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06-19-2009, 11:49 AM | #21 |
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Bootleg or not, they look really nice! I have seen the red one go for like 80.00 because the seller called it "Un Produced". That is a crock! I would buy the knockoffs for cheap though.
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06-19-2009, 11:54 AM | #22 |
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Trying to pass botlegs as vitage is just plain wrong. However, if you say up front "hey this is a bootleg fig and someone pays vinage price for it any way. That's the buyers bad.
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06-19-2009, 12:05 PM | #23 |
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If they made the hands out of softer plastic, they'd be doing fandom a service.
Also, if it weren't for rivets...a buyer would probably never know and be happy with what they thought were first run Cobra Troopers in great shape. It's like some people are mad because they are selling new stuff at the "collector's" prices of used (and gradually decaying) kiddie toys from 25 years ago. And i lack sympathy for Hasbro, because they are no longer making o-ring releases...even the Collector's Club barely has this year. As far they are concerned, there's no market for vintage style Cobra troopers. If there is, why aren't they making them? |
06-19-2009, 02:30 PM | #24 |
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If this guys starts cranking out Crimson Guards and BATS he will be my new best friend.
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06-19-2009, 03:15 PM | #25 |
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I see your point Sean, I now wonder how many different "versions" of the 82-83 swivel arm they are going to release?
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06-19-2009, 03:19 PM | #26 |
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it is sad that people do that
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06-19-2009, 03:25 PM | #27 |
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Yeah, they do look really nice and that's probably why this guy is making ridiculous amounts of money. If you look at his completed auctions he's slowly been raising the prices and testing the waters. He's sold several hundred of these variants in the last week or so, sometimes eBay pulls them, sometimes they don't. Either way it's not like anything is going to happen to him. Just silly that people are paying so much for them when all he has to do is hit the copy button to make more. I won't be surprised to see more versions in the future.
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06-19-2009, 03:28 PM | #28 |
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That guy is probably reading this thread and making his improvements right about now. Then his bootlegs will truly be diabolical!
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06-19-2009, 08:53 PM | #29 |
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I got the red and black versions at CanJoeCon. Reporting them won't solve anything. In Canada they were selling these things, for the most part, right in front of the Hasbro table, so Hasbro knows about them. Besides, if you are a knowledgeable collector, by this point you should know what is a bootleg and what is not. What do you think those Metal Vac'ed Storm Shadows were?
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01-05-2010, 01:41 AM | #30 |
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Anyone army building these things? I thought about buying a few are these any good?
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