Applepieisalie Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Does a misspelling on a box add value? Such as, the name of the model is spelled correctly on the front of the box but letters are transposed on the box end flaps. Edited January 10, 2020 by Applepieisalie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Maybe in 50 years or so if and when it becomes impossible to find the kit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
weirich1 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Who saves boxes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Doubtful. One of Airfix's recent 1/72 Lightning F.6 boxings had artwork that was missing the entire horizontal stabilizer. I haven't heard of any premiums for that box top. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 hours ago, weirich1 said: Who saves boxes? I certainly do. But then mine all still have kits inside...... 😎 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SBARC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, habu2 said: I certainly do. But then mine all still have kits inside...... 😎 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I think our hobby has changed and evolved. I recall when the Aurora Arrow kit was in hot demand. Even the box was worth something. I bet now that is not the case as people just don't care about that stuff anymore. Ok maybe some do but not me. I even built some of my Aurora kits. I used to collect Todd McFarlane hockey figures and yes there were some with miss prints on the figures and even missing water bottles in the goalie sets. They went for stupid money when people found them. I committed the ultimate sin by opening mine and actually displaying them. Still have a lot of them in the package but I fully intend to open them. Now they are not worth so much or at least they are not as valuable as some people think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, skyhawk174 said: I recall when the Aurora Arrow kit Aw man, I apparently didn't know they made one! Way back when I was in to their 1/48 WW2 tanks and their 1/48 WW1 airplanes. And that may be why. Speaking of boxes: it was interesting when some of the tank kit boxes, the square ones, had printed wrapper for tank kit applied over box orginally assembled with printed wrapper for monster kit. Do remember that some of their 1/48 tank kit figures were quite nicely sculpted and molded and some were rather simple and basic. Edited January 11, 2020 by southwestforests Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 It makes no difference if you build them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Remember the Monogram OA-4M with "MARINIES" on the tail? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Darren, I just looked in my model closet and....I have one!! How is it as a kit? Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Applepieisalie Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks for the input, everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Smith Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I’ve got one of the old “429 Corvette” kits in the stash. Box is a bit sun faded on one end though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silverkite211 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 9 hours ago, Darren Roberts said: Remember the Monogram OA-4M with "MARINIES" on the tail? I have one of those, along with the Monogram F-84F Thunderstreak that has 'UASF' on the tail. Coincidentally (or, perhaps not) the same artist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I remember the old ESCI 1/48 F-8E that had the USS Oriskany spelled wrong on the decal sheet. I bet there's more then a few F-8's sitting in cabinets with the ships name spelled wrong and the owner is none the wiser . Happy modeling all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Bob Beary said: Darren, I just looked in my model closet and....I have one!! How is it as a kit? Bob It's actually a pretty nice kit. I just finished one up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogsbody Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 What about this? It's actually 1/72 scale. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Don said: I remember the old ESCI 1/48 F-8E that had the USS Oriskany spelled wrong on the decal sheet. I bet there's more then a few F-8's sitting in cabinets with the ships name spelled wrong and the owner is none the wiser . Happy modeling all! I had one of those. I think there is also no pilot's name in the name bar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel Bunker Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 5:15 PM, Applepieisalie said: Does a misspelling on a box add value? No Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:02 PM, weirich1 said: Who saves boxes? I save a few. They're handy to put bagged kits in, or to put a kit that comes in an end-opening box in when one starts building it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
f86esabre Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I just bought an Aurora box only that was in great shape on Ebay . I had an Aurora AH-56 Cheyenne that was in need of a box. Value just went up. Only problem is Atlantis just re-issued the kit so value went back down. Oh well. About the boxes with things that are wrong. Nope. No increased value. Actually less. Steve J Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SonyKen Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 6:36 AM, Darren Roberts said: Remember the Monogram OA-4M with "MARINIES" on the tail? Darren, I don't remember the Marine Skyhawk but I do remember the Revell/Monogram Dale Earnhardt two car combo that had one Chevrolet and one Pontiac in it where the box art had the word "Pontiac" misspelled. At the time, I didn't have the combo in my collection but the guy I bought this set from told me that the combo was more valuable because of the misspelling. I told him that I was a builder, not a collector and I pretty much forced him to reduce his price for the set because I wasn't going to pay his higher price just for the sake of the misspelling. Best Regards, Ken Bailey (SonyKen) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pigsty Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) No, it doesn’t. Misprints matter only when they’re a small sample of the total output - say, a mis-strike on a coin. Or notorious Bibles like the Wicked Bible (“thou shalt commit adultery”), where the entire production run was all misprinted but there were enough other Bibles around for the mistake to be clear. A misprint on a model kit box will have two disadvantages on this front: · every one of them will be the same. This will change if there’s more production later with the mistake corrected, but then you run into point two: · there isn’t a market for it. There’s barely a market for kit boxes at all, never mind odd ones. The best place for a duff box is in the recycling. Edited January 13, 2020 by pigsty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I don’t think our hobby is at the same level as philatelists.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mightymax Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Beanie Baby collection ? My Wife has here and her Mother's for sale. Can't give the damn things away. Lol Max Bryant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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