some juicy ebay-auctions

Well, Master Milo, you’re absolutely right to say that it will be difficult to tell if the figure on Ebay is one of the few once being casted as promotional figures for retailers. It’s difficult to judge just because, as you mentioned, the Mithril-company once chose to sell the old MA1 in antique finish again. So without any prove by box or subreferences it always will be difficult to tell, right? – The seller referred to the “promo-Galadriel” being delivered in a red box including a leaflet. Alright, so that one ?

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Master Milo, we had this discussion here not only once, had we? So without the box and the leaflet one cannot be sure about the origin of the “antique Galadriel” being offered. That’s one of the problems (1 * – mind,please). Of course a close look at the subreferences below the base “might” reveil some more about the origin of the figure.

There is an old thread in the Mathom House of Michael Delving that reads “Galadriels” here that I once placed for fun. Long time ago.

Explanation to (1 * – mind,please) is:

A newly bought MA1 in antique-finish might be nice and even look the same as the old and rare promotion-figure. The quality of the casting and finish might be about the same. So you can enjoy its beauty (if you see any).

Alas, I better stop here, just to avoid ideas about, err … value of collectibles or whatever

Indeed cheap is the word to use for that. But mind, it’s only the shape of the shield that makes it different from the regular MX-release.