Advice about the NECA turtles
 

I'm looking into finally getting a hold of some of the NECA turtles. I couldn't find any at any retailers in my area when they were released. I've been browsing ebay lately and am wondering how much I should pay for them as well as how big they actually are because I keep seeing 5 inch and was under the impression that they were larger than that. Any advice would be awesome.

$60/80 for the black and white set boxed
$80/120 for the colored set , depend wich edition (Comic Con ex. are cons. as rares)
$20/40 for the individual box colored turtles, but they mostly go for 40 n' more except Michelangelo, I think, theses days.

Out of nowhere there become available an over abundance of the NECA Tube Turtles (the ones not in the original packaging w/ the base) on eBay and you can get most of them for (as was said) $15-40 each, depending on the auction. You'll shell out (pun intended) the most for Raphael.

If you want the MIP original packaging + base, you can get Michelangelo for a decent price but the others (especially Donatello & Raphael) you probably won't find for cheaper than $60.

Okay that's about what I figured. And if it says 5" figure it's the legit size?

Just don't buy any of those factory defects from Hong Kong. There's a reason why they just appeared out of nowhere for so cheap.

Yep.

Huh? I bought one from Hong Kong and it certainly doesn't look like a defect.

Well, the stuff I buy from Marshalls and Ross don't look like defected items but there is a reason why they are so cheap and in abundance.

Still, I'm confused about your statement. Can you explain why you believe the NECA tubes from overseas are defects? Made with a little less care, perhaps? It's seemingly the same exact figure in the same exact tube box as you would buy in the States, and if you're positive they are defected I would think you could tell me how I would be able to tell besides the abundance on eBay.

Okay I think I found one I trust and will buy when I get payed tomorrow. One last question, What all accessories come in the tube packaging?

Just checked. The one I'm looking at is a tube packaged Donny. The seller is out of china but they are top-rated, should I be worried?
Also sorry about the double post

Well, I can't really answer that since I don't buy from those sellers, so I can't compare. But I just assume when something that's hard to find suddenly floods all over Ebay for a bit cheaper, coming from Asia, there must be a reason behind it.

Alot of factory defects or B stock comes out of Asia, and alot of bootleg stuff. I have no clue if they are bootlegs, I don't think they are. But I for one wouldn't trust it. To each there own I guess.
Just the weapons for each turtle.

I bought a tube Donny from an Asian vendor, I received mine in excellent condition in a reasonable amount of time. It's not a bootleg, which is all you should really be worried about.

Thanks, I agree that it is fishy but the one I bought is definitely not a bootleg, and it doesn't look like a defect. Maybe I got lucky, but judging from the seller's positive feedback I think it's a safe bet that these figures are fine. Not to mention I only bought it because I wanted a MIP tube Donny, I already have 2 MIP clamshells. :D

Because that's a clearance store. They're selling old stock that either never made it to the big box retailers or just didn't sell well.

There are a lot of theories about this... This is a huge phenomenon in GI Joe and Star Wars communities. The common consensus is that they "fell off of a truck," but there's no concrete evidence of that.

But they're legit, factory figures. No defects or bootlegs.

I've bought a LOT of figures from these sellers (Mostly Marvel Legends & DC Classics) and other than missing accessories (on the loose figures) they're identical to the regular release. They're probably production figures that have been "liberated" just before packaging.

I bought them, and I liked them.
Is that bad?
There out of production.

Its only bad if you don't like them:D

NECA no loner has a license to produce them so the only thing you are doing cutting down on the value of the originals on the secondary market and costing Viacom a small amount for their licensing fee. The latter is not a good thing. But given how much other LICENSED stuff we buy, I don't think they care too much about a few hundred bootlegs of old figures.