Re-carded Star Wars figures on BBC Fake Britain

A clip from BBC Fake Britain about re-carded Star Wars action figures from the 1970's and 1980's. Featuring Chris Aston of Aston's Auctioneers.

[@simonclarke8098]

I feel for this genuine guy. Gutting. Heartbreaking. Criminal.

[@Larry]

What's with the yellow circle on the screen?

[@iLoafCallumKay]

+Larry Bundy Jr OMG hi

[@picobyte]

I clicked it..

[@itwsntme]

The evidence that this is not a genuine video

[@xxxredrocker95xxx99]

Watermark

[@ClumsyJohan]

Larry I've noticed that pretty much every other video I watch on YT has your comments on it! This must only mean that you are in possession of a time machine and that you are stalking me and the videos I watch before I watch them!

[@gretchenshoaf429]

I just bought a fake on eBay. Its was a loose Darth Vader. They got me!

[@VMIFerrari]

As for the collection at the end of the video, most (if not all) of those examples were graded. Wouldn't a company like the Action Figure Authority be able to spot the fakes?

[@darthwizzywizard]

And that’s the Big Problem right there. Truth is though it’s doomed for reproductions. Eventually all this stuff turns back into the elements it was taken from and the cardbacks will turn too dust.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

2:56 - she's handling that AT-AT way too roughly.

[@KevinArcade87]

It's just another day on the job. Just factory workers who don't care about the value to collectors. These are toys made for kids.

[@vanthecatp3001]

Antoni emchowiz aka toy toni. He has made over £500,000 in selling fakes. He still has a stall at Brighton shop snoopers paradise where they allow him to see his fakes. Why he is not in prison I'd beyond me

[@KevinArcade87]

They are original bubble, original card and original figure. Yes the figure was handled. But if they are in good condition who cares? It isn't like these figures weren't carded in the factory.

[@codypieplow6120]

That's why I prefer buying card backs with a little wear and yellowing to the bubble shown, they are a little cheaper than the mints and easier to identify through pictures.

[@dasheight]

+Cody Pieplow Yep. Same here. I prefer something with a little love shown on it. ;-)

[@megavide0]

1:11 *Jason Smith* "... that just opened the flood gate..."

[@jdubs1007]

You need to lawyer up, sue these people for fraud so this type of stuff doesn't become repetitive. They are criminals and need to be held accountable. What a shame

[@hektor-vektor7024]

the indentation from the industrial press didnt damage every card back, so using that to make a judgment on whether its fake or not is potentially flawed

[@oneplumpboi5317]

Depends on the factory molds. We all know the blister coating (well atleast i know) required 10 psi of pressure on the card and had to be baked close to 130 degrees for about 5 seconds simultaneuosly. The molds is what resulted in different card back damage. but one thing is to be sure. The were all indented, as in had a press mark. If it doesnt have the smallest slight press mark, i’d believe it’s be a fake card. Alot of people are misled to believe that “not all have this blah blah blah, and this mostly comes from people who wont admit they were ripped off. The molds used to hold the blister could’ve been set too high or low, resulting in a clearly protruding or barely protruding blister edge. They all prodtruded just so you know... As for the waffle pattern. That secret is staying with me. Might get in trouble if I “Help scammers make it easier to reproduce stuff”

[@johnpeterson2987]

@@oneplumpboi5317 are you saying they all have the waffle pattern?

[@oneplumpboi5317]

No. Im saying everyone one had damage around the bubble on the card.

[@retroforce6919]

Technically they're all genuine from the factory, just not packaged from the factory. What a shame. Rumor has it he's made upwards of $800,000 and card grading services at the time didn't know any better and gave his work a grading of 85

[@tayron27]

I love how this guy sold on his figures knowing they were fake. If he was any sort of real collector he would have kept them out of circulation so no others could get stung. Obviously the money means more "sod you pal, im ok'

[@dreamlandnightmare]

I don't like how the word "fake" is being thrown around with these. Fake connotes bootleg or counterfeit. These are genuine vintage figures placed in genuine vintage bubbles and cards; they simply aren't factory sealed. Yes, they misleading as to being in brand new, unopened condition, but they certainly aren't fake.

[@tayron27]

This so called expert filmed here sold all of his Tonis on. That speaks volumes of him. Im.just saying.this as my original comment was aimed at him and not Tonu -who ia a complete rip.off merchant.

[@gazbert88]

Take it you never watched or fucking listened to what he actually said then?

[@tayron27]

i couldnt give a fuck what he said. he sold his on you fucking melt and thats just as bad as what Tpni did.

[@Fetch799]

I like how this show un intentionally avoided the spoiler by having the host narrate over Yoda's answer as to whether Vader was Luke's father.

[@tarsung]

So I have original figures and I kept the card backs to cut names out of for offers. I know I have the bubbles as well, so i just need to figure out how to attach them all back together..... hmmm them 49p job lot of figures I got from Tescos back in the 80s might bring in a little profit.

[@iamtheai2759]

Get ready for the next wave of fakes....it’s gonna be HUGE.😀

[@billygowhoop]

counterfeit goods is such an interesting subject. there's a guy, Rudy Kurniawan whom they made a documentary about who counterfeited expensive wines by mixing cheap ones together. he fooled a lot of really knowledgeable people

[@CarlM1997]

"It was the biggest scandal in vintage Star Wars collecting there has ever been". I wonder what all the other scandals in vintage Star Wars collecting were...

[@SuperDashRendar]

+CarlM1997 lol

[@turogamer-oi4nq]

There was one where a load of cunts took reproductions of vintage black and white stormtroopers and sold them on the original card backs

[@THENEVERDEADIV]

EA BATTLEFRONT

[@dreamlandnightmare]

8:39 - they're NOT fakes. They are genuine vintage figures with genuine vintage cards and bubbles. They just weren't factory sealed.

[@zangeejoe]

shut up toy toni an get off here..

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Huh?

[@VMIFerrari]

They're "fakes" because they're not *_genuine, mint-on-card_* examples that were never opened, but the seller led people to _believe_ they were in order to make more $$$. It's know as *_fraud._*

[@jeffpatton6358]

There fake as fake gets..

[@mothersmucker1]

Collect because you love what your buying - the minute you collect for the sole sake of $$ the love is lost. Boxed mint or loose and beat up shouldn't matter if you truly love it.

[@simonfarrell6585]

50% less for a resealed than an original unopened!!? & the rest!

[@Jabberstax]

I've never understood why fully grown adults buy children's toys. I bet few of them are married.

[@tayron27]

" I made a.plan of action and moved on" translates to" ill sell them on and put them back out thete" sod everyone else, im ok. What a joke.

[@beachlifechris]

There is a sucker born every minute......

[@ct3504]

I prefer the fake cards LOL!

[@darthwizzywizard]

That’s the funny part.

[@christgatto]

Anyone know about fake USA kenner action figures?

[@mauricioperez2550]

If you just can’t afford the real deal then Fake is ok 👌 save some money 💰

[@juanc1328]

4:00- He said he had to resale those fake carded figures. So did he sold them with the discrepancies as recarded figures or pass them off as real ones?

[@retroforce6919]

Hold on to the re-carded, I'm sure they'll be worth even more in the future. Considering it's all genuine product from the factory and the story behind it. While back the Star Wars knock offs were considered useless not worth anything, today some are priceless.

[@usukamee7301]

Fools that buy online deserve every bit of this and should be screwed hard every time to teach them a lesson.

[@themonkeyhand]

Shame. The cards and bubbles are legit product though. I wouldn't mind buying one if the figure was pulled from a damaged card and not some used one. Gotta make sure the seal is "waffled".

[@finalsecretofchrono1339]

Lately there's been people selling customs with waffle seals. And if custom guys have got the machinery for the waffle seals now, it's very fair to assume the guys producing fakes do as well. There's really no way to tell any more.

[@johnpeterson2987]

@@finalsecretofchrono1339 If somebody can produce a fake that has a real figure, bubble, card, wafflewaffle pattern, and slightly indented back from a press, I'd just buy the damn thing.

[@finalsecretofchrono1339]

@@johnpeterson2987 I hear ya, life is too short to worry about trivial things. I actually think it's pretty awesome when they're customs. This guy (link below) recreates the figures (and coins) with scanning, and 3d printing tech. Nothing is original, but everything looks original. I believe collectors should at least be aware that just about everything is suspect these days unless you can trace its origins. www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Vintage-carded-Star-Wars-Han-Solo-Stormtrooper-3-75-figure-POTF-MOMC-MOC/273871258613?hash=item3fc3ffc3f5:g:TUoAAOSwakxcWo3~&frcectupt=true

[@johnpeterson2987]

@@finalsecretofchrono1339 wow I didn't know they were that good. He has repro weapons that float too.

[@indigoyarkindell968]

you got to set them free from the bubble!

[@jcb3259]

Amen to this very comment. If ya gonna buy KIDS toys then why not play with them. People need to educate themselves on what the dictionary deffinition of TOY is. IT,S A CHILDS PLAYTHING. Adult collectors like myself buy stuff from HOT TOYS and 3 ZEERO and THREE A

[@tausti]

Interesting....

[@Lochnivar]

There's a facebook group punting these out right now, endless carded figs

[@onehappynegro]

can't believe the quality of the genuine toys. i passed my toys to my son and i can honestly say a toy in me and my brothers hand usually ends up broken. we took metal toy cars they we're quite heavy and ran it straight into the indoor frames. we hit hard and we liked to see the cars roll over. watching if a mirror or anything fell of it.

[@SteveSabbai]

Do your research. It will lessen your chance of being ripped off. People that sell fakes disguised as originals should be prosecuted.

[@tparker2095]

I'm a Vintage Star Wars Collector myself. These figures arent Repro's, they are the result of a story about a guy now known as "Toytoni". He bought all those bubbles and cards and from what I heard he went to a factory and had them seal the bubbles on the Cards. They are all authentic cards and bubbles, but were just never used. Some of these figures are AFA Graded because Nobody knew that they were Re-attached to the cards. It's was a terrible epidemic, and to make it even worse this "Toytoni" guys still sells the figures on ebay.

[@SteveSabbai]

TK-STORMIE 78 I just read up about the TOY TONI scandal. Was it ever confirmed that he was selling "Fakes"? That guy, Antoni Emchowicz, should be prosecuted.

[@tparker2095]

Yes, alot of the figures were sealed using an Iron, and you can see the Iron marker on the card. All his loose figures were repainted as well.

[@VMIFerrari]

If the guy was knowingly selling re-carded figures as *_genuine, mint-on-card examples that were never opened_* then that is known as *_FRAUD_* (and that's illegal). The seller would need to have one hell of a big disclaimer on his Ebay listings pointing out that they were re-packaged. If not, then.....

[@MrCharlesWidmore]

Yeh, Jason was happy selling on these 'fakes' - definitely not a true Star Wars fan, shame on you....really bad etiquette!

[@tayron27]

well said mate.Jason is a self appointed expert and he released them back into circulation. And i know 100% that he suspected nothing before the toy dealer.let.it slip in 2013.. Putting fakes back into the hobdy doesnt look good on this so called expert, and hes full of shit.

[@reepacheirpfirewalker8629]

I saw some police at a toy show who came and arrested a seller that had recarded figures, what gave them up was the newer colour laser-jet printed.

[@clintonstewart5385]

Reepacheirp firewalker ko

[@tjejojyj]

The worst Star Wars fakes are the new films: TFA, TLJ and TRoS.

[@lomaxx1138]

Drives me nuts. Figure has a U in it. not figers. I know its an accent but damn. Why not pronounce the U?????

[@altezzadriver]

They are just toys! these people are insane

[@alvint8055]

"Antique" Toys a piece of history

[@themossyroad]

Alvin tan Not antique yet. 10 more years

[@alvint8055]

The pt is you cant buy them at store's they're deadstock items. Hence the value.

[@bentonrp]

This video has a yellow dot on the lower right hand corner and is rare & worth sooo much more money than the mass produced video, which does NOT feature the yellow dot on it!

[@jcb3259]

More money than sence. I agree with you. I have and always will say a TOY is to be played with not auctioned off like some wooden antique

[@allthingshorrorrelated]

Load of rubbish about the imprint on the card. I've got original cards, but no figures, and there is no imprint.

[@krudeddie]

blah

[@VMIFerrari]

As for the collection at the end of the video, most (if not all) of those examples were graded. Wouldn't a company like the Action Figure Authority be able to spot the fakes?

[@aidanstorey6205]

You would think