GBPackRat
10-20-2007, 12:33 PM
In one of the other threads the following surfaced, so I thought I'd take pictures and actually make a post specifically about this.
Back in 2002 we got bagged Fuchsia sets and boxed Crimson sets.
The bagged figures were a more pinkish tint of red, where as the boxed set was crimson red.
I can't remember how many bagged sets there were suppose so be (400 is stuck in my mind) and I believe the boxed sets were LE 500.
So the bagged sets were suppose to be fewer and more rare, but it seemed back in 2002 - '04, you could find Fuchsia every where and Crimson almost no where. Rumors started to flare that more Fuchsia were made than what was advertised.
I snagged 4 Fuchsia figures back in '03/'04. All 4 came from different people at different times. Attached is a picture of the 4 figures.
Look carefully at the two on the right versus the two on the left. The two on the left are what I would call complete Fuchsia vipers. Ones from those 400 bagged sets. The two on the right are what I could call kit based Fuchsia.
Its hard to see with the picture and lighting, but look at the arms and legs of the two on the right. They are crimson viper arms and legs. The rest of the figure are fuchsia parts.
I'd like to advance the idea that there were leftover pieces to both fuchsia and crimson figures. These parts were put together to complete kit bashed figures and then either sold directly at the convention, or perhaps behind the scenes at the convention. Either way, I'd like to go out on a limb and say, there are many more fuchsia figures out there because of these kit bashed versions being created and sold with the extra leftover parts. This would explain why we saw more fuchsia figures back during that time and it would explain the figures I currently own.
The only other idea that would really make sense in a not so logically way, would be someone leg and arm swapped the figures before I owned them. Why, I have no idea, but it could also explain the figures.
Oh and yes I do have a boxed set, this is actually when I noticed the paint differences with the Fuchsia Vipers. Before then, I didn't have anything crimson to compare against. After putting these figures next to the crimson vipers, it became very clear that the fuchsia vipers were indeed different (not just different versus the crimson vipers, but different to each other).
Anyways, here are pictures, share you thoughts.
Tanner
Back in 2002 we got bagged Fuchsia sets and boxed Crimson sets.
The bagged figures were a more pinkish tint of red, where as the boxed set was crimson red.
I can't remember how many bagged sets there were suppose so be (400 is stuck in my mind) and I believe the boxed sets were LE 500.
So the bagged sets were suppose to be fewer and more rare, but it seemed back in 2002 - '04, you could find Fuchsia every where and Crimson almost no where. Rumors started to flare that more Fuchsia were made than what was advertised.
I snagged 4 Fuchsia figures back in '03/'04. All 4 came from different people at different times. Attached is a picture of the 4 figures.
Look carefully at the two on the right versus the two on the left. The two on the left are what I would call complete Fuchsia vipers. Ones from those 400 bagged sets. The two on the right are what I could call kit based Fuchsia.
Its hard to see with the picture and lighting, but look at the arms and legs of the two on the right. They are crimson viper arms and legs. The rest of the figure are fuchsia parts.
I'd like to advance the idea that there were leftover pieces to both fuchsia and crimson figures. These parts were put together to complete kit bashed figures and then either sold directly at the convention, or perhaps behind the scenes at the convention. Either way, I'd like to go out on a limb and say, there are many more fuchsia figures out there because of these kit bashed versions being created and sold with the extra leftover parts. This would explain why we saw more fuchsia figures back during that time and it would explain the figures I currently own.
The only other idea that would really make sense in a not so logically way, would be someone leg and arm swapped the figures before I owned them. Why, I have no idea, but it could also explain the figures.
Oh and yes I do have a boxed set, this is actually when I noticed the paint differences with the Fuchsia Vipers. Before then, I didn't have anything crimson to compare against. After putting these figures next to the crimson vipers, it became very clear that the fuchsia vipers were indeed different (not just different versus the crimson vipers, but different to each other).
Anyways, here are pictures, share you thoughts.
Tanner