So... I just accidentally stumbled onto something that may change the variation count for the POTA solider apes. For many years, I thought I had a black cuffed ape sitting on my shelf. Looking at it in any room light, it looks absolutely like it is a black tunic. I had several of the figures laying on my desk this morning and turned on a very high intensity magnifying lamp to look over a proof here at work. The "black" tunic figure was lying directly under the light and when I flicked on the lamp, voila! It suddenly jumped out as a VERY dark blue and not black. In my group shot, he looks most definitely black. The fabric backing is grey and the stitching is light grey. This is what I have accepted as the "black" cuffed ape for years.
The blue cuffed ape has blue fabric backing and blue stitching.
And here they are side by side in a cell phone pic I just took.
However, under intense light, you can see that it is actually a REALLY DARK blue and not true black. Look at the fabric right next to the black of the head.
This throws me completely for a loop. I also remember an incident some years back where a member called out another member for selling him a "black" cuffed ape but it turned out to be blue. This has me wondering if there are any TRUE black cuffed apes out there. Does anyone have one that they can photograph under a very intense light to dispell this thought?
The blue cuffed ape has blue fabric backing and blue stitching.
And here they are side by side in a cell phone pic I just took.
However, under intense light, you can see that it is actually a REALLY DARK blue and not true black. Look at the fabric right next to the black of the head.
This throws me completely for a loop. I also remember an incident some years back where a member called out another member for selling him a "black" cuffed ape but it turned out to be blue. This has me wondering if there are any TRUE black cuffed apes out there. Does anyone have one that they can photograph under a very intense light to dispell this thought?
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