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Action Figure Authority is a third party grading company that specializes
in grading action figures, toys, and collectibles. AFA was founded in
2000 with the goal of providing collectors with an objective grading scale
for action figures, toys, and collectibles. Each AFA item is sealed in
a tamper-proof high quality acrylic case that allows you to proudly display
your toy or collectible.
Brian's Toys recommends
that you strongly consider products that have been AFA graded. In particular,
AFA is most often used to grade vintage items (from the 1970's and 1980's)
due to their high value. If you would like items graded by AFA that are
not on our website, you can contact us to request that particular ungraded
items on brianstoys.com be submitted to AFA (for an extra charge). Or
you can submit items directly to AFA.
Each action figure
will have an overall grade, along with 3 subgrades.
The subgrades for
AFA are Card, Blister, and Figure. The goal of the subgrades is to further
define the condition of a particular figure. The overall grade is NOT
an average of these three grades.
By using subgrade
information, a collector can determine whether or not a figure's grade
is borderline. This criteria will direct collectors to the part of the
card that has the most damage. For example, a card that received an overall
grade of 85 with a 90 Card, an 80 Blister, and a 90 Figure will show collectors
that the blister has the most damage. A card that received an overall
grade of 85 with an 85 Card, an 80 Blister, and an 80 Figure will show
collectors that this particular piece is a low end 85.
For more information
regarding AFA, go to the AFA website at www.toygrader.com.
For more detailed
information regarding the AFA grading scale, go to http://toygrader.com/gradingscale.aspx.
To learn more about
submitting items to AFA, go to http://toygrader.com/submissionform.aspx.
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