What I do for new in the box is the tape. On the single train Plarail boxes there will be one piece of tape on the bottom (right side) covering the slip flap on the long side and on the top side (left) where the slip out display hook label slides out there are 2 pieces of tape one on each short side. Looking closely at these pieces of tape I want to make sure there isn't tape over tape, there are no finger pints on the sticky side of the tape, no serrated or little serration on the edge of the tape which isn't found in factory seal tape. Also the tape has to be glossy and a bit narrower than what is normally dispensed with an at home or office dispenser that we are use too.
Shrink wrap is not always any indication that whats under it is new. Shrink are easily affordable now and dis honest sellers will take advantage of that. A little story related to that: Before I got into Plarail Trains I was big into collecting the vintage Computer Adventure games both buying and selling and knew quite a few collectors. One friend told me of a story of him purchasing, for quite a lot of money, an advertised new/sealed in shrink wrap in the box very Rare vintage game. When he got around to wanting to play the game he removed the shrink wrap and inside the box found...... the CD case wrapped in a household paper towel..... So there is a big difference in a sealed NIB and a Factory Sealed NIB. This preyed heavily on the Collectors as most of them never open their games so they would not know that their precious game is actually in the box.
Shrink wrap is not always any indication that whats under it is new. Shrink are easily affordable now and dis honest sellers will take advantage of that. A little story related to that: Before I got into Plarail Trains I was big into collecting the vintage Computer Adventure games both buying and selling and knew quite a few collectors. One friend told me of a story of him purchasing, for quite a lot of money, an advertised new/sealed in shrink wrap in the box very Rare vintage game. When he got around to wanting to play the game he removed the shrink wrap and inside the box found...... the CD case wrapped in a household paper towel..... So there is a big difference in a sealed NIB and a Factory Sealed NIB. This preyed heavily on the Collectors as most of them never open their games so they would not know that their precious game is actually in the box.
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