Identifying recards - Newbie question

[ninjawyatt]

Hello everybody, I have joined this forum for one reason - help.

I have some original ROTJ carded figures that I have had for many years now. I have recently aquired the urge to build my collection, so I have been browsing eBay. I have noticed that some figures have a reproduction card and some have a brand new clear bubble attached to the original card, all of which the sellers have disclosed. The problem now is; if I see a minty carded figure that the seller claims is original - how do I really know it is?

Thanks for looking,

David.

 

[Richard_H]

Research and comparing images.

Of course though you could buy from the sellers on here and be safe.

 

[Captainsolo1978]

You could also get John Kellerman book on vintage Star Wars figures. Harder to obtain now but an excellent resource.

 

[x-pack]

Recards are easy to spot. Somewhere there are threads for this but in the mean time -

1. The colour is nearly always off. They look garish and grainy compared to real ones.
2. Bubbles are often a different style/size to the original
3. Waffle Pattern. The fake bubbles are either glued or taped on. There will be no 'waffle pattern'. This is a pattern left by the original heat sealing process.
4. The shelf hanger hole is often too central.
5. On older recards the card itself splits along the layers of the card. Down the side of the card it will be coming apart and the colour of the card used is usually white underneath, not grey.
6. The underneath of the footers are usually white on fakes.

The above are just pointers. Once you've seen loads you just know. Saying that, they are getting batter :roll: