  
| Author: | pstein  | | Posted: | Jul 1, 2021 23:25 | | Subject: | Re: Southampton-1 & Utrecht-1 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| Yes, employee (unnumbered) versions are common for several of the single minifig
releases (I have 2 myself), but I have never seen a store that has had ONLY an
employee version.
A few of my sources were employees from these stores that said these do not exist/were
never given out to them or any employees they know.
Keep in mind still that the Utrecht employees were trained by other employees
from the UK (I forget if they were from Southampton), and the eBay seller of
these two (the only person to have them) was in the UK, so if there was something
given away, it is possible that is how the seller obtained them.
I have seen the photo of the Utrecht minifig's back with the print so that
is at least some evidence. As someone who uses Photoshop professionally I can't
rule out the packaging insert being faked. The Utrecht minifig is also comprised
of common/already cataloged parts, and the Southampton minifig is the exact same
as the Lake Grove NY release...and I have never seen a grand opening minifig
re-used (aside from the 3 from the 6 2011 store tour), so that is cause for concern.
I believe the consensus among some big collectors is that these are fake, so
I am truly unsure what to think.
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