Awl Skulkerkey
Padawan
Fellow Forum Comment:-
U Grades are assigned to a process where a vintage item is removed from its packaging to then case it as 'Untouched' or 'Uncirculated'. Only one grading company (AFA) will still do this and will still assign this grade, God only knows why... it is essentially destroying a vintage item to then preserve it?!?! makes no sense!
What the f*ck is the point of even thinking of opening a vintage SW item that has been happy as larry for the past 40yrs inside its sealed bubble/boxed packaging? THat figure (for example) still has the atmosphere of 1978 inside that bubble so why would you release it to be lost in the eather forever? 101 reasons not to open a vintage item so why would you? Am I missing something here or has global GREED finally poisoned the minds of sane collectors and turned them into profit hungry emporors!?
U Grades are assigned to a process where a vintage item is removed from its packaging to then case it as 'Untouched' or 'Uncirculated'. Only one grading company (AFA) will still do this and will still assign this grade, God only knows why... it is essentially destroying a vintage item to then preserve it?!?! makes no sense!
What the f*ck is the point of even thinking of opening a vintage SW item that has been happy as larry for the past 40yrs inside its sealed bubble/boxed packaging? THat figure (for example) still has the atmosphere of 1978 inside that bubble so why would you release it to be lost in the eather forever? 101 reasons not to open a vintage item so why would you? Am I missing something here or has global GREED finally poisoned the minds of sane collectors and turned them into profit hungry emporors!?