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  • thoriron
    Career Member
    • Apr 22, 2004
    • 595

    rm robin original or not?

    i'm not sure if this is original or not....can you help me?
  • MIB41
    Eloquent Member
    • Sep 25, 2005
    • 15631

    #2
    Nope. Not original in the slightest. The head is repro, as is the mask and gloves. Not even sure if the belt and shoes are authentic. But no, he is not original by any measure.

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    • thoriron
      Career Member
      • Apr 22, 2004
      • 595

      #3
      thank you my friend!!

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      • Toy Talk
        Old and out of touch
        • Aug 7, 2009
        • 948

        #4
        Originally posted by MIB41
        Nope. Not original in the slightest. The head is repro, as is the mask and gloves. Not even sure if the belt and shoes are authentic. But no, he is not original by any measure.
        I am trying to improve at spotting repro parts on megos, but my skills are not up to yours yet. So, can you take a moment to teach a padawan?

        Before reading your post I figured...

        The belt is wrong because RM Robin comes with an elastic belt.
        The R emblem looks to crisp to be original
        The shoes are a bit shiny for me to buy into them being original
        The shirt looks a bit too crisp around the snap; need a closer look
        The body appears to be a type 2 and RM Robins are type 1 if I remember right

        How could you tell visually that the head was repro?
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        • Audiorij
          Museum Super Collector
          • Nov 6, 2009
          • 151

          #5
          The R on the logo is the right shape for an original cloth logo though.

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          • timb
            Will Draw for Toys
            • May 1, 2009
            • 1128

            #6
            If the condition appears to pristine to be true, it's more than likely repro. The paint job on the repro Robin head is just different enough from the original. There's also a "DM" stamped on the back of the neck. repro parts are sometimes but not always, marked with a "DM" or a CTVT."

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            • MIB41
              Eloquent Member
              • Sep 25, 2005
              • 15631

              #7
              Originally posted by Toy Talk

              How could you tell visually that the head was repro?
              First and foremost, the eye brows are painted wrong and the skin tone is too dark. If you look at a true RM Robin, the brows have a specific shape that are arched in a specific way which are also fairly short. This sample has all the common paint errors with the brows and general skin tone indications of a reproduction head that I see all the time.

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              • Cornelius POTA
                Persistent Member
                • Jul 19, 2011
                • 1003

                #8
                Originally posted by MIB41
                First and foremost, the eye brows are painted wrong and the skin tone is too dark. If you look at a true RM Robin, the brows have a specific shape that are arched in a specific way which are also fairly short. This sample has all the common paint errors with the brows and general skin tone indications of a reproduction head that I see all the time.
                I believe the darker skin version of Mego robin was the 1976 - 77 edition ? with painted mask, green sleeves.
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                • MegomanJess
                  MegoHead
                  • Oct 9, 2003
                  • 1986

                  #9
                  Wrong Belt.
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                  • glimpy
                    Loco Chango
                    • Feb 5, 2012
                    • 682

                    #10
                    Thats a pretty good copy! obviously not a DM head. Where did u get this from? Everything else is wrong, but his head strikes my curiosity??? His eyebrows are wrong, skin color too. All repros have slender faces, while the originals have wider faces. the figure depicted doesnt seem to have a slender face.
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