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Resealed figure discovery debate - G.Kurtz Palitoy VC Jawa.
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<blockquote data-quote="edd_jedi" data-source="post: 257976" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Fascinating stuff - thanks for joining and sharing your insight Jason.</p><p></p><p>The 'revelations' are certainly raising a few questions, but I suggest people take a quick step back and consider a few things before they get the pitch forks out.</p><p></p><p>1) Whatever your opinion of them (good or bad) AFA are just a few people, not some god-like entity. They have made mistakes and will make more mistakes. And when you buy something graded by them, all you are buying is a personal opinion, NOT a guarantee. Wether grading Toni's figures is a mistake or not takes me on to point 2. </p><p></p><p>2) If Toni's figures are 'real' or not is a can of worms. What does real even mean? It's a genuine cardback, bubble and figure, so who cares wether it was assembled in 1980 or 1990? There is no way of proving when any of our MOCs were actually made, I know we'd all like to think that we own some kind of mystic 1970s air trapped in the bubbles or something, but the fact is just like a classic car these toys are just a few parts slapped together so nobody can be 100% sure when that was done without a time machine.</p><p></p><p>3) Value - remember that none of this stuff actually has any real value, much like cash. It is just plastic and cardboard. The only reason people pay silly money for it is because they have been convinced there is a value attached to it. Revelations like this may affect value, but again none of this stuff we collect really has any 'value' anyway other than the hype our community creates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edd_jedi, post: 257976, member: 2"] Fascinating stuff - thanks for joining and sharing your insight Jason. The 'revelations' are certainly raising a few questions, but I suggest people take a quick step back and consider a few things before they get the pitch forks out. 1) Whatever your opinion of them (good or bad) AFA are just a few people, not some god-like entity. They have made mistakes and will make more mistakes. And when you buy something graded by them, all you are buying is a personal opinion, NOT a guarantee. Wether grading Toni's figures is a mistake or not takes me on to point 2. 2) If Toni's figures are 'real' or not is a can of worms. What does real even mean? It's a genuine cardback, bubble and figure, so who cares wether it was assembled in 1980 or 1990? There is no way of proving when any of our MOCs were actually made, I know we'd all like to think that we own some kind of mystic 1970s air trapped in the bubbles or something, but the fact is just like a classic car these toys are just a few parts slapped together so nobody can be 100% sure when that was done without a time machine. 3) Value - remember that none of this stuff actually has any real value, much like cash. It is just plastic and cardboard. The only reason people pay silly money for it is because they have been convinced there is a value attached to it. Revelations like this may affect value, but again none of this stuff we collect really has any 'value' anyway other than the hype our community creates. [/QUOTE]
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