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The day is coming....repro MOC
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 487913" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>The real problem is with MOC values as high as they are, there is absolutely a financial motive for criminals to manufacture convincing fakes of rare cards. Litho printing is (so I'm told) quite expensive, but at some point it becomes economically worthwhile for a faker to invest in it if they can sell the end products for thousands.</p><p></p><p>The sad truth is that if someone were to manufacture a card and bubble using the same techniques and using the same materials as Kenner did (and sourcing the card images from ultra high-res scans of real cards, and using 3D scans of real bubbles), and then heat-seal mint loose figures inside them using the same method used in the 70's and 80's, rather than slapping on some Bostik or using Toy Toni's iron, then the end results could easily become indistinguishable from the real thing. And as soon as a counterfeit becomes indistinguishable from the real thing, we're all screwed.</p><p></p><p>I've long thought that there is a massive criminal motive for faking Palitoy VCJs. Even if the manufacturing process cost you thousands to set up, with each MOC selling for £20,000+ these days, if you 'found' just one or two MOCs per year, you could make a fortune. And of course if you were that good at it, you would be unlikely to stop at just a couple of VCJs. I'm sure a 30 back Fett, Tri-logo Madine and coin-carded Yak Face or two wouldn't be far behind :-(</p><p></p><p>And of course, what's to say that totally convincing fakes aren't already here and in circulation? If we the collectors can't tell them apart from the real thing, how would we even know they exist? It's all worrying stuff... :?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 487913, member: 7379"] The real problem is with MOC values as high as they are, there is absolutely a financial motive for criminals to manufacture convincing fakes of rare cards. Litho printing is (so I'm told) quite expensive, but at some point it becomes economically worthwhile for a faker to invest in it if they can sell the end products for thousands. The sad truth is that if someone were to manufacture a card and bubble using the same techniques and using the same materials as Kenner did (and sourcing the card images from ultra high-res scans of real cards, and using 3D scans of real bubbles), and then heat-seal mint loose figures inside them using the same method used in the 70's and 80's, rather than slapping on some Bostik or using Toy Toni's iron, then the end results could easily become indistinguishable from the real thing. And as soon as a counterfeit becomes indistinguishable from the real thing, we're all screwed. I've long thought that there is a massive criminal motive for faking Palitoy VCJs. Even if the manufacturing process cost you thousands to set up, with each MOC selling for £20,000+ these days, if you 'found' just one or two MOCs per year, you could make a fortune. And of course if you were that good at it, you would be unlikely to stop at just a couple of VCJs. I'm sure a 30 back Fett, Tri-logo Madine and coin-carded Yak Face or two wouldn't be far behind :-( And of course, what's to say that totally convincing fakes aren't already here and in circulation? If we the collectors can't tell them apart from the real thing, how would we even know they exist? It's all worrying stuff... :? [/QUOTE]
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