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08-31-2011, 09:19 AM | #21 |
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Well I'm not sure how I would respond to that auction.
On one hand, they say impersonation is the greatest form of flattery and he does NOT try to pass it off as an official CJC item. On the other hand there is potential to drop the value of the original 100 HATE tanks. I highly doubt it will effect the bottom line of the official HATE tanks. The HATE tank itself was supplied to the CJC by Hasbro Canada along with the Serpentor Air Chariot / armadillo set. The CJC was in talks with Hasbro, looking to have an official figure made in some form or another but that didn't pan out. What Hasbro Cnada did do is send the CJC 100 cases of Hiss tanks / Serpentor Air Chariot and armadillo sets (that is how they came in a case). The CJC gave 100% of the profit from the HATE tanks and 50% of the mini tanks to the Hamilton childrens Hospital, which I think Hasbro was able to use as a tax write off. The 50 % the CJC made from the Armadillo went towards operating costs. The HATE tank was made in a factory originally by Hasbro, given the chrome effect in a factory, with factory produced sticker sheets (that was cut, unlike the Master Collectors sticker sheets a few years back). The windshield was hand dyed by me and it's a tricky process. The figures were hand dyed as well with weapons supplied by Marauder Gun runners. So most of it was factory. Is the CJC an official event? Arguments can be made for either side. The CJC doesn't pay any royalties to Hasbro and doesn't have to get approval from Hasbro like the Master Collector group does and doesn't have anything officially made for them. The other side is Hasbro Canada shows up at most events, supplies door prizes, had the SDCC Zarana card backers, did the Q and A and slide show that were done in Florida this year (I was at Florida this year so I know this first hand). The CJC is the only fan bases convention that Hasbro USA's legal permission in writing to use the character name "Backstop" when they produced a 25th styled Backstop figure. So is the Canadian Joe Convention an official Hasbro endorsed convention? That's a hard call. I was part of the team for years but never considered the CJC as an official Hasbro event, and here's why. Hasbro goes to SDCC and provides them with exclusive figures but nobody claims that's a G.I. Joe convention. Back to this auction, I'm surprised it took this long for someone to do this. Look at it this way, both Mike (from CJC) and I wen back to the same factory and had more vehicles chromed for our own collections and for Ebay. Mike gave me a set of the CJC SNAKE stickers a while back and those went on my chrome SNAKE and that thing sold for $639 on Ebay back in the spring. It wasn't an official CJC item, but it was made by the two guys in the satff that were the most "hands on" in the production stage of things. Even now I'm still selling off different chrome SNAKEs every once in a while. None of it is official CJC stuff but done using the same resources that the CJC use, with the same techniques and by one of the guys who helped make it all (me). At least this fellow in the UK is donating 10% of his profits to a charity. Someone could easily take a 25th anniversary Hiss tank to Chrome Tech USA and get there own made and give nothing tio charity. This sort of keeps part of the spirit alive and like I said, he's not trying to pass it off as official.
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08-31-2011, 09:33 AM | #22 |
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They are ok but not worth $150. Not sure why this was front page news worthy....
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08-31-2011, 09:50 AM | #23 |
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apparently it's all about who you know. These really aren't impressive customs. The chrome does not look good at all. I see plenty of stuff I'm the customs section that seems far more worthy of a front page spot but that's just my opinion. I prefer a custom that it's hand made, not something that is opened out of a box, sent to a chrome factory and then slapped on ebay. I'm not knocking the guy for trying, just throwing my 2 cents out there.
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08-31-2011, 10:19 AM | #24 |
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I never thought of the CanJoeCon as an official Hasbro con, I thought it was well known that it was just made by a group of guys? Whether its official or not does it matter honestly?
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08-31-2011, 10:40 AM | #25 |
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The above statement begs the question: why front page this custom of a custom if the original HATE tank custom was not newsworthy enough to be on the front page of hisstank?
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08-31-2011, 02:07 PM | #27 |
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Actually, it WAS front paged, waaaay back on April 10, 2009.
Possible Exclusive Chrome H.I.S.S. Tank - GI Joe News
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08-31-2011, 02:30 PM | #28 |
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08-31-2011, 03:11 PM | #30 |
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Actually, it WAS front paged, waaaay back on April 10, 2009.
https://Possible Exclusive Chrome H.... - GI Joe News
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