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[Robot Man]

On 9/5/2024 at 7:21 AM, mwotka said:

Speaking of color, 18 has always had a wide variation in the background, between light blue and purple.  I've always been happy with the coloring on mine.  

Nice one and also one of my many favorites. The blue background would be subject to variation mostly due to the large amount of magenta (red) ink in it. This copy looks nice and probably very close to the original intent. 

[newshane]

One of my favorite threads, but I don't stop by enough! 

Man, seeing the CRAZY saturated colors on some of these is an experience! 

This is why we see so many lower-grade copies that look just as cool if not better due to the COLOR. 

The 12 looks SO much better with those deep blues. WOW! 

And that other 48? I don't know if the scan might be a little jacked (?) but I've never seen such a deep orange and a RED dress! All drool worthy. 

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/6/2024 at 12:14 AM, newshane said:

One of my favorite threads, but I don't stop by enough! 

Man, seeing the CRAZY saturated colors on some of these is an experience! 

This is why we see so many lower-grade copies that look just as cool if not better due to the COLOR. 

The 12 looks SO much better with those deep blues. WOW! 

And that other 48? I don't know if the scan might be a little jacked (?) but I've never seen such a deep orange and a RED dress! All drool worthy. 

Fair comment. I wont have time today, but when I can, I'll take some photos with my phone for comparison! [If memory serves me, those are both Heritage scans.]

[kelholt]

On 9/5/2024 at 9:21 AM, mwotka said:

Speaking of color, 18 has always had a wide variation in the background, between light blue and purple.  I've always been happy with the coloring on mine.  

This is a super nice book 🤗 and rightfully happy with it.

You are right about the background color fluctuating between a light blue and more purple like yours. I’ve seen many 18’s and there is quite a range.

I think 18 looks great with either variation of color. Speaking of variation of color and how “next level” a FH book can look with full intended coloring, the strongest book I have ever seen for BOLD coloring is Flex’s Planet 18. It is a unicorn 🦄 and bags of skittles are jealous about how much color his book holds.

Edited September 6 by kelholt
Misspelling

[Ricksneatstuff]

My copy, former Toledo pedigree from what I’ve been told

 

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/6/2024 at 10:44 PM, Ricksneatstuff said:

My copy, former Toledo pedigree from what I’ve been told

 

Yes, it's the Toledo. When I owned it, the CGC label identified it as such. Whoever reholdered it did so after CGC 'de-pedigreed' all the Toledos. Why? Beats me! I understand the argument [insufficient high grade books to justify the ped] - but at the same time, it's like willfully erasing history.

[Flex Mentallo]

On 9/6/2024 at 8:40 PM, kelholt said:

This is a super nice book 🤗 and rightfully happy with it.

You are right about the background color fluctuating between a light blue and more purple like yours. I’ve seen many 18’s and there is quite a range.

I think 18 looks great with either variation of color. Speaking of variation of color and how “next level” a FH book can look with full intended coloring, the strongest book I have ever seen for BOLD coloring is Flex’s Planet 18. It is a unicorn 🦄 and bags of skittles are jealous about how much color his book holds.

I remember having a discussion with you after I won it, about how inaccurate the original scan was [it made the purple seem almost black], and how hard it was to scan the book accurately. I thought - mistakenly - that it would be relatively simple to take some photos with my phone. This first one makes the purple look grey.

[Flex Mentallo]

Then I managed this.

[Flex Mentallo]

Couldnt resist manipulating the perspective in photoshop.

[Flex Mentallo]

But still slightly grey, so I used autocorrect to improve contrast and color. This is as close to how the original appears in hand as I can get.

[Flex Mentallo]

..and in this one, the whites are too bright, but it does bring out the fading [dust shadow] on the right hand edge.

[Flex Mentallo]

#12 was even harder. This is the best I could manage.

[Flex Mentallo]

But #48 drove me nuts.

Edited September 7 by Flex Mentallo

[MattTheDuck]

[Flex Mentallo]

And now, back to our regular programming...

[newshane]

I'm just drooling all over the place at these colors! 

 

[Robot Man]

Indeed! Makes me want to pull out my Planet box. I know I will drool over my brightly colored ones and cry over the “faded” ones…

[MattTheDuck]

[mwotka]

Another big one for color is 54.  I got one earlier on when trying to fill my run and didn't realize the extreme variation.

I had to correct that problem eventually.  

[skypinkblu]

Wow, that's a huge difference. I have to see if I have a scan, because I'm pretty sure mine looks nothing like either of those.