U Grade FAQ

[Jedi_june]

I'd rather trade a carded figure for loose ones than rip it off and potentially destroying an item that another collector would love to add to his/her collection.

I can agree with this 1000000%

 

[Garydo]

ive recently started collecting again after about 10 years and all this is new news to me and its really sad, I would much rather have a beater MOC than a figure in a plastic box with a grade but that's just me.
Ive seen these on ebay an they fetch some crazy money, why?

From now on when I see a beater im buyin em up

 

[lee gray]

Now I am not too fussed either way about U grades myself and am good friends with a guy who likes them but I just see somewhere a U graded yak face with gaffi stick. I would have presumed even if card was a bad beater it would be more valuable carded.

 

[Michael Sith]

It's about the history, and the card being original, mocs ...specifically beaters, and reseals, cut or sliced cards should be kept that way, not only to keep them "whole", but they offer up a chance for people like myself to build a collection on a budget, without having to pay silly money :!:

 

[slim]

i almost cant believe my eyes when i see people paying sky high prices for this u graded nonsense on ebay , how many perfectly good displayable cards are being destroyed for this madness ! surely these over inflated prices wont continue as the bubble has got to burst i think ??

slim

 

[Grant_C]

Concur everywhere :lol:

 

[jambobbyb]

Is this guy for real? £500.00 for a ****ing Snaggle tooth? £500 U-grade, my arse!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-Figure-Red-Snaggletooth-AFA-U90-Hong-Kong-/171116382471?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item27d754c907

 

[tiefighterboy]

Does he cum with free glue?

 

[jambobbyb]

Does he cum with free glue?

Todd your a complete loon, in all seriousness for the less money you could have a mint 20 back Snaggletooth, these people are insane!

 

[Frunkstar]

& it has paint rubs on it (heels) :?

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

:? WTF :lol:

 

[inzaman]

It's crazy and that's coming from someone who has many U grades in his collection. I was looking for a 90 Bossk and Dengar - at the moment there is only U90's on the bay but its actually cheaper to buy them carded. In fact it is cheaper to buy many of the U90 figures as carded. Since getting back into collecting i have stopped tracking down U grades and am just as happy with a none U designation. In fact some of the figures i have the are 85 they could quite easily have been a 90 al but a slight bit of paint missing or something small like that. In most cases not worth paying over double for the additional grade, but i suppose it depends what you are after.

 

[JuniorChubb]

& it has paint rubs on it (heels) :?

Good spot Frank.

What a crock!

 

[inzaman]

So i have been looking at trying to add some 90's to my collection as i have had a break for a while and what's happened to the prices :shock:
I kept a log of what i paid for some of my high end 90's and U90's and in some cases they are currently treble what i paid six years ago
I am now torn as to sell my 90's and U90's or pay the premium to complete what i set out to complete. I need about five more but that is like £500+ easily.

 

[paulcalf]

If there is so much U grading going on, where are all the bloody cardbacks for sale?

 

[itfciain]

Brilliant piece of reasoning from someone on RS

U-Grading must be OK because.....

"As I see it, on the other hand, U-grading adds value to the figures already owned by collectors, since carded figure(s) equivalent to their own become scarcer to find. Am I right in reasoning this way?"

http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1102958-12/

So U-Grading is good because all of the MOCs we own will get more valuable... brilliant logic

 

[Mr-shifter]

Brilliant piece of reasoning from someone on RS

U-Grading must be OK because.....

"As I see it, on the other hand, U-grading adds value to the figures already owned by collectors, since carded figure(s) equivalent to their own become scarcer to find. Am I right in reasoning this way?"

http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1102958-12/

So U-Grading is good because all of the MOCs we own will get more valuable... brilliant logic

Basically,"I've got one of X as a MOC that I'm really happy with so **** everyone else who hasn't or is just coming in to the hobby. I will just sell them mine for well over the odds"

I thought you were banned from RS

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

:lol: :lol: :roll:

 

[tiefighterboy]

I have my fill of carded figures ......so **** everyone else....open them ****ers up. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[inzaman]

Have you seen the U95 on the bay

Boba Fett U95 $2,500
Greedo $1,500
Hammerhead $1,500
Zuckuss $1,200
Snowtrooper $1,100
Darth Vader $900
Luke Battle Poncho $900
General Madine $900
Warok $700
Romba $600
Paploo $600

To me it is all about the figure but in all of the above instance you could get a decent carded example for those prices :shock: