Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | Sadler_Bricks | Posted: | Jun 25, 2022 09:23 | Subject: | Re: Best part out themes? | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| The part out themes is really your choice and more of what you want to part out
i do like friends sets always a good source of accessories and the mechs are
good too.
Keep building your store with more variety
Sadler_bricks
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Author: | ManyMiniBricks | Posted: | Jun 25, 2022 07:09 | Subject: | Re: Lego or not? | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Mr.N1ce writes:
| Hello,
Does someone know if this part is Lego or not?
Thank you
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It looks like its Eevee's tail from a mega blox set. Google images will pop
it up for you.
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Author: | Mr.N1ce | Posted: | Jun 25, 2022 04:27 | Subject: | Lego or not? | Viewed: | 131 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello,
Does someone know if this part is Lego or not?
Thank you
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Author: | i_r_on | Posted: | Jun 24, 2022 11:13 | Subject: | Re: Best part out themes? | Viewed: | 64 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| I've written this long post thinking that you are also selling the parts
of that Star Wars sets but looking at your store you only sell minifigures...
Anyways, I'm still posting it, general public may find it useful.
Each theme cater to different segment of customers. You should first conceive
the final size of your store to target the different segment of customers. And
what you part out will of course definitely affect the customer segments that
purchase from your store. If you part out cars, you'll attract people that
are building / completing / buying the missing part of a car. Same with a set
that have a building.
Another thing : most of your customers are AFOLs and male, contemporary colors
(coral, dark turquoise etc.) and colors that ascribed to female (various pink,
magenta and stuff) are difficult to sell.
There are three main things you should consider, Color, Form and Quantity/Variety
The customer segments you could conceive are :
1. Reseller : One that has a better bussiness opportunity/setup/coverage/market
to sell higher than you sell.
2. MOC Designer : People that do buy regardless of immediate use. They might
buy for their conceived project, they might buy to complete their current projects
and so on. If they are not full digital then they tend to have already large
stock of Lego so their buying habits may be seasonal.
3. Set collector/builder : Collecting missing/all parts of the sets they want
to build. Main consumption segment for Lego as they would possibly end up displaying
the set they build unlike designers taking apart and reusing it in another place.
4. Figure/Animal collector : Not much to say to describe this segment. For the
minifigures : the main sources are the licensed sets. For animals : Mainly Friends,
City sets.
5. Technic designers : I'll just ignore this segment too for this post.
And in general, selling parts especially on Bricklink seems to be the easiest
to make a few sales but on the long run it's the hardest and the most labour
intensive way to sell Lego. The good thing : You'll more or less will always
appeal to all these main segments even with small quantity of stock because even
with a relatively low piece count set you'll see that you can't always
get all the parts from a single store. And with the variety of parts in Lego
sets you'll always have a few parts that will attract the other customer
segments above.
1. Color
There are colors that sell well, those classic colors mainly (white, black, yellow,
blue, red, green, both grays) but some of these colors have very high utilization
rate and have very low ownership time (kids sets, child grows and the set finds
itself in the used market) so that sell very cheap. (This is not a fact, just
my thinking by the way)
Off all these colors mainly light bluish gray stands out, it seems that every
lego enthusiast needs LBG in some way or another... If you see a set with rich
gray content and with a good part out ratio, go for it.
Then comes the white, black and a certain degree of green for certain parts...
From the other colors, IMHO, these are the colors that are much more popular
than other colors :
Dark Red, Reddish Brown, Tan, Dark Tan, All sorts of transparent colors and metallic
colors.
Lego is the depiction of the world, so popular/widely available colors in the
world reflects themselves in the popular/widely available colors in the Lego
world too. (Classic colors era is a bit exception like the currently imposed
sex-neutral colors like coral and stuff)
What you should note : Certain colors will
2. Form
Common bricks, plates and other building elements : Applies to all segments and
always in high demand if not in abundance of supply. Quantity would be the drawing
factor for the resellers / MOC designers.
Utensils : Applies to all segments and always in high demand if not in abundance
of supply. Quantity would be the drawing factor for the resellers.
Weapons : Applies to all segments and always in high demand if not in abundance
of supply. Quantity would be the drawing factor for the resellers.
Windows / Doors... all sorts of stuff pertaining to structures : Again applies
to all segments but will attract MOC designers if you supply in quantity.
A set collector/builder will purchase through a wanted list most of the time
unlike a designer which then other parts in your store if you have either stock
or price correct. List above could be extended and more refined but that should
be compiled by a computer rather than a human I think
Lost of things you'll encounter about form in your Lego selling journey,
some like
The love for the masonry bricks
People need all sorts of colors for the different shape&size tiles/shiny surfaces
and sometime in less favorable colors
People need to connect their new road plates in their cities with 2x4 dark bluish
gray tiles which are not always abundant
Large plates in different colors always in good demand
etc. etc..
Remember though all the things I've written above and down below are just
informations as operating a business is just a different endeavour one should
handle with his/her insights & financials & strategies... Like all sorts of similar
world meta a certain lego piece / set / figure has speculative, consumptive and
tradable characteristics which would also shape the way of operating your Lego
business.
3. Quantity/Variety
I combined these two together because the two are equally important. Depending
on your envisioned store size and targeted segment of customers different combinations
of these will work. You can target designers/resellers for example even with
low variety and high quantity. High variety, high quantity will work good for
all segments but definitely need much more capital and management capability.
On these front you are alone with your business skills.
And Theme wise, from my experience...
4+ sets : Mostly stay away type of sets as they don't usually have parts
that caters to set collectors/builders. Exception: When they have good and in
quantity licensed figures. Large / complex parts are only viable if employed
in future favorable design or in some obscure design.
To note another thing : Simplicity, Reusability, Need in Quantity and the supply/rarity
are the main factors that drive the market price of the parts, the same way it's
the deciding factor for the designers as well.. Exception: a rare complex/less
reusable part's use in a MOC design or future favorable Lego design.
City : Rich in classic colors, will surely attract set collectors/builders that
want to complete their classic sets. Parts are in abundance and in relatively
good demand. Downside : Parts are cheaper then same form different color. Big
sets have parts that would complete other sets from more favourable themes. Note:
Recents sets have a different choice of colors which I think doesn't fit
very well in any of the above customer segment's appreciation.
Friends : Rich in white color, structural parts. The overall percentage of favourable
colors is the deciding factor to buy an part out a Friends set, color theme generally
doesn't suit well to wide segments of customers. Sets with nature scenes
have good reddish brown content. Minidolls performs way bad then city figures
but the animals are in good demand.
Disney : Good source for lavish structural stuff. Good pearl gold content. Minidolls
from these sets I guess much more favorable.
Ninjago : Good blend of classical and recent favourable colors but depending
on the set has less reuse possibility for parts especially big dragon sets. Good
thing about those sets is though they are symmetrical so that you always end
up with 2x, 4x of some parts. Elaborate parts like dragon wings and stuff not
always sell well. Figures sure better than city counterparts even some surpassing
star wars/marvel/dc popularity (akita for ex.). Ninjago is a good source of weaponry
though it oversupplies it with both new and used markets. Being esentially Near
adolescent+20 years theme sure takes attention from AFOLs but AFOLs tend to favour
larger sets. With oriental architechture they don't seem to cater for every
designer out there. Also rich in pearl gold stuff. A good source for certain
rare colors. (Dark green for example)
Brickheadz : Has good parts for more Brickheadz, lots of shiny surfaces (tiles,
slopes) when in quantity. Rich in snot design elements. A curse to 2x2 Bright
Pink Brick.
Classic : Excess stock of Lego poured down onto the newcomers. Mostly contains
unfavourable colors in quantities and favourable colors in tiny quantities.
Advent Calendars : Since they contain microbuilds they are most of the time rich
in snot design elements (studs on 2 sides 3 sides etc.) that are used in tiny
details. Don't count on them though as Lego sells the same elements through
Pick a Brick. Also has a good quantity of exclusive figures.
Harry Potter : Overally has good form & color. Figures tend to be overcrowded
and saturated. A good source for certain rare colors. (Some dark,sand green for
example)
Minecraft : Rich in Bricks & Plates in established colors. Figures doesn't
seem to sell well but Minecraft fans are not AFOLs yet.
Creator 3 in 1 : Same thoughts as Classic
DC & Marvel : You should mainly think about the figures for these sets, then
comes the parts. Some Marvel sets rich in dark blue which doesn't well fit
into other themes so easily. Adults take the figures and toss the parts so....
Star wars : A good mixture of both form & color and minifigures are sought for,
what else can you expect? Main source to cater for the Light bluish gray greed
Also has nearly exclusive big parts that both do sell well and can be speculated
for price appreciation.
Creator expert : Minus the figures like Star Wars has good combination of both
form and color.
To sum it up : Parts selling (as I understood some 2 years of selling here) is
not as simple as : "See the high partout ratio (name some multiplicant here**),
partout and dump it onto Bricklink" . You should understand your targeted customers
needs, and your financial abilities to decide what to part out in how many quantities
to sell here...
** : Always approach with caution for new sets with high partout ratios as they
tend to contain rare but low market color/parts which may bloat the overall partout
ratio.
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Author: | Sadler_Bricks | Posted: | Jun 24, 2022 04:38 | Subject: | Re: How can we improve our shop | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Looks like you recently opened so my suggestion is keep building lots and parts
etc keep growing your store and sales will generally increase. It does take a
bit of time.
Sadler_bricks
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Author: | tigerchen | Posted: | Jun 24, 2022 04:10 | Subject: | buy 4000037 | Viewed: | 77 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello everyone
I want to buy 4000037 and other LEGO Inside Tour
If you want to sell please contact me
thank you very much!
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Jun 24, 2022 03:31 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 48 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| There used to be people on eBay selling the Yoda NY torsos ten at a time. The
same sellers also sold Deadpool heads and occasionally other body parts, and
comic con figure parts, and so on. No doubt many collectors have them in their
collections. Genuine or not? Who knows. Personally I wouldn't pay a high
price for any of them.
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Author: | goldknight | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 21:35 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, par016 writes:
| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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I would say that the printing looks a lot thicker than the one that I have, and
the bottom of the heart looks more rounded than mine. Not sure if there was
much variation with that, but that's what I have to offer.
-Pete
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yes--i have 2 in bag and what Pete says is correct
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Author: | Adjour | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 21:27 | Subject: | Re: Only UPS coming up in shipstation?? | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Adjour writes:
| Printed a label, no issue. Next order only comes up as UPS.
I can manual select the USPS flat rate packaging, but otherwise I cannot find
any way to get to USPS shipping. This should be a USPS first class package
Its just a normal sized package like all my others, could it be the address or
is this a glitch?
Thanks all
Crystal
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Hi all thanks for the help
I went back a few hours after I posted and it just magically fixed itself *shrug*
must have been a glitch
Crystal
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Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 21:05 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hmmmm. Interesting that it is different from the Bricklink one. |
Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 19:39 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| | $5000.00 for a new one and $500.00 plus for a used one / well that unfortunately
provides a lot of incentive for someone to try to print out some decent looking
fake torsos, spend a few bucks buying the standard tan legs and Yoda heads and
then try and sell them on different sites. If you sell 5 of them on different
sites and if even 2 people file a PayPal claim, the guy still makes out.
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Right on the money, Jim!
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 19:38 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, SylvainLS writes:
| In Help, rab1234 writes:
| Interesting that given this was a NY tru exclusive (I think limited to 1,000);
that most of the available ones are in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
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Well, not very conclusive as there’s no LEGO factory in New York.
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Much more, 1000? I thought it was 1001!
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Author: | 1001bricks | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 18:32 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, edeevo writes:
| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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A side-by-side comparison with the Bricklink catalog image of the printing does
show some slight differences (specifically the shape of the lower point of the
heart and its' positioning)...
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Yep - I agree with some here, it's so easy to print that chances are low,
IMHO, to be genuine.
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Author: | TheBrickGuys | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 16:59 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 43 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, par016 writes:
| In Help, edeevo writes:
| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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A side-by-side comparison with the Bricklink catalog image of the printing does
show some slight differences (specifically the shape of the lower point of the
heart and its' positioning)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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I agree with Ed as well that the heart on mine is not exactly inline with the
"I" but instead a little offset lower just like the one in the BrickLink picture.
-Pete
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$5000.00 for a new one and $500.00 plus for a used one / well that unfortunately
provides a lot of incentive for someone to try to print out some decent looking
fake torsos, spend a few bucks buying the standard tan legs and Yoda heads and
then try and sell them on different sites. If you sell 5 of them on different
sites and if even 2 people file a PayPal claim, the guy still makes out.
Jim.
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 16:41 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, rab1234 writes:
| Interesting that given this was a NY tru exclusive (I think limited to 1,000);
that most of the available ones are in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
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Well, not very conclusive as there’s no LEGO factory in New York.
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Author: | rab1234 | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 16:09 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Interesting that given this was a NY tru exclusive (I think limited to 1,000);
that most of the available ones are in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.
In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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Author: | rab1234 | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 15:58 | Subject: | Re: Best part out themes? | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Get more parts and lower your prices.
In Help, Collectorguy49 writes:
| Are there any part out themes that are better than others? I’ve been trying to
get more variety other than Lego Star Wars.
And is there anything in my shop that I could do to improve sales?
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Author: | Collectorguy49 | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 15:34 | Subject: | Best part out themes? | Viewed: | 89 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Are there any part out themes that are better than others? I’ve been trying to
get more variety other than Lego Star Wars.
And is there anything in my shop that I could do to improve sales?
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Author: | Nubs_Select | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 15:03 | Subject: | Re: How can we improve our shop | Viewed: | 55 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| It seems like some of your stuff are highly-priced which won't help sales.
for example,
you're used
is listed for $23 CAD when it normally sells in used condition for $10 CAD. Also,
you don't have many lots for sale, only 372 and 1952 bricks I didn't
get consistent sales till I was closer to 6-7k lots and about 100k-150k bricks.
Also, you might want to change this line here "We do not take responsibility
once items have been shipped" as it's not true as Paypal and banks always
side with the buyer no matter what. if you are worried it might get damaged it's
best to buy insurance.
Also, it looks like you only ship to the UK and USA. I'm not sure if I'm
missing something but most European stores sell to all of Europe which helps
increase sales
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Author: | PrometheanBrix | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 14:55 | Subject: | How can we improve our shop | Viewed: | 101 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hi all members of the community BPQ here just looking for any advice so we can
improve are shop and increase are sales.
Thanks all
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Author: | BrickBuy | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 14:10 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 66 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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I have 3 of these. One of them is still sealed in it's original bag, and
I got two from very reputable sellers many years ago, with documentation and
history. All three I have are like the other posters described, letters are a
bit thinner than yours, and the heart is a bit more pointed. In my opinion, the
one you have is likely fake.
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Author: | par016 | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 13:52 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, edeevo writes:
| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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A side-by-side comparison with the Bricklink catalog image of the printing does
show some slight differences (specifically the shape of the lower point of the
heart and its' positioning)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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I agree with Ed as well that the heart on mine is not exactly inline with the
"I" but instead a little offset lower just like the one in the BrickLink picture.
-Pete
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Author: | par016 | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 13:49 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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I would say that the printing looks a lot thicker than the one that I have, and
the bottom of the heart looks more rounded than mine. Not sure if there was
much variation with that, but that's what I have to offer.
-Pete
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Author: | edeevo | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 13:44 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 49 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
|
A side-by-side comparison with the Bricklink catalog image of the printing does
show some slight differences (specifically the shape of the lower point of the
heart and its' positioning)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Jun 23, 2022 13:07 | Subject: | Re: Yoda New York I Heart sw0465a | Viewed: | 45 times | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, skwalk1 writes:
| Hello,
I need your help once. I have received a Yoda minifigure and would like an expertise
on the authenticity of this figure. The torso has a Lego lettering on it, but
I'm not sure if the printing on the shirt wasn't applied afterwards.
Thank you for your help!
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For me, the first question is where / who did you buy it from, then what is their
history selling lego, where did they say they got it from, how many have they
sold or still have for sale.
Although given the value of this part and the number of bulk lots that were sold
on ebay and various other sites (including here), I imagine it is fake.
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