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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 405083, member: 8267&quot;]Yes, sorry. The semicircular marks on the bottom are made by the disc sander used to level the bottoms of the figures. The labels also look quite recent. There are lots of these misleading decorative items on the market now. That unnatural uniformity in the color can be a distinguishing feature. If they are solid they can be quite heavy, depending on the filler used in the mix. I have not been able to figure out when this started, though some sellers describe their figures as &quot;vintage&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an interesting video that explains how such resin figures are made:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]dADTD5lL0B4[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>I encountered one dealer who tried to make such reproductions seem more important by pronouncing it re<b>sín</b> (with emphasis on the last syllable as if it were a French word).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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