Guardians of the Galaxy Mini Variant Questions

[studioki]

So I am very confused about certain Guardian of the Galaxy Variants. My understand is that there were only two kinds of Ronan and Nebula Figures. Ronan - Metallic and Non-Metallic. Nebula - GITD and Non-GITD. So i am looking at my various figures and I notice that I have two different looking Non-Metallic Ronan - one with a purple mark and red eyes, and one with a red mark and purple eyes. They also have different black face tatoos. Also I have a Nebula with silver buckles and a nebula with purple buckles. I locked myself in the bathroom to see if one flowed in the dark, and after 16 hours of trying I have come to the conclusion that neithe rof them are the GITD version. Can some intelligent collector give me an idea about what I am looking at.

[Marro1]

This happens VERY often with minis. Just errors in paint and stuff. Nothing that changes the value. Unless Funko actually acknowledges an error.

[studioki]

You mean I didnt find the holey grail of mystery minis!!!!

[Marro1]

You mean I didnt find the holey grail of mystery minis!!!!

XD

[studioki]

Its weird, ive seen defects before, but there are a lot of difference between it and the normal version of Ronan. See link to image:

https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hph ... e=54F1405D

[Marro1]

That is VERY weird. The one with the red eyes is the right one. The other one must just be an error. Weird...

[RogueSolo]

I thought the buckle colors on Nebula was supposed to / unintentionally identifies between regular and gitd versions. I could really only get the glow version to work with a blacklight though, it was pretty week any other way.

[studioki]

Marro1: Yeah (thats not my hand by the way - someone else posted that picture of their's) i know other funko collectors are aware of it (and want it) but that's the only other picture of one ive ever seen (i checked ebay and other sites, nothing). The moment I posted a picture of it on a facebook group I get a half dozen people wanting to buy it. Also, mine is non-metallic, unlike the picture.

Roguesoloe: Thanks Rogue, I guess I do have the glow in the dark version.

[RogueSolo]

The Ronan figure is the same way. I ended up with both versions thinking they were both the same non-glow version. I had no clue one was gitd until after I figured out that Nebula was as well, and decided to test him as well.

[Chris_skeleton]

The Ronan figure is the same way. I ended up with both versions thinking they were both the same non-glow version. I had no clue one was gitd until after I figured out that Nebula was as well, and decided to test him as well.

But Ronan isn't GITD....

I had a Drax and Nebula that I thought were non GITD. I had to charge both of them for 5minutes in a light to find out they were Glow.

That Ronan on the right looks SWEET. I haven't seen any of those on ebay yet though.

[RogueSolo]

Durr, I meant Drax, my bad.

[studioki]

Its kind of annoying because I was trying to complete the full set but I could never find the two glow figures. Now it turns out I probably had them both at one time, but have since traded them to others. Well at least I have this magical mysterious Ronan variant running mascara figure to keep my company. You hear that Ronan, you're my silver medal.

[Chris_skeleton]

That one looks more like the movie version.

[studioki]

Is there a way to tell which Drax the Destroyer is the glow in the dark version (i.e. like the silver belt buckles on the Nebula figure). I have yet to make any of mine glow.

[RogueSolo]

I don't think so. The only way I can really get him to glow is with a black-light, and even then, it lasts for about 10 seconds and then goes dark again. Easily the worst glow of all the figures I have. I would say you're really not missing much, but I also know the appeal of owning the complete set.

[studioki]

I agree, and I was fine without owning the whole set, but then I learned that I actually already had the glow Nebula, which meant I was only missing Glow Drax. Now I have two Draxs' and it is maddening.

[CanDMan47]

So, this is only 4.5 month old thread . But I'm looking to continue what's been said so far.

Here's two pics to refer to.



Using the box, I've figured out that the regular Ronan is on the far right, with red eyes, purple on buckles, I guess is what we're calling them.

Using the box again, the Metallic variant is the one far left, with red eyes and purple metallic buckles.

So that leaves the two in the middle. They both have purple eyes, and red buckles, one metallic. But the beard is much fuller on both. What are these two? I'm not finding info on them anywhere. I don't want to try to trade them, if they aren't anything, or are something extra. I guess I want to know what I'd be trading first.

Any help?
John

[swind15]

So, this is only 4.5 month old thread . But I'm looking to continue what's been said so far.

Here's two pics to refer to.



Using the box, I've figured out that the regular Ronan is on the far right, with red eyes, purple on buckles, I guess is what we're calling them.

Using the box again, the Metallic variant is the one far left, with red eyes and purple metallic buckles.

So that leaves the two in the middle. They both have purple eyes, and red buckles, one metallic. But the beard is much fuller on both. What are these two? I'm not finding info on them anywhere. I don't want to try to trade them, if they aren't anything, or are something extra. I guess I want to know what I'd be trading first.

Any help?
John

Not to start anything, but those face tattoos plus the color swap definitely qualify as a variant IMO. Or just a running change

[tinkerbell055]

The gitd minis in this series were terrible. I ended up trading my extra Nebula and customizing my extra Drax. I love the Ronan variant though. I have the "original" metallic one and the variant regular one (I customized my "original" regular one. haha!).

[studioki]

I hated the GITD variants. I still cant tell if I have the GITD drax or not.

[hunterc]

I have those same mixes. Don't know how I ended up with 5 freaking Ronan's, and 6 star lord's but zero Groots and Gamoras. Have bad luck I guess.

[Sonmi451]

I have the regular Ronan and the purple-eyed one is much cooler and more accurate.