Hasbro Gradings Are A Joke

I'm not a fan of grading for anything bar comics

The reason being that's become an art where there is a widely used recognised and understood scale.

3 graders all see the same comic in the same condition and they'll give it (with the exception of maybe 0.01 of a point) the same grade

Figures, computer games etc all too new forbitvyoo be accurate enough

I'd pick the mint looking ungraded one, because I trust my own knowledge of the product line a lot more than I do any grading company, and I also wouldn't want a figure that was stuck inside an acrylic brick for eternity.
What would you rather have, a mint (in your opinion) Santana + Martel, or the 90 graded 'Strike Force' figures on the previous page?

Me personally, wrong person to ask because I play with my toys with my kids do if I got a graded one I'd open and play with it.

In a firm believer toys are to be played with and enjoyed by kids no mater hiebold or 'valuable' the toy

I can undertand why collectors are against grading mainly due to the ‘expertise’ knowledge from the graders themselfs whom may not be any more knowledgeable then collectors .

For me it’s more to authenticate items and to have them cased /protected as I am a loose collector. I wouldn’t spend a ridiculous amount to have them all cased but have had my mailaways and funskools graded .

Anyone familiar with the lack of knowledge that many of the grading companies have, and also the damage which they caused to the Star Wars collecting community will be fully aware of why grading is a complete waste of time.

Essentially, when they stopped production of the Star Wars figures, the factories sold-off all of the remaining card-backs which had been produced but never had a figure applied to them. They were purchased by a collector, who also bought a ton of 2nd-hand figures, then re-sealed them onto the new cards, and got them graded. Because the grading companies are utterly incompetent, they graded all of these re-sealed figures as essentially mint new figures.
By the time collectors began to realise what had happened, many of the figures had already been sold for a premium and added to collections, when really their value is only that of a standard loose figure.

So beware, you might think that perspex is protecting your investment, but really it could just be stopping you from taking a closer look at the figure and realising what you really have.

It baffles me that grading companies are used to verify that prototypes from 30 years ago are legitimate, when they cant even correctly name/grade production made figures (see Ruby's post on the previous page)

MOC grading is worth it imo, guaranteed 85 condition grade is sweet!

Loose grading is stupid.

Lol at the major Mark reference 🤘

Spot on dude

The reality is if admitted or not is these grading obsessed are just in it to make cash off the figures and have no desire to be in the game very long.

OK Whatever mate. Ive been collecting since the 80s. Been into grading for almost a decade. I have sold 1 graded figure, and that was because I upgraded to a 90 from a 85.

So your opinion is just your opinion. Lets agree to disagree.

The prices graded figures are going for speak for themselves. Dont hate the player, hate the game.