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MI 2 AZ

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Expensive Plastic
« on: October 08, 2008, 04:31:04 AM »
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250302699240

I thought some of the others that sold for $150-160 went high.



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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2008, 12:34:50 PM »
Wow, and that has 9 bids on it!
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2008, 12:36:07 PM »
if i was a big collecter yeah if i had the money i may bid on that gotta admit it is kinda cool looking
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MI 2 AZ

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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2008, 12:38:32 PM »
It started out at $49.99 because it is a BLEM.



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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2008, 01:12:40 PM »
That's nutz...but it's all in the eye of the beholder!
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2008, 02:00:49 PM »
HOLY COW! :eek:  I thought the one I bought was a tad high at 180 shipped.

It is a real cool ball though. The only blem that I possibly saw on mine was about 8 really tiny air bubbles...
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2008, 03:30:06 PM »
Very limited run ball.. I am not even sure there is an exact number of how many there are in existance.. But I know it's very limited..

I have one drilled, I would love another to put on display with my collection someday
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2008, 08:28:54 AM »
All of them you see on e-bay say that they are blems.  Any chance you could explain what the non-blems are?  The pro shop I go to has one and he swears it is one of the few that is not listed as a blem which is why he said he'll never drill it and would only sell at a high price.
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2008, 04:07:45 PM »
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All of them you see on e-bay say that they are blems. Any chance you could explain what the non-blems are?


Visionary has a very high quality control standard and I know that Jason had said a few years ago that they could not get very many from the Korean factory that was making them to pass the Visionary standards.  The one BLEM that I saw had only a few minute air bubbles trapped inside the ball near the Gargoyle figure/core.  So I figure that the non-blems are near perfect in appearance and they are probably more difficult to find/buy.


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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2008, 05:38:03 PM »
MI 2 AZ is pretty close to what happened. Alot of the balls didn't meet the high demand of Visionary's quality control. I am not really sure there are any more that exist that aren't blems. Like I said very few of these were made to begin with and on top of that I believe some were really bad. So very few of these do exist.
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2008, 07:22:33 AM »
These do have blem stamped on them somewhere or something don't they?  Just wondering because I'd like to check the one in the shop.
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2008, 07:46:10 AM »
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These do have blem stamped on them somewhere or something don't they? Just wondering because I'd like to check the one in the shop.
 


Yes....the have BLEM stamped on them.  

I still woudn't pay that kind of $$$ for a useable spare ball but as a collector I could understand.
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Re: Expensive Plastic
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2008, 04:00:05 PM »
Love them, My father has two that he picked up a few years ago. One drilled and one display.
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