TK-7785 said:
yoda said:
spoons said:
I'm not a huge fan of grading but I've got some graded and some not. Either way I would never crack my graded out for the sake of it and then put them in another acrylic case - that really does seem nuts.
UKG and GW Acrylic are both laughing all the way to the bank
This is also how some of my collection is displayed, and also mirrors my view on grading.
It's costly having to buy another acrylic case after busting it out of one already only to recase it again. If it's only for your own display/collection I really don't see the point.
Agreed...if the cost paid for the graded figure was a graded figure price. In this case, as I wrote, I got it for a price reasonable for an ungraded version. I also never said I'd be breaking one case just to buy another.
That said, the graded cases offer no ability to protect the bubble properly if it were to be posted again in the future. Another acrylic case which can be opened does offer that. So in the interests of future preservation, that really isn't nuts.
I agree. My own views on grading I have already made known (I don't see the point), however I completely agree that breaking a MOC out of an AFA case on principle, only to then immediately display it in a GW one is completely pointless IMHO, providing that, i) the AFA case isn't scratched or damaged, or ii) you don't need to post it / transport it.
It's simply infuriating to have a really nice MOC sealed inside an AFA case with a whacking great scratch or other permanent marks on it where some careless ass has mishandled it, or where it has suffered an accident. And if you need to post or transport a MOC, as has been said many times, the bubble simply cannot be supported once it's sealed inside an AFA case.
In both of these instances, I would be very happy to break open an AFA case and replace it with a GW one (after being posted in a Star Case with bubble support, in the case it a MOC being sent somewhere, of course). However, for as long as the AFA case is clean and displays well, and also doesn't need to be sent anywhere, and also assuming that I want to display it in a perspex case of course, then I would leave it sealed.
Personally, I take a different view on AFA graded loose figures, as IMHO, whilst MOCs look good in perspex cases, loose figures do not. I'm not having a go at people that do like graded loose and think they look great. I'm saying that I personally think a loose figure looks terrible in an AFA case with its weapon taped next to it, never to be held by them ever again! For that reason, I would happily break open loose AFA cases, but naturally I would not then immediately encase the figure in another perspex case! I like my loose figures displayed loose in cabinets.
it's personal preference of course though. If someone else wants to free their MOCs from AFA cases on principle, I won't criticise them for it, just as I won't criticise people who like AFA cases for MOCs or loose. It's the grading process itself that I object to, not the people that like it.