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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 490899" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>Hi Ian,</p><p></p><p>Whilst I am no great expert on the bubbles that came with 20 backs, just by looking at my own collection of reseals, I note that some came with the shorter, squared off style of bubble, whilst others came with a taller stem. I suppose it's perfectly possible that either Palitoy had a running change on the bubbles they used (after all, whilst the 20 back card itself never changed throughout its production run, the Kenner equivalents certainly did and came with various different backs, quite possibly with different bubbles too. And we certainly know that the 12-back Jawa used at least 3 different bubbles throughout its Star Wars carded run), or else that sometimes the 'wrong' bubble was used by the factory workers doing the sealing (perhaps when stock of the correct one ran out).</p><p></p><p>However, all of the above is conjecture. A better way to answer your question is to look at multiple different sealed Palitoy 20 back Walrus Man MOCs, and for that I turned to Vectis, since they have had a fair few pass through their hands, and they always take good quality photos of exactly the MOC they are selling, usually from the same angle and at a good size. Looking through their past auctions reveals both types of bubble are indeed to be found on sealed examples (and there may of course be more than 2 types of bubble used, since they can only show the MOCs they've sold, of course). Anyway, here are some of those they've sold down the years:</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure_619629</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47353[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure-mint_612694</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47352[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-figure_517208</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47349[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure_631246</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47355[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure-mint_573648</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47350[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure-mint_583734</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47351[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure_622591</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]47354[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I hope that helps <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Jeremy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 490899, member: 7379"] Hi Ian, Whilst I am no great expert on the bubbles that came with 20 backs, just by looking at my own collection of reseals, I note that some came with the shorter, squared off style of bubble, whilst others came with a taller stem. I suppose it's perfectly possible that either Palitoy had a running change on the bubbles they used (after all, whilst the 20 back card itself never changed throughout its production run, the Kenner equivalents certainly did and came with various different backs, quite possibly with different bubbles too. And we certainly know that the 12-back Jawa used at least 3 different bubbles throughout its Star Wars carded run), or else that sometimes the 'wrong' bubble was used by the factory workers doing the sealing (perhaps when stock of the correct one ran out). However, all of the above is conjecture. A better way to answer your question is to look at multiple different sealed Palitoy 20 back Walrus Man MOCs, and for that I turned to Vectis, since they have had a fair few pass through their hands, and they always take good quality photos of exactly the MOC they are selling, usually from the same angle and at a good size. Looking through their past auctions reveals both types of bubble are indeed to be found on sealed examples (and there may of course be more than 2 types of bubble used, since they can only show the MOCs they've sold, of course). Anyway, here are some of those they've sold down the years: https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure_619629 [ATTACH type="full" alt="619629.jpg"]47353._xfImport[/ATTACH] https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure-mint_612694 [ATTACH type="full" alt="612694.jpg"]47352._xfImport[/ATTACH] https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-figure_517208 [ATTACH type="full" alt="517208.jpg"]47349._xfImport[/ATTACH] https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure_631246 [ATTACH type="full" alt="631246.jpg"]47355._xfImport[/ATTACH] https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure-mint_573648 [ATTACH type="full" alt="573648.jpg"]47350._xfImport[/ATTACH] https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure-mint_583734 [ATTACH type="full" alt="583734.jpg"]47351._xfImport[/ATTACH] https://www.vectis.co.uk/palitoy-star-wars-walrus-man-3-34-inch-vintage-figure_622591 [ATTACH type="full" alt="622591.jpg"]47354._xfImport[/ATTACH] I hope that helps :-) Jeremy [/QUOTE]
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