The dodgy Papo knock-offs are finally here!

[tyrantqueen]

Which is kinda silly, given that one can not copyright a real animal. But depending who you ask, Saurophaganax is Allosaurus anyways.

Errr no, the original sculpt of the allosaurus toy is copyright to Papo, I wasn't talking about the real animal.

Btw, I heard that it's dangerous to buy bootlegs from Chinese/Asian countries because they haven't gone through proper safety checks, and may contain dangerous substances such as lead. Is this true or a load of hooey?

[CityRaptor]

As for the dangerous part: I think it is true. Also various phalates.

As for the sculpt: I don't think that renaming it would actually make it any more legal.

[tyrantqueen]

As for the dangerous part: I think it is true. Also various phalates.

As for the sculpt: I don't think that renaming it would actually make it any more legal.

I think the bootlegger hoped to avoid getting any lawsuits by giving it a less well known name, perhaps slipping under the radar.

I imagine the bootleggers would use an excuse like this:
"oh it's not a rip off of your toy, it's a Saurophaganax. Totally different animal"

But eh, in the end it's just speculation.

[CityRaptor]

Maybe. I don't how that copyright law actually works, given the large amount of Third Party Transformers out there, which are essentially expensive bootlegs. To name an example.