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jaymassive619 said:Get an understanding of what each figure caredback and company combinations are worth. E.g Tri Logo Jawa can set you back upto £2000 whereas a Meccano Jawa will cost between £40 to £70 etc the amount of variations in availabilty / price for just one figure depending on the cardback issue and license etc are awesome and can be very topsy turvy. Like I said there is a ton of knowledge on this forum. Study the available websites like theswca.com (there many other top notch websites out there as well) don't make assumptions as one rule for one license may not be the same for other e.g waffle patterns etc. With time you will build a great amount of experience thus ensuring that you never overpay for items and inturn understand what the genuine MOC bargains are when the invariably turn up
Cheers for the advice, Jay.
I think the two biggest problems/fears I have about MOC collecting at the moment are being able to put a value on a figure as you point out and also being able to spot a recard/fake. It seems like a bit of a minefield at the moment, but I guess when I started collecting loose figures I had much the same feeling about that.
