hjc47
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Post by hjc47 on Aug 8, 2008 2:36:27 GMT -8
Ok I went to TRU to see if any muggs were available. I am not much of a Star Wars fan but I do purchase one or two here and there. Well I was at TRU and I notice some thing right before I was about to leave. I was going to purchase a SW Lando and I was standing in line. There I looked over to the area where I got lando just to see if I missed anything. While looking I noticed that there was 2 different shades of blue on the box. So this made me wonder. I left the line and went to go take a look and my eye didnt deceive me, there were two different colors alright. Well I purchased both to show everyone here and any info would be great. There was definately less of the darker one(like 1 to 5 on the shelf). Does anyone know about this? Any input would be great. And would it be a big deal like a darth 2 eye vs 4 eye? Here is some pics.
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kitfistomugg
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Post by kitfistomugg on Aug 8, 2008 7:23:23 GMT -8
Oh, nice find! I wish i could help, but all My tru has is obiwans and lukes
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stollmer3
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Post by stollmer3 on Aug 8, 2008 8:11:17 GMT -8
To me it just looks like the one with the lighter clothes is an older one and the on with the darker shirt is the new one. The reason i think this is because the one box's colors look lighter all around, in the shirt, hair, pants and skin, so my guess is that it is faded. Thats how i see it.
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Post by Joeofmars! on Aug 8, 2008 8:38:07 GMT -8
Yeah... the box just... faded.
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Reigner
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Post by Reigner on Aug 8, 2008 13:48:13 GMT -8
Nope, I saw it today when I found a plastic headed Mace and the Vinyl headed Lando. The Mace had the green outlined Mugg symbols on the side and the Lando hade white outlined Mugg symbols.
So it would seem it's a FAR easier way to see if it's plastic headed or not.
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hjc47
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Post by hjc47 on Aug 8, 2008 14:20:30 GMT -8
Honestly I can't see how they faded? Both boxes are in perfect condition. There were like three other of the darker boxes on the shelf as compared to the lighter ones which was like 8-10. I can only assume that the person who was in charge of making the color batches made a mistake on the 2nd time around printing.
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Post by kobi on Aug 8, 2008 17:12:16 GMT -8
i would guess that the pressmen weren't paying attention to the color match while the job was printing since Lando's shirt & skin tones look lighter.
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Post by hardrockcafe on Aug 10, 2008 22:00:56 GMT -8
that is interesting....not much in to the variant colors but a great find none the less.
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Post by bobamugg on Aug 10, 2008 23:57:03 GMT -8
Either faded or you're on to something!
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Post by peaceluvgrease on Aug 11, 2008 7:51:33 GMT -8
I saw the same thing at a target. And both Lando's came out of the same case.
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Post by Mightyfanatic on Aug 11, 2008 8:13:23 GMT -8
Nope, I saw it today when I found a plastic headed Mace and the Vinyl headed Lando. The Mace had the green outlined Mugg symbols on the side and the Lando hade white outlined Mugg symbols. So it would seem it's a FAR easier way to see if it's plastic headed or not. WE REALLY Need Loungers to confirm this, discovery of Reigners as it might be even more important than the subject of this thread, the box variants. If Loungers (who tend to tell their friends) ever alerted others of which Muggs to avoid (plastic heads) it MIGHT send a message to Hasbro, stronger than any they could read elsewhere. Good catch, reigner ... we just need to know if it's universal...
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Post by yugnella on Aug 11, 2008 8:33:12 GMT -8
I would almost guarantee that this is just a printing issue. The print run on these is so high that there has to be a few slip ups. In order to reach the demand, these boxes could have been ran on two different presses by 2 different printers, or the mix was just wrong one day.
As for the outlined Mugg symbols, I would like to see some pics please. That sounds very interesting.
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Post by Joeofmars! on Aug 11, 2008 9:32:51 GMT -8
I think... people take this varient thing out of control.
The boxes: Simply a printing error
Plastic Heads: Who cares? (Well you guys do) All we do is DISPLAY them. They still look the same.
2-Eye Vader: Has anyone actually SEEN one of these in real life?
Dark/light Stormy: The color is such a light thing, YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL.
UGH.
/end rant.
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Post by SMC on Aug 11, 2008 9:46:14 GMT -8
Here is a pic i found on my iphone of 2-eye vader...i took this sometime between 12/20/07 and 12/25/07 before i even knew what this awesome things were. this was the first time i had ever seen the mighty muggs...had i had any left over cash from christmas shopping for my son...i would have purchased it. i also have a shot of the dark stormie from the same day. it still haunts me to this day!!!
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kitfistomugg
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Post by kitfistomugg on Aug 11, 2008 9:51:43 GMT -8
There is also a 3 eyed vader...........
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