Jason Speth and Hawkeye C. recently shared some pictures of excellent examples of both Manufacturing Error Figures and “Warped” M.U.S.C.L.E. figures.
All M.U.S.C.L.E. collectors offer Jason and Hawkeye a huge thank you for sharing these figures!
If you have M.U.S.C.L.E. figures with factory errors or damage, please email a short explanation and pictures to the University of M.U.S.C.L.E..
#1
Smashed Face (Example #2)
#153
Injection Tag
#160
Head Pushed Forward
#186
Missing Hands
#1 by Clark on May 20th, 2011
Is cutting off the injection tags bad? I’ve cut of injection tags and flash that have caused the figure to fall over in the past
#2 by Chad Perry on May 24th, 2011
I meant to respond sooner. Oops.
I think the answer is – it depends.
If there is an almost insignificant piece of flashing that prohibits a figure from standing up, then it is probably not the worst thing in the world if you take an X-Acto knife and shave it off.
However, most of the injection tags that are highlighted on UofM are pretty significant. I would hope that collectors don’t cut them off because they are (hopefully) interesting to many collectors.
Personally I think they are especially because they not only made it out of the factory with the tag, but also survived a child not cutting it off.