What do you do with your repro weapons?

[Grant_C]

What do you do with your repro weapons?

Just found a Nein Numb gun that's a repro.

Was going to bin it.

 

[Banton989]

I bag them up all together to help refrence and authenticate future purchases. To begin with I was in the "Burn the bastards" camp, but I think they might help.

They dont even make it in to my man cave, its hallowed ground lol.

Adam

 

[Michael Sith]

Always keep as spares, if you ever let go loose figs on eBay or just for loose displays you may set up etc.

 

[Frunkstar]

My lad has them for his figures, no way am I letting him have vintage weapons so it works out great as he does not realize as hes only 9

 

[jambobbyb]

I save them up then go round to Franks place and poke tiny holes in some of his baggies and just swap them for the real deal I have thankfully only come across 5 fake weapons I paired them up with figures and gave them to some of the guys I work with as desk ornaments.

 

[itfciain]

Ages ago I used to team them up with figures and sell them on eBay but then I realised that a) I was promoting the use of them and b) they could fall into the wrong hands

I now just keep them in a great big bag (thing gets bigger every time I buy a 'childhood collection' on eBay!) - I have let a few of the guys on here has some for their displays or for their kids to use but would not really want to sell them

I have had plenty of arguments on RS about these and realise that there are still going to be people making them but if I do my little bit then that makes me feel better

 

[tiefighterboy]

Great for customs.

 

[plantman]

i pose mine with my figs, then bin them when i get a genuine one, or give them to my son to play with.

 

[x-pack]

Just got them in a tin with spares. That's it :|

 

[Pomse2001]

I try not to get any, but I am not that lucky, there is always some guys who sell them as original.

Lucky me, I know a guy who I can sell them to very cheap, he give them to his son so he can play with them, because the son may not play with original weapons :lol:

 

[aussiejames]

Heat a pin/needle put a hole in them. Will never get confused with a real one again. Will still serve the purposes of those that want to let kids play with them, use them for customs etc...

 

[Bramistuta25]

I like James' idea... I just bin them so there's no chance of them circulating again.

Maybe plastic recycling pot now.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Don't have any

 

[Richard_H]

Sent mine to John at TIG to be used in reference.

 

[Grant_C]

Sent mine to John at TIG to be used in reference.

Good idea, but this is a repro that I could spot from 2 feet away, so in the bin it goes.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Don't have any

That's because I only have 4 loose figures :wink:

 

[Jez]

Jez Junior has all of mine. Even he recognises that they don't feel right!

 

[Wild Whiphid]

thing gets bigger every time I buy a 'childhood collection' on eBay!

If people keep giving them to their kids to play with, repro weapons will be part of every 'childhood collection' in a couple of years...

I still have to go through what I've got in more detail, but on first sight I think most of it is genuine. (I bought most on here, so they better be!).
I do have some figures without weapons and although at first I was like "well, who cares" and saw them as replacement parts, now I'd rather have an incomplete figure than a fake.

 

[jedi_masters]

Just had one turn up with a figure, no biggie as the guy sorting out the problem and was very understanding over it :wink: . I'm tempted to burn a whole through the handle and keep it to one side for future reference. Either that or just chuck it in the bin as I'm not going to use it.

 

[walkie]

Just sell them on RS, they love repro's (sorry bootlegs) on there. :lol: