Grading Star Wars Figures With UK Graders (UKG)

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Hi Star Wars collectors, well its been nearly 18 weeks since I sent my Star Wars figures to UKG be graded, but finally I have them back! Check out my experience with grading both modern and Vintage Star Wars figures and the scores my items received.
Items submitted:
Vintage Kenner Imperial Stormtrooper (Hoth Battle Gear)
Vintage Palitoy AT-AT Commander
Vintage Collection Din Djarin with Child
Vintage Collection Yak Face
Vintage Collection Yoda VC20 (Canadian Variant)
Vintage Collection SDCC Mouse Droid and Salacious Crumb
Vintage Collection Princess Leia VC64 (Slave Outfit) Proof card
Retro Collection Prototype Darth Vader
Russian Oritet Bossk - Pink Bootleg
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@OnlyOneKenobi 3 года назад

Yeah man.... that Snowtroooer looks pristine! This video is epic Timmo 😎👌🏼

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers man

@thetvbaby83 3 года назад

Man, feels like Christmas morning and I ain't even there lol.

@timbainbridge1946 3 года назад

It's like waiting for your GCSE results 😆😆 loved it Tim👌👍🤘

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers Tim. Just nice to document my experience

@chocolatechipwookiee181 3 года назад

Awesome grades mate. So good to see the little ones get the score they deserved. 👊🏻💥

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers Mark. Will have pride of place in my collection room

@jangounbrained8584 3 года назад

Great to see the grading journey , never done this myself but have considered before 👍. Nice items Tim bet your thrilled with them !

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Very pleased Jack!

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

Well done, Tim. Beautiful items and what a first batch of items!

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

First batch....hahaha. Cheers John. Very happy with the scores and more importantly how they are presented

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

@@BossksBounty Pretty amazing for a first time man. Hahah my first ever was a bunch of crappy black series.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

@@ActionFigureGrader ooo nasty lol

@jessegpresley 3 года назад

we need action figure grader to do a reaction video for this video.

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

😆 they are gorgeous

@garymoore1975 3 года назад

It seems like forever ago that you mentioned this was going to be a video. All look great encased in acrylic. Some great scores indeed.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Thanks Gary. Yeah they took forever to come back!

@pruneproductions8166 3 года назад

Well well well, first off awesome video tim. Really enjoyed this. Secondly and most importantly, welcome to the world of grading lol. I hope the overall experience wasn’t too bad and that it’s something you might keep doing. Congrats

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Haha, reserved for special items only I think.

@joechristopher434 3 года назад

Wow love your pink bossk tim really nice pick up with the grading really makes it pop

@ReynoldsReviews 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this Tim, even though I don’t think I’ll ever send anything for grading (don’t like the idea of not having my stuff for 16 weeks lol) I’m always very interested to see scores compared to condition of the items. Glad you are happy with all the scores they came back with, some lovely pieces in there. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing this and listening to your thoughts on the scores 👍

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers Luke!

@MattsCollection 3 года назад

The Din Djarin got a 95??? He’s clearly all dirty! 😀

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

😂😂

@pastacollection5622 3 года назад

Love the video Bossk! Keep up the great work!

@MoparMcNeer 3 года назад

I've been waiting for this one Bossk. I'm so happy you posted this. I'm about to embark on getting my more rare vintage figures graded too, so all the info I can get prior to sending off my items is appreciated.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Glad I could help!

@darthwizzywizard 3 года назад

Yeah that Leia is awesome.

@ukstarwarstoyzmania8538 3 года назад

Great informative video Tim, wouldn't mind getting a few of mine graded 👍

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers Dave, reserved for my special pieces I think.

@bikerscout7467 3 года назад

Just curious...what does it take to get a 100% from a grader? Does it ever happen?

@markchaplin6733 3 года назад

Really enjoyed this one, Tim. Think I'd be too worried sending my items off. May I ask, did you send the figures in star cases inside the brown boxes?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Yes, I avoid acrylic s star cases have more flex. But there was so much bubble wrap around the items, then inside the main box nothing was gonna damage them, unless they fell off the van and got run over lol. I feel a lot more comfortable now. the mini cards are protected.

@JulesBurt 3 года назад

Very interesting Tim, how much did it cost to get this lot graded and do UKG charge more for vintage items?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I think it worked out to be about 260 + VAT plus postage. Nope the vintage and modern figures were the same price.

@Blackedoutewoks 3 года назад

I reckon the AT-AT Commander got an 80 at least???? I'll keep watching!

@Blackedoutewoks 3 года назад

So many 90s...you must be chuffed to bits?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

@@Blackedoutewoks Yeah very happy BOE!! Great scores all round!

@NicVegas 3 года назад

Action figure grading is so fascinating to me

@SmugglersCanyon 3 года назад

Amazing stuff Bossk! So cool to see the process start to finish! Some awesome scores and incredible figures! That Snowtrooper is beautiful and the Proto Vader hurts man I was desperate to find one and the price has skyrocketed 🤦‍♂️ Really enjoyed this one mate! 👍 Have you caught the bug or is this a one off?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

It is quite addictive. I think I will want to grade special items. Getting Jar Jar in Carbonite soon so will send that one off.

@SmugglersCanyon 3 года назад

@@BossksBounty Cool man! I am tempted, It'd be nice to have a graded piece in my collection, I just don't want to get hooked 🤣 (I have some time to ponder it anyways) 👍

@edfivedownunderplasticplanet 3 года назад

Awesome Bossk! Thank you for documenting this experience mate. Now I want to get my Vader & a few key cards done. I really enjoyed this& well done on some supurb grades.Cheers🍻👍🏻

@Purp7eMu2ic 3 года назад

Why didn’t yak face get a 95 when 2 of the 3 sub sections got a 95

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Good question, I. think recently UKG may use the lowest number as the overall grade. I saw someone elses video that had the same issue. But yeah I would have preferred a 95! lol

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

The overall score on a carded figure is not an average, so if one 90 subscore is a "low enough 90", then it brings the overall score down to a 90. For example, I have one graded 90/70/95 and an overall 70+. Because the 70 ruined the overall score.

@Purp7eMu2ic 3 года назад

@@ActionFigureGrader thank you AFG. That makes sense. Appreciate you taking the time to respond

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

@@Purp7eMu2ic Absolutely! Bossk got back some beauties!!

@OnlyOneKenobi 3 года назад

SECOND after Walffle Spy 😏

@ilbftman 3 года назад

Note: The Haslab Yakface has a variant being a shiny coin and a dull coin variant type.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Yeah my buddy John Miko told me that. Not sure I would be able to tell the difference with my eye sight! 😂

@jacksonsmith11 3 года назад

Omg I want that colorful Darth vader so bad!!

@neil8264 3 года назад

Great items, I get all my vintage collection & select black series graded

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

All of your TVC? They do look good.

@Burtronic 2 года назад

Thanks for this video, I’ve often wondered about this. Since starting my collection my focus has shifted a couple of time and I’ve now got some really nice items, mainly modern but a couple of older bits as well. I think the main draw is the preservation aspect. I’ve got some nice GW cases but I think the extra step this takes is great and if you but the membership the prices are not actually all that bad.

@darthwizzywizard 3 года назад

That Palitoy looks incredible.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers man

@crankyrancor2847 3 года назад

Great vid Tim , you must be over the moon with the scores you got apart from the snowtrooper , i thought he’d be an 85 for sure . One question i have , what sort of $$ was it worth to get them graded aside from shipping costs ? Cheers mate 👌🏻👌🏻

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I think it cost about 300, so about 30 each. To be honest, its very difficult to get an 85 on a vintage card these days

@topbanana4013 3 года назад

when figuring out what cards to send i notice many have a ring around the blister like its been double pressed, do you avoid these cards for grading ?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I am not a serial grader, one to ask my mate John, the Action Figure Grader on RU-vid.

@darthwizzywizard 3 года назад

That looks crazy wrong on the Snowtrooper. Higher grade I would think is due. Love the Leia Proof card.

@tonyz77 3 года назад

That is a tremendous result Tim, chuffed for you mate👍🏻

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers mate, very pleased with the scores! Hope you are doing well!

@wyatttaylor3800 3 года назад

awesome video!!

@MrSkhitzo 2 года назад

I sent a collection of 4 loose vintage figures to UKG. All returned with 85 grading which I was slightly disappointed by but respected apart from one. I had a nein numb figure that was a post away, it was in a baggie and the baggie was a in a box in my desk. (look away now as this may upset some) I opened the bag and sent him loose as I wanted it displayed as was. They graded paint and figure 85 overall 85.. Now this thing had never been touched and to me looked as perfect as any figure ever. Honestly it made me very unsure of their grading process after that.

@BossksBounty 2 года назад

Did it have the blaster?

@MrSkhitzo 2 года назад

@@BossksBounty Yes it did.

@MartinFutter70 3 года назад

A very interesting video, not sure how the whole process works, but an insight to how people perceive their figures from a personal perspective to a another's % perspective - great video 👍👌🤘

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Cheers Martin

@darthwizzywizard 3 года назад

Holy cow. It’s going to cost me 20gs to get caught up Tim. Lol. Haha.

@MarkyD1967 3 года назад

I’ve never sent any of my figures off to be graded before but I’m starting to consider it as I believe I’ve got some gems in my collection in both 3.75” and 6” scale. Quick question. Do the grades always come back in 5% increments (80-85-90%, etc)? Given it appears most are in that 80-90% range, too me it would be more meaningful if they were more granular and used 1% increments instead. What’s the point if they’re all either 85 or 90? That’s just 2 different scores really. A 89% feels better than an 82%, so I’m not necessarily a fan of 5% rounding. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Yeah usually in 5’s but that’s why you have the sub grades to show each element. Also I believe CAS also show a decimal like 92.5 for example. Each grading company is slightly different

@seanmac7977 3 года назад

Wow, you got some great grades on sone spectacular items. Congrats! I have never done any grading myself, but maybe one day. Considering getting some of my comics graded soon though. Will see.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Gotta keep those rare comics in good condition Sean!

@katabellioniguess 3 года назад

My guess for the Retro Vader getting a 90% has to do with being circulated when a figure goes through the circulation process the card is punched and most likely had been touched leaving fingerprints. Unless if it was uncirculated then idk why.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

They are factory punched. Impossible to get them unpunched

@theviking6052 3 года назад

What is part of the decision to have something graded? I know you do collect open and in box but just wondering what would make you have a figure graded. Rarity? Value?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Yeah, just the pieces in my collection that I feel will never be opened. I doubt I will do many more. Just the rare ones.

@jaredcantor7856 3 года назад

I'm really curious about the mechanics of grading and then putting the figures into these custom made acrylic cases. I assume that's covered in depth on the Action Figure Grader's channel?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Yeah he has some older videos that explains all

@keithguppy12345 3 года назад

Great video Tim, 16 weeks is a long time though.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Sure is! I missed my Yoda! lol

@kevinlucas76 3 года назад

Really good video, would like to get some of mine graded so really interesting watch

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Thanks Kevin

@ChrisCaldwellO66 3 года назад

Love the mini carded figures!

@walfflespy8022 3 года назад

Hey did you say that jango fett was on on black series or vintage collection?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I dont think I mentioned Jango Fett?

@robearnest7613 3 года назад

I'm no professional grader but the Hoth Stormtrooper card has the ever so slightest fade to it IMO that I can see even in the video. That may have made it an 80.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I will have to check that. Haven’t noticed

@robearnest7613 3 года назад

@@BossksBounty An ever so slight fade. Yes the card looks fantastic considering it's from '80-'81, but the colors don't look quite as bright as, for good example, the AT-AT Commander's card you had graded. JMO

@BL1TZEN 2 года назад

Confused why a brand new figure - brand new inside the plastic - gets 95% and not 100%?

@BossksBounty 2 года назад

Because even new stuff can get damaged in shipper cases etc. Graders use microscopes and UV light to highlight imperfections

@thetvbaby83 3 года назад

I do see the worth of grading. Back in the day we put variants and autographed figures in star cases. Thats all we had. The way the are protecting them is great and No ones gonna open em, mite as well keep them the best rep of original. Bossk how do they grade autographed figures? Awesome video bro.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I am not sure but I would imagine they would need a certificate of authentication maybe

@thetvbaby83 3 года назад

@@BossksBounty dame. I got pics tho lol

@thetvbaby83 3 года назад

Carrie fisher did. R2 Holigram oh boy

@Shakes_The_Clone 3 года назад

Pinky Rocks

@jacksonsmith11 3 года назад

You may have said this, but what is grading a star wars figure?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

What is grading? They put the figure/card in a sealed case and score the condition. It then gets placed in their data base

@jacksonsmith11 3 года назад

@@BossksBounty Oh! That is very cool

@Grants_Galaxy 3 года назад

what’s it take for a figure to get 100?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Perfect in every way. Never seen one myself

@stuartrn74 3 года назад

I found this really interesting. I am surprised the VC Yak Face didn't score higher as the card was unpunched. Not sure how it works with grading so don't know whether or not they would take that into account.

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I dont think it does. The card getting a 95 is as good as it gets

@toomworld 3 года назад

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice! 🤯🤯🤯🤯

@tikvision 3 года назад

I'd better order acrylic boxes, print the 100% sticker myself and avoid the hassle and dissapointment

@porkchopexpress199 3 года назад

This grading is nothing but a gimmick each to there own but seems a very american thing to do . But good vid as always

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Maybe, but UKG have been around for years and have never been busier. They had to shut for 3 months to catch up with existing orders.

@jessegpresley 3 года назад

tO eAcH tHeIr oWn... the trolls are out with your cliche'd comments today. i guess theyre in lockdown so they can't kick any puppies outside.

@porkchopexpress199 3 года назад

@@jessegpresley what are you on about ?

@deathmetalrob5563 3 года назад

All you have to do is protect your stuff and put it in their acrylic case. Action figure grader John is going overboard and he's pretentious it doesn't really make the price go up no one really cares about grading

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

Mkay. Acrylic is a great option. I am not pretentious, buddy. I just don't enjoy people commenting on my videos with weird stuff. I am about as unpretentious as it gets. I wear the same clothes every day and bathe maybe once a month.

@jessegpresley 3 года назад

AFG is one of my favorite channels and I don't send anything off to get graded. he seems pretty down to earth and self deprecating.

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

@@jessegpresley Thanks so much.

@edfivedownunderplasticplanet 3 года назад

Why is the Action Figure Grader pretentious? He is just a great guy that has a passion for getting his figures encased in acrylic! He is still a human that will bleed red if you cut him & really he has in indepth and an awesome collection of the plastic that we all collect in the community!

@deathmetalrob5563 3 года назад

I think he should be encased in acrylic

@deathmetalrob5563 3 года назад

I like your channel the way it has been insane with only one Kenobi and usualmike Don't Go Changing it up for someone pretentious like action figure grader and ruining action figure collecting

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

Ok from the amount of comments you have left it seems you don’t like John Action Figure Grader. Just a couple of points. 1. He’s been a friend for a while of both mine and OOK, we have been on many live-streams together. 2. Grading isn’t for everyone. 3. It’s an interesting topic within the Star Wars collecting community. 4. I am not aware of his politics, democrat or whatever, and that wouldn’t bother me anyway, as I don’t get involved in politics. 5. I don’t find him pretentious. 6. I thank you for watching and enjoying my channel, this type of video isn’t a regular thing.

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

@@BossksBounty I only eat caviar and drink organic sparkling water. I am definitely as pretentious as it gets. That guy pinned me perfectly. 😆

@walfflespy8022 3 года назад

First

@OnlyOneKenobi 3 года назад

Well then, I'll be second then!

@walfflespy8022 3 года назад

@@OnlyOneKenobi ok, have a nice day

@OnlyOneKenobi 3 года назад

@@walfflespy8022 and you have yourself a nice day too!

@deathmetalrob5563 3 года назад

You have nice stuff there you don't have to get a graded we all know that don't get caught up in what John they action figure graders doing he's very pretentious and a Democrat. Just keep on collecting you don't have to get pretentious like him

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

First, I am not a Democrat or a Republican. Secondly, grading isn't for everyone. I do it because I enjoy it. I am the first person to say that I go overboard. I do subscriber giveaways and send out free items to people all of the time. Collect how you like, and that is what makes the hobby fun. Cheers!

@edfivedownunderplasticplanet 3 года назад

@@ActionFigureGrader love your content John! Keep doing what you do best mate. Cheers👍🏻🍻

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

@@edfivedownunderplasticplanet Many thanks!

@deathmetalrob5563 3 года назад

First of all why would you like to buy bootlegs that's not licensed. That right there says it's a fake. People like action figure grader try to take the fun out of collecting by thinking they're so rich in Almighty just keep doing what you're doing don't get caught up in action figure grader John.

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

Wow man, you have it in for me! Have a great day!

@deathmetalrob5563 3 года назад

I guarantee if you go to this direction you will lose a lot of viewers including myself

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

We can only hope and beg that you stick around! Cheers!

@bikerscout7467 3 года назад

Just curious...what does it take to get a 100% from a grader? Does it ever happen?

@ActionFigureGrader 3 года назад

I have seen a total of 3 perfect 100s ever. Pretty much impossible and I have never gotten one.

@bikerscout7467 3 года назад

Just curious...what does it take to get a 100% from a grader? Does it ever happen?

@BossksBounty 3 года назад

I have never seen one lol. Seen lots of 95s on modern items but and 80 in a vintage card apparently is a really good score.

@bladerunner1b 3 года назад

Just guessing here but I'd imagine they would have to remove it from a unopened case and then the figure would have to score very well. A 100 is kind of a unicorn really.