I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
@Survivor50 said:
I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Yes. My Enhanced did not arrive that way, but my BOM did. That's why I struggled opening it and my Hollis note fell on the floor unnoticed for two days.
@Survivor50 said:
I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Mine was the same, I had the same concerns but shipment was OK. I'm guessing they are doing this on the higher value shipments now.
@Survivor50 said:
I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Mine was the same, I had the same concerns but shipment was OK. I'm guessing they are doing this on the higher value shipments now.
Thank you! That helps put my mind at ease, I just had never seen it before, I'm all for the extra security.
@Survivor50 said:
I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Mine was the same, I had the same concerns but shipment was OK. I'm guessing they are doing this on the higher value shipments now.
Thank you! That helps put my mind at ease, I just had never seen it before, I'm all for the extra security.
All of the eBay flippers that are selling the "Mint Sealed Box" have this brown reinforcement tape over the front flap.
@Survivor50 said:
I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Yes. My Enhanced did not arrive that way, but my BOM did. That's why I struggled opening it and my Hollis note fell on the floor unnoticed for two days.
Thank you for the info. Yes that tape, especially the way if was folded over, was a bit more difficult to
carefully open than the usual clear tape.
Edit to add: glad you found the certificate and not the cleaning crew lol. I hope mine comes with one.
@Survivor50 said:
I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Yes. My Enhanced did not arrive that way, but my BOM did. That's why I struggled opening it and my Hollis note fell on the floor unnoticed for two days.
Thank you for the info. Yes that tape, especially the way if was folded over, was a bit more difficult to
carefully open than the usual clear tape.
Edit to add: glad you found the certificate and not the cleaning crew lol. I hope mine comes with one.
Thank you! NJ had me wondering why mine was passed by for a note card. I did go reinspect the box, but no card.
It seems some were available as some folks have cancelled their original order that is in a backorder in hopes of catching this at its new price of $5,220.
I did notice that the back order date has accelerated to Fri, 14 Aug 2026.
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I just received mine. In addition to the usual clear tape, mine had the front/outer edge taped with a brown tape of a different material. I was concerned it may have been opened, revealed, and returned before I received it. Has anyone else had this type of brown tape on this, the Mercury dime set, or any other items?
Yes. My Enhanced did not arrive that way, but my BOM did. That's why I struggled opening it and my Hollis note fell on the floor unnoticed for two days.
Mine was the same, I had the same concerns but shipment was OK. I'm guessing they are doing this on the higher value shipments now.
Thank you! That helps put my mind at ease, I just had never seen it before, I'm all for the extra security.
All of the eBay flippers that are selling the "Mint Sealed Box" have this brown reinforcement tape over the front flap.
Thank you for the info. Yes that tape, especially the way if was folded over, was a bit more difficult to
carefully open than the usual clear tape.
Edit to add: glad you found the certificate and not the cleaning crew lol. I hope mine comes with one.
Thank you! NJ had me wondering why mine was passed by for a note card. I did go reinspect the box, but no card.
They were available again this morning
For a while it seemed…
The order I placed this morning went straight to backorder status
It seems some were available as some folks have cancelled their original order that is in a backorder in hopes of catching this at its new price of $5,220.
I did notice that the back order date has accelerated to Fri, 14 Aug 2026.
My 5/30 & 6/11 orders have switched from backorder to processing. Edit, now shipped
Still more available this morning.
Are the second batch of these still on backorder or have they all started to ship?
My backorder items shipped yesterday. That was an unexpected surprise.
My 6/16 order showed backorder very briefly then switched to processing. Im guessing it will also ship soon. Edit, shipped today.
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It may be exasperated by the view angle, but her head looks exceptionally small and narrow compared to the torso.
And that face. She is either pressing her face up against a glass pane, or she got hit hard with a 2x6.
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now i want to check aspect ratios...
Available this morning again not long enough for me to complete order