walter7paisley
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Post by walter7paisley on Dec 5, 2022 18:19:48 GMT -5
And that’s why no offense to anyone and what they believe are their discoveries but unless it’s still in a factory sealed package, your variants aren’t worth anything anymore because anybody can do the work and create their own. When it comes to Funskools you can easily feel if it is a true Funskool or just a played with figure. Also the paint applications are way cheaper. These are true variants even loose. But pink pants to purple pants Rick Rude, missing heard Hitman and others I agree are worth nothing if loose. Same with switched heads for Rockers or Headshrinkers. Yeah, those Funskools look and feel noticeably different from Hasbro. They're a lot lighter, plastic-wise, and look a bit shoddily painted etc. Never seen the point in them as desirable pieces, myself. |
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Post by casanova on Dec 5, 2022 18:23:13 GMT -5
When it comes to Funskools you can easily feel if it is a true Funskool or just a played with figure. Also the paint applications are way cheaper. These are true variants even loose. But pink pants to purple pants Rick Rude, missing heard Hitman and others I agree are worth nothing if loose. Same with switched heads for Rockers or Headshrinkers. People who know, know. Like people who have owned, held hasbro prototypes etc are clearly best placed and likely correct in assessing if another potential proto is real or fake etc Not sure if you’re serious. 😄 I cannot say anything about the prototypes. Personally I habe bought some „prototypes“ in the early 2000s, maybe even 90s. The seller was UK based. I was told he got them from someone overseas. Fast forward to today I have seen some of them being graded by UKG. How could this be if they are in my hands? Lesson learned. Obviously I am not able to differ real from fake in this case. Funskool however is different as they are made of cheaper materials. You can see this (eg Bam Bams head tattoo or Undertakers beard color) and you can feel the cheaper plastic that has become kind of dull over time. The second part is indeed hard to explain. Especially if Englisch is not your first language. |
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Post by casanova on Dec 5, 2022 18:25:30 GMT -5
When it comes to Funskools you can easily feel if it is a true Funskool or just a played with figure. Also the paint applications are way cheaper. These are true variants even loose. But pink pants to purple pants Rick Rude, missing heard Hitman and others I agree are worth nothing if loose. Same with switched heads for Rockers or Headshrinkers. Yeah, those Funskools look and feel noticeably different from Hasbro. They're a lot lighter, plastic-wise, and look a bit shoddily painted etc. Never seen the point in them as desirable pieces, myself. Agreed. Most of them are not really desireable. Razor and Dibiase however are nice to habe with their bronze colored accessories and I wouldn’t mind Undertaker and Bam Bam as they are different enough to me. |
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Post by newgenandy on Dec 6, 2022 1:46:35 GMT -5
Yeah, those Funskools look and feel noticeably different from Hasbro. They're a lot lighter, plastic-wise, and look a bit shoddily painted etc. Never seen the point in them as desirable pieces, myself. Agreed. Most of them are not really desireable. Razor and Dibiase however are nice to habe with their bronze colored accessories and I wouldn’t mind Undertaker and Bam Bam as they are different enough to me. forget grading, they’re not knowledgable But yeah I’m serious - what I mean is someone like cardona who some like and others don’t, but he’s had in his possession a lot of hasbro protos and he knows how they look and more importantly feel, he knows the signs to look out for. Obviously there’s more than just him but he’s the most high profile but the true prototype collectors on all the private Facebook groups know what’s what with the prototypes A lot of modern figures prople try to pass off test shots etc which are just paint stripped or re cast |
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themadbubbler
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Post by themadbubbler on Feb 26, 2023 23:57:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I collect a lot of different toy lines, and certain types of paint wear off VERY easily. There are some GI Joe figures from the 1980s with silver Cobra emblems on their chest, and the paint comes off absurdly easily. Like, you sometimes find the figures in beautiful condition, but completely missing the logos from their chests because of that, and some people think they have a "rare variation" without a symbol. Nope.
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