Knock-off figures - general discussion

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I agree with you Blade.  I think the new Jurassic world toys look terrible.  The only ones I like are the 4 Raptors. 

Those would be okay if they had bothered to keep their defining feature.

[joossa]

Fake Papo Archaeopteryx.... I think? 

[Jetoar]

Yes it is, I found also a booster with a Papo Allosaurus and Collecta Eotyrannus Knock-off.

[joossa]

Yes it is, I found also a booster with a Papo Allosaurus and Collecta Eotyrannus Knock-off.

Right. The figures they ship out to customers are bound to be fake. However, I can't help but notice that the figure in their stock image looks legit. Maybe they put in a legit figure in the stock image to make it more appealing in the listing and then do the old bait-and-switch, where the customer ends up receiving the fake figure.

[Jetoar]

Yes it is, I found also a booster with a Papo Allosaurus and Collecta Eotyrannus Knock-off.

Right. The figures they ship out to customers are bound to be fake. However, I can't help but notice that the figure in their stock image looks legit. Maybe they put in a legit figure in the stock image to make it more appealing in the listing and then do the old bait-and-switch, where the customer ends up receiving the fake figure.

Yes it is because some figures are really similars even exactly  that the originals. I think that the only one that sometimes have the copies is that we can use to do customs or repaints and cheaper too.

[joossa]

Found some interesting knock-offs at various stores today:

At Toys R Us. Looks like the Papo sitting Rex, minus the gatling gun hands and cool shades:




These were at WalMart and had Papo stock images on the sides and back:






At WalMart, The bottom raptor looks like a JP raptor knock off. The top trike looks like it may have some CollectA "influence"?

[Jetoar]

Wexter is so cool  .

[Viking Spawn]

LOL!  Agreed!  I want a Wexter!!!   

[Halichoeres]

At Toys R Us. Looks like the Papo sitting Rex, minus the gatling gun hands and cool shades:

Everything about this toy is sublimely funny. Think Wexter's arms are inside the gun? They might be puny, but strong enough to pull a trigger!

[CityRaptor]

These were at WalMart and had Papo stock images on the sides and back:

At WalMart, The bottom raptor looks like a JP raptor knock off. The top trike looks like it may have some CollectA "influence"?

Yep, the Mighty Megasaur line was already mentioned in the "Papo T.rex the stock dinosaur thread"
The one between the Triceratops and Raptor looks like it is based on the TLW T.rex baby.


I wonder if there is a connection between Mighty Megasaur and Megasaurs:
http://megasaurs.com/
They both use Papo images to advertise their shoddy products...

[LophoLeeVT]

ahahahah

[Dilopho]

I can't take  a photo as my stepdad has ahold of it right now, but recently while trying to purchase a papo running rex,I decided to purchase a (safe) bootleg one for my nephew to play with, as he tends to break figures. I don't want to keep spending on expensive replacements!
Anyway, his name is Tyler, and what did it says on the leg of the...uhh..bootleg? "Tyler the tyrannosaurus".

[CityRaptor]

More knock-offs:

Based on TLW Spinosaurus.


Based on JPIII T.rex.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

It is surprising to see companies knock off figures that haven't been in production for a long time.
Also the lower one has a rex on the box by Luis Rey.

[terrorchicken]

where do you guys find this crap?!    I never see any of this stuff, just the usual hollow chinasaurs.

[Dilopho]

When I'm out looking for Chap Mei stuff (their dinosaur line is like Jurassic Park, with cool bases, vehicles, humans and stuff. I love their mountain base playset and dinosaur transport trucks.)
I always see bootlegs of chap mei in the same shelves as the official stuff. I hate the bootlegs because while Chap Mei toys aren't accurate, they all have cool special features and attacks, and the bootlegs are just lumps of plastic and toxic paint.

[LophoLeeVT]

i totally agree

[pylraster]

Some Chinese bootleg factory slapped on Papo Rex colors on the Schleich Giga. Still a bad figure, but it looks better than the original, color-wise. Also they changed the hand position.

[Ikessauro]

Some Chinese bootleg factory slapped on Papo Rex colors on the Schleich Giga. Still a bad figure, but it looks better than the original, color-wise. Also they changed the hand position.

Haha, do you guys see the irony in that? Schleich is the only company which is ripped off by bootlegers and the fake product shows improvements compared to the original.

[Doug Watson]

Whaaaat? Truth in advertising from the crooks that bring us knock offs. If you click on the eBay ad for the Jurassic world park dinosaur - Carnotaurus here on the DTF, right in the title they use the word "imitation". Probably just someone with bad English skills trying to come up with something other than "simulation" that they use in other listings but how ironic that there bad language skills lead to the truth. If it wasn't so sad I would laugh.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/231662986803?rmvSB=true