Hi everyone, I am new to this site and this is my first post. I collect horror things from time to time and I ran upon this frankenstein bike buddy made by Tico Toys in 1965. It is still in the original box and what appears to be the original wrap also. I picked it up from a goodwill , (believe it or not), for 1.99. I have tried to find out in the library and also at barnes and noble for prices on what this is worth. I was wondering if any of you could tell me what something like this is worth. I have not seen anything like it on ebay. Sorry for the lower quality pics, they were taken from a droid phone because my digital camera broke. Also the wrap is shiny with the flash so it kinda makes the box look worse than it actually is.
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I am not sure of actual value but I can say I honestly hate you a little right now. I want that thing so unbelievably bad. Amazing find! Especially for 1.99
I will buy that from you for a 1.99!!!!
It all depends on if its an original, i know they made resin castings and sealed them in repo boxes. But if it actually IS an original, MIB. i'm just guessing, i could be way lower on the actual price but maybe around $1,500.- $2,000? I know someone here will be able to give you an actual value.
That is a reproduction. It is made of resin and painted and in a repro box. The easiest way to tell is to look at the paint line on the hair. It is straight and done with a brush as opposed to masked-off and done with a spray.
It is nonetheless a nice find for $1.99. These go for around $70-100 most days. They used to be worth more, but some people are disenchanted by repros. Repros can help fill a hole in a collection, but they do not maintain their value over time. These retailed for $250 when they were made (1999), so you see what I mean. Ten years later and they have lost 2/3 of their value.
I want to go to your goodwill store. :)
Matt
Quote from: seed_murda on August 29, 2011, 09:47:47 PM
Hi everyone, I am new to this site and this is my first post. I collect horror things from time to time and I ran upon this frankenstein bike buddy made by Tico Toys in 1965. It is still in the original box and what appears to be the original wrap also. I picked it up from a goodwill , (believe it or not), for 1.99. I have tried to find out in the library and also at barnes and noble for prices on what this is worth. I was wondering if any of you could tell me what something like this is worth. I have not seen anything like it on ebay. Sorry for the lower quality pics, they were taken from a droid phone because my digital camera broke. Also the wrap is shiny with the flash so it kinda makes the box look worse than it actually is.
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8302/frank1v.jpg)
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5201/frank2k.jpg)
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7769/frank3n.jpg)
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2659/frank4.jpg)
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1183/frank5i.jpg)
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1328/frank6.jpg)
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8770/frank7.jpg)
QuoteThat is a reproduction. It is made of resin and painted and in a repro box. The easiest way to tell is to look at the paint line on the hair. It is straight and done with a brush as opposed to masked-off and done with a spray.
Don't the repro boxes usually have two dates on them though? Like a 1965 and a 1999? Thanks for all though info on here guys, I really appreciate it !!!
Quote from: seed_murda on August 30, 2011, 08:28:46 AM
Don't the repro boxes usually have two dates on them though? Like a 1965 and a 1999? Thanks for all though info on here guys, I really appreciate it !!!
It's not an official repro, it's a fan-made repro, so there aren't new dates on the box. It was only a matter of time before that started causing confusion... glad you paid $1.99 instead of $600 or something. It's still a cool find.
I don't know how many of these have been made, but I'd guess there are at least several dozen out there.
Wow whoever did the repro on the box and monster itself did a hell of a job then!! I wonder if anyone else has reproduced them. I finally found a old ebay that had one sold but it had a black base below the head instead of green. I wonder if that is another thing that sets the real from the repro's? Anyway thanks for all the info guys it has definitely helped me out !!
The easiest way to tell in person is to pick it up. The original heads are blow mold plastic and light as feather. The bootleg (which in this case I prefer to "reproduction") is resin and as heavy as lead.
QuoteThe easiest way to tell in person is to pick it up. The original heads are blow mold plastic and light as feather. The bootleg (which in this case I prefer to "reproduction") is resin and as heavy as lead.
Definitely gotta be resin now that I think about it. It's not heavy but there was a small paint chip near the base and it appears to be resin from what I can see. I definitely learned alot of info about old toys today that I had no clue. Thanks all !!! Just trying to make sure I didnt have something really rare laying around. I am new to this. 8)
I am glad you posted this, I knew this was a rare toy, but didnt know there were repros. You just opened my eyes to that fact and I for one appreciate it. You might have saved me someone else alot of money!
That is cool, and a weird find from Goodwill! I bought one of these repro's many years ago on ebay from a guy named Samjo ( I think...). Actually, I bought a bunch of his repro's in a lot he was auctioning called "1964 Monster Christmas". The lot included the Bike Buddy, three monster notebook binders, a set of Aurora monster paint, a Horrorscope, an Uncle Fester light bulb and an Aurora Big Frankie box. Nice reproductions and a very colorful package!
Quote from: Kenneth on August 30, 2011, 11:58:29 PMI bought one of these repro's many years ago on ebay from a guy named Samjo ( I think...). Actually, I bought a bunch of his repro's in a lot he was auctioning called "1964 Monster Christmas". The lot included the Bike Buddy, three monster notebook binders, a set of Aurora monster paint, a Horrorscope, an Uncle Fester light bulb and an Aurora Big Frankie box. Nice reproductions and a very colorful package!
Was the Horrorscope reproduction actually one of blow molded plastic or was it resin?
How could the Aurora monster paints be reproduced? I can see the packaging being reproduced, but how could the little cans of Humbol paints be duplicated? Did the paints in these sets have labels unique to the set?
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Quote from: Hepcat on March 23, 2012, 09:32:37 AM
Was the Horrorscope reproduction actually one of blow molded plastic or was it resin?
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It had to be resin. The original mutoscope was styrene, not blowmold.
Samjo's Horrorscope reproduction was cast in yellow resin.
Still damned cool. Repro or not
Just to be clear, the picture of the Aurora Monster Colors I posted was not meant as an illustration of a repro.
cl:)
Quote from: Monster Bob on March 23, 2012, 10:01:41 AM
It had to be resin. The original mutoscope was styrene, not blowmold.
Now I'm confused. I thought styrene plastic was blow molded. Blow molding results in what then? The more rubbery plastic from which plastic buckets are made?
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Blow mold, think Halloween pumpkin bucket.
Yes, and styrene is model kit plastic.
Quote from: Monster Bob on March 26, 2012, 01:18:56 PM
styrene is model kit plastic.
Yes, that I know.
So the Frankenstein Monster Bike Buddy and the Renzi Monster Car would be blow molds then?
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Yes. and the Frankenstein Speaker and Halloween bucket, Renzi King Kong Bank (and all those big 60s character banks-Batman, Planet of the Apes, etc.), the "Big Frankie" Frankenstein Bank, the recent Bela Lugosi Dracula yard light, etc.- all blow mold plastic.
I own one of Samjo's resin bike buddies. Surprisingly enough, it's not that heavy. Samjo cast it much like an Aurora recast. It's not solid resin.
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...but a real one weighs less than the box that holds it...nuttin'.
Blow mold.
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Quote from: Monster Bob on March 26, 2012, 01:58:49 PM
Yes. and the Frankenstein Speaker and Halloween bucket, Renzi King Kong Bank (and all those big 60s character banks-Batman, Planet of the Apes, etc.), the "Big Frankie" Frankenstein Bank, the recent Bela Lugosi Dracula yard light, etc.- all blow mold plastic.
Is the Renzi Kong bank 60s or 70s? What about that similar bubble bath container?
I have one or two Renzi POTA banks. They can't be 60s, because they are from my childhood in the 70s. Unless they were reissued or just hung around in stores a long time.
Quote from: raycastile on March 26, 2012, 09:40:50 PM
Is the Renzi Kong bank 60s or 70s? What about that similar bubble bath container?
I have one or two Renzi POTA banks. They can't be 60s, because they are from my childhood in the 70s. Unless they were reissued or just hung around in stores a long time.
There was a lot of stuff from the 60s still be sold in the 70s, including POTA stuff. Figure too, POTA came out in 1968, and the sequels every couple of years after. BENEATH came out in 1970, and was the second in the series of five.
Lots of 60s toys were still in stores in the 70s, often severely marked down. As late as 1974, I knew of a couple of stores still selling some of the original Aurora kits for 25c each. There was a store in my home town that had 60s/70s toys well into the 80s. They had Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In Rub-Ons and some other sets (paint sets I think) on the shelves into the 90s!
I definately remember the Kong-ish banks in the late 60s, and judging by the amount of survivors they must have sold a ton of them over many years.
Toys were definitely on the shelves longer back then, especially here in the middle of nebraska. Many of the toys I had as a kid in the 70s and 80s would have came out to early for me being born in 73 -ahi's, megos, redline hotwheels, 12" gi joes. But I had them, and remember seeing them on the racks at woolworths and Kmart.
Quote from: raycastile on March 26, 2012, 09:41:50 PM
That's a lotta blow mold!
Well, it's a high-speed, fast-paced world that'sgogogogoaaaaaaallllllllllllllttttthhhhhhhheeeeeeetttttttiiiiiiiimmmmeeeee!
This repro sold for $305.98 recently. The fact that it is a repro is added info in the body of the auction - but it is there.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1965-Tico-Universal-Frankenstein-Monster-Bike-Buddy-Toy-Figure-Head-MIB-/350543428692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519e043c54 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1965-Tico-Universal-Frankenstein-Monster-Bike-Buddy-Toy-Figure-Head-MIB-/350543428692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519e043c54)
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on March 27, 2012, 06:11:14 PM
This repro sold for $305.98 recently. The fact that it is a repro is added info in the body of the auction - but it is there.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1965-Tico-Universal-Frankenstein-Monster-Bike-Buddy-Toy-Figure-Head-MIB-/350543428692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519e043c54 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1965-Tico-Universal-Frankenstein-Monster-Bike-Buddy-Toy-Figure-Head-MIB-/350543428692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519e043c54)
I just saw a repro not too long ago go for almost 500.00 bucks on there. Maybe the repro's were limited?? Man this is an old post, suprised to see it brought back up.
Quote from: Dr.Terror on March 26, 2012, 05:35:16 PM
Blow mold.
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Nice display!
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Hello I'm new here and just wanted to say hi and i love the sculpt on this piece
I cannot comprehend $500...even $300...on a recent resin copy and a xeroxed box, no matter how hard I try. :o
That's how I feel Monster Bob, I wouldn't spend $50 on one.
frankenstein73 i understand the feeling. I love monster stuff but feel like most of it is too expensive. And that's a real bummer especially when your really into it. Just like the Glenn Strange candy bucket I've wanted one real bad for a while and can't manage to get a grasp on one or really see them for sale.
In vintage Monster collecting, patience is a virtue. Believe it or not, in general, the stuff was harder to find 20-30 years ago than it is become since the advent of ebay and the internet.
That's too expensive for a reproduction piece. I paid $400 for an original bike buddy and feel that I got a great deal. And if I could find a Frankenstein candy bucket for that much id pay it too. Certain monster items are worth spending the money on imo. Reproduction items are not worth much to me.
Patients is a virtue. It took me 17 years to find a complete 79 kenner ALien but got a decent deal. Now if I could only find a box for it?lol! YA repo monster stuff isn't worth much to me either but i do like it for the cool factor. All my models are repos but were fun to build. One question guys is there a certain period of time you have to wait to be able to get your pic on your profile? I've been trying to load a avatar for ever and it just won't come up.
Quote from: frankenstein73 on March 31, 2012, 03:03:25 PM
That's too expensive for a reproduction piece. I paid $400 for an original bike buddy and feel that I got a great deal. And if I could find a Frankenstein candy bucket for that much id pay it too. Certain monster items are worth spending the money on imo. Reproduction items are not worth much to me.
hmmm.. i love this thread.
i like when im reading about things that I already own :D
i own an original frank. bike buddy, still in box
and i happen to own a frankenstein candy bucket too... lol :laugh:
Quote from: missdead13 on May 07, 2012, 01:22:16 AM
hmmm.. i love this thread.
i like when im reading about things that I already own :D
i own an original frank. bike buddy, still in box
and i happen to own a frankenstein candy bucket too... lol :laugh:
You are such a tease! LoL! ;)
Quote from: horror1o1 on May 07, 2012, 01:25:52 AM
You are such a tease! LoL! ;)
I do though.. honestly!!! lol.. thats what makes it so great.. hahaha
Quote from: missdead13 on May 07, 2012, 01:31:03 AM
I do though.. honestly!!! lol.. thats what makes it so great.. hahaha
That's awesome. I can only hope to get some of these knocked off my list. Besides the Marx Mechanical Frankenstein and Walking Frankenstein these are my grail items.
Here's a question I notice there are 3 different bike buddies on the box but I only have seen the frankenstein online. Did they make the rest?
Quote from: horror1o1 on May 11, 2012, 09:40:41 PM
Here's a question I notice there are 3 different bike buddies on the box but I only have seen the frankenstein online. Did they make the rest?
That's a good question. I have not once seen a pic of the other ones. I try to look every now and then. There was supposed to be a wolfman and a shrunken head also.
I have a skull that I picked up at Uncle Fun's shop in Chicago a year or so ago. It is made of soft vinyl and when you squeeze it a horn sounds. It is not an official "Bike Buddy" from the sixties but it is pretty cool. I don't recall ever seeing the other "buddies".
I've seen them for sale from time to time. They were made.
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I've seen them for sale from time to time. They were made.
Toy Ranch........are you with us, or did you get the hiccups before finishing that last sentence?............
Quote from: Toy Ranch on May 12, 2012, 02:13:41 PM
I've seen them for sale from time to time. They were made.
I wonder if any of the UMA Members have them? I would love to see pics.
Quote from: bigbud on May 12, 2012, 02:20:33 PM
Toy Ranch........are you with us, or did you get the hiccups before finishing that last sentence?............
lol, no.... that's what I meant to say.
"They were made", as opposed to "they were on the box but never made."
OK, here are photos of a real bike buddy, that everyone can use to compare with the various fake bike buddies that pop up from time to time.
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Bobby, does yours have a nose ding? Always wondered if that was common with these. If not another dead giveaway on the repro is the dented nose.
No nose ding. The cello is dinged by the nose, but the nose is not dinged, lol
And he is safely nestled in his new digs.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8450/8031596753_5e3512b1e0_c.jpg)
Quote from: Toy Ranch on September 27, 2012, 09:29:42 PM
And he is safely nestled in his new digs.
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so i take it you made a deal with the dude on his he just bought? PS. Nice Strange Bucket. Looks like you have my favorite color on him too.
Quote from: horror1o1 on September 27, 2012, 09:43:58 PM
so i take it you made a deal with the dude on his he just bought? PS. Nice Strange Bucket. Looks like you have my favorite color on him too.
No, this is a different one.
Thanks!
Is that a popcorn bucket on the left, very nice...
Quote from: Toy Ranch on September 27, 2012, 09:29:42 PM
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Would you say the Movie Monsters carded bag is the toughest item of them all on those two shelves?
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Quote from: Toy Ranch on September 27, 2012, 09:52:32 PM
No, this is a different one.
Thanks!
very cool collection.
Quote from: Hepcat on September 27, 2012, 09:54:14 PM
Would you say the Movie Monsters carded bag is the toughest item of them all on those two shelves?
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Probably. There are 5 or 6 popcorn buckets around, and I think 3 or 4 of the carded Palmers. You know though, I had some Palmers as a kid, and was aware of the speaker (but I didn't have a car to put it in) and some of the other stuff, but the Marx figures and Jaymar puzzles, those were IMPORTANT to me, as were my blue Frankenstein and red Dracula Palmers. The rare stuff is cool stuff for sure, but the things that make me happiest are not the things that are the rarest.
Here's something you may not see again... for a day, I had 2 of them.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6794845315_4898622827_b.jpg)
Quote from: Toy Ranch on September 27, 2012, 10:22:55 PM
Probably. There are 5 or 6 popcorn buckets around, and I think 3 or 4 of the carded Palmers. You know though, I had some Palmers as a kid, and was aware of the speaker (but I didn't have a car to put it in) and some of the other stuff, but the Marx figures and Jaymar puzzles, those were IMPORTANT to me, as were my blue Frankenstein and red Dracula Palmers. The rare stuff is cool stuff for sure, but the things that make me happiest are not the things that are the rarest.
I'm the opposite. For some reason everything i like is expensive as hell. At one time I thought I liked all monsters equal but then i realized the things that make me most excited was anything of a cool Frankenstein Monster. Makes me feel like a kid again every time.
I have vivid memories of me and my older brothers taking Monster Old Maid cards and flinging them across our living room trying to get them to land inside one of these monster buckets. I believe my brother still has that bucket. Not sure of the condition though.
Quote from: CreepyJeff on September 27, 2012, 11:41:01 PM
I have vivid memories of me and my older brothers taking Monster Old Maid cards and flinging them across our living room trying to get them to land inside one of these monster buckets. I believe my brother still has that bucket. Not sure of the condition though.
That's another one. Monster Old Maid cards... I spent HOURS with those. Memorized every aspect of every picture on them.
Quote from: Toy Ranch on September 27, 2012, 10:22:55 PMThe rare stuff is cool stuff for sure, but the things that make me happiest are not the things that are the rarest.
I'm with you! The things that make me the happiest are the ones for which I have the most nostalgia, that being whatever I had as a kid or of which I was aware and wanted but never got. Aesthetics is my number two consideration.
That's actually why it was the Aurora monster model kits, Revell "Big Daddy" Roth kits and Hawk Weird-Oh model kits that drew me into collecting monster related items and certain other toys. Model kits were a big part of my life when I was a kid.
I just noticed the Roalex Frankenstein Sliding Squares Puzzle on the extreme right of your shelves. Those too are super cool! I used to like those puzzles as a kid.
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Quote from: Hepcat on September 28, 2012, 08:18:40 AM
I just noticed the Roalex Frankenstein Sliding Squares Puzzle on the extreme right of your shelves. Those too are super cool! I used to like those puzzles as a kid.
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Yep, I have that one, the Munsters and Addams Family on cards. Love those slide puzzles!
Quote from: Toy Ranch on September 27, 2012, 10:24:59 PM
Here's something you may not see again... for a day, I had 2 of them.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6794845315_4898622827_b.jpg)
Great Graphics! And they used Henry Hull's image for the werewolf - you don't see that everyday, great find!
Those were movie theater buckets? Super art / design...Creepy J, I think I'd have to talk to my brother if he might have one of those, no matter the condition
Is item # 324120411938 on e-bay real or repro??
I doubt it is real. The bottom has zero fading. The white is so crisp, and not even a bit dark where the wrapping doesn't cover.
Hi John. Thanks for the reply. Not that I'm going to buy it (very expensive), but there was another on e-bay that looked a bit different from this particular one, which is loose. I found this old thread to see if there was any more info on it with trying to tell the repro from the original. If you look at both pieces on e-bay, the one that is sealed in the box just has an overall different look to it as opposed to the one that is loose being sold. The loose one in the description says original from the 60's, while the sealed one just says condition is "new", kind of makes me wonder??!!
The guy selling the FBB says it weighs a little over a pound. Anybody have an original they can weigh?
Those are blow-mold, right? That stuff is usually pretty light. On the other hand, those known repros are resin, which is pretty heavy.
Hi Mike. Yes, from what was said on this thread in the other pages, the original is pretty light weight, while resin tends to be heavier which makes sense. I fully realize this may open up another "can of worms" for me, but, I've been blasted before by collectors here and elsewhere about my thoughts on repro stuff. I fully understand that it really does fill a need for the collector to purchase a rarity repro to at least have something as opposed to the real thing for their collection, but, here just might be a prime example of something going very wrong if one of these is really indeed a repro. These items should be marked as such, nuff said. The Frankenstein buckets are kind of easy to tell, but, you get one of these repro bike buddies, same color, then do a bang up job on reproducing the box, then sealing it yet, you've got trouble with a not-so-savy collector or maybe even the seller not fully realizing it's a fake or worse the seller knows and just tries to pass it off. The other thing is I know e-bay backs up purchases if something like this happens (at least hopefully they still do), but it might be a long, long time before it's found out, usually when the item is trying to be possibly re-sold in the future, a lot of time might pass by, and because of this, a return might not be honored anymore.
OK, just saw this now under Frankenstein listings on e-bay, another example as above, but not quite as bad. Someone is selling the Esco Frankenstein statue, which, in the description, it does say original, but, I don't think it says anything about the paint job that is clearly not original, actually looks pretty bad in my opinion, and his opening bid or asking price is pretty steep. He does a good job with the wording about "vintage", but nothing about the paint not being. #154277176887
Quote from: skully on January 05, 2021, 02:54:21 AM
I don't think it says anything about the paint job that is clearly not original, actually looks pretty bad in my opinion
It's certainly colorful! ;D
Real Bike Buddies such as the one Toy Ranch posted on page 4 were quickly and rather carelessly spray painted and overspray is very visible below the hairline:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8030239766_aa4fd4c94e_c.jpg)
Compare the picture above to the picture of the one with a listing #324120411938 on Ebay:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Bike_Buddy.jpg)
The hairline of the one above being offered on Ebay looks too sharp. There's also a lot of wear on the box below what's supposed to be the original cellophane. If original, why is the cellophane not worn through in the areas corresponding to the box wear?
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Hi Hep. Good observations here. If you look at the 2 currently being offered on e-bay, this one is sealed, and there is another that is loose, just the head with no mounting hardware, they just look different in comparison with the paint. They have also been listed for quite a while.
Quote from: Hepcat on January 05, 2021, 02:18:22 PM
Compare the picture above to the picture of the one currently offered on Ebay:
Compare the colors of the boxes!
Well different colours can be a function of photography. Look at this 1972-1973 Topps Bobby Clarke card in which he's wearing an off-red uniform:
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The Flyers primary uniform colour is actually orange:
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And purple is another colour that frequently comes across TV screens as an off-blue. How often have you seen the Minnesota Vikings on TV in uniforms that are more blue than purple?
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Well, I'm looking at the actual paint lines on these 2, as best that I can. One looks spray, and the other has sharp non-spray type lines. Colors of the box's should be relatively uniform if a find of sealed ones were indeed found, Horrorscopes were all the same colors when they were found. I actually inspected a partial case of these when found and colors on all were exactly the same.
Quote from: Hepcat on January 05, 2021, 08:05:45 PM
Well different colours can be a function of photography.
But if one color is off, the others would be off. Here, the other colors are the same.
Hep, I understand what you're saying about the colors of the box's. Different cameras and different lighting might make the colors off a bit when compared to one another. But, I'm looking at the actual green plastic, or resin whatever they're made of in this case, and the green looks exactly the same with both pieces, which makes me believe that the box colors are quite different here in comparison.
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 05, 2021, 09:11:50 PMBut if one color is off, the others would be off. Here, the other colors are the same.
But in the Bobby Clarke card and many other photos of Flyer players taken before 1980 or so, only the orange is really off. I was actually surprised when I learned that the Flyers' jersey was actually orange. And this didn't occur until I saw a Flyer jersey in person at Maple Leaf Gardens! Keep in mind that back in the 1960's and 1970's team jerseys and such weren't widely sold.
:D
Quote from: skully on January 05, 2021, 09:28:08 PMBut, I'm looking at the actual green plastic, or resin whatever they're made of in this case, and the green looks exactly the same with both pieces, which makes me believe that the box colors are quite different here in comparison.
Fair enough.
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Hep, thanks for the kind reply. Now, I fully understand that maybe a few fellow collectors here might just see this discussion as possible nit-picking about box's, colors, plastic or resin, or whatever, but to me, these are the kind of things that should be looked at a little closer, especially in today's market for such things. When we're talking about money for things like these examples, it's no small matter. This type of information may very well save someone big money and a lot less headaches down the road.
The ebay auction has paint chips. Its a repro.
Quote from: Dr.Terror on January 10, 2021, 09:59:03 PM
The ebay auction has paint chips. Its a repro.
So, the paint doesn't chip on the originals?
Hi Dr. Terror. If you are looking at the one that is sealed in the box, is it the green flakes that you're looking at inside the seal? I was wondering what they were, I thought it could possibly be paint, or, actual plastic, or possible resin if not authentic, because if you look at the bottom of the toy inside, it looks like excess flashing that might have come loose.