You may not have gotten taken at all. Not all old used toys are created equal. Having the box can change value. Wear and tear from play can take away value. Sometimes toys may look similar but one is a reproduction or may even be in a different size. It's a buyers responsibility to educate themselves and od comparison shopping.
This looks like a genuine old toy. The others may be reproductions. Plenty of those out there for tin robots.
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@loghead,
You have not been taken. There are 346 results for the "Tetsujin 28 robot"s. Many of them use the Mfrs. supplied stock photos, especially for new in box items. You have bought a fairly popular
Good point, but loghead didn't specify whether this is a new in box item or a vintage toy. I collect vintage Japanese sci-fi and monster toys from the '60's and '70's, and it's a known thing among we kaiju collectors that some unscrupulous sellers will use stolen pics for their listings on eBay when selling high-value, vintage monster and robot toys.
One scam they'll pull is they find a specific vintage item being offered for sale on https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/?lang=en , steal the photos from that listing, and use them for their own listing on eBay, with a much higher price than what Mandarake is selling it for.
Then, when a buyer who doesn't know about sites like Mandarake pulls the trigger, the eBay seller presumably orders the item from Mandarake and pockets the difference. That's the best case scenario, because the buyer at least ultimately gets the product.
I'm not saying that's what's happening in this case, but there are certainly some very valuable, vintage Tetsujin 28 toys out there, so it's possible.
toysaver
·1 year agoYou may not have gotten taken at all. Not all old used toys are created equal. Having the box can change value. Wear and tear from play can take away value. Sometimes toys may look similar but one is a reproduction or may even be in a different size. It's a buyers responsibility to educate themselves and od comparison shopping.
This looks like a genuine old toy. The others may be reproductions. Plenty of those out there for tin robots.
This one is a repro
krazzykats
·1 year agoStock photos. (Manufacturer's photos).
mudshark61369
·1 year ago@loghead,
You have not been taken. There are 346 results for the "Tetsujin 28 robot"s. Many of them use the Mfrs. supplied stock photos, especially for new in box items. You have bought a fairly popular
Magna/Anime character after all.
poppyland
·1 year agoGood point, but loghead didn't specify whether this is a new in box item or a vintage toy. I collect vintage Japanese sci-fi and monster toys from the '60's and '70's, and it's a known thing among we kaiju collectors that some unscrupulous sellers will use stolen pics for their listings on eBay when selling high-value, vintage monster and robot toys.
One scam they'll pull is they find a specific vintage item being offered for sale on https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/?lang=en , steal the photos from that listing, and use them for their own listing on eBay, with a much higher price than what Mandarake is selling it for.
Then, when a buyer who doesn't know about sites like Mandarake pulls the trigger, the eBay seller presumably orders the item from Mandarake and pockets the difference. That's the best case scenario, because the buyer at least ultimately gets the product.
I'm not saying that's what's happening in this case, but there are certainly some very valuable, vintage Tetsujin 28 toys out there, so it's possible.
roccotacodad54
·1 year ago3,006 results
stainlessenginecovers
·1 year agoI don't know what a 'Tetsugin 28 Robot' is, but I'll assume that it's a 'toy' made by a 'company' ..... and that company made WAY MORE than just 1??