Any thoughts on buying AFA graded figures

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Any thoughts on buying AFA graded figures

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While hunting around for vintage figures I've always tended to steer clear of any AFA graded examples for a few reasons....

-The whole Toy Toni drama, if he got so many pieces through AFA surely others must have.

- They weren't authenticating loose weapons.

- Usually the price is way in above similar ungraded figures.

- The standard of 'trained' authenticators and the short amount of time they must spend on each figure.

To me it just seemed like a pointless cash grab by a collector who saw a way to fill a hole in the community that didn't really need fixing.....only my opinion....but I must say the cases look amazing and I'd happily pay for a figure to display with that kind if protection, its just the whole AFA grading system doesn't excite me at all.
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I don't put too much stock in the accuracy, reliability, or consistency of AFA grading, for the price premium that graded products seem to command, but i definitely like protecting my vintage figs, vehicles, and even boxes in good quailty acrylic. There are quite a few companies that do nice acrylic products along these lines (AFA do even sell their cases separately).

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MattG wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:02 pm I don't put too much stock in the accuracy, reliability, or consistency of AFA grading, for the price premium that graded products seem to command, but i definitely like protecting my vintage figs, vehicles, and even boxes in good quailty acrylic. There are quite a few companies that do nice acrylic products along these lines (AFA do even sell their cases separately).

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Cheers again Matt.....I just saw the plastic crack versions on Trade-Me so am just going through my figures to work out which ones I want in cases, maybe some odd choices because its not their market value that'll get them in a case but how much I like them (Constable Zuvio)

I see that AFA has/is stopping the U-Grading which to me is a good idea because I'd much rather have a figure on an original beat-up card then remove it and put it in a clear case.
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