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08-01-2015, 12:29 PM | #1 |
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Sadly I have to report a bit of bad news about one of our favorite online bargain retailers. Mandarake, known for reselling various new and vintage products at discounted prices for years, has recently engaged in omitting information regarding restoration done to vintage toys. And not just low level restoration.
This information began circulating thanks to members of the Toy Box DX facebook group and has just been corroborated by a Mandarake employee today. The company has actively been fully repainting, repairing, and otherwise restoring numerous vintage tin toys, gokins, and other vintage action figures and selling them as authentic unrestored products. Reports have come in from several buyers who've noticed the restorations and had to return entire orders. One order in particular, from a buyer whose name I can not release, had to be fully returned very recently. He luckily knew a Mandarake employee well enough that this individual was willing to disclose to the buyer exactly how many figures in his order had restoration. Of nearly two dozen vintage toys, only 3 or 4 were entirely authentic. It was originally assumed to be only cosmetic touch ups but we now know the company has been fully restoring toys from the ground up to pass off as authentic unaltered product. While it primarily seems to be affecting higher dollar vintage toys that range from the 60's through the 80's the possibility that this could be happening to other newer figures is also highly likely at this point. This IS NOT a case of Mandarake buying second hand collections with touch ups and unknowingly selling them. They are actively engaging in high end restoration and purposefully not disclosing it to buyers to make high dollar profits.
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08-01-2015, 12:34 PM | #2 |
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Well shit. I'm not much of a vintage toy collector but even the thought of buying a fake... ew.
At least put a tag on the product page and make people aware what it means, selling them like that is just pure deception. Thanks for the info. |
08-01-2015, 12:37 PM | #3 |
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While in the long run this doesn't affect me all that much as I don't really buy a lot of vintage stuff...wow, that's incredibly deceitful of them.
Will make sure to pass this on, thanks for the info.
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08-01-2015, 12:37 PM | #4 |
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Damn that sucks. I'm amazed people found out, since Mandarake is overseas, but glad there enough connections for the truth to come out
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08-01-2015, 01:01 PM | #5 |
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Really? Interesting. It doesn't affect me much, as I don't generally buy figures older than something from the mid-80's, but that is a little shady.
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08-01-2015, 01:04 PM | #6 |
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Shit. So now what do we do with Mandarake? Should anyone still order from them?
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08-01-2015, 01:05 PM | #7 |
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Wow, that sucks!
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08-01-2015, 01:06 PM | #8 |
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That depends on whether you disapprove enough to take your business elsewhere or not. It isn't going to affect most of the toys people on this site use it for.
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08-01-2015, 01:08 PM | #9 |
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You may disagree with their practices, but where else can you find Rider Belts older than 3 years without paying over $100?
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08-01-2015, 01:15 PM | #10 |
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MMMMH... I don't know if this is bad or not, if the touch ups are good quality... But ripping me off is not good... But I like how Reprolabels exists and want to see a rubber tire producer pop up... But lying to the consumer base... |
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