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November 17, 2008 - November News!
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November Newsletter

CGA Updates & News
  • AFA would like to announce our new 'AFA Qualified' grading scale for which we are now accepting submissions. Items including, but not limited to, opened box vehicles, playsets, and Transformers as well as certain hand-made pre-production items will now be eligible for grading under the new 'AFA Qualified' grading scale. Each 'AFA Qualified' item will be cased with a blue (rather than red) label and will be accompanied by a document with detailed information about the item and contents. In order to be eligible for 'AFA Qualified' grading, a boxed toy must contain new, complete, and unused contents and must not have a sealed blister which has been opened. (For example, a Transformers Megatron with cut tape would be eligible, but a Transformers Grimlock with an opened blister would not be. A Star Wars Landspeeder with cut tape would be eligible, but a Star Wars Sy Snootles Band with an opened blister would not be.) More details about this scale will be available on our website later this month, but feel free to contact us in the meantime with any questions.
    For a limited time, the Qualified scale will be priced identically to our Sealed scale. Please reference our custom-size tier pricing to calculate grading fees.


  • We have launched our new on-line CGA Store which features both in-stock and custom-sized sliding bottom acrylic cases for virtually any item. Visit the store today and design your own custom acrylic case for anything! The store also features poly-bags and acrylic cleaner with several new products to be added in the coming weeks. The website for our new on-line store is located at http://www.cgagrading.com/OnlineStore/.

  • We now also carry standard-size video game cases in the CGA store. Check them out. They look amazing and are offered at affordable pricing.

  • IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT AFA'S MODERN GRADING SCALE - AFA now recommends our Modern Grading Scale for all toys produced from 1995 to present. AFA's Modern Scale is available in both clearview style and classic style cases. This scale has been designed to better rate the miniscule flaws which can differentiate newer and case fresh toys from one another. The AFA Modern Scale is a 10 point, single-tier scale developed to better gauge toys produced recently by offering additional high grade options for AFA’s expert graders to choose from. The grades of 8.5, 9.0, 9.25, 9.5, 9.75, and 10 will be the most common grades for figures straight from a factory case. Under this new scale, AFA will be able to further separate items with small production and packing flaws from one another. Decades down the road, it very well could be that by collecting only high quality graded toys, a collector could better ensure that his figures would still represent true rarities within the collectible toy market, thus maximizing the potential of these toys providing a great return on investment.

    NOTE: Customers who would like modern items graded on the 3-tier scale can have this done for the same cost as the modern scale through 01/01/2009. However, this Special Request must be noted on your submission form or your modern items will be graded using the newer modern scale by default.

    More information on AFA's Grading Scales can be found here
November Specials (must be postmarked by 11/30)
  • November Special #1 - Submit your modern toy items for grading under the AFA Modern Scale and get 10% off your total grading fees.  Please reference coupon code NOVEMBER-S1 on your submission form.

  • November Special #2 - Upgrade all standard size packaged action figures, both vintage and modern, to UV-Resistant UF5 Archival acrylic for half price - only $10!  Please reference coupon code NOVEMBER-S2 on your submission form.

  • Sliding Bottom Case Orders – In order to celebrate the grand opening of the CGA On-Line Store, please enter coupon code NOVEMBER2395 at checkout prior to November 30 in order to receive a 10% discount on all on-line orders.

*These offers cannot be combined with any other discounts or special offers, unless stated otherwise.
**November Specials 1 & 2 can be used individually or together to increase your discount!

 
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