>>9904695I once saw a youtube video where a girl told a story about the origin of bootleg nendos
>basically the yakuza go to the chinese factory and threaten employees to get their hands on the mold or a figure prototype>it gets so dangerous that the CEO of the company has to go undercover whenever he needs to make business there>So he offers a reward to whoever can give info on who is stealing the molds>they catch the criminal but another guy gets angry and kills an employee who looked similar to the CEOim too used to the real deal so i'll never buy a bootleg, but i've seen bootlegs that look like this so they are not worth it