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<blockquote data-quote="Joe" data-source="post: 260983" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>The aim of this thread is for all the evidence and factual information about Toni and his carded figures to be presented in the same place, if anything of importance is missed please let me know so I can update the thread. It would be appreciated if people could post their findings in this thread as opposed to the other one if possible.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Jason Joiner's claims/supporting evidence & Toni's defense:</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Initial claim:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Followed by Toni's first reply:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The following is part of the original list Jason Joiner said proved the existence of unused cards/bubbles and figures which was handwritten by Arthur Bailey, the dealer that Toni bought from.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]134297[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The handwriting on the list matches a business document that Arthur had written on and signed for a company "Xceptional Limited":</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]134298[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Both Arthur and Toni were listed as directors of Xceptional Limited however Toni had this to say about his involvement in that company:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><em>Since that last comment was posted Toni has not commented on the thread however he has recently replied to Jason Smith via email:</em></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While he doesn't deny or admit anything, he does seem to be apologising to the community.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Ebay observations:</strong></span></p><p></p><p>It came to light that Toni has an active second ebay account which he uses to purchase mint (sometimes "off the card" mint) figures as well as U graded figures. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]134299[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The ebay ID history shows that Toni's second account name has been changed 30 times.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Card observations:</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Mattias noted a few flaws on the unused Palitoy backing cards that perfectly match the carded versions sold by Toni.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Bubble observations:</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Chris's write up and pictures of the figures Jason Joiner brought to FF4, these are apparently figures that originally came from ToyToni although as of yet that is not confirmed, it does however appear to show that *someone* at some point in time was trying to perfect the process of sealing a bubble to a card.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Figure observations:</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Oli has high res pictures of all of the figures Toni has recently bought on ebay under his second account and is urging anyone who has bought a carded figure from Toni in the last 30 or so days to contact him with pictures. This is super important and may put the issue to bed if a match is found!</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>AFA Population report and estimated numbers of figures involved:</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Although not a perfect indication of how many figures Toni has sold over the years Lee Gray checked the toygrader website to see the amount of Palitoy and GM figures in circulation that have been graded by AFA. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]134329[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]134330[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]134331[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And to help get a better grasp on the amount of suspect figures out there Jason compiled the following list with the help of Wolfgang:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe, post: 260983, member: 440"] The aim of this thread is for all the evidence and factual information about Toni and his carded figures to be presented in the same place, if anything of importance is missed please let me know so I can update the thread. It would be appreciated if people could post their findings in this thread as opposed to the other one if possible. [size=5][b]Jason Joiner's claims/supporting evidence & Toni's defense:[/b][/size] Initial claim: Followed by Toni's first reply: The following is part of the original list Jason Joiner said proved the existence of unused cards/bubbles and figures which was handwritten by Arthur Bailey, the dealer that Toni bought from. [ATTACH=full]134297[/ATTACH] The handwriting on the list matches a business document that Arthur had written on and signed for a company "Xceptional Limited": [ATTACH=full]134298[/ATTACH] Both Arthur and Toni were listed as directors of Xceptional Limited however Toni had this to say about his involvement in that company: [size=5][i]Since that last comment was posted Toni has not commented on the thread however he has recently replied to Jason Smith via email:[/i][/size] While he doesn't deny or admit anything, he does seem to be apologising to the community. [size=5][b]Ebay observations:[/b][/size] It came to light that Toni has an active second ebay account which he uses to purchase mint (sometimes "off the card" mint) figures as well as U graded figures. [ATTACH=full]134299[/ATTACH] The ebay ID history shows that Toni's second account name has been changed 30 times. [size=5][b]Card observations:[/b][/size] Mattias noted a few flaws on the unused Palitoy backing cards that perfectly match the carded versions sold by Toni. [b][size=5]Bubble observations:[/size][/b] [b]Chris's write up and pictures of the figures Jason Joiner brought to FF4, these are apparently figures that originally came from ToyToni although as of yet that is not confirmed, it does however appear to show that *someone* at some point in time was trying to perfect the process of sealing a bubble to a card. [/b] [b][size=5]Figure observations:[/size][/b] [b]Oli has high res pictures of all of the figures Toni has recently bought on ebay under his second account and is urging anyone who has bought a carded figure from Toni in the last 30 or so days to contact him with pictures. This is super important and may put the issue to bed if a match is found![/b] [size=5][b]AFA Population report and estimated numbers of figures involved:[/b][/size] Although not a perfect indication of how many figures Toni has sold over the years Lee Gray checked the toygrader website to see the amount of Palitoy and GM figures in circulation that have been graded by AFA. [ATTACH=full]134329[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]134330[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]134331[/ATTACH] And to help get a better grasp on the amount of suspect figures out there Jason compiled the following list with the help of Wolfgang: [/QUOTE]
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