silver or blue soldier ape?

[livnxxxl]

Also FYI and for future reference to anyone seeking the SSA. The following link will give you a better idea as to what to look for in purchasing a Silver Soldier Ape (SSA).

http://megomuseum.com/pota/SASilver.html

[LonnieFisher]

So much for being excited for the auction I won. He shipped me a regular style one and shipped mine to a guy I outbid. So I didn't get the figure after all. I HATE ebay so F***ing bad!

[apes3978]

I thought a "regular one" is what you won to begin with?

So much for being excited for the auction I won. He shipped me a regular style one and shipped mine to a guy I outbid. So I didn't get the figure after all. I HATE ebay so F***ing bad!

[scifiguy94]

Is this the silver or blue variation of the soldier ape?

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i150/Lonniefisher/soldierape.jpg

Thanks for the help.

Yeah, what's not regular if the pic from the first post is the one you won?

[LonnieFisher]

The first picture is a blue variant. Go back and look at the picture. It's a blue tunic and gloves. The one I received is a normal one. Ebay gave me a full refund and I get to keep the figure he mistakenly sent me. I'm going to give it as a door prize a the Portland Megomeet in on November 20th and 21st. I'm not sure which day I'll give it away.

[LonnieFisher]

It looks like one is blue and one is regular to me. What do you think? I got the one in the second picture and not the one in the first.

[rche]

that looks more like a black tunic. tuffer to find than the blue. not as tuff as the silver.

[LonnieFisher]

I thought a "regular one" is what you won to begin with?

Do you think blue is the "regular one"? Or did you think the picture and everybody that said it was blue was mistaken? There was never any question about it being "regular"! It was definitely a variant. I just didn't know which was considered "blue" and which was "silver". Now I know the "silver" looks gray. Whoever got the one I paid for pretty much ripped the seller off, even if the mistake was the sellers. I'm going to leave very negative feedback for the transaction. I contacted the guy who got my figure and he denies getting a wrong figure, even though he buys a lot of Mego ape figures. He won the three other Soldier Ape figures the guy was selling at the same time. He also thought I wouldn't be able to find out who he was. The idiot left feedback for the item I have in my possession. That's how I knew who it was.

[rche]

blue is the 'regular' and most common of the ape tunic colors.
none of the apes in the sales pics in this thread were silver.

[LonnieFisher]

Maybe on the West coast the black was more common? I've seen lots of the black around here over the years. I've only ever seen one blue tunic in person. I have a bunch of soldier apes and only one blue in the lot with no gloves. And one blue lizard tunic without gloves. It must be a regional thing with the Apes.

[scifiguy94]

Looks like two different shades of blue to me.

[LonnieFisher]

Looks like two different shades of blue to me.

Sure looks black to me, and I have it in hand.

[apes3978]

Go back to page one and you will see I said it was a "blue one"... Why the F would I disagree with myself?!

It's like rche said, blue is the "regular" (i.e. "most common")...

Do you think blue is the "regular one"? Or did you think the picture and everybody that said it was blue was mistaken? There was never any question about it being "regular"!

[Merlyn1976]

Blue is much more common then black...

[megoapesnut]

My own personal opinion, based on the photos, is that it is a darker shade of blue. Black tunics are usually BLACK, with no blue shade or underlying tint to them. The second photo, while a much darker shade, still has an underlying tint of blue to it, noticeable especially in the flash glare areas. Here, in my army photo, you can see the black tunic on the far right. The flash glare areas are white and not a tint of blue. Of course, it depends on the monitor you are viewing it on, different displays can be calibrated to show different shades. Also, I agree that the blue has been much more common during my collecting experience. I have seen VERY few black tunics