Knock-off figures - general discussion

pylraster · August 23, 2015, 07:27:42 PM

Ahaha. Perhaps one of those factory workers is aware that the hands shouldn't be pronated, and went and "corrected" it anyway. Though Im willing to bet that they just did it out on a whim.

Libraraptor · August 23, 2015, 07:38:01 PM

Quote from: Ikessauro on August 23, 2015, 06:11:39 PM

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.

Schleich "quality" mended by the fakers

Takama · August 24, 2015, 11:38:43 PM

Look what i found at Walmart in the same isle

DC · August 25, 2015, 01:37:57 AM

Quote from: joossa on August 05, 2015, 11:07:41 PM
Fake Papo Archaeopteryx.... I think?

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I would assume so on Ebay it sold for $4 my local retail store wants $21. I saw the same packaging arond what looked like a Schleich Styracosaurus. Schliech has been it pretty hard by copies lately this the first I have seen for Papo.

pylraster · August 25, 2015, 07:00:09 PM

Quote from: Takama on August 24, 2015, 11:38:43 PM
Look what i found at Walmart in the same isle

Better pose! Hahaha! I bought a fake Giga this afternoon too and it has trouble standing. The toes are too soft. Waste of $3 I guess.

Rathalosaurus · August 26, 2015, 02:33:16 PM

So now we got this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/231666671985?rmvSB=true
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/331638349102?rmvSB=true

CityRaptor · August 26, 2015, 02:41:10 PM

The Carno looks like the unholy union of the Papo Carno with the Schleich one...

Papo, Schleich and Collecta knock-offs:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ANIMALI-DINOSAURI-20-25cm-37417-/111728978008?hash=item1a0390e858

Geoworld knock-offs:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/DINOSAUR-WORLD-CONFEZIONE-3-DINOSAURI-ASSORTIMENTO-NUOVO-GIOCACI-111659-/171903889658?hash=item28064530fa

pylraster · August 26, 2015, 03:57:21 PM

Geoworld knock-offs? The originals were terrible already. These are just... uh...

Viking Spawn · August 27, 2015, 05:30:02 AM

Wow! The knock offs have really got plentiful and even out of hand. I'm surprised none of the real companies haven't done anything about it?! Or did they commission their molds to lesser companies...? Which wouldn't make sense.

Takama · August 27, 2015, 05:36:52 AM

Good time to post this

sauroid · August 27, 2015, 05:46:59 AM

i don't know if the companies can really do anything about the plagiarism. those chinese manufacturers operate covertly, and as far as i know they dont print their office address on the package/label.

tyrantqueen · August 27, 2015, 06:02:03 AM

Quoteand as far as i know they dont print their office address on the package/label.

Sometimes they do. I had a set of Safari bootlegs that did. Guess they couldn't resist the chance for self promotion. I passed it onto Safari.

SpittersForEver · August 27, 2015, 08:38:26 AM

If you go into Poundland you will probably see some safari knock-offs with Papo box art

Raptoress · August 28, 2015, 01:00:19 AM

Ah yes I see those all the time. XD Just wish they actually had Safari dinosaurs where I live. Genuine ones, I mean.

LophoLeeVT · August 30, 2015, 01:59:44 AM

that holy carno.... soooooooo long arms maybe i have uncovered a spezies: carnotaurus longichairus....

Hypsi · September 06, 2015, 05:50:52 PM

Just saw this guy on Ebay.

I like the colors! Maybe not the paint job, but it's decent.

Dilopho · September 06, 2015, 06:42:58 PM

Quote from: Hypsi on September 06, 2015, 05:50:52 PM
Just saw this guy on Ebay.

I like the colors! Maybe not the paint job, but it's decent.

Oh no, he's not a bootleg! He's made by Megasaurs, and if you look on his foot it says Saurophaganax. It was apparently purposely made to go along with the papo allosaurus, for the sculptor's kids who loved Saurophaganax. That's why it's just a little bit bigger than the papo allo, too. It comes in three colours!

CityRaptor · September 06, 2015, 07:23:38 PM

Sounnds like a lame excuse to justify them making a bootleg. What a bunch of jerks!

Dilopho · September 06, 2015, 08:28:12 PM

Quote from: CityRaptor on September 06, 2015, 07:23:38 PM
Sounnds like a lame excuse to justify them making a bootleg. What a bunch of jerks!

It's not a bootleg! But it does copy a lot. I thought it was a bootleg at first. It's a shame that the Megasaurs line ended before they could release the battling dinosaur figures- figures of dinosaurs locked in combat, such as a tyrannosaurus covered in troodontids, or the dinosaurs (and pterosaurs) with prey, including an *incredible* realistic carnotaurus, better than schleich and papo. But the company got sold to another company which didn't care much for dinosaurs.

Uroplatus · September 06, 2015, 09:02:42 PM

Quote from: Dilopho on September 06, 2015, 08:28:12 PM
Quote from: CityRaptor on September 06, 2015, 07:23:38 PM
Sounnds like a lame excuse to justify them making a bootleg. What a bunch of jerks!
It's not a bootleg! But it does copy a lot. I thought it was a bootleg at first. It's a shame that the Megasaurs line ended before they could release the battling dinosaur figures- figures of dinosaurs locked in combat, such as a tyrannosaurus covered in troodontids, or the dinosaurs (and pterosaurs) with prey, including an *incredible* realistic carnotaurus, better than schleich and papo. But the company got sold to another company which didn't care much for dinosaurs.

Seriously?

It's looking like nothing more then a shameless Papo knock-off to me...

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Knock-off figures - general discussion