tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post549160455758824585..comments2023-07-08T09:03:12.108-07:00Comments on Blackrock's Toybox: Oooh! Buy Me! I'm AFA Graded!Mark Baker-Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-18645946220960550402010-05-31T08:00:51.988-07:002010-05-31T08:00:51.988-07:00Yeah. I'm with you re: HTS being a part of al...Yeah. <a href="http://transformingseminarian.blogspot.com/2007/12/rare-moment-of-unity.html" rel="nofollow">I'm with you</a> re: HTS being a part of all this.NicodemusLegendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-82216061721006177612010-05-31T06:34:35.018-07:002010-05-31T06:34:35.018-07:00Hasbrotoyshop.com has started AFA grading some of ...Hasbrotoyshop.com has started AFA grading some of their toys (mostly SDCC exclusives and some of the extra Star Wars/GI Joe 25th anniversary stuff they had lying around) and of course charging ten times what the toys were worth to begin with. I dunno whether to laugh or cry, but at least you know the toys in question were probably graded right out of their shipping case, and in all but one instance they aren't Transformers (they graded a Titanium Skywarp). Most of the figures are aimed at older collectors and are just action figures, which could do just as well as a display as being played with. It's just absurd that the manufacturer is the one doing this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-67207410516827884802007-06-06T23:24:00.000-07:002007-06-06T23:24:00.000-07:00I know it doesn't really explain much, but tha...I know it doesn't really explain much, but that Targetmaster Cyclonus is probably a production sample and that's why it's legitimately rare. Here's a <a href="http://tfsource.com/Collection/Cyclonus-MISB-Productionsample/cyclonus-prod-misb.html" rel="nofollow">short writeup</a> by the owner of the other AFA graded TM Cyclonus. <br><br>I do believe AFA grading is a sham, mostly because the company that does it has a vested interest in the value of secondary market toys, but what can you do? What really scared me was when I was filling out the recent Hasbro online consumer survey and they asked what I thought about AFA grading. Why would Hasbro care?Evil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.com