MetalRobotHead Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 The one on left currently at $281 US listed as Yonezawa Astro Scout, same one sold at US auction house for $60 hammer price who correctly stated it was a re-issue, one on right obviously original. The perils of ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Yes, had an email from Gilbert pointing out this fake. I say fake rather than repro because the auction is misleading. The interesting thing is that the front plate has the Yonezawa logo and Made in Japan wording of a genuine version. I wonder how they got there? TTT repros had the Tin Tom Toy logo and wording . Other versions had no wording or logo at the bottom. (Repro versions below:) The repro has those completely wrong legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalRobotHead Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 Some useful information about the Astro Scout and others here on Ozzie's old website. http://www.ozziesrobots.net/id61.htm Below images borrowed from above website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkrobotik Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I wondered about that trademark on the repro . That must have come off an original or are they able to repro these things these wonderful days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalRobotHead Posted Saturday at 05:45 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 05:45 PM Amazing, it looks like someone is paying $491 for a common Chinese repro with a fake label stating it is Japanese, so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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