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scumdolly

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  1. HA did the same for a Firefly, I think. Listed it as a 90 (or 95) while showing a clearly broken o-ring (the figure was dangling terribly). GI JOE and MOTU collectors are finally going to have to swallow that hard pill: it's been 40+ years since the toys were released, and both Hasbro and Mattel outsourced a long of their production to countries that took short cuts--and this is the end result.
  2. Look for Star Cases that fit Hot Wheels. They fit MOTU figures and should fit SP figures, too.
  3. Defenders 1 CGC 7.0 WHITE................................................last sale $115..................$100 Marvel Feature 1 CGC 6.5 WHITE (old label...)..................last sale $169..................$150 Take.
  4. I had a 9-back no snap-on text AFA 80 (or 85, I forget) that I sold in 2005/6 for $3900. That was such a big deal to me at the time...
  5. Keep it. It's sold out everywhere (Target, WM, where ever else). This will end up being like the Ahsoka and Droid set (7551).
  6. Whiteness could be mold (is it fuzzy)? This is common on carded Knickerbocker LOTR figures.
  7. Yes, the o-rings will crack (some sooner than later). I've had several sealed figures whose o-rings were already loose (one was a 9-back CC Offer Scarlett, lol). *BUT* the figure+vehicle sets are a different story. The bubble on those holds the figure really tight/really snug, so even if the o-ring breaks, the figure will still remain as it was. Skystriker is even better since that's a sealed box with no window, lol. I'll also qualify my previous statement regarding MOTU: the legs are held together with rubber band that--surprise, surprise--will break, leaving the legs to float at the bottom of the bubble. SW figures are better, but the quality of seal holding the bubble to the card is entirely suspect.
  8. I've been sending stuff to AFA since 2003. The grading (assuming it's somewhere between 80-85-90-95) improves the resale value (likewise, you can sometimes get a great deal on a lower-graded figure--AFA 60--whose only defect is a cracked bubble). More often than not, "buyers" is determined by the brand/ toy line. Star Wars, yes; GI JOE, yes; MOTU, yes; Inhumaniods or Centurions, probably not. Make sure to carefully look over your bubbles. Even a slight hairline crack can drop the overall grade to a 70 (a visible crack is 60, a crack with missing pieces, even less).
  9. Unopened/ sealed toys for the season. #462: Rocket Launcher is one of the first four Space System sets (1978); #497: Galaxy Explorer was the biggest set at the time (1979).
  10. RP2 is an immediate sequel to RP1. It takes place about 5 minutes after RP1 ends. Whatever Cline said was changed by $$$.
  11. RP2 was not very good: 30+ pages on John Hughes; 40+ pages on Prince; 30+ page on Tolkien. This was a very disappointing Thanksgiving read.
  12. $130 a piece is an amazing price. First, that enormous MASK stash and now this...