The Joy of Beater Cards

[Hedji]

The very first thing I did was smell the vinyl cape to see if it had that same Star Wars smell that Vader Leia and Ben Kenobi had. Unfortunately it didn't, and I wasn't magically transported back to 1978. But oh the supple texture of that card fresh vinyl. Glorious.

[Hedji]

[Hedji]

Anyone have a mint loose Mummy for sale?

[PNGwynne]

Preach it! I'm an "opener", too.

[Gorn Captain]

I recently sold a set of Six Million Dollar man outfits, MOMC, to a guy at a convention.
He paid for them, and then ripped them all open, discarding the packaging in a trashcan. "Just want the outfits", he said.
Even though I'm a "set them free" kind of collector, it kinda hurt. I had had those for like 20 years.

[Hedji]

I'm not saying I'd do the same with a Mummy or Wolfman from the same series, but these are quite common, and loose prices are almost fetching carded so what the hey?

[PNGwynne]

I recently sold a set of Six Million Dollar man outfits, MOMC, to a guy at a convention.
He paid for them, and then ripped them all open, discarding the packaging in a trashcan. "Just want the outfits", he said.
Even though I'm a "set them free" kind of collector, it kinda hurt. I had had those for like 20 years.

I've said before, I wouldn't tear open any Mego or other $$$ rarities. But beater cards: fair game. About the outfits, I understanding your misgivings, but did you make a fair sale? If so, I think the most important thing is that the buyer will put them on figures and love them. It's a bit crass though to do that in front of a seller, and I'd have saved the backer cards.

[cjefferys]

If you do this with any Star Wars beater cards, you must post the videos on the Rebelscum forum and watch people lose their minds.

[Hedji]

Thing is, there are probably way fewer carded Remco monsters in circulation than most of the SW characters. It's just lower demand.

[HardyGirl]

I admit I do open mint packages, 'cos I wanna play w/ what's inside, but I do keep the packaging most of the time. When I moved into this house, I did have to part w/ some of my packaging. It made me kinda sad, but at least I still have the toys.

[Werewolf]

Did the same thing in 90s finishing off my MOTU collection.