>>6638359sometimes you get lucky and sometimes its a waste of time.
I had a backordered tamoya pair of nippers waiting for 6 months before I killed it, yet a model kit I also had gone done in a week.
>>6638460depends on the age of the item, japanese sellers aren't known for bootlegs, just stay away from ones in china, with older items you may not even know unless you had a specific checklist on hand and inspect the item, I had one on hand when I bought an mp red alert and in that one's case i didn't need the checklist as the box was the cheapest piece of shit i ever seen compared to other mp cars yet a mp g2sideswipe only ticked off a slight box variation and mold lines as tell tale signs he was a bootleg.
Look up the specific item in question, like "bootleg xxx guide" or something
