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[Apricot]

what is this hole for? it just looks empty

i only see it on gormiti i've bought on ebay from hong kong - they come with italian cards

one of them doesn't have a number on the foot. bootleg?

Edited by Apricot, 04 November 2010 - 08:48 AM.

[Ericnilla]

it was probably one of these lots someone was selling on ebay pretty cheap, i think they were overstock or soemthing... they are missing the chip in the foot that retail ones have.

[AFCMan]

I'm guessing they're the same, but the UK Supreme Eclipse set has holes in the feet where the chip would have been on the Mystic Altar figures from Elemental Fusion.
I guess they just used a similar moulding for the later series.

Either that, or they're guide holes for putting the figures onto Guardian Creatures or some other type of vehicle?

[SaltLakeToyJunkee]

They are actually factory escapes/bootlegs. They are made by the real company. There are a few factory workers that have been selling them on ebay. They just have not made it all the way to the microchip phase of the plant i would guess. They found their way to ebay instead..lol

They also made some color changing red figures that were never officially released in any country or series.

[SaltLakeToyJunkee]

Check this link out there is some discussion of when these first appeared:

Factory escape discussion

[Apricot]

they are typically like a buck a piece with free shipping... not sold in lots but one at a time