this is the start of my graded figure collection

[Joe]

U grade = Uncirculated

Means your nice trilogo yak MOC with a bit of a bubble dent can be removed from the card and put in acrylic, getting scored U90 and sold for about $800 more than the MOC was worth.

Great for profit bad for the hobby.

 

[tatsie]

Yes that sucks..

rest assured I wont be going down that route...

 

[weasel]

Tatsie, have you ACTUALLY missed the whole U-grade thing!?

 

[tatsie]

I had absolutely no idea about it.. Why would anyone remove their figures from even bent cards?

I get the logic, but it seems disrespectful...

 

[saber]

I had absolutely no idea about it.. Why would anyone remove their figures from even bent cards?

I get the logic, but it seems disrespectful...

i think i would remove them if the card was really bad, because you want the figures to look good

but it's hard .... as those figures have been on that card for 30+ years 8)