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Wow - this is shocking.
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<blockquote data-quote="edd_jedi" data-source="post: 539248" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>An interesting watch, I think there are valid points on both sides. Do some collectors take things too far? Absolutely, and things like death threats (even in jest) should not be tolerated. However completely denying that reproductions can have *any* downsides is also ridiculous, and some of the comparisons made in the video are silly - of course vintage cars don't have original era tyres, they have long since perished, wheras authentic action figure accessories for the most part have not. I think most collectors are open to replacing perishable things like Yoda's swamp foam, because like car tyres sourcing an original is impossible.</p><p></p><p>So I agree some of the anti repro lot should tone it down a bit (I wasn't aware of most of the things in this video) but equally the pro repro guys have to concede that their actions have some ethical and financial consequences. What he fails to acknowledge in the video is that Star Wars is by far the most 'mature' action figure collecting market, yes collectors of some other toy lines are fine with repros (I see it all the time in the MASK groups) but those collectors are making all the same mistakes now that SW collectors made 20 years ago, and he's kidding himself if he thinks at some point they also won't start questioning repros.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edd_jedi, post: 539248, member: 2"] An interesting watch, I think there are valid points on both sides. Do some collectors take things too far? Absolutely, and things like death threats (even in jest) should not be tolerated. However completely denying that reproductions can have *any* downsides is also ridiculous, and some of the comparisons made in the video are silly - of course vintage cars don't have original era tyres, they have long since perished, wheras authentic action figure accessories for the most part have not. I think most collectors are open to replacing perishable things like Yoda's swamp foam, because like car tyres sourcing an original is impossible. So I agree some of the anti repro lot should tone it down a bit (I wasn't aware of most of the things in this video) but equally the pro repro guys have to concede that their actions have some ethical and financial consequences. What he fails to acknowledge in the video is that Star Wars is by far the most 'mature' action figure collecting market, yes collectors of some other toy lines are fine with repros (I see it all the time in the MASK groups) but those collectors are making all the same mistakes now that SW collectors made 20 years ago, and he's kidding himself if he thinks at some point they also won't start questioning repros. [/QUOTE]
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