where can I find one of those cases?!?!?!?!?!?
I have only one minty jf in a uncreased boxflap box and want to make sure that the flap stays uncreased. Anybody know where I can get one of these clear shells?
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The casing is actually provided by AFA, a toy grading company, which grade the condition of your toys and seal it up in their casing with a serial number & rating attached. Kind of an 'offical' certification of your toy which can boost the value of the toy.
For a Yamato 1/48 VF-1A (value <USD200), it gonna cost USD55 to grade them excl. shipping. Add USD40 for a UV upgrade for the casing to prevent the yellowing of the toy. Thats gonna cost nearly 50% of the value of the toy!
http://www.toygrader.com/index.cfm
Found one Jetfire at ebay graded 85 (out of 100) going for USD1225
http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-1985-A...1QQcmdZViewItem