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Post by rusVan on Jun 28, 2010 22:58:57 GMT -5
 The hardest Series One Cheap Toys to find are Canadian Aquas, that is, besides the Super Rares*. Canadian Aquas are twice as rare as UK Cinnamon Red. The last 2 undiscovered Cheap Toys are Canadian Aqua, and even those two have claimed to be found(no photo documentation yet). This green shade of Cheap Toy was produced just for boxes distributed in Canada. But why? Intriguing question! However, what many collectors are unaware of is the Base Colors of the CA Series 1 release are slightly different than the US and UK Base Colors. Fan favorite Canadian Aquas rarely come up for sale. I wonder if this makes them more popular? One strange quality about these Aquas is that they are Semi-Rubbery. In fact, because of this reason, they stand alone; however, several collectors and I swear there’s a Electric Blue color that exists in semi-rubber! These Aquas do not float like the paler UK Aquas do, which is another id key. Finally, Can Aquas’ have a pleasant surface that is semi-gloss, but sometimes appears waxy, giving it a softer complexion than its peers. * So far, and very little documentation exists, the KNOWN Base Colors of CA Series 1 are Dull Peach, Light Red, and a Transitional Sky-Dark Blue. Oddly each of these colors are slightly lighter than the US Base Colors, except for Blue. For example, one known CA Peach Alice is a pale and matte Dull Peach. A known, loose, Light Red Petey is lighter than the lightest Light Red US (which is LR M1 btw-more later). From another source, we have a MIP CA Lindsay that is Light Red, and not Dark Red. Two loose examples of CA Blue in the sculpts of Chris, and Janey are a transitional Sky-Dark Blue. From another source, a MIP CA pack shows a Sky Blue Lindsay. More interesting is that the loose, CA Blue Chris and Janey are M1, and US Sky Blue are strictly M2 sculpts. Many more CA examples are needed before these colors will be ‘official’, even I wouldn’t throw these ‘new colors’ on the Cheap Toy hobby(though CA Light Red is closest to induction, since this color has been tossed around for 4 years and since it stands out) * Recently, the second documented, yet only ‘official’ Canadian Cheap Toy box-containing Aquas-was discovered by thabearrocks in a Canadian Hobby Convention. Both boxes known where discovered in Canada and were half full or less. The latter was 1 thirds full of MIP, of which 2 were Aqua packs. Both Aqua packs were in baggies much lighter than the other bags in the box. However, even the darker packs have a blue undertone when held to light (US packs have a yellow undertone). Please note that Novo Bonbon baggies have the same blue-undertone as Canadian Series 1 baggies. This is an important clue in an extremely Cold Case(lol)! Several and I mean-literally 2, other MIP Aquas known are also in light CA bluish baggies. These packs are highly sought after for their rarity and the quality that the toys are easily viewable through the package. This qualities helps collectors deal with that urge to tear open a decades old treasure! Arguably the true treasure of this recent discovery wasn’t the 3rd and 4th known MIP Ca Aquas, or the CA Base Color MIPs, but the cardboard display box they came in. This Cheap Toy box is very special and comes with a French-English Avec Bonbons sticker on the front wall of the box! The sticker was printed in red ink and is well camouflaged as its edges blend in the paint. The sticker has white lettering in the style of Series 2, not Series 1! Another important clue in this Cold Case! Obviously, more research needs to be done to put these pieces together. It’s going to take Canadian collectors who remember buying these and/or an interview with somebody from the Candy Novelty toy design team or someone in charge of distributing. It was a dream find and the kind of discovery that makes Cheap Toys the exciting hobby it is today. *Several Canadian Aquas are rarer than Sunshine Novo Lindsay.  Example of the pack's transparency:  Box, MIP(wrapper), *Checklist and Candy-identical to US  The Sticker! |
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Post by Soupie on Jul 17, 2010 19:41:58 GMT -5
It was a case of pure beginners luck, but the first lot of Cheap Toys I ever got some odd years ago had six (6) Canadian Aqua Greens in it. One of the greatest things about this color is how nicely it shows the sculpt's details.  |
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Post by rusVan on Jul 17, 2010 22:35:30 GMT -5
It was a case of pure beginners luck, but the first lot of Cheap Toys I ever got some odd years ago had six (6) Canadian Aqua Greens in it. One of the greatest things about this color is how nicely it shows the sculpt's details. Hell, ALL those toys are Canadians. I can tell the Reds and Blues are just from the photograph!  I've been busy with other CT things, but I've been putting all my Canadian Base colors aside for over a year now and will feature them SOON and offer ways to Id them. Red is the easiest, and WILL be known as Canadian Red, it's simply THAT good and THAT different! Btw, Soupie, I can't thank you enough for posting this weekend, you are a LEGEND and friend and I know many people on UG feel the same way about you.  |
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Post by jsul77798 on Oct 3, 2011 18:24:55 GMT -5
 I LOVE EM SO MUCH!!!! |
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Post by rusVan on Oct 9, 2011 0:24:35 GMT -5
From Canada to the floor in a.... office?   Good god, this is a horrible photograph. I thought you "LOVE THEM SO MUCH!"? |
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Post by jsul77798 on Oct 9, 2011 14:29:25 GMT -5
I didn't take the picture there skippy.
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Post by rusVan on Oct 9, 2011 21:45:55 GMT -5
I didn't take the picture there skippy. It's just wierd that you two went to all that trouble to keep this deal secret from the rest of the community, and paid all that money, only to post a blurry picture of some of the greatest Cheap Toys of all time on some floor in an office. |
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Post by rusVan on Oct 9, 2011 22:59:48 GMT -5
After we actualy got the pieces, there was no big secret to anything much. I posted pics of what I recieved in my collection thread on both sites. This pic was a group shot, I believe taken by the seller. I have not had the whole group in my possesion and this is the pic I have, so it's what I posted. "After", yes, you said it yourself. So, the deal was a secret then. Correct?  So, now you're posting that lady's picture, "after [you] actually got the pieces." |
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Post by Thabearrocks on Oct 9, 2011 23:14:14 GMT -5
After we actualy got the pieces, there was no big secret to anything much. I posted pics of what I recieved in my collection thread on both sites. This pic was a group shot, I believe taken by the seller. I have not had the whole group in my possesion and this is the pic I have, so it's what I posted. "After", yes, you said it yourself. So, the deal was a secret then. Correct? So, now you're posting that lady's picture, "after [you] actually got the pieces." I totally understand them keeping it a secret... they found a crazy stash, and didn't want someone else contacting the seller and offering more money, after their deal was sealed. This kind of thing has happened several times in the "community"... people get very mad that they didn't find out about certain things, and say that whoever found the deal should have shared it with everyone before completing the purchase. That's just dumb. If I find a killer deal, I'm not telling anyone about it until after it's in my hot little hands. Too many people stabbed in the back for me to make that mistake. |
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Post by spree on Oct 10, 2011 1:18:26 GMT -5
i agree, too.
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Post by UKM on Oct 10, 2011 6:49:55 GMT -5
I probably i know who was selling those ct...
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Post by rusVan on Oct 10, 2011 16:52:05 GMT -5
Wait a minute. Sure, if it's just one collector scoring some toys behind the scenes, that's awesome, I've made a career out of hunting down toys like that. But, since 2009 a distinct Cheap Toy Community has been formed. So, the issue here, was two new collectors who constantly talk about being part of this 'community' working on this deal together in secret. A score of this magnitude in complete secrecy, has never been scored by two collectors in a Cheap Toy community before. That said, I called Jim and Ben, and congradulated them on their score, that afternoon when Ben called me when the box came. I was excited for them, but wished I could have been apart of the excitement earlier, since I share everything with THEM, and everybody in the community. But, that's just me. It took hard work organizing a community in 2009 after nearly 2 years of chaos, it sucks to see it slip away. That's all. But who gives a f**k, right? What do you guys care?  I'm sure had it been me and another collector in the same situation, people from the community would have felt wierd. No, not if you are an active member in a community. |
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Post by Thabearrocks on Oct 10, 2011 17:58:01 GMT -5
Well, in my opinion they didn't do anything wrong. They probably split it because, being newer to the hobby, they are probably closer to each other, than to other collectors. I'm also guessing they didn't have the money for one of them to just buy them all, so they split it - nothing wrong with that.
And they didn't keep it secret after they got the toys, so I'm not sure what the fuss is about. They shared their awesome score as soon as they got them.
Many times, when I scored finds that I shared with certain people before posting publicly, several people did not want me to share, because they wanted first shot to buy them. And I know I'm not the only one this has happened to, so this kind of thing has happened lots before...
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Post by rusVan on Oct 10, 2011 19:38:17 GMT -5
You have issues and need help. |
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Post by G.I. JASON on Oct 10, 2011 20:08:29 GMT -5
i'm the 3rd(silent)party from the group that split up the series 2's off ebay. cluster me into whatever bad things are said about ben/jim. i find both of them to be awesome guys.
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Post by Keirmon on Oct 10, 2011 20:18:08 GMT -5
Looking ruthless in here!!
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Post by jsul77798 on Oct 10, 2011 20:23:48 GMT -5
I guess I MUST have done something wrong. Why else would I have just got BANNED on that other site for and I quote" adding to the frustrations of GPK toy collectors". What a fuggin joke.
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Post by Keirmon on Oct 10, 2011 20:33:41 GMT -5
Wow! Banned, you must be a bad dude. Whats your new username going to be over there? Lol
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Post by Cory on Oct 10, 2011 20:52:14 GMT -5
To be honest I keep stuff on the down-low when I'm getting rare s**t. I might make a mention that something is going down, but never what exactly is going down. No way is someone going to swoop in and gank my precious. ;D It's cool to see the cheap toy game is still as competitive as ever. It think it adds to the fun of the hobby...especially to the spectators. Jsul and Russ got along so well in Orlando. Don't let a few cheap toys destroy it.  |
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Post by rusVan on Oct 10, 2011 22:13:55 GMT -5
And can't wait to see him again. You can't wait to see me again?  Why? |
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Post by jsul77798 on Oct 10, 2011 22:19:29 GMT -5
Thanks guys.
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Post by Thabearrocks on Oct 10, 2011 22:32:34 GMT -5
Don't worry about getting banned from there dude... it's happened to me before, for pretty much the same reason. Stand up for yourself, and you get shat on. But don't worry - they'll "re-instate" you when you have something they want.  |
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Post by rusVan on Oct 10, 2011 22:38:27 GMT -5
So have I, once, for getting in a colorful arguement with another member. Go figure, huh |
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Post by rusVan on Oct 10, 2011 22:40:22 GMT -5
Looks like I'll have to make a new Series 1 CA thread.  'Thanks guys' |
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Post by Soupie on Mar 4, 2019 16:22:58 GMT -5
It was a case of pure beginners luck, but the first lot of Cheap Toys I ever got some odd years ago had six (6) Canadian Aqua Greens in it. One of the greatest things about this color is how nicely it shows the sculpt's details. I'm trying to figure out what year it was when I won this auction. eBay history only goes back three years. The date on the image is 2010 but I obviously won the late several years before that. 2010 was actually when I stopped collecting Cheap Toys. Cory, is there a way for me to read all my posts, all the way back to the beginning? Or did they get lost somewhere along the way?  |
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Post by Cory on Mar 5, 2019 11:57:17 GMT -5
It was a case of pure beginners luck, but the first lot of Cheap Toys I ever got some odd years ago had six (6) Canadian Aqua Greens in it. One of the greatest things about this color is how nicely it shows the sculpt's details. I'm trying to figure out what year it was when I won this auction. eBay history only goes back three years. The date on the image is 2010 but I obviously won the late several years before that. 2010 was actually when I stopped collecting Cheap Toys. Cory, is there a way for me to read all my posts, all the way back to the beginning? Or did they get lost somewhere along the way? Go into your your profile (click your name) and look toward the bottom of the page. It should have links to show member posts and threads. Click on that and you see your old posts. At least the ones that survived the PHOTOBUCKET disaster clean-up that was done. |
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I've been busy with other CT things, but I've been putting all my Canadian Base colors aside for over a year now and will feature them SOON and offer ways to Id them. 
Really cool box. I wish they had the Nasty Nick box too though 