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A New Repro... THE COLLECTORS STRIKE BACK
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<blockquote data-quote="Dannywhiteley" data-source="post: 460380" data-attributes="member: 6547"><p>Sadly it seem its far too late to stop this now. Reminds me of the saying, closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. </p><p></p><p>In the good old days, repros were honest enough and just used as fillers - it wasn't really seen as a concern - the real thing weren't particularly expensive, just hard to find pre-ebay so repro was a convenient choice. </p><p></p><p>There was far less attention and importance placed on matching specific details like mould families or very specific factory variations - nevermind the colour of accessories, so if your Stormtrooper had a grey imperial blaster -who cared? </p><p></p><p>As accessories have become more expensive than the figures they belong to (in almost all cases) there is no way that a successful repro-er is going to produce them in non genuine colours after working hard to match seemingly insignificant details. </p><p></p><p>I'm happy that all my stuff is ok as it's been with me a while and I know enough, but I would hate to be starting out now from scratch. I honestly don't think I'd bother.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannywhiteley, post: 460380, member: 6547"] Sadly it seem its far too late to stop this now. Reminds me of the saying, closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. In the good old days, repros were honest enough and just used as fillers - it wasn't really seen as a concern - the real thing weren't particularly expensive, just hard to find pre-ebay so repro was a convenient choice. There was far less attention and importance placed on matching specific details like mould families or very specific factory variations - nevermind the colour of accessories, so if your Stormtrooper had a grey imperial blaster -who cared? As accessories have become more expensive than the figures they belong to (in almost all cases) there is no way that a successful repro-er is going to produce them in non genuine colours after working hard to match seemingly insignificant details. I'm happy that all my stuff is ok as it's been with me a while and I know enough, but I would hate to be starting out now from scratch. I honestly don't think I'd bother. [/QUOTE]
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