They are also introducing eBay Wallet where (very much like Vinted) money will sit in an eBay bank account earning interest unless you are proactive and transfer the money to your account straight away. They are hoping lots of sellers will leave their money there in order to spend it on the site...
What a nightmare. We had a clothes moth infestation a few years ago and they destroyed our carpets including in the Star Wars room. Luckily they didn’t destroy any comics etc but they reproduce a lot quicker than silverfish and it took 3-4 complete household cleans with professional cleaning...
Some of the Kader blasters can looks like the Unitoy blaster. The key is the position of the gate scar. If it’s on the underside of the barrel it is Unitoy, if it is on the bottom of the handle it’s Kader. Additionally if it’s on the top of the barrel it’s Kader found in the Survival Kit pack.
Yes, I would like to own a historical piece like that. But alas I can’t justify the prices for something like that even though as I understand it some of these pieces were reasonably priced for pre-production items.
You’re quite right to highlight this. These are probably incorrectly labelled first shot on the website, as first shots do not have the date and coo details. They are more likely test shots but still a great pre-production piece in this case showing What prune face looked like before the Hong...
There is Lars. I think it’s hard to tell from the outside. The best tell is to look at the stitching on the inside. As soon as I get a chance to look I’ll report back
Check out the Prune Face first shot as part of the larger Peach Fett recent find. It shows you the figure with the HONG KONG stamp
https://peachfett.com/first-shots
V1 is indeed Kader. Both V2 and V3 are Smile. Lili Ledy is listed incorrectly on there as V3 but is in fact the same mould as Kader in a reddish brown rather than brown colour.
The original moulds for Prune Face for both Kader and Smile would have initially said HONG KONG on them. Some of the moulds will have a complete smooth deletion of the Country of Origin (CoO) and others will have remnants of the letters visible where the filler will not have been applied...