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  • #694
    ddaines
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      Not sure if this is particularly relevant or even necessary to post, but today I (finally) received a second Gandalf and the Witch-King vignette.

      Whereas the original came in a red box with a couple of layers of foam, this new one came in a blue box with the quilted blue inner (as well as the strips of foam).

      As I say I am certain this will be of no interest to most, but for those who like to keep a record of how MM’s are or were originally sold/packaged etc. there you have it :D

      #23946
      ddaines
      Participant

        Not sure if this is particularly relevant or even necessary to post, but today I (finally) received a second Gandalf and the Witch-King vignette.

        Whereas the original came in a red box with a couple of layers of foam, this new one came in a blue box with the quilted blue inner (as well as the strips of foam).

        As I say I am certain this will be of no interest to most, but for those who like to keep a record of how MM’s are or were originally sold/packaged etc. there you have it :D

        #23947
        Theobald
        Participant

          Thank you very much for posting this, Master Ddaines. – Though I will not comment on it. Just another proof of … you know what. …………..

          #23948
          Milo
          Participant

            Thanks very much indeed David for this Information.
            MS299 was the 2nd MS I bought back in 2010 as I had been looking at it for years before joining GF….And I was told at that time MS299 needed to be recasted. I received my MS299 like you in a nice Blue Box.
            Then later 1 with red box was sold on Ebay last year I thinK. I thought this red packaging was the wrong one due to…you know what master Ent tells about.

            Thanks to you, I know now that Red box is the proper one and Blue box packaging the wrong one due to…you know what master Ent tells about. 😆
            Thanks to you also, Wiki gallery is updated this way 😎
            sound just like crazy guys are talking about color of a vintage packaging doesn’t it ? :rolleyes:

            #23971
            Thingol
            Participant
              ddaines wrote:
              Not sure if this is particularly relevant or even necessary to post, but today I (finally) received a second Gandalf and the Witch-King vignette.

              Whereas the original came in a red box with a couple of layers of foam, this new one came in a blue box with the quilted blue inner (as well as the strips of foam).

              As I say I am certain this will be of no interest to most, but for those who like to keep a record of how MM’s are or were originally sold/packaged etc. there you have it :D

              I received my figure in plastic blister… I’m sure that this is just one proof that “mithril” is inconsistent in those marketing and sales standards…. Obviously there are no rules…and this needs no more comments… for me !

              #23977
              Theobald
              Participant

                … and none comments about such things from me either, Master Thingol

                #23979
                ddaines
                Participant
                  Thingol wrote:
                  ddaines wrote:
                  Not sure if this is particularly relevant or even necessary to post, but today I (finally) received a second Gandalf and the Witch-King vignette.

                  Whereas the original came in a red box with a couple of layers of foam, this new one came in a blue box with the quilted blue inner (as well as the strips of foam).

                  As I say I am certain this will be of no interest to most, but for those who like to keep a record of how MM’s are or were originally sold/packaged etc. there you have it :D

                  I received my figure in plastic blister… I’m sure that this is just one proof that “mithril” is inconsistent in those marketing and sales standards…. Obviously there are no rules…and this needs no more comments… for me !

                  Would you like the Blue box Nino? Joan was insistent that she would have it boxed up (it had to be recast for my order apparently) even though I said I was happy to have no box.

                  Let me know :)

                  #23981
                  Gildor
                  MMP Elder

                    my own MS figurines from original fellowship did use special blister cards the old big vignette blister red cards if i remember well

                    but it was french fellowship maybe different?

                    #23989
                    Thingol
                    Participant

                      Thanks David but I’m not a box collector :) … My boxes usually end up in the trash…or sometimes used for sending a small package… :)

                      #23995
                      ddaines
                      Participant
                        Thingol wrote:
                        Thanks David but I’m not a box collector :) … My boxes usually end up in the trash…or sometimes used for sending a small package… :)

                        A man afetr my own heart Nino 😆

                        #32303
                        Maenas
                        Participant

                          Oh thanks, to this post I have just discovered that my beautiful first MS red boxes are missing the “cold silver stamping” on them, just like the [mith]MA1[/mith] picture shows. :_(

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