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Title: Fishy eBay auctions
Post by: DSJ™ on April 6, 2003, 10:13 AM
Seller mentions that this is not a custom.  ::)
Spirit of Boba Fett (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3124573957&category=2476)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Depmode on April 6, 2003, 11:47 AM
 ;)awesome, i need one of those!  ;D :o :P
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Thomas Grey on April 6, 2003, 01:47 PM
When was this released and for what reason?

Sounds fishy and like my mysterious 'silver' Boba Fett figure...
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Jango Fettish on April 6, 2003, 02:21 PM
It is a custom, and the seller is a mindless simian to think real SW collectors are that gullable.
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: dustrho on April 6, 2003, 06:19 PM
Dale, did you happen to shoot the seller a question about the validity of this figure?  You usually do that, so just curious.
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: DSJ™ on April 6, 2003, 09:23 PM
Notice that the auction was ended by the seller.  ;)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Depmode on April 6, 2003, 09:48 PM
i see dsj handled it (http://users.pandora.be/IMS/smileys/punch.gif)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: dustrho on April 7, 2003, 12:24 PM
Dale is my hero...   ::)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: DSJ™ on April 7, 2003, 12:51 PM
Dale is my hero...   ::)

 :-*  (http://opkikkertje.nl/smilies/liefde/kus008.gif)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Depmode on April 7, 2003, 01:45 PM
so if I fake admit ur my hero, does that intital me to a smooch too? (http://adwoff.com/ubb/graemlins/teufel.gif)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: krisvds on May 10, 2003, 06:20 PM
JF: isn't that something you would want?  ;)
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Jesse James on May 11, 2003, 01:47 AM
Solid (or even multiple part) "spirit of" figures aren't hard to create actually, so generally if you see one you've NOT heard of it's probably a big  ole fakey.

There's resins that, without even tinting, will turn out that hazey blue-green of holo/spirit figures...  Some of them are pretty cheap resins too, and would result in some pretty cheap figures.

But that was one Bogus auction for sure.
Title: Re: POTF Boba Fett Spirt Figure?
Post by: Hung Solow on June 2, 2003, 11:25 AM
Looks creative, but VERY fake.
Title: ebay auction looks and smells funny...
Post by: Thomas Grey on June 30, 2003, 03:44 PM
Check this out...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3134692978&category=2474

Looks like a custom job and the photos must have been fuzzed up in Adobe Photoshop. No one can be that bad at taking photos; can they? I mean the focus is something that we all know how to operate and that it is important when taking a picture to make it clear with the focus mechanism.

Anyway, thought this was interesting at least. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: ebay auction looks and smells funny...
Post by: DSJ™ on June 30, 2003, 04:07 PM
Yuck, thats awfull. If your going to have a rare variant/error, atleast take good pictures & lots of them. Looks home made to me.
Title: Re: ebay auction looks and smells funny...
Post by: dustrho on June 30, 2003, 04:10 PM
I think I would have to say that it's a...

[size=12]SCAM!!![/size]

There's no what that would have happened.  What figure is actually in there?  If this guy claims he knows nothing of Star Wars, then how does he actually know that the included figure ISN'T a Jawa?  Total scam, and if it's re-listed stay the hell away from this guy.  And to think he has all that positive feedback too.

And yes, there are people out there who don't know how to use a camera (or they're too cheap to buy one that's decent in quality).
Title: Re: ebay auction looks and smells funny...
Post by: E.Z. on July 1, 2003, 02:24 PM
He also states that the guy who bought it got it in 1992-93. Didn't these come out in 95-96?
Title: Re: ebay auction looks and smells funny...
Post by: Darth Kenobi on July 1, 2003, 05:17 PM
Didn't the modern line start in 1995 which means the guy who this guy bought it from had it for 2 to 3 years before the line was started. ???  As far as the picture it sucks and doesn't show anything but the small protion where the figure is, not the side of the box which was opened.  Either he got scamed by someone and not knowing listed it thinking it was rare or he is a scam artist who wants to scam star wars fans.
Title: Re: ebay auction looks and smells funny...
Post by: ezehogan on July 1, 2003, 08:49 PM
It looks like an Ugnaught in there to me.

When did the Ugnaught come out in relation to the Ronto?  If they were pretty far apart, it would be impossible anyway.