JungleSlizer Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 When I got Vezon & Kardas set as a christmas present years ago, instead of including two golden Metru Knee covers, it came with two different ones: Left is the normal piece, and right is the weirdly colored.It has the same glittery effect, but it is really faint in color, almost translucent. I haven't seen anything like it before, and I have searched over the internet, but can't find anything similar. Maybe it's a misprinted Knee-Cover? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrade Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) That's definately a misprint. I got Kardas as well, and those are certainly supposed to be the same color. That's pretty cool that you got a piece like that, though! Edited October 16, 2014 by Skrade Quote Check out my sprite kit, the Nobelus Kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aanchir Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I've never seen a Warm Gold part so badly discolored outside of "bootleg sets", but if you got this from a complete Vezon & Kardas set then it's almost certainly a legitimate BIONICLE piece. Interesting find. Not much more to say about it really. That's a very old set, so if the problem were widespread I expect we'd have heard more about it. So you can think of it as a rare misprint if you like. 3 Quote Latest MOC: PAIGE (Prototype Artificial Intelligence, Gynoid Expression) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JungleSlizer Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Really nice, but I don't think that only one knee cover would be that of a big deal. I also would have to be really creative to use it in a moc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea-rex Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Everyone!Quickly!Find more of these mis-prints! MAKE A WHOLE COLLECTION!!! 1 Quote BZPRPG profiles / Corpus Rahkshi Profiles / Matoran un Panzar profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaru Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think we may be misconstruing "misprint" with "factory defect". 2 Quote Spoiler Alert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohatu: Uniter of Stone Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think we may be misconstruing "misprint" with "factory defect".Well, a misprint is a piece that is printed out incorrectly... so it is indeed a misprint. Quote I HATE SCORPIOS ~Pohatu Master of Stone, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaru Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 (edited) I think we may be misconstruing "misprint" with "factory defect".Well, a misprint is a piece that is printed out incorrectly... so it is indeed a misprint. A misprint is more than that. It's a widely applied production error (IE colours that are not supposed to be available, improper assembly, etc) to an entire lot [or lots] of items. And I think it's generally assumed that when we speak of misprints, we imply a sort of intrinsic "collectors" factor. This piece seems more like "end of the paint can" type of defect. An outlier even within it's own batch. And I may be projecting my own opinions here, but I do not see a lot of "collector value" in this one piece, I'm afraid. Edited October 16, 2014 by Makaru 1 Quote Spoiler Alert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JungleSlizer Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think we may be misconstruing "misprint" with "factory defect".Well, a misprint is a piece that is printed out incorrectly... so it is indeed a misprint. A misprint is more than that. It's a widely applied production error (IE colours that are not supposed to be available, improper assembly, etc) to an entire lot [or lots] of items. And I think it's generally assumed that when we speak of misprints, we imply a sort of intrinsic "collectors" factor. This piece seems more like "end of the paint can" type of defect. An outlier even within it's own batch. And I may be projecting my own opinions here, but I do not see a lot of "collector value" in this one piece, I'm afraid. I agree with that. I don't consider it as one of the "rare-must-get-misprint-mask" parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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