First Shots

spoons · Jul 8, 2007

Has anyone bought a first shot before?

I've been offered a Han hoth first Shot but neither myself or the seller is 100% sure what the price should be.

any help would be much appreciated

jabbawokkie · Jul 8, 2007

spoons said:
Has anyone bought a first shot before?

I've been offered a Han hoth first Shot but neither myself or the seller is 100% sure what the price should be.

any help would be much appreciated

try and get it as low as poss :wink:

craignwo4life · Jul 8, 2007

Unless it comes from a well known seller with a genuine COA I would be wary.

Charcoal Anakins go for around Ã'Â£300 but I am sure other characters go for around Ã'Â£100 to Ã'Â£200, although I haven't seen too many.

The best thing maybe to check the old RS classifieds to see what they were being listed at.

spoons · Jul 8, 2007

craignwo4life said:
Unless it comes from a well known seller with a genuine COA I would be wary.

Charcoal Anakins go for around Ã'Â£300 but I am sure other characters go for around Ã'Â£100 to Ã'Â£200, although I haven't seen too many.

The best thing maybe to check the old RS classifieds to see what they were being listed at.

He's a trusted seller (I bought my model trem from him) and he's bringing it to CE. He thinks its worth about 250-300. I'm assuming dollars, which fits in pretty well with your estimate

weasel · Jul 8, 2007

I'm guessing the seller is a Yank Spoons?
Otherwise would he not be quoting in GBPounds?

spoons · Jul 8, 2007

weasel said:
I'm guessing the seller is a Yank Spoons?
Otherwise would he not be quoting in GBPounds?

He certainly is, but I do need to make sure he is talking dollars :shock:

weasel · Jul 9, 2007

:lol: Yeah or that's a rather nasty and expsensive surprise!

cocofstar · Jul 9, 2007

A First Shot will look damn sweet in that focus of yours Spoons

lee gray · Jul 9, 2007

I brought a first shot chituhr and biggest mistake of my life as had to sell a few decent things to buy it and then i realised I would have rather had the other things

and now my interest for star wars has completely gone

cocofstar · Jul 9, 2007

lee gray said:
I brought a first shot chituhr and biggest mistake of my life as had to sell a few decent things to buy it and then i realised I would have rather had the other things

and now my interest for star wars has completely gone

Sorry to hear that Lee

Have you held onto the Chituhr First Shot or have you sold him yet?

spoons · Jul 9, 2007

Sorry to hear that Lee, it is a very nice looking chituhr though. I'm sure you could sell it on easily enough.

I've now been offered an unpainted pbp (and maybe an unpainted palitoy sample). Any thoughts on their value (I think I might have to start saving

)

lee gray · Jul 9, 2007

Sold it at a small loss to get rid ...but too late to get my other items back, nostalgia is why i been collecting for the last 12 years but buying these type of items i never even heard of defeated the nostalgia object to me

spoons said:
I've now been offered an unpainted pbp (and maybe an unpainted palitoy sample). Any thoughts on their value (I think I might have to start saving )

Not got a clue on those prices

saving sucks if you are impatient

jabbawokkie · Jul 9, 2007

lee gray said:
I brought a first shot chituhr and biggest mistake of my life as had to sell a few decent things to buy it and then i realised I would have rather had the other things

and now my interest for star wars has completely gone

same here ,at moment i have no desire in buying any figs .dont even check ebay

lee gray · Jul 9, 2007

jabbawokkie said:
lee gray said:

I brought a first shot chituhr and biggest mistake of my life as had to sell a few decent things to buy it and then i realised I would have rather had the other things

and now my interest for star wars has completely gone

Click to expand...

same here ,at moment i have no desire in buying any figs .dont even check ebay

only thing i check on ebay now is neo geo mvs games

getting really fed up with postal prices for international items now, its just not worth it

Darth Wensleydale · Jul 9, 2007

lee gray wrote:
I brought a first shot chituhr and biggest mistake of my life as had to sell a few decent things to buy it and then i realised I would have rather had the other things

and now my interest for star wars has completely gone

I know what you mean Lee. I started collecting over 10 years ago but sold it all cos I got bored. The interest then sparked back up recently in a big way. I'm sure you'll be back to it before long but sometimes you need a break to enjoy some other stuff

TWOFOOT · Jul 10, 2007

I've now been offered an unpainted pbp (and maybe an unpainted palitoy sample). Any thoughts on their value (I think I might have to start saving :) )[/quote said:
Unpainted doest mean its a first shot. I have bought a few unpainted figures from trusted sources at just above the same price as their painted versions.
If you buy a prototype make sure it has a papertrail to go with it. Even shops get it wrong sometimes (the earth toy mall!!!) so be carefull. It is very easy to remove all paint and markings when you have the right chemicals.
Here is one i made to prove how easy it is. If you want to see the removed markings i can take a picture of the back.

xAngelx · Jul 10, 2007

Wow, what did you use to remove the paint?

That's pretty cool, might have to do that to one of my scouts. Purely for my entertainment I assure you.

spoons · Jul 10, 2007

Cheers Twofoot

The two unpainted samples looked legit, they were in sealed baggies and had a good traceable history. I'd not seen a PBP baggie before. They also had the right copyright info, rather than none.

I thought he'd ask for Ã'Â£100-Ã'Â£150 for the two of them..

He asked for Ã'Â£600 :shock: :shock:

Way out of my league

I'm still picking up the 1st shot at CE though, and for a lot less than that

mash · Jul 11, 2007

He asked for Ã'Â£600

christ thats some serious cash mate better make sure they are the real deal.

What is a first shot and how many of them can there be??

spoons · Jul 11, 2007

You're up early :shock:

I wont be buying the unpainted samples, but there are a few of those and I think they were sent from smaller companies to the main ones for checking. ie the PBP unpainted sample would have been sent to Palitoy, and I presume the Palitoy one would have gone to Kenner.

My understanding of the first shots is that they are the very first figures made from the moulds, to test that everything works (someone correct me if I'm wrong). There are a few of these but less than the unpainted samples.

The first shots were made with any plastic that was to hand. The two Han Hoths I've seen were made with translucent material 8)

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