legolord2 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Hey all! been a while since ive visited here, but figured it was the best place to ask, Ive been collecting the wheels from Roboriders (among other collectibles!) for a while now and came across the one on the right, initially I just thought it was faded or something, but on closer inspection, the eyes are blue instead of green and the yellow seems to be completely absent as well as the red being purple. All the other coloured wheels that ive got with this printing match the one on the left. Is this a known variant? or a printing error or something else entirely? thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZOMBIEJ Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 oh wow! nice find! my best guess is that it's either a misprint or a bootleg/knockoff! although i'm not sure if the Roboriders ever got bootlegged within the past 2 decades! however, i wouldn't be surprised if they did (same with Slizer/Throwbots)! that's the best i got for ya! i mean, i'v never owned a Roboriders set at all (same with Slizer/Throwbots), so my opinion maybe less useful than those who actually owned the sets and could offer a similar or better opinion than mine! but whatever! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legolord2 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 45 minutes ago, TheZOMBIEJ said: oh wow! nice find! my best guess is that it's either a misprint or a bootleg/knockoff! although i'm not sure if the Roboriders ever got bootlegged within the past 2 decades! however, i wouldn't be surprised if they did (same with Slizer/Throwbots)! that's the best i got for ya! i mean, i'v never owned a Roboriders set at all (same with Slizer/Throwbots), so my opinion maybe less useful than those who actually owned the sets and could offer a similar or better opinion than mine! but whatever! ahh thank you for the reply!! id be interested to know if they were bootlegged! ive not seen any before, but that wouldnt rule it out! Any informations really handy! as theres not really all that much out there about the line haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZOMBIEJ Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 hours ago, legolord2 said: ahh thank you for the reply!! id be interested to know if they were bootlegged! ive not seen any before, but that wouldnt rule it out! Any informations really handy! as theres not really all that much out there about the line haha you're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminatus Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 It looks to me like the printer was out of yellow ink (and only had cyan, magenta and black) at the time of printing. I reckon this must've happened to a good few disks and wheels back in the day, although I've never personally seen one where the difference was so striking. Neat find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toa_Kralich Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Always thought these wheels were cool. The cyan/teal ones have the benefit of being some of the only teal technic pieces I have! In any case, this purple one looks cool - I have the orange one on the left, but the one on the right does, as Illuminatus said above, look like when you don't have enough ink in a printer. A cool find for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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