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Originally Posted by K Dubious

Thanks Raf, now put those Grails back in their Plastic Prisons. What if they fall over and dog ear a corner!!!!

I have no idea what was paid for those and to be honest I don't think I want to know. Something I would like to know is how many of them actually exist. I wonder if some of the hasbro people that originally had these might have given them to thier kids to play with or even grandkids.

Regardless of the value we give them you know to someone out there that is just the toy they play with and may have no idea that it was a production sample.

Also you would know this better than me, have you ever seen or heard of anymore? I am content with the regular versions of these figures, but it would be really cool to know if you had the only ones that exist wouldn't it?!?

I was told by two different owners of these figs (that don't know each other) the same story. They tell me that 10 of each were made and distributed to the hasbro employees at the time who had something to do with this toy line. I believe that because I also know and ex Mattel employee (the one who sold me his grail modern red tornado) and he tells me that's how it is usually done, when a product doesn't get approved they just give the ones made to the employees that were involved in the toy line. I have been lucky enough to see 3 different sets of these, one at a Texas toy convention, but the guy was just showing them off and wouldn't sell them for anything. I saw another set in person from an Arker a long time ago (he doesn't want for me to say his name so I wont) but he sold them on eBay at a time I just didn't have enough money to buy them from him. Of course the last ones I saw was the ones I bought from ASH, and he bought them directly from an ex employee and Ash confirms what I've mentioned earlier.