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[BrandonB75]

Hey Guys! As stated, Im a new member, and recently dug out most of my old collection from when I was a kid. Im now re-hooked on collecting these guys and love all the helpful info here! I have 2 quick pricing questions. Whats a decent price for a flesh SHA, and is there a general way to price Class A/B sculpts? Prices on Ebay are all over the place, and I just dont want to pay WAY more than Ill ever sell them for if I decide to sell later. Thanks, and Im sure Ill have plenty more questions so please bear with me! Brandon

[Bones]

SHA's are really only what you're willing to pay for them. Any muscle for that matter.
I believe the last one sold for 400
Class A's are fickle...depending on sculpt and popularity can range anywhere from 10 bucks to 400+
Class B'S are normally 2 to 3 bucks, more for a few popular sculpts.
Class C...normally a buck, less in larger lots

All these prices are based on my own experience. ..nothing more

[TheRiddler]

Post some pics, it'll help with pricing!

[TheRiddler]

If youre looking to buy a sculpt thats rare or expensive. The japanese version or kinkeshi is way less expensive

[BrandonB75]

Is it true that the real ones have the Y/S N.T. marking? Are there fakes with that marking? Thanks guys!

[plasticfiend]

That is correct for the most part.  If it's a "bootleg" then it might not have any markings or might say hong kong on it.  You might also have other toymakers do custom castings of various hard to find figures.  THOSE might still have the original markings, because in that case they are trying to replicate the original as much as possible.

 

PF

[fisheye]

Is it true that the real ones have the Y/S N.T. marking? Are there fakes with that marking? Thanks guys!

There are two different types of legit figures that will have that mark. Keshi which is a Japan original, and Muscle that was released by Mattel. The Muscle version is made of sturdy PVC plastic. While the keshi is made of a softer rubber type of material. Feels like an eraser. Muscle version of SHA is where the monies at. 

[Ericnilla]

Muscle version (hard pvc) - $400
Kinkeshi (japanese eraser) - $15- $50 depending on color
Japanese reissue (rubber slightly firmer than eraser, glossy, has CHINA marking) - $5

[BrandonB75]

Thanks again guys. Im assuming by the low price, the SHA I bought from Ebay is a Japan or other fake maybe. Live and lean I guess lol. Havent figured out how to post pics yet but here's the link. http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

[TheRiddler]

Thanks again guys. Im assuming by the low price, the SHA I bought from Ebay is a Japan or other fake maybe. Live and lean I guess lol. Havent figured out how to post pics yet but here's the link. http://www.ebay.com/...=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

That is an original japanese kinkeshi version...the ones muscle figures were based on!

[jkaris]

$50 for a flesh original is a very fair price!

[BrandonB75]

Actuallly made an offer and got it for $40 shipped!

[TheRiddler]

Actuallly made an offer and got it for $40 shipped!

Very nice price!

[Ericnilla]

Remember too, the original japanese kinkeshi and US muscle came from the same molds. so they are identical, just different material.

Edited by Ericnilla, 27 October 2016 - 06:36 PM.

[BrandonB75]

So basicallly the Kinkeshi are worth approximately 10% of the same rare® MUSCLE figures? Sorry for so many general questions, again, I just want to make sure I dont accidentally end up spending 90% more per figure than I should lol.

[Ericnilla]

Kinkeshi can get really expensive to, muscle sculpts are around the same prices of muscles.

SHA was just never officially released here in the US base set, so being so rare it's worth so much (all the super rare are anomalies, not actually meant to be rare like a chase figure). If it was officially released it would just be another common muscle, there isn't anything specially about it but that.

[BrandonB75]

If I wanted to continue working on the flesh Kinkeshi set, would a 34 piece lot from Japan with non Muscle sculpts be worth $39?

[Ericnilla]

Kinkeshi is broken up into 30 parts (418 figures), the first 20 parts are mostly common and easy . Part 21 - 30 is where the prices go up, part 30 figures in flesh will cost you $150+ each. Flesh is a premium with kinkeshi, so that color is worth more than the colors. A flesh kinkeshi set is worth thousands.

http://www.din.or.jp...in_collect.html

[BrandonB75]

Ericnilla, PM sent thanks!

[BrandonB75]

Can you guys please give me a list of sculpts in the part 21-29 Japanese set are the rarer ones, and if you can give me a ballpark on their prices like you did with the SHA?