Recentaly I won a handful of auction on Ebays, including one of what I though were going to be Longinus battle armor suits still in the blister. However when the loot arrived I was surprised to see that the suits were decidedly not the ones listed on the packaging. However they all had a Ral Partha 1998 stamp on their bases, and I can see a paper tag inside telling me where to send the product so Ral Partha could handle any defects. Ironically this is the only time i recall seeing such a tag in my battletech blisters, and also the first time I've seen such a mispackaged set. After a bit of digging it seems that they are the older sculpt of the Gray Death Legion battle armor though it's hard to tell without opening up the blister. The background for the card is the yellowish color whichhas a Atlas coming in off to the left hand side of the card firing its weapons.
I also have another unopened blister of Gray Death BA but this one has a fanpro logo in the upper right corner and the background for it is an unseen warhammer.
So my questions are. Has anyone else ever encountered such a situation with mispacked suits before? Or have I been duped and bought some kind of 'fake' where the seller popped some other suits into a blister and resealed it?
Also I know that people who collect things such as action figures often seek out mispackaged goods so I'm curious if there are hobbyists who collect similar curiosities in regards to Battletech merchandise.
