Shakka85 wrote:
The thing that makes your 2-up even more valuable is that Hasbro now requires that all of the items that are pre-production get destroyed... I took a tour of their facilities and wanted to grab an arm load of stuff they had ready to go into the compactor, but they have it fenced off and locked, plus security cameras in the area... Some to the stuff they were smashing looked like it was production, but they wouldn't let it leave the area because they are worried a child would get it without it being up to their specs, and if the child would choke on a piece or otherwise harm themselves... Anyways, that is cool that you got the piece, and it definitely is in decent shape for its age.
I think that has always been the case. Enforcement may be the only difference. Much of what Pre-production material there is on the market and in collections was "rescued" from Hasbro's dumpster. What I've heard is that back in the day once projects were finished, the files were just dumped...the filing space was more "valuable" than all the concept artwork and such.
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