Thanks for the pic Nik. For the record I am increasingly leaning towards thinking this is genuine. In my experience when someone is faking something like this, they will not only be trying to sell the item, but they will also be extremely hostile, condescending and uncooperative if questioned or asked for more details. And often will have an overly-elaborate story of how they got the item, emphasizing how few of them exist and how crazy unlikely it would be to find another one anywhere in the world. Nik has been the complete opposite of all these things.
Assuming it is genuine, one thing that strikes me is its surprising how rough the star looks. Whether it's some kind of heat/pressure brand or a tweaked mold, you'd think MEG/Matchbox would have made it look a bit cleaner or more complex, in part to beat the fakers but also just to look nice. OK so the promotion was only worth $50 in toys, but if someone faked multiples they'd be getting a lot of value by claiming on them. I'm probably overthinking this though, as when the original promotion was running in the UK/US, nobody knew what the star monster looked like. And by the time the African leaflet told us it was a Jotun Troll, not only would the US/UK promotion most likely be over, but we're talking pre-internet days anyway so it's unlikely the information would have spread abroad. Yeh I'm definetely overthinking this lol.
While it's nice to have some closure on this mystery, part of me is disappointed it's a Jotun Troll and not a brand new monster, as in the silhoette we saw on the back of the UK/US packs. But I guess if it was a brand new monster it would have been spotted much more quickly than this.
Oh and fkro6784, yes, that sounds like a great plan. After all, this may be the only chance we ever get to get some insight on the mysteries of MIMP history and what could have been so it's important to be thorough. I'd be heartbroken if someone got an interview with Morrison or Weems and didn't ask about the unreleased 15, Bash Tchelik, the Electronic Monster, etc
Edited by theassassin, 29 July 2014 - 02:53 PM.