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<blockquote data-quote="_Lee_" data-source="post: 492284" data-attributes="member: 418"><p>Nice buys Oli.</p><p></p><p>I myself believe that only the first production run was assembled in HK, and that latter lines ,including some 12 backs ,20 back and 41/45 back logo'd cards were assembled in the UK. Part of me thinks that they all were, but that's up for discussion. It doesn't make any sense to ship say , 24 figures in a case rather than 200 loose in the same size box. Surely, that would drive production costs up. It would have been just as easy to have the loose figures sent aside from the packaging. The MIHK type on cardbacks refer to the country of origin of the figure itself and not the packaging. I think this is a little misleading to some, but again its up for debate and there is no outright proof as to how and what was packaged over there and here. </p><p></p><p>With regards to factory presses, I don't think we can use that as proof. The same machine type could have been made exactly the same for Palitoy factory. Im sure if we were making cars and nearing the computer age at the time we could have designed multiple units for a production line.I worked in engineering for 14 years and we had 40 of the same machine that could do exactly the same as the other, and we are talking machines which were made in the 1960s/70s. </p><p></p><p>Lastly, I don't think there was any need for Palitoy proof material anyway. Kenner held the rights to the line and Palitoy was only the British Licensee. The cards were already designed by Kenner and it was a case of changing the logo and other parts. Maybe there were qc sign offs etc, but nothing near the amount of proof material on the USA side of the coin. I do believe there may be some photographic material out there though.</p><p></p><p>As always, its a mystery that we will never know and that kind of makes the hobby all the more interesting.</p><p></p><p>Lee</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_Lee_, post: 492284, member: 418"] Nice buys Oli. I myself believe that only the first production run was assembled in HK, and that latter lines ,including some 12 backs ,20 back and 41/45 back logo'd cards were assembled in the UK. Part of me thinks that they all were, but that's up for discussion. It doesn't make any sense to ship say , 24 figures in a case rather than 200 loose in the same size box. Surely, that would drive production costs up. It would have been just as easy to have the loose figures sent aside from the packaging. The MIHK type on cardbacks refer to the country of origin of the figure itself and not the packaging. I think this is a little misleading to some, but again its up for debate and there is no outright proof as to how and what was packaged over there and here. With regards to factory presses, I don't think we can use that as proof. The same machine type could have been made exactly the same for Palitoy factory. Im sure if we were making cars and nearing the computer age at the time we could have designed multiple units for a production line.I worked in engineering for 14 years and we had 40 of the same machine that could do exactly the same as the other, and we are talking machines which were made in the 1960s/70s. Lastly, I don't think there was any need for Palitoy proof material anyway. Kenner held the rights to the line and Palitoy was only the British Licensee. The cards were already designed by Kenner and it was a case of changing the logo and other parts. Maybe there were qc sign offs etc, but nothing near the amount of proof material on the USA side of the coin. I do believe there may be some photographic material out there though. As always, its a mystery that we will never know and that kind of makes the hobby all the more interesting. Lee [/QUOTE]
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