GRADE IN Etanick wins again, PGM XM 130

[The-Collector]

All the books I have been posting the last few weeks are from the same OO collection it is amazing that they have surived in the condition that they are in as they have been stored in a box with no bags or boards for the past 40-30 years

 

any way this one looks pretty good to me. It lays perfectly flat has no hidden dimples not present in the scan. The corners are super sharp. PQ is white.

 

 

 

[The-Collector]

Woah contrast on that bottom one is awful. Sorry guys. I am in the process of changing my scanning methods...

[toyman-migration]

Need larger scans.

[The-Collector]

You are kidding right???

[toyman-migration]

no, hard to tell corners...maybe it's my computer

[toyman-migration]

Is that a fold at the top of the right corner?

[The-Collector]

Is that a fold at the top of the right corner?

 

Nah

[toyman-migration]

then you may get a 9.8 (thumbs u

[TheMightyJohn]

9.2 imo

[toyman-migration]

Am I missing something here? Are there any nicks at all on the spine?

[The-Collector]

Am I missing something here? Are there any nicks at all on the spine?

 

Not a single one.

 

 

I think we are both missing whatever John is seeing...

 

[The-Collector]

John can you give some detail of how you arrived at your grade? I am always keen to learn.

[toyman-migration]

agreed

Am I missing something here? Are there any nicks at all on the spine?

 

Not a single one.

 

 

I think we are both missing whatever John is seeing...

[TheMightyJohn]

Well im no expert but i see a possible color break near wolverines head. Im also very hard on books that appear to be a NM. Just my opinion on the grade

[Foxtrot70]

Looks Mint to me. I dont buy into the fractional points after 9.4 - so I just used the word itself. If this was a 9.4 it would seem beyond ludicrous to me that anyone could be unhappy w this book and Have to have a better copy.

[etanick]

Nice copy...I see at least 9.6

[Hado]

Are you sure there aren't two small ticks on the spine in the black near the box with the word Dazzler, or beside Nightcrawlers head in the price box? 9.4/9.6 if I'm seeing things.

[Hado]

Above where it turns from black to white, then again before the top of the D.

[The-Collector]

Hado your eyes are freaking magnificent. I just took it out of the Mylar and held it in light at an angle and those two are there. They don't break colour at all and are only apparent under light at an angle. I guess the strong light of the scanner brings them out.

[etanick]

they are tiny enough that 9.6 is still easy.