Pointer: Qualitiy-measuring of your minifigures

[Bricks]

I've checked my minifigures yesterday and I saw the different between new and old. I've could seen two big points:

1. The older minifigures have an blurred imprint on the torso.

2. The important point: the black/white quad imprint at the ahead part of the body/torso. New minifigures have this colourfull print without any blurred bands. The older or used body's and torsos have this print two, but with the blurred bands.

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I hope you could notice my words. And I hope to give you a new chance to look at your minifgures and say: Wow that was a good deal, this minifigure is unused in a godd qualitiy

Greetings Bricks

[Brickthing]

I never thought of telling if a minifig was used or not through that method. But doesn't it just measure how much the head has been turned and swapped?

[CP5670]

Also, the amount of printing that gets wiped off each time can vary considerably, depending on what year and place the minifig was made in. The heads on some minfigs in my collection fit much more tightly than others. There was especially a lot of variation with this in the 80s.

This might be a good idea for more recent minifigs though.

Edited January 4, 2009 by CP5670