[Mandingo Rex]

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Originally Posted by JoeMama

damn you Rex... damn you and your logic + reason.
I did stop and think about it. And it made me want to re-evaluate my life.
Damn you.

Haha. Not sure if that was sarcasm or honesty... You never can tell on here.

I mean I agree with the folks that think that AFA grading is over-rated, but to each his own. I think if someone wants to pay that, then it better damn well be a top-quality figure without a scratch. Otherwise, what's the point?

The issue that folks brought up about Hasbro having AFA-graded 25th figures on their site... The shitty thing about that, is they took their overstock of crap that didn't sell—which hasn't been shipped anywhere probably—and decided to multiply the price ten-fold. Of course it's going to be fucking flawless... Or at least it better be. The thing is, coming directly from Hasbro, it's GOING to be the same $7 figure whether it was graded or not... You're just buying a $83 case from them.

I think that AFA-grading, direct from Hasbro, is rather worthless—especially considering the circumstances. They're case-fresh figures to begin with! If anything, people getting vintage stuff AFA-graded makes more sense, because at least then there's a chance the figure could be messed up. AFA-grading at least should give more of a guarantee that a 20+ year old item is still in mint condition, versus something that came out of the factory-fresh case last month.

[Mazinger]

Can someone familiar with AFA let me know if the grading also says when the item was graded? Because if it's not, then the grade is worthless several years down the road when the item starts to show it's age (yellowing, o-ring breaking, etc...)

[Darth Cantu]

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Originally Posted by Mazinger

Can someone familiar with AFA let me know if the grading also says when the item was graded? Because if it's not, then the grade is worthless several years down the road when the item starts to show it's age (yellowing, o-ring breaking, etc...)

If you are registered with them you can check the figure with it's serial # and it will tell you the day it was graded.

[vermillion21]

AFA grading does not impress me in the slightest. Meh.

[CobraElite]

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Originally Posted by Derek2783

Exactly.



...and that is the crux of the issue. The only person someone else's graded figure affects is that guy who feels he's entitled to something at a lower price than what it's priced at, and needs someone to blame instead of just accepting that it's more than he can afford/wants to pay and moving on.

^^^
Couldn't have said it better.

[Buzzetta]

Now how do you feel about CGC? I would like to read your thoughts on pro grading in a field like comic books.

[belfour]

I recently sent in something under the top (fastest) turnaround time. It states the service you pay $60 for is 2-4 business days and it is usually done within 1-3 days. Well it's the 7th business day and it just got completed today. I could have paid for a service that is half and got it back the same time or all of the times listed lies. They could care less about how they do business. This company needs rethink it's service and agreed is worthless, don't know why I gave them a chance. I will continue to buy Joe's or any toys ungraded!

[Kentuckyman]

I only collect AFA as a mainline priority. I had a near mint entire run of loose complete Joes and Cobras from 1982-2006 and had to sell if due to the construction industries slowing down and making me have to lay myself off and reformed a businesss here in the state im in now. I just recently came back thankfully I can again and the link below shows my main display case it spans from vintage thru 25th ann figures has a TRU exclusive, Convention piece, vintage item JvsC, VvsV, and 25th theres no wayyyyy a person would see this in person and say it isnt cool LoL the comments Ive saw here were very entertaining and its a great topic I dont usually post on this subject but Im an AFAer for life now. Is it overpriced ? Probably but to me its the thrill of putting together a collection that few will ever have



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[mr pawn]

since i am on the very low end of opinion on here latley, i must protest, afa and cgc do make mistakes, if you talk to one of the guys in charge at a con, he will tell you the same thing. I buy alot of stuff i can't find in near mint condition afa, because its the only way to get it. also, no one is considering the color touch ups and box or card resoration that is done by professtionals out there, most people can not tell if this has been done, it is really hard to tell for certain if its been done to high end comic books. A AMAZING FANTASY 15 at cgc 6.5 sells for $15,000.00, a 7.5 sells for $30,000.00, thats a huge differance over 1 point, the afa label is the standerd now, and is what everyone goes by, buy the item loose mint, get it graded, it stays in a really nice hard case protecting it from damage, you never know when that rainy day comes you may need that extra money, just my 2 cents on this matter.

[mr pawn]

how would you know, for a certain, that the boxed joe item you have is not a repro box? they are makeing these things so well right now its very hard to tell, at least with afa you know its real to to that level, its sealed in the box, can not be removed or replaced, unlike a comic book, theres no downside, like, i have lots of cgc comics, but i can never open them up and read them, smell them, just enjoy them as comics, but thats what you have to do now and days because of all the scammers restoring these items so well.