Hi all,
Not super knowledgeable with toy collecting, and would love any insight. I have a few original carded Star Wars figs that I'm thinking of sending in for grading. I've had these packed away for 25+ years, and frankly didn't store them as well as I should have, as all of them now have pretty significant yellowing to the bubbles. I'm not sure that they're worth a ton, but I'd love to have them graded so I can display them and protect them properly moving forward. A few questions:
1- Is AFA the best option? Would there be any reason to consider another service?
2 - Is there any sort of cleaning or prepping that I should look into before submitting? A few of the cards, the Bossk in particular, have some bowing which looks like it could be flattened out. Not sure this is possible or would even improve the grade, but is there the toy equivalent of pressing for a comic?
Pics below - thanks for your help!