INDENTIFICATION ON A 8D8 DROID LOOK!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Hi there, its my first post on here not sure if i'm in the right place for this or not but here we go!

been collecting selling and trading for a while, I have had lots and lots of 8d8 droids pass through my fingers over the years but in a recent lot that i bought I found an 8d8 droid with a yellow body, its not discoloured as the colour is consistant across the body and does not spread to any of limbs (which are pretty white) and its a totally different tone to any discolouring i have seen before, more like a mustard colour, i compared it to my worst discoloured imperial snow trooper, and its nothing a like, it definatly hasn't been painted i sent my eyes crossed checking for brush stokes or overpaint on the limbs but again nothing.

I have checked everywhere on the internet, checked it against 4 other 8d8s i have at the moment a few of which are discoloured!!

the colour is very similar to that of the body of the bgj-38 droid i know these 2 shared the same body anyway but it looks like that with an 8d8 head

please help do I have the rarest star wars figure in the world or the the most heavily discoloured one in the world?

link to pics below

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3884/picture092t.jpg

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9279/picture093bv.jpg

 

[Josh]

Your not gay and single are yah? If Joe O weren't married he would probably have your kids right now...considering he may have found the one and only other 8d8 collector in the world. I hope it works out for ypu both :lol:

And IMO it is just discoloration mate. But I am sure Joe O will chime in and correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Anonymous]

No disrespect mate , but your the one with 1269 post on the star wars collectors forum not me, i only joined to ask this question!!

:lol:

 

[Capetown]

I know Josh is Australian, but I don't think there's anything in what he said to warrant a reaction like that. :?

To answer your question: definitely discoloured.

By the way, its L@@K!!!1!!!!, not LOOK. :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

I used to live in the netherlands in tilburg and waalwijk, but back in the uk now!

and calling me gay would always get a response like that!

groetjes!

 

[Bollux]

He didnt!

He asked if you were or not, there's a DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Capetown]

I used to live in the netherlands in tilburg and waalwijk, but back in the uk now!

and calling me gay would always get a response like that!

groetjes!

Josh didn't call you gay, just made a joking reference to our resident 8D8-collector suggesting that you would be a great match for each other were you (both) to be of the other persuasion so to say. :wink:

By the way, I think one of our mods (weasel) lived around those parts in the Netherlands too. I live near Amsterdam myself.

 

[Josh]

No disrespect mate , but your the one with 1269 post on the star wars collectors forum not me, i only joined to ask this question!!

:lol:

I can see we are going to get along :? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[PGowdy]

He didn't call you gay. He was making a joke.
Read it a bit more carefully.

 

[aussiejames]

its not discoloured as the colour is consistant across the body and does not spread to any of limbs (which are pretty white) and its a totally different tone to any discolouring i have seen before, more like a mustard colour, i compared it to my worst discoloured imperial snow trooper, and its nothing a like, it definatly hasn't been painted i sent my eyes crossed checking for brush stokes or overpaint on the limbs but again nothing. do I have the rarest star wars figure in the world or the the most heavily discoloured one in the world?

the torso & limbs are made of different plastic & hence deteriorate differently. I count bumps & notches & every other ****ing thing crazy variation collectors do, but that is neither a variation or the worst discolouration or a rare figure.

welcome

 

[Anonymous]

thank you jedi master that answered my question perfectly that was all i was after regards!

 

[Joe]

It's actually a very rare prototype figure cast in an off yellow / tan plastic, Kenner used this type of plastic colour for the first figures off the line.

In my opinion its easily a $500 figure.

 

[aussiejames]

It's actually a very rare prototype figure cast in an off yellow / tan plastic, Kenner used this type of plastic colour for the first figures off the line.

In my opinion its easily a $500 figure.

I freakin hate you Joe, I was about to offer him a tenner

 

[Josh]

So let's start the bidding at a dollar?

 

[Joe]

It's actually a very rare prototype figure cast in an off yellow / tan plastic, Kenner used this type of plastic colour for the first figures off the line.

In my opinion its easily a $500 figure.

I freakin hate you Joe, I was about to offer him a tenner

I am naturally too honest, my apologies.

To the original poster - I highly recommend sending this figure to the AFA as a "first shot in non production colours" - hopefully you can get it authenticated.

 

[aussiejames]

Does it have the hip circles? That will influence price.

 

[Josh]

See told yah! Joe would be all over it

And James...that makes you naturally dishonest mate :lol:

 

[weasel]

By the way, I think one of our mods (weasel) lived around those parts in the Netherlands too. I live near Amsterdam myself.

Bit further south and east, but not a million miles off.
Not sure our newest member will be back though.

 

[Josh]

Are you kidding? He will be in a PMing frenzy with Joe as we speak
But your right! Probably already got the gunnery invite :wink:

 

[tigerham]

thank you jedi master that answered my question perfectly that was all i was after regards!

Jedi 'James' Master! :lol:

Dude, just in case you fire back at me, his name is AussieJames, Jedi Master is just a rank after you've been here a while n sent a few posts out :wink: