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Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 06:10:51 No.9660725 View View Reply Original Report

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How's /toy/'s experience with bootlegs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 06:15:47 No.9660733 Report

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>>9660725
Never good. Ranges from awful (throw in the trash immediately, unsaveable) to mediocre (not complete garbage but needs joint replacements, repainting, or other work to make it into a decent toy).

It's a real crapshoot too, due to stuff like stolen factory defects being sold, you cannot be certain that you'll get a good one even if someone got a good one from the same listing--it's just random. I stopped wasting my money on this kind of junk a long time ago, when I realized that ~3 absolute shit quality bootlegs already equaled a legit figure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 07:17:58 No.9660819 Report

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My nephew got a KO Mafex Spider-man FFH figure and it was surprisingly pretty solid. The only damage I saw was a little chip in the shoulder joint. Paint isn't much but not terrible for the little thats there, but of course it has a cheaper look to the finish. But it holds up well, and was cheap compared to a Marvel Legends. I'm considering buying a few as cheap desktop toys myself now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 07:20:43 No.9660822 Report

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[spoiler:lit]That is...interesting[/spoiler:lit]

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 07:25:22 No.9660830 Report

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>>9660725
The only worthwhile bootlegs are the kind that actually try to do something with whatever they're trying to copy. A few examples below.

Revo Spidey? Paint it up like MCU Iron Spider and include some legs probably stolen from a Legends knockoff.

SHF MK50 Iron Man? Paint it up like the Endgame Armor. While not accurate at all to what appeared you can still use it as one of the unseen armors between 50 and 85 as well as an overall armor display.

SHF Wrath Broly? Downsize it slightly and you now have a half-decent body to use for a base Broly.

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Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 09:47:16 No.9660963 Report

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>>9660830
>iron spider bootleg
>worthwhile
You're full of shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 13:26:24 No.9661147 Report

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>>9660733
This is a good post
Bootlegs can be good. Either do your research or avoid them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 13:31:57 No.9661151 Report

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>>9660963
The suit was already very ugly. This doesn't do it much favors. Thank God they used the comic version for the real figure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 13:38:10 No.9661156 Report

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>>9660963
Spidey has tumor legs

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 14:33:09 No.9661218 Report

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I think my experience with bootlegs has been pretty good. Although their paint job may be deficient at some points, it has other good things to highlight. Take a look at this Play Arts Kai, Halo 5, Master Chief figure I got a couple of weeks ago, it might not have the right color at all but i think it looks great!

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Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 14:35:17 No.9661219 Report

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Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 14:37:02 No.9661220 Report

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Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 14:40:44 No.9661223 Report

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>>9660725
The G1 Transformers bootlegs are pretty nice. They lack die-cast and have plastic painted to look like painted die-cast, and they lack the catalog inserts, but other than that it's nice to open an "original" G1 Transformer, sticker it, and enjoy it the way they did in the 80s without worrying about value since it's technically worthless anyway.

Star Wars KOs shit up the market. There wasn't a single rocket-firing Boba Fett found on the planet anywhere up until counterfeitters got really good at using the same plastics as the Kenner stuff as well as really good at making convincing repro card backs. Now suddenly there's rocket-firing Boba Fetts to be found, and some fools even paid thousands for one without taking the time to question why none were found anywhere until the age of high-quality fakes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Mar 2022 22:54:47 No.9661966 Report

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I bought the KO Mafex comic Spider-Man and it's pretty good aside from the nightmare fuel Peter Parker head. A bit tight in some tolerances but after a hot bath and some shock oil it moves pretty nicely. Doesn't feel like it's going to break at all. Biggest problem with it is the neck popping out at the joint but my friend with a real one said his does that too. I need to touch up some paint, especially on the eyes, and I think I'm going to go over his webs with a gundam marker. For $13, can't really complain though.

I bought some of the KO Black Series storm and clone troopers the other week but they haven't arrived yet. Everyone says they're nearly as good as the real thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 03:35:35 No.9662411 Report

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Really shitty

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 03:43:07 No.9662421 Report

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It’s a crapshoot. Amazing Yamaguchi bootlegs are generally alright; noticeably inferior to the genuine article but not so much so that I wouldn’t recommend them if it’s between that and inflated aftermarket prices. Square-Enix bootlegs are extremely close to the real thing, although this isn’t because the bootlegs are particularly good so much as it is the original figures are shit. Bootleg effect parts are worth a look since it’s very hard to fuck up a hunk of clear plastic and they’re often cast in colors you can’t get the authentic ones in. Avoid anything Good Smile/Max Factory.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 04:03:01 No.9662440 Report

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Pretty good.
Never feel bad about cutting them up

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 07:58:27 No.9662647 Report

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>>9660725
Bought a bootleg Mafex Venom, it's good. Feels like a real Mafex. The only gripes I had with it was the paint apps and the neck hole on one of the heads not being big enough for the head to sit tight on the neck peg, the head will fit but not entirely, so it's kinda floating on the neck from some angles. For 30$, not too bad.

Second bootleg I got was the Spider-Man ML from the Mary Jane 2-pack because the real one is assfuckingly expensive and I don't think Hasbro plans to redo that suit anytime soon. The paint is actually good, but the plastic quality is definitely cheaper. Not in a "oh this is gonna break" kinda way, but in a "yeah this isn't Marvel Legends plastic" way. One thing I find kinda cool is that the bootleg has better range of motion than any of my real MLs using the Pizza Spidey body. I can get him in a decent 4 point crouch pose. Only gripe i have is the head sits loose on the neck peg, very loose. It won't fall off or anything but it's pretty easy to turn.

So yeah, my overall experience with bootlegs has been fine. You get what you pay for.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 08:03:33 No.9662651 Report

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I have 9 bootleg masterpiece Transformers. The only problem I’ve had is the latch that keeps Soundwave’s tape door closed broke off and Starscream’s head pops off too easily. Otherwise a lot of them fixed problems the originals had.
Bootleg Figma suck though.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 08:13:38 No.9662660 Report

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Betty gud

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 19:45:57 No.9663218 Report

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>>9660725
I love getting bootlegs off of ebay. They market it as the real deal, I buy it, complain to ebay about it being a bootleg, and then I get all my money back while keeping the figure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 20:01:43 No.9663229 Report

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>>9662440
>Bamboozling vs being Bamboozled

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 23:45:52 No.9663552 Report

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It's pretty shocking how much better bootleg transformers are than the official ones. I'm not even talking the third party unlicensed ones, I mean the straight up bootlegs. Hastak quality is just down in the dumps when it comes to transformers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 23:51:37 No.9663555 Report

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My Roxas Play Arts Ka bootleg broke in two seconds. the free replacement broke in a week. I own a Ryuk Figutto Bootleg. It's much better than those. It still breaks apart more than a normal figure would. It's fine as a display piece.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 23:54:06 No.9663566 Report

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>>9660725
Got a couple of MAFEX and TF Masterpieces, they're not bad for the price. Don't expect to use the unmasked faces though, they tend to look super shitty.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Mar 2022 23:59:18 No.9663572 Report

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>>9663552
I bought the MP Hound bootleg cause it's like 1/3 the price of the Takara one and doesn't disintegrate just by looking at it

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Mar 2022 03:15:01 No.9663842 Report

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I just bought a second version KO of the Mafex 75 comic Spidey and I absolutely love it. There are a few paint mistakes and the Peter head is pure dogshit but the fig itself is fucking awesome

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Anonymous Fri 11 Mar 2022 03:30:46 No.9663859 Report

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>>9660725
My advice is always buy third party transformers, if you just wanna see cool bootlegs.

Other than that my experience has ranged from, MELTING IN MY PALM to, i literally lost track of my official and my ko's.

Ex.
For a while there was a perfect tomy snorlax bootleg going around and that shit was perfect

Almost all TF bootlegs are ok, with some being better than the original.

Some bootlegs (mafex mostly) can be used to replace joints if they ever break.

The neca turtle bootlegs are 10/10 would reccomend. They are my fav set of turtles

I'm fairly convinced that if you have a diverse taste you can live on bootlegs for six months or so with no official toys

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Mar 2022 16:10:09 No.9664562 Report

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I think the only good bootleg is the A.Y. Venom. I'ts pretty obvious it's a bootleg but looks good and posses amazing for photos. Sadly is very fragile and I played so much with mine that the waist broke.
Im waiting for the original to arrive home soon, but I'm still missing my bootleg venom.

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