Hi. Have a bit of a strange one and thought someone here might know. A friend bought the Toni miniature on line and it arrived without a box. He's concerned that he has been sold a recast and I think he might due to the following. Base looks to be a Games Workshop base, which I know can happen when 2nd hand, but.. Flash that bad doesn't seem right for Corvus Belli in my experience and... Aren't base pieces like this usually filled in? Hope you can help and thank you for your time.
I have the standard and Toni Tikbalang and both base piece are not filled. The plastic base looks like a standard 40mm. The casting fin looks not like CB quality but it can happen, is it thicc or thin? And Toni was sold in the ITS Tournament box but had his own blister pack. How much does your friend spend for it? I had to pay 70€ for mine.
It was part of ITS10 Winner box I think. I managed win one of these. I will take look and photos of original for comparsion when I get home.
Eduardo came with the LE tournament packs for season 8 so it coming in a normal season 10 pack is suspicious. On the other hand, Eduardo was also extremely limited so maybe they had a lesser quality mold made? Still, the color of the metal off and that's definitely not an official CB base.
Everything looks fine but the excess flash. I kind of doubt anyone would go through the trouble of recasting the mini in pewter.
The cast fins are the only weird thing about what you've shown so far. Thing is, the risk exists also that, if this is a recast, the metal used isn't safe for your health too, with too much leather or any component in the alloy which you wouldn't be found of finding in it. Was the code from CB present in the bag?
Sure, but your mate didnt know that when he bought it, if it even is a recast. And honestly doesnt really look it too me. Repack from someone who bought it, cracked the blister and had it lying around in bits seems more likely
This is a limited edition model you cannot purchase from CB. You can't really support them through Toni.
For context. Both myself and my friend know many people involved in making miniatures and running miniature brands. Neither of us want to support a recaster in any way whatsoever as they cause small companies to close over time. It's very much a principle thing. I've looked over the site it came from and the fact that they show many limited edition Corvus Belli miniatures, Kingdom Death figures, and figures from the old Rackham Confrontation game which have been out of production for a long time is enough for me to believe they recast. Plus they have a lot of Corvus Belli products on their site with low quality images so I don't believe they buy stock from distributors or direct. He is filing a PayPal claim and have made CB aware of the company too.
Most people have gone to resin when recasting, I think. As for the fins, it depends. I have seen bigger, and smaller. Remember Eduardo was a "basic" TAG (tikbalang, I think) with a change of arms, nothing more. I assume that, if it really is a recast, they decided not to buy the box because of the second TAG. I would check if they offer the new Guijia too, since that one is easier to make: buy a Guijia, clone the new arms, done.
Yes, since Toni was the heroin of the Tikbalang pilots. They changed both the arms for Eduardo and the left shoulder so that it displays the name of the TAG instead of the unit motto.
For what? This I don't get. He bought something. They delivered it. He got it. What claim can he make and why?
Counterfeit items are against eBay's ToS. If the seller was claiming it was legitimate and it wasn't they broke the rules. If the seller is recreating someone else's (CB's) intellectual property and profiting from it, then CB have a right to stop them and claim damages.
I'm surprised. I used to buy a lot of recast product of a different company that shall not be named – needless to say the Chinese recasting it almost always used resin 100% of the time. And for good reason too – it probably wasnt profitable enough to use any other material than the cheapest.
It claims to be the original but most likely isn't. Recast is a copy and classes as counterfeit and fraud. Recasting is also illegal in most countries. Like I have said though, it's also the principle.
It would end up his word against theirs then. All the time I've spent travelling has made me numb to any principles against copies I guess. Some great "not" authentic items available in Asia these days.
