Palitoy 45a Power Droid MOC finally surfaced!

[palitoyjunky]

Anyone know who bagged this on RS this Morn??

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

No I dont Jon mate. I know John (DarthBeizing) enquired and so did another RS member but neither baggied it. Someone manage to grab it?
It this extremely rare or something? :? Why "finally surfaced"? I premuse this was made in few numbers on this cardback?

 

[Josh]

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[mr_palitoy]

Never been seen MOC before. I have a cardback which was the only other known example until now.
Will be worth considerably more than 120 USD in open auction. Wonder what it sold for in the end?



Jason

 

[PGowdy]

If it is rare, you can bet your bottom dollar there would of been some major back dooring going on, given the price it was listed at originally.

I thought Pete had one of them a while back also? Or different card?

Me?, no i had a [Palitoy] 20 back. Picked it up of ebay for £6.50. :wink:

 

[Josh]

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[Josh]

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[aussiejames]

It is a tough call if you ask me. I wouldn't mind if the seller was transparent about it. Sure that is gonna make waves for any potential buyers already interested, but you can't really blame someone for wanting to make the most out of something either. Especially if we are talking a considerably large difference from the original asking price.
It's when deals are in the making and then just sold out from under someone that p me off, especially without even giving them a chance to at least offer what has been proposed by someone else....And that doesn't mean the original buyer should have to pay more than the new offer either...just match it.
Like I say it is a tough call.



*What's your thoughts on it all, Phidias? Or you just going to drop the bomb and run here

some of this surprises me Josh. " It's when deals are in the making...." If you offer an item for sale at x amount the deal has already started. So not going through with the sale makes you scum in my book ( not you Josh because I don't think you would sell for a higher offer or make a higher offer?)

 

[Josh]

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[aussiejames]

To be ethical to the buyer the collecting community could have posted this is rare & worth $xxxx. But the seller was not ethical by selling it for more than his asking price & I guarantee the buyer was not thinking about ethics when he/she bought it. Was the seller really short changed? He didn't find a free Palitoy item in the Phillipines- chances are he bought it & obviously listed it for more than he paid? But I do see the moral dilemma about letting someone sell something too cheaply.

Great to see very rare stuff surface.

 

[Josh]

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[Lee Gregory]

Well I noticed it and offered what I thought was good money,only to be told,sorry the buyer has already paid.

Looks like I was a little too late as I did put a sizeable bid in,many times the 120$ he was asking for.

Bollocks,always annoying when you just miss out on a piece asrare as this

 

[Lee Gregory]

Just checked my pm's on rs and the seller said that I missed out by 1hr. If I was up early for work as I usually am on at sat morn I most likely would now be the proud owner. Instead I was day off ,had a bit of a lie in and went to MEM where there was nothing of interest.

Guess thats life sometimes.........

 

[mr_palitoy]

So who's got it then? Gary is being quite quiet...



Jason

 

[Lee Gregory]

No it wasn't Gary, I mailed him as soon as I saw it but he missed out also.

Depends who got it I suppose it may well resurface if the buyer wants to make a quick profit,assuming they didn't pay that much

 

[Josh]

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[Lee Gregory]

Let's fooken pray Bobablarcjohnwalshfett didn't nab it with a secret account

For ****s sake not thought about that one

 

[Josh]

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[sith-smith]

While I admit that i'm gutted I never got this piece, what ultimately is the great concern about?

Is it it's rarity or the fact that it went for a fairly low price?

This certainly isn't the first 'never seen before' Palitoy MOC that has turned up in the last year or so. All of which were 45a's funnily enough.

 

[Josh]

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