if there was a pic of it, period, I thought.
As far as I know, no one has ever seen this MOC and can provide proof.
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Post by STOMWIJF on Mar 20, 2008 1:57:09 GMT -5
STOMWIJF never wrote that he has it MOC, just that he had it. Blazer was just asking if there was a pic of it, period, I thought. As far as I know, no one has ever seen this MOC and can provide proof. Yeah... I only have the yellow boots Dusty loose. I have put pictures in the database showing the difference, but would be gald to make some flat scans of both version together later today (I am at work/not home right now) if the old ones are not clear.   (left) yellow boots, paler legs, more brownish torso and white hair (right) white boots, molded flesh color legs and greyish white hair |
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Post by ICHIBAN 一番 on Mar 20, 2008 14:53:20 GMT -5
STOMWIJF never wrote that he has it MOC, just that he had it. Blazer was just asking if there was a pic of it, period, I thought. As far as I know, no one has ever seen this MOC and can provide proof. theres plenty of loose examples, but for me proof would have to me a moc example for this issue to be 'the last word', still, nice to see both variations. |
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Post by Blazer034 on Mar 20, 2008 15:33:23 GMT -5
STOMWIJF never wrote that he has it MOC, just that he had it. Blazer was just asking if there was a pic of it, period, I thought. As far as I know, no one has ever seen this MOC and can provide proof. Yeah... I only have the yellow boots Dusty loose. I have put pictures in the database showing the difference, but would be gald to make some flat scans of both version together later today (I am at work/not home right now) if the old ones are not clear. (left) yellow boots, paler legs, more brownish torso and white hair (right) white boots, molded flesh color legs and greyish white hair Thank you for the pics. So no one has any pics of this MOC? |
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