Soft Head Help

[jbabz84]

Ok my goal now is to collect and get all 4 TMNT MOC from 1988 and get the soft head versions

But i have a problem, its hard to work out a soft version to a hard version when in packet
Is there any way you can tell the difference when its still MOC?
Ive had a look at the back of some, and found that soft heads are made in china, where as the hard heads are made in macao.
What else on the card helps you work out the difference between the 2?

If anybody has any pics or anything can you please help me out
Im working on collection the original 10, but want only the 4 Turtles to have the softheads

[joefsas]

Don't take my word for it, iv'e never had a soft head in my hand but i think that the heads will probably be an ever so slighty different colour/shade to the rest of the body. And the body will be more shiney compared to the head.......i think

[mikey0]

There are the 10 back Soft Head figures with the Turtle Force Fan Club Form from (Aug ?) 1988.

In early '89, all of that had changed. In '89, the 10 back Soft Head figures without the Turtle Force Fan Club form were sold in retail stores.

The Soft Heads without the Turtle Force Fan Club form do not go for as much as the Fan Club form figures do.

Then, in 1990, the Hard Head figures were on shelves. Most Turtle Collectors know these figures as "mass-produced goods". Some Collectors do not have a problem making customs using these. They are not as scarce as the Soft Heads. There are far more Hard Head figures because of the 44 backs and the Pop-Up Display figures.


The major difference between the Hard Heads and the Soft Heads is the line on the side of the Hard Head figures. The Soft Heads do not have lines going from top to bottom of the sides of their heads. The Soft Heads, also, have bright yellow chest that the Hard Heads lack. The bandanas and skin tone of the Soft Heads differ from that found on their bodies.

Any Turtle figure (including Slash) with a bright yellow belly is worth a lot of money.

I hope this helps.

[Redemption]

Another soft head thread.....yay

[billbot85]

Originally Posted by jbabz84

Ok my goal now is to collect and get all 4 TMNT MOC from 1988 and get the soft head versions

But i have a problem, its hard to work out a soft version to a hard version when in packet
Is there any way you can tell the difference when its still MOC?
Ive had a look at the back of some, and found that soft heads are made in china, where as the hard heads are made in macao.
What else on the card helps you work out the difference between the 2?

If anybody has any pics or anything can you please help me out
Im working on collection the original 10, but want only the 4 Turtles to have the softheads

You might have it reversed. Hard head figures have the capital "MADE IN CHINA" on the back of the card where as soft heads have the "Manufactured in Hong Kong" or "Macao" instead. Any 'Dromers reading this please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[Shreddhead]

The easiest way to tell is to try and spot the line formed from the molds. They will be present on the hard heads, but not the soft

[jbabz84]

Originally Posted by mikey0

There are the 10 back Soft Head figures with the Turtle Force Fan Club Form from (Aug ?) 1988.

In early '89, all of that had changed. In '89, the 10 back Soft Head figures without the Turtle Force Fan Club form were sold in retail stores.

The Soft Heads without the Turtle Force Fan Club form do not go for as much as the Fan Club form figures do.

Then, in 1990, the Hard Head figures were on shelves. Most Turtle Collectors know these figures as "mass-produced goods". Some Collectors do not have a problem making customs using these. They are not as scarce as the Soft Heads. There are far more Hard Head figures because of the 44 backs and the Pop-Up Display figures.


The major difference between the Hard Heads and the Soft Heads is the line on the side of the Hard Head figures. The Soft Heads do not have lines going from top to bottom of the sides of their heads. The Soft Heads, also, have bright yellow chest that the Hard Heads lack. The bandanas and skin tone of the Soft Heads differ from that found on their bodies.

Any Turtle figure (including Slash) with a bright yellow belly is worth a lot of money.

I hope this helps.

Thanks heaps that's a massive help. Ill keep an eye out for that

[mikey0]

Originally Posted by jbabz84

Thanks heaps that's a massive help. Ill keep an eye out for that

My pleasure. Here is a picture to show you what I was talking about :

[jbabz84]

Ok thanks, ill keep an eye out for the lines on the side of the head.
If anybody is keen on selling raphael or Donatello moc unpunched soft head, please pm me

[JOEMOE]

I would really keep it simple and go after turtles with fan club flyer to ensure that they are soft heads. This ensures it is a first release figure too.

A soft head turtle with no flyer is just a later released figure using old stock (maybe a box of inventory soft heads was found 6 months after fan club flyers stopped being inserted and instead of scrapping the soft heads they just use them). So the whole bright yellow chest theory may crumble as a soft head turtle with no flyer may have a newer style chest but a soft head. This isn't to say that a soft head turtle with no flyer is not a first release manufacturing error though, but who is to say?

With that being said, i refer back to my first statement of keeping it simple.

[jbabz84]

Originally Posted by JOEMOE

I would really keep it simple and go after turtles with fan club flyer to ensure that they are soft heads. This ensures it is a first release figure too.

A soft head turtle with no flyer is just a later released figure using old stock (maybe a box of inventory soft heads was found 6 months after fan club flyers stopped being inserted and instead of scrapping the soft heads they just use them). So the whole bright yellow chest theory may crumble as a soft head turtle with no flyer may have a newer style chest but a soft head. This isn't to say that a soft head turtle with no flyer is not a first release manufacturing error though, but who is to say?

With that being said, i refer back to my first statement of keeping it simple.

Yeah I thought about that, but they are harder to find and can be expensive. Guess time will tell, and one day I might just sell the turtles I have to help fund the fan club soft heads.

[raph27]

Originally Posted by Redemption

Another soft head thread.....yay

Softheadthread,softheadthread,softheadthread,yay!