Vader 12 Back White Background

kingshearer said:

It's a beauty mate. To my eyes it looks much better than the yellow background, obviously a factory fault and very rare.
No idea on price but has to be more than the yellow back version.

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aussiejames said:

Got a picture of the back of the card. The yellow background 'Takara' is just a standard US Kenner with a sticker. The white ( & red?) is true Takara Japanese and there will be no CoO near the POP.

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indianawars said:

Most likely a lot more than my graded Y-Wing on eBay at the moment :lol: lovely piece, but sadly 12-BKs are not my strong point, let alone a rare one like this.

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stormcab said:

Saw someone mention this along with a DT Lukes as being very rare. This is mine. I didn't think anything of the white background until a thread popped up last year about an 85 grade up on eBay for a silly BIN. I have no intention of selling mine, but curious to know if anyone knows about these. Someone said it was just a Takara missing a sticker, but there are Takaras with yellow backgrounds, and the AFA has added "white background", so I'm guessing it's official enough.

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darth_daddius said:

stormcab said:

Saw someone mention this along with a DT Lukes as being very rare. This is mine. I didn't think anything of the white background until a thread popped up last year about an 85 grade up on eBay for a silly BIN. I have no intention of selling mine, but curious to know if anyone knows about these. Someone said it was just a Takara missing a sticker, but there are Takaras with yellow backgrounds, and the AFA has added "white background", so I'm guessing it's official enough.

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I'm a bit confused. When this thread came up last year you took part in the conversation. We know now that they are takara cards that have had the takara sticker removed back when foreign cards were unpopular. Personally, I would value these well below one that still has the Takara sticker attached.

Pat

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darth_daddius said:

stormcab said:

Saw someone mention this along with a DT Lukes as being very rare. This is mine. I didn't think anything of the white background until a thread popped up last year about an 85 grade up on eBay for a silly BIN. I have no intention of selling mine, but curious to know if anyone knows about these. Someone said it was just a Takara missing a sticker, but there are Takaras with yellow backgrounds, and the AFA has added "white background", so I'm guessing it's official enough.

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I'm a bit confused. When this thread came up last year you took part in the conversation. It is pretty much a given that these are Takara cards that have had the Takara sticker removed back when foreign cards were unpopular. As discussed in the other thread, there were three different Takara cardbacks with stickers - two versions with a yellow background and one with this white background. The white background figure is the Japanese COO figure and the cardback is exactly the same as the one with the sticker. There is no COO listed under the POP and it would not be hard to remove the yellow sticker.

Have I missed your question?

Personally, I would value these well below one that still has the Takara sticker attached.

Pat

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