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You are bidding on a a fresh from a sealed case, Mint on Mint Card McFarlane NHL Legends series 8 Superchase Mario Lemieux # 24/100. This figure was purchased today at the NHL store in manhattan and is in hand and ready to ship. If you have any questions or would like to see more pictures feel free to ask. Shipping inside the U.S will be $15 and will include Insurance and a Delivery conformation number

Main reason is the word variant here. A variant figure is a paint or accessory difference from the “normal” figure that is often unintentional. Sometimes, these are production errors or glitches that occur at the factory and might be released into distribution before the mistake is caught and corrected. Some more well known examples of this would be the Redeemer figure from Spawn Series 25 with different gradations of green paint on his wings or the Anthony Thomas figure from NFL 5, some of which had different colored mouthguards.

A chase figure on the other hand is a different version (the differences usually involve paint application, but could also be sculpt or accessory changes) of a regular figure, intentionally produced and generally released in limited numbers. Almost every McFarlane sports figure (and a lesser number of non-sports figures) has a chase version.

So if this is an actual variant, what’s the difference?

I’d love to have a sports collector weigh in on this