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by kirbenvost » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:24 pm
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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Not to metion the date on the figure is usually the year the mold was produced, not the year the figure was released, if I understand correctly. I've seen brand new figures with last year's date on them.
Not quite. It is indeed the year in which the mold was copyrighted, however when permanent changes are made, more often than not a new date is added.
That would make sense. New version of mold, new date.

Also explains why G1 reissues often have 2 dates on them.
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