I love it when people post latest acquisitions after we have covered a particular genre of collecting or something with a guest on the podcast, so here is my contribution. Following on from Joes interview, I picked these beauties up.
The Stormy and Vader are in great shape. Both are made in Hong Kong. Im a big fan of the alternate photos so its great to pick up the Stormy and Han.
The Han I have been after for a while at a good price so I was thrilled to pick this example up, however this one is made in China, which I assume is the Meccano factory as he is in one of the small square bubbles and in transit, this happened:
I am gutted. It looks like he has moved in the bubble and stamped the crack.
Couple of questions and opinions. Firstly, the seller and I have agreed a partial refund. It was unfortunate for the both of us and he was very good in sorting this out. Could I ask what people think he is now worth? Secondly, he displays really well, but I am really worried about him coming out of the bubble proper, so I was considering reinforcing the base of the bubble with a piece of clear tape. Whats the consensus with this.