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Re: Wow - Vintage eBay Auctions
« Reply #1020 on: September 30, 2021, 07:25 PM »
This is clearly a repro right? The fact that it looks so bad yet is at $76 makes me think at least some people are hoping their gonna get an insane deal on this if it were legit. But as a repro I'd pay like $10

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-1983-Vlix-As-Is-read-description-/185070670458?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
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Re: Wow - Vintage eBay Auctions
« Reply #1021 on: September 30, 2021, 07:48 PM »
I hope that is a repro, otherwise someone actually thought it was a good idea to do a paint touch-up on the rarest SW figure ever.

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« Reply #1022 on: September 30, 2021, 08:03 PM »
Exactly. It looks like if I tried to make a custom. But he has so much other legit stuff and really nice repros it seems weird he'd have that listed without saying it's a fake.
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« Reply #1023 on: October 1, 2021, 07:44 AM »
“Paint is touched up” looks more like “completely hand painted”.

I’m not an expert on Vlix by any means, but I’d assume either a custom, or a terrible, terrible restoration.

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Re: Wow - Vintage eBay Auctions
« Reply #1024 on: October 1, 2021, 08:12 AM »
I'd pay more than 76 bucks for a terrible terrible terrible restoration since I otherwise will never own a Vlix. BUT not without knowing it's a terrible restoration and not a hand painted (by my 4 year old) repro. It'll be interesting to see what it sells for.
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« Reply #1025 on: October 1, 2021, 08:16 AM »
I have no ideal ultimately.  You can get a pretty good repro on a card for a hundred bucks, so if bidders think this is fake, $76 is probably about the limit.  If people are seeing this and think it’s real… it’ll certainly move north before it ends.

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« Reply #1026 on: October 1, 2021, 09:44 PM »
It sold for $125. Also the seller never replied to my question to him about it......
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« Reply #1027 on: October 2, 2021, 02:59 PM »
I think they were being deliberately obtuse to try to squeeze a few extra bucks out of someone willing to take a chance that it was authentic.

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Re: Wow - Vintage eBay Auctions
« Reply #1028 on: January 8, 2023, 01:23 PM »
This isn't an eBay auction, but it will be an auction of a historic find of vintage Kenner figures.  Some 300 vintage Kenner figures were found in the original case boxes in a collector's closet in the Chicago area.  They're reportedly pristine.  It's a story that definitely seems to be worth following because it's such an extraordinary find.

More about it at Star Wars News Net:  https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2023/01/over-300-original-star-wars-action-figures-found-in-a-collectors-closet-in-chicago.html?fbclid=IwAR3O283Gn5la6vHJTNjl0c9VXqwJTENKlMr6Z5uxyJ3qA5APn-puqeAzOBo
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« Reply #1029 on: January 8, 2023, 03:11 PM »
I’d read about this one… sealed cases apparently. After Toy Tony, I’m skeptical of anything like this at this point, but if it’s real it’s amazing for sure. 

Also, this is in Chicago, why wasn’t it me who found them…  :'(

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« Reply #1030 on: January 8, 2023, 05:25 PM »
I was thinking the same thing.  If something seems too good to be true?  Well, you know how that goes. 

Some of the pieces are graded.  But I think a number of the Toy Tony pieces were graded, too. 
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« Reply #1031 on: January 8, 2023, 08:07 PM »
Yeah, tons of Toy Tony stuff was graded.  That was a big part
of the drama.  If AFA can’t tell, how can anyone else?

To me that should have been the death of AFA but what do I know.

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« Reply #1032 on: April 10, 2023, 04:50 PM »
I got a kick out of this one this week...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274352022142