Paint rub on MOC figure...advice

I am looking at a figure at the minute. just concerned about the amount of paint rub on the hands of what is a MOC figure. Has anyone seen this before.....the weapon is taped to bubble so that's not caused it.... :?:
I have contacted seller who says he believes it is factory sealed, well they bought it sold as factory sealed....just something in my gut is telling me walk away :?

If you have ever seen the Palitoy factory video then you will see that these figures were stored in cases so it is possible that they could lose paint before going into the card - the Han Hoth is notorious for paint loss so it is possible - Grant has a Luke Farmboy that is in awful shape but is 100% factory sealed

That said, it is always something to be very wary off when purchasing cards claiming to be fully sealed.

Palitoy factory video?!!!!

Are you sure its not been undersprayed? I.e. insufficient paint was used to cover the hand in the first place. It can also occur if the figure was at the wrong angle when it was sprayed. Just a thought. Got any better pics?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFEX1jvSFDo

see what happens to the figures at 0.23

I love that video,that wee boy was us years ago!

yeah thanks for that iain, that might explain it, I didn't know that about the factory etc.....the card looks nice and there is no damage to the bubble...the seller appears very genuine and has answered any Q's I had.......might take a punt

Caswellbot said:

Are you sure its not been undersprayed? I.e. insufficient paint was used to cover the hand in the first place. It can also occur if the figure was at the wrong angle when it was sprayed. Just a thought. Got any better pics?

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just that close up if hand....

Thanks for posting that Iain!

I've got a MOC Stormtrooper with some paint loss on one hand so as others have said it does happen.

Made me laugh to see the factory worker casually tipping out a load of figures into a plastic crate. You forget just how 'manual' things were 35 years ago

Is that a ROTJ MOC Princess Leia Organa (white gown) at 0.33 on the pegs in that shop? Wow probably the hardest to find ROTJ MOC and there it is in this little clip of history amazing 8)

great clip iain..... was just looking at that Leia as well.....

Dublinjeff said:

great clip iain..... was just looking at that Leia as well.....

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Yeah, I just noticed that beautiful ROTJ Leia hanging on the shelf - would look fantastic in my collection !

l think lars had a similer query with his moc, if i remember it was a AT-ST driver. that was also 100% FC i beleive.

CRAZYHAZY said:

l think lars had a similer query with his moc, if i remember it was a AT-ST driver. that was also 100% FC i beleive.

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yeah, thanks for that...reckon I will take a chance, it appears legitimate havin spoken with seller

It's all the perfect Millennium Falcon boxes at the start that do it for me in that video. There just aren't any left that look that perfect, even an AFA 90 isn't going to be factory fresh. Those MOCs all look better than what you see these days too.

Hi Jeff, yes my AT-ST Driver has also some paint damage on the hand and I am still not sure if he is moc or a reseal :?

Here is the picture of him.