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News Credits: 2 · by **Sid Burn** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:57 pm

I recently recieved a reissue sixshot from an ebay auction I won.
But the shiny parts of the wheels have a scuffed stained look to them, and no matter how much I scrub them they look the same.

Any experience in this? Is the stain baked in with the chrome part of the plastic?

I have opened a paypal dispute on the seller since clearly the item was not opened only for inspection but if I can fix it that would save me alot of hassle.

by **Glitcher** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:03 pm

Is it really that bad? Can you post a pic please?

BTW, you should consider the possibility that the seller was telling the truth that the item was only opened for inspection and that the original owner might have played around with it a bit.

News Credits: 4 · by **Bumblethumper** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:49 pm

Is this the KO sixshot? ... I don't think there's ever been an official reissue.

Generally speaking you shouldn't expect much from a KO. It seems petty to open a dispute about this, unless you paid an awful lot for it.

News Credits: 1 · by **iron maniac** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:16 pm

He didn't get the KO he got the Takara reissue.

News Credits: 1 · by **iron maniac** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:18 pm

sid burn, do you mean the chrome on the wheels is scuffed?

News Credits: 2 · by **Sid Burn** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:33 pm

iron maniac wrote:sid burn, do you mean the chrome on the wheels is scuffed?

Yeah, looks like a factory defect. The seller has agreed to refund my money upon recieving the item. It is the takara reissue for those that asked, I never buy KOs.

Shame, I was looking forward to putting him on display.
You cant clean it, it seems to be part of the chrome application or something.

Either way, I am returning it, I will be patient next time and wait until I see a MISB takara reissue Sixshot.

News Credits: 1 · by **iron maniac** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:39 pm

Yeah the chrome should not scuff that easily, something is definitely wrong. I bought mine(or rather my sister bought for me) 20 years ago and the chrome on the wheels is still great.

News Credits: 2 · by **Sid Burn** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:34 am

iron maniac wrote:Yeah the chrome should not scuff that easily, something is definitely wrong. I bought mine(or rather my sister bought for me) 20 years ago and the chrome on the wheels is still great.

Same here, I have a vintage Sixshot that has beautiful chrome except that I beat the crap out of it as a kid. I wanted the reissue so I could have a pristine sixshot.

Either way, I will see another eventually. I have seen this kind of thing once or twice on Sonoking releases but not on a Takara Japanese reissue.