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Did anyone see this auction end?, I don't no weather to laugh or cry!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1979-ROCKET-FIRING-BOBA-FETT-TAIWAN-PERFECT-BID-/390689443290?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=UqNyBOBzVI29rnFz%252BT3DAm5iK0c%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
 
:| I can't help but feel complete ambivalence about this. To be fair he does say 'presume it's a custom'. If someone wants to pay that amount (presuming it's not shill bidding) for something that to me doesn't look genuine then more fool them. His lucky day :roll:
 
He's been doing the same scam for as long as I can remember. In fact it's the same picture he's been using for about 10 years :lol:

Years ago I always felt bad for newbies that were being scammed by auctions like these but as time goes on (and the more clueless noobs I see using their wallet before their brain) I kind of gave up caring. I know we all started somewhere and **** like this can seem "real" when you don't know your arse from your elbow but is it worth taking a punt on something when you are that clueless?

I really am a grumpy **** lately but I can't help think that 10 minutes with google could answer almost anyone's Vintage questions...or you know..join a ****ing forum and ask someone if you can't work out what's real from what's not.

:twisted:
 
What Joe said.

Anyone with have an ounce of collecting knowledge would know it's fake - why would prototypes come with a baggie? etc etc. Still, the seller is a massive fraud with the 'please presume' line - tell it like it is . He could say "this is a reproduction", but doesn't.
 
I still feel sorry for the poor ****er that bought this - we were all noobs once
 
I fully understand the noob thing and do some research etc, but the old adage comes to mind....A fool and his money....

Having said that, surely this is bordering on fraud, I know that there are,"I'm not sure about" etc in descriptions, but if the guy has been doing this for a while, he should be taken to task

There will always be scammers though, so it's not going to go away anytime soon :roll:
 
Got to say I agree with most of what Joe has said on the matter as well as I do with what the rest of you have said, but remember when you got back in to vintage & got shinyaitus - everything nice is a must have regardless of the stupidity factor :lol: , I am sure a lot of us have done something as daft when we started, just maybe not with such a price tag attached, even I wasn't that daft.

theslider said:
why would prototypes come with a baggie? etc etc.
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Not always the case dude, a lot of samples like the one below were sent in baggies to protect them in transit -

http://theswca.com/images-speci/baggiefeature/Bagged%20Figure%20Pics/lukehoth.JPG

& this one -

http://theswca.com/images-produ/park-whitebib2.gif - Note the Palitoy Baggie on the Bib :P
 
Frank you read my mind :)

It is indeed true that many samples and pre production figures were bagged, it's not super common to still find them bagged but there are enough examples around to prove it happened. I guess it was still product at the end of the day and baggies were the cheapest form of packaging available to use in order to get them from A to B.

With a pre production piece you are more often than not buying piece of mind through it's provenance and back story, a paper trail from previous owners that links it to a Kenner Employee or long time collector usually eases any doubts because quite frankly there are no real foolproof guidelines that outline what can be considered a prototype/pre production piece. Some first shots have dates...some first shots are fully painted like the production figures..some come in baggies etc etc.

It probably gets easier the earlier the stage of pre production but it's still a mine field and everyone should do their research and put 110% into finding out what they are buying. If even seasoned pre production collectors can be taken for a lot of money (there was a really unfortunate hard copy scam a few years back) then it's even more evident that "noobs" should do their homework.

itfciain said:
I still feel sorry for the poor ****er that bought this - we were all noobs once
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Iain, believe me there is still a part of me that feels sorry for any poor ****er that spends £400+ on an auction like this but at the same time I can't help but think it could have been avoided if they had just used their noggin for 30 seconds, the old saying is "if it seems too good to be true, it usually is" and in Star Wars collecting that should be something collectors live by. We all make mistakes but the difference is some of us learn from £10 mistakes early on and others leave the hobby immediately after £400 mistakes..
 
He uses the bait of being unsure that it is fake. Bait for sure....but when someone shells out that much money....I agree they should be slightly more well versed in Vintage Star Wars than a a tree stump.
 
Frunkstar said:
OMG!!!! - you feeling alright Todd as that was super reserved for you buddy :lol:
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Sorry...thinking rationally for a second....................Ok.....now if I only had a dremmel and a loose boba I could........ :lol: :lol:
 
Frunkstar said:
You have the baggies, I have some R.F Fetts, who cares if they are poons, after all they are customs right :lol: :?
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Or are they bootlegs?
 
I have suggested this many times before and i will again. I firmly believe this guy bids up his own auctions to give his items credibility and create a false market value for what he has. This item more than most really backs up that theory. Come one, think about it. Of all the people that even know about rocket firing Fett prototypes and what they are worth why would ANY of them be bedding on this??? They wouldn't. It's not even one of those "this Jawa was found in my loft" auction that is designed to get gullible bidders to "take a chance". This is clear and if anyone was stupid enough to not know this was a reproduction they certainly wouldn't be smart enough to think it maws worth £400. If you get my meaning.

Private bidders = shill bidding. And in this case the shill bidding serves an entirely different purpose but is still shill bidding non the less.
 
This does smell of shill. I certainly agree that people spending this sort of cash need to do their homework. The combination of the old contrived rocket firing fett and a baggie must be enticing to a noob. Now all the winning bidder needs is a holiday special and vcj. What a collection! :roll:
 

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