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01-30-2010, 12:50 PM | #1 |
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Well I think I got my first bootleg in my collection...
King of Fighters Mai Statue [the one where she's leaning over] Paid $43 Total, bought it from China a new ebay user....course should have been obvious but hell I like Mai...... I was looking at it earlier and noticed a stray paint drop on the part that hangs off her. Then looked a bit closer noticing the skin looked shinier than usual and the outfit was advertised as red and looked more orange..... The box was damaged during shipping so I can't really look at that to see if there were any signs that it's a bootleg that way.... I've been buying Anime Statues and figures the past couple months and I figure It'd be sooner or later till I get one.... Still aside from at least looking nice enough to pass my general "Yeah still looks good enough so I'll keep it" rule [I use that when I get tired of a figure or I get something in and if it doesn't really look right I'll get rid of it] But I think I may have picked up the obvious Bootleg Mai Shiranaui.... Course she normally retails for a insane amout [almost $200 now probably if you were trying to get it] Then again Ebay is notorious for bootleggers........ I don't think I can even sell this one on ebay even if it's a bootleg.....Just wouldn't be right to sell it and then get flamed for selling a bootleg. Some Pics:
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01-30-2010, 12:52 PM | #2 |
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No offense, but I've noticed at least four figures that are widely bootlegged in your pictures you have posted in the past, and many of them go for a lot more than you claimed you have been paying for legitimate ones. I won't buy statues on eBay, period. I stick to either contacts I have overseas or select websites that I know deal only in authentic figures.
And with that said, I need to box up my one Queen's Blade figure, out of desk-space. |
01-30-2010, 12:54 PM | #3 |
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nah, just a few boot heels, and a few laces, no legs though..
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01-30-2010, 01:06 PM | #4 |
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Got a bootleg Metallic Prime and Megatron with energy weapons from the PVC line a few years back. It wasn't advertised as such but I figured when they ask if you want a normal color version or Metallic colors version, it's probably a bootleg
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01-30-2010, 01:09 PM | #5 |
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I used to have some Mexican SW bootlegs... Scales were all messed up, but they were cool for the novelty...
I still have some luke in Imperial Guard disguise figures in my attic someplace... They are actually in scale and pretty cool... |
01-30-2010, 01:09 PM | #6 |
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I just been buying a ton of stuff last couple months course going the cheapest route I may already have some Bootlegs, I may be getting suspiecious of the DOA Lei Fang Statue I have since I got her cheap like the Mai one......plus her leg falls off.....
And I don't know if the Evangelion Rei Seaside Kotobukiya Statue is bootleg or not....I figure I'll notice something odd about them and then investigate..... Still bootlegs are just a unfortunate side effect of the market I think..... Edit: Yeah I think the DOA Lei Fang is a bootleg too.....was reading up on that one too..... What to do with these bootlegs oh my....
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01-30-2010, 01:17 PM | #7 |
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My advice is don't try to sell em on eBay, because if someone notices it's a bootleg you will be screwed, and a lot of buyers pay attention.
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01-30-2010, 01:26 PM | #8 |
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Hehe, you and your soft-core anime porn statues... ;)
I've got several GI Joe bootlegs in my collection. I've been buying a lot of the "Black Major" stuff on Ebay, and have gotten repro Viper guns (thought I would outfit some of the multi-coloured Vipers from the early '00s with them) and Heavy Metal mic for reference purposes. Luckily I've never unknowingly bought one (or if I did, it was really well done). Sucks man. I would just keep it, probably.
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01-30-2010, 01:30 PM | #9 |
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Now i'm starting to assume the Evangelion Asuka Gothic Statue may be a bootleg.......great now this has me looking to see if my figures are all bootlegs...if they are that pretty much kills my collection value....
Just another crappy thing I got to deal with after having a crappy ass week....
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01-30-2010, 01:35 PM | #10 |
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I tried warning you in previous threads that the stuff you were buying sounded too-good-to-be-true/bootlegged. I invest a lot of time verifying every store I buy through. Anymore I just have a contact in Japan that gets them direct from places there, a lot easier and I can get the Winter Festival and such figures now.
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