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Maulster79 said:
I contacted someone from the BBC myself a few weeks back - I would be happy to forward the email I sent if I could find it, but yeah, go to the press.
Resealed figure discovery debate - G.Kurtz Palitoy VC Jawa.
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I contacted someone from the BBC myself a few weeks back - I would be happy to forward the email I sent if I could find it, but yeah, go to the press.
Send me a PM buddy- be happy to forward it.
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Maulster79 said:
Just found it - PM sent
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Caswellbot said:
I'm not sure whether varnish is the correct term to use. The cards were "coated" with a heat activated adhesive, however it is also essential to understand two factors about heat/pressure sealing. The first is the adhesive profile requires a specific temperature for it to achieve the "melt rate" required for adhesion. The second relates to the importance of an "exact" temperature threshold as it would need to be just below the temperature threshold and exposure time where the plastic would become unstable, and itself begin to deform/melt.
If you followed along this far, it would seem from such a variety of seal examples that either the adhesive coating "best before" date had expired, the temperature being used was not as precise because the person doing this was a hack or didn't know any better, OR the grade of plastic varied so much that it actually did not produce the "optimal" adhesive bond only an original "factory" blister could produce.
I have already run through my mind how a "seal machine" could be set-up with consumer available goods, but the one thing that isn't easy to mimic is the exact temperature, as not all appliances that transfer heat can be dialed to achieve this temperature range. And the others are the exact pressure and exposure time. If any of these is off by even a few degrees, or lbs of weight, or seconds of exposure, you would not have an optimal seal. The worst outcome from "over exposure" being actual damage to the item.
It's that exacting. Could it still be done with inferior methods, and improved through trial and error? Of course, but not without an evolutionary trail of botched jobs, and tell-tale signs something is amiss.
mr_palitoy
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Ok, have rewritten the 45b, 45c and 65d with single stem bubbles with embossed numbers in the correct places.
http://www.freewebs.com/mrpalitoy/esb45bcardback.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/mrpalitoy/rotj45ccardback.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/mrpalitoy/rotj65dcardback.htm
cheers Jason
http://www.freewebs.com/mrpalitoy/esb45bcardback.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/mrpalitoy/rotj45ccardback.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/mrpalitoy/rotj65dcardback.htm
cheers Jason
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'Still says single stemmed bubbles are Toni cards on 45b for the affected figures'
'Shop bought examples are double stemmed'
I still say thats wrong, or the very least to final based on a handful of cardbacks. Here we go again....
Unless that's one of those bizarre iPhone lags - I've seen eBay items that have been edited not change on a mobile viewer for a few days
'Shop bought examples are double stemmed'
I still say thats wrong, or the very least to final based on a handful of cardbacks. Here we go again....
Unless that's one of those bizarre iPhone lags - I've seen eBay items that have been edited not change on a mobile viewer for a few days
mr_palitoy
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spoons said:
That's old cached text you are reading.
It now says:-
This card variation also saw the double stemmed bubble making it's first appearance, but without the footplate seen on earlier card variations. No footplates are seen on any card variations from this variation onwards. The addition of the second stem allows the card to stand upright by itself. The double stemmed bubble also appeared on the 45C and 65D card variations. Single stemmed bubbles were seen on this card variation, but they are less common than the double stems. The single stem bubbles have a number embossed on the bubble in the bottom right hand corner. Certain figures only used certain bubble numbers. Han Solo used 04, Death Star Droid used 02, C-3PO (Removable Limbs) used 015, AT-AT Commander used 01 & 03, Artoo Detoo (R2-D2) (With Sensorscope) used 12, Bespin Security Guard (Black) used 01, TIE Fighter Pilot used 13, Cloud Car Pilot used 02 & 03, Luke Skywalker (Hoth Battle Gear) used 03 and 4-LOM used 13.
This card variation was the first card variation in the stock of unused cardbacks acquired by Toy Toni after the Palitoy factory closed and subsequently made into MOC with unused bubbles. The unused cardbacks were 500 Bossk (Bounty Hunter), 264 Imperial TIE Fighter Pilot and 66 Chewbacca. The numbers for Bossk (Bounty Hunter) and Chewbacca is a 50/50 split between Palitoy and German cardbacks as large quantities of mint MOCs exist for both and the original sales list of unused cardbacks did not differentiate well between ESB Palitoy and German cards. Also, both Palitoy and German cards for these figures were available for sale on toytoni.com. Toni used double stem and single stem doubles on these figures. For TIE Fighter Pilot, he used the wrong bubble number, 03 instead of 13, so this can be used to detect a Toni card. The seals on Toy Toni cards are generally very weak and worsen with time, so older examples show signs of bubble lifting and air pockets in the seal. The seal on the example below is quite poor.
cheers Jason
mr_palitoy
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spoons said:Nice one Jason
The numbered bubbles have got me thinking, a list of legit bubble/figure combinations would be good
Yes, have put in as many as I could find. Will update the list as new ones come to light.
cheers Jason
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Where abouts Jason?
I'm now verging on the thinking all mine are fake again - I hate Toni :evil:
Kenner Han Hoths from 45-48 backs all have 02 bubbles, and a slightly squashed 02 (not much of a raised profile) - but have either a Kenner waffle seal or a clear seal
My GM Han Hoth has an incredibly crisp 03 bubble (absolutely no squashing on the 03) with a lined waffle seal - the bubble is smaller than an 02 and Han is squashed
My 45b Bossk has a 'squashed 03' bubble with a lined waffle seal - the bubble is a tight fit but Bossk just about fits
clearly an 02 bubble is meant for Han Hoth, but does an 03 bubble mean that Toni made it or Palitoy cared less?
Anyone with a 100% shop sold GM Han Hoths or Bossks who can compare?
* edit - just looked at JC's bubble stamps and he has 01 and 03 on an AT-AT commander, so the not caring is a definite possibility, but then a flattish 03 doesn't look good for Bossk
I'm now verging on the thinking all mine are fake again - I hate Toni :evil:
Kenner Han Hoths from 45-48 backs all have 02 bubbles, and a slightly squashed 02 (not much of a raised profile) - but have either a Kenner waffle seal or a clear seal
My GM Han Hoth has an incredibly crisp 03 bubble (absolutely no squashing on the 03) with a lined waffle seal - the bubble is smaller than an 02 and Han is squashed
My 45b Bossk has a 'squashed 03' bubble with a lined waffle seal - the bubble is a tight fit but Bossk just about fits
clearly an 02 bubble is meant for Han Hoth, but does an 03 bubble mean that Toni made it or Palitoy cared less?
Anyone with a 100% shop sold GM Han Hoths or Bossks who can compare?
* edit - just looked at JC's bubble stamps and he has 01 and 03 on an AT-AT commander, so the not caring is a definite possibility, but then a flattish 03 doesn't look good for Bossk
mr_palitoy
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spoons said:
The list I am updating is only for palitoy 45b's, maybe wolfgang should be involved for german cards?
cheers Jason
mr_palitoy
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mr_palitoy said:
That Bossk with an 03 bubble sounds suspect.
Toni had the unused cardback and bubble to manufacture that.
We need to see a shop sold single stem to see what it looks like.
cheers Jason
I tried to discuss bubble codes last month in the following thread but no interest
http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18857
Forgot that I Found this pic on ebay. Definitely not a factory seal.
http://www.starwarsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18857
Forgot that I Found this pic on ebay. Definitely not a factory seal.
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mr_palitoy said:
Indeed - although the number squashing matches Kenner ones so is the Han fake, or both or neither.
For these to match the genuine seals Toni would have to get his heat right, his more recent attempts are not right, which gives me a glimmer of hope
Kenner, GM or UK I'd be interested in the numbers on the bubbles. I still think GM and 45b will have the same bubbles if they both originate from Coalville
RKW - I'm now interested
mr_palitoy
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This is a vectis palitoy esb 45b 03 bubble from 2004. Head does look squashed.
cheers Jason
cheers Jason
mr_palitoy
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spoons said:
The group I posted earlier, all of them have price sticker residue so are genuine.
The bossk has no price sticker residue and is minty mint and user a unused cardback/03 bubble combo so could be a Toni.
cheers Jason
mr_palitoy said:Found a genuine TFP with the 13 bubble on vectis:-
cheers Jason
That's weird- the blaster is packed high and there is no room for it to drop. Much like this TT probable:
Don't mean to derail the thread- just thought its odd.
Balls- so much for last post on this.
Balls- so much for last post on this.
Maybe the card was pictured upside down to get a clearer view and the weapon moved up, sometimes the weapon on my fett cards use to go up behind the arm of fett if angled right and would piss me off and would take ages shaking it until the weapon dropped down again
