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| | | Author: | liacyan  | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 14:21 | | Subject: | Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 285 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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| | | | | Author: | Llewyn | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, liacyan writes:
I'm no expert but that torso looks terrible to me. Not the alignment issue
so much, as we know Lego can have alignment issues at times, but the pixelation
and blurriness of the black lines - that does not look like Lego printing at
all to me. The neck mark is also bizarre, I've never noticed a minifig have
such an irregular shape for that print, it almost looks like it's been hand
painted.
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| | | | | Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 14:39 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, liacyan writes:
| | Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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For early 2000s Lego, often times having a perfect print is more uncommon than
a misprint. That sort of factory error is perfectly normal for the era. If you
have any of the early 2000s EP. II clone troopers or "moustache" storm troopers,
you can see that it's hard to find two that are alike. 
From everything I see, the boba fett figure and the vader head look perfectly
legitimate. The "2" inside the helmet matches the one I have from a Jabba's
Prize set I opened from new. Those jetpack helmets weren't stamped with the
Lego logo.
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| | | | | | | Author: | here4bricks614 | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Elkenwood writes:
| | In Help, liacyan writes:
| | Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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For early 2000s Lego, often times having a perfect print is more uncommon than
a misprint. That sort of factory error is perfectly normal for the era. If you
have any of the early 2000s EP. II clone troopers or "moustache" storm troopers,
you can see that it's hard to find two that are alike.
From everything I see, the boba fett figure and the vader head look perfectly
legitimate. The "2" inside the helmet matches the one I have from a Jabba's
Prize set I opened from new. Those jetpack helmets weren't stamped with the
Lego logo.
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Can attest to this. My Jango Fetts from 7153 always come with varying helmet
print. I've cycled through a few now trying to get one with the best helmet
possible, but sometimes a 7/10 is the best that's out there!
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| | | | | Author: | bobnikolov | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 14:48 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, liacyan writes:
| | Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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Mine Baba Fett has the same issues except horrible imprint on the front of torso.
Even mine has worse imprint on the left hand and legs than yours. I guess its
real but i am not an expert
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 16:27 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, liacyan writes:
| | Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 17:23 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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I got a fake chinese one in a bulk lot and can attest, the print is much better.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 17:41 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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Right?! I was going through some 90's figs the other day, and was like, jeez
some of these look bad so bad but I love them
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | May 21, 2022 23:20 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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Right?! I was going through some 90's figs the other day, and was like, jeez
some of these look bad so bad but I love them
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This is one I found recently. They can be entertaining.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | May 22, 2022 14:24 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Elkenwood writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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Right?! I was going through some 90's figs the other day, and was like, jeez
some of these look bad so bad but I love them
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This is one I found recently. They can be entertaining.
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Hey, that's not fair, some people (including figs) just have larger foreheads
then others. I have a larger then normal forehead but then again, maybe that's
why I'm still single 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | May 22, 2022 19:59 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In Help, Elkenwood writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | In Help, peregrinator writes:
| | In Help, Adjour writes:
| | I deal with a lot of vintage parts. Looks real to me. Printing wasn't perfect
back then.
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Honestly I think a fake would look better, at least as far as the print is concerned.
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Right?! I was going through some 90's figs the other day, and was like, jeez
some of these look bad so bad but I love them
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This is one I found recently. They can be entertaining.
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Hey, that's not fair, some people (including figs) just have larger foreheads
then others. I have a larger then normal forehead but then again, maybe that's
why I'm still single
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In my mind, he's the forestman that comes up with all the plans. A bigger
forehead is a sign of intelligence.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 23, 2022 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Elkenwood writes:
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A bigger forehead is a sign of intelligence.
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Or of a recessing hairline
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| | | | | Author: | liacyan | | Posted: | May 22, 2022 09:45 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, liacyan writes:
| | Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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Thank you everyone for your helpful and funny insights! Lia
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| | | | | Author: | liger99 | | Posted: | May 22, 2022 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, liacyan writes:
| | Hello.
I purchased some Cloud City minifigs and after examining them I noticed some
print issues on on Boba Fett. His left arm, left leg, and torso (black lines
are too far left) are off register. The right arm printing is off center. The
rest of the figs from the group seem fine except the head on Darth Vader, the
bags under his eyes are off center. All the parts are marked Lego except: Boba
helmet is marked inside top center with a “2”, and no mark on any of the blocked
open stud heads. The seller is no Lego expert, but knew some figures from this
set were valuable. He asked a fair price, and offered a full refund if they are
not real. I have seen other Lego torsos printed off register, so it’s not unheard
of, but due to the price I would appreciate the opinions of some seasoned Lego
fans.
Thank you in advance. Lia
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I have a bunch of the sw017 Boba Fetts and I don't see anything on that one
that looks fake. Like the others said, the print centering if off from that
timeframe. The arm printing on it is actually pretty. Sometimes it is too low
and comes off the arm altogether. If it does not have arm cracks, then it sounds
like you got a pretty good deal.
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| | | | | Author: | TheCuteGiraffe | | Posted: | May 23, 2022 01:11 | | Subject: | Re: Real or fake? Cloud City Boba Fett | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | Seems real to me. Just some poor printing. |
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