sorry i added it to the wrong thread

[COLOR="DarkRed"]So we are talking a set w/ the Zola-coated (speckled) interiors, yes ?

Is the snare metal ?

Does it have all badges...do all badges say "Japan" ?

What are the shell sizes ?

Are the lugs and hiips in good shape...little or no pitting...no rust ?

Do all of the mounts work properly....leg mounts, tom mounts, spurs, etc., etc.

What color is it ?

Separate out the cymbals from the valuation of the set. What kind of Zildjians are they ?

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Yea they are Zola-coated interiors

The snare is metal the size is 14"x6.5" i believe

Not exactly sure about the badges because my kit is at my house and I'm not there

Shell sizes not exactly sure about the width (see above) but the Toms are 10", 12", and 16" Bass drum is i believe a 22"x?

Lugs are in excellent shape I don't know what pitting is and a small amount of rust on the two cymbal stands

Every mount is in excellent condition

It is black the usual color (nothing to exotic)

The cymbals are pretty old and they don't say anything but Zildjian on them

I can have all the info that I'm missing early tomorrow morning

I'm new to this so go easy on me

Drum sizes:

Tom1-12x9

Tom2-13x10

Floor Tom-16x16

Snare-14x5.5

Bass Drum-22-14

All of the Badges do say Japan on them

I'm still not sure what pitting is or what hips are

[COLOR="DarkRed"]D'OH !

I meant hoops...not hiips Hurting

Pitting is the little bumps and bubbles which chrome gets sometimes...pockmarks. Not rust, just bumps in the chrome finish/plating.

OK, so it's a Japanese-badge kit...it's an earlier Tama...one of the original Imperialstars. So, that's kinda cool.

Now, Imperialstars weren't one of the high-end series back then (like, say, the old Superstars or Granstars).

Imperialstars were a bump up from Swingstars and Royalstars, I think. All 3 were Zola-coated. Imperialstars have the reinforcing rings inside the drums, if I recall...which is what makes them a tad more finished than the other two models.

So, fair to call it a very repsectable "intermediate" level set. The nice thing about those kits is they had the cool, "stepped-profile" lugs. Those were the best lugs Tama ever designed...aesthetically speaking.

It's a 4-pc power tom setup. The cymbals are likely '70's-'80's Avedises.

I would say the kit incl. snare would fetch about $600-700 on eBay. Something like that. The snare alone, early Japanese chrome Tama... might get about $125-150 on good day.

Decent old Zildjians ? A pair of 'hats would be about $80-100, a 16" crash about $60-70, and a 20" ride about $100-120 or so.

So that is the market value you'd be looking at, IMHO. You can go to eBay and do a search of completed listings/auctions for "Tama Imperialstar" and check out the results, too.

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Thanks for the help I'll check the condtion of the hoops later