Knock-off figures - general discussion

[CityRaptor]

That would be a case of figure pictures being ripped off. It also has a Papo head on a Schleich body.

[Simon]

It's not a figure and I'm not entirely sure if it's a bootleg or not, but look at this shirt I bought:
*snip*

Its a photoshop with the head of the running Papo Trex superimposed onto a Schleich TRex body ...

[CityRaptor]

It's also not a good photoshop, since head and body clearly have different colors and textures.

[Silvanusaurus]

I just saw this...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Asian-Vintage-Collectible-Old-Infrequent-Brass-Casting-Statues-Vivid-Dinosaurs-/391331371738?hash=item5b1d2adada:g:s9kAAOSw7FRWWv~j

This is a whole new level of knock-off... It seems someone actually took a schleich Giganotosaurus back in time and created a knock-off in brass, and now after many years it has become an 'Asian Vintage Collectible'! Now with disturbing mammalian teeth too...
Read a bit further and the truth becomes clearer... "CONDITION: Goods Not Antiques" and "AGE: Post-1940"... you don't say 
Edit: I just relised there are actually 14 bids on it... maybe it is legit after all.

[CityRaptor]

The bidders are probable people who want a brass Dinosaur, but do not care about how it looks.

[Dilopho]

I guess they are not going to be able to afford paint anymore, so they make these instead-



There's more. They did the entire Papo line, but that's too many images for one post.

[CityRaptor]

At least the quality seems to be better than the usual knock-offs.

[LophoLeeVT]

WOW i want these all!!!!

[Rain]

WOW i want these all!!!!

There's this wonderful little company that sells pre-painted versions of those figures, at a larger size as well! It's called Papo 

[Tyto_Theropod]

WOW i want these all!!!!

There's this wonderful little company that sells pre-painted versions of those figures, at a larger size as well! It's called Papo 

Nicely done, may I say!

[CityRaptor]

This is very true. Instead of shoddy knock-offs, get the real deal instead.

[Viking Spawn]

Agreed.  And Papos can be real affordable if you know where to look.

[LophoLeeVT]

i know where they are.
but, i love these diy paint dinosaur kits!!!

[Bucklander]

i know where they are.
but, i love these diy paint dinosaur kits!!!

i know where they are.
but, i love these diy paint dinosaur kits!!!

If you want Paint Your Own Dino Kits, I recommend the Japanese company Favorite. Here's a link to their website.
http://www.f-favorite.net/SHOP/77623.html

Member Brettnj can ordinarily get these for you (his supplier's away for a couple of weeks ATM but will be back in action, late December). I suggest you send him a PM.

[LophoLeeVT]

wow i think they are high quality a must get for me!thanks bucklander( i have the insane quest to possess every model of dinosaurus ever made on this planet(exept for the chinasaurus))

[Bucklander]

wow i think they are high quality a must get for me!thanks bucklander( i have the insane quest to possess every model of dinosaurus ever made on this planet(exept for the chinasaurus))

You're welcome. Yes, Favorite is indeed, one of my favorite dino figure companies. And that is one mighty ambition you have there. Good luck!

[pylraster]

Agreed.  And Papos can be real affordable if you know where to look.

Thankfully I know where to look now even though Papo is extremely hard to find. And Raptor64870 that's a good quest. I do hunt chinasaurs from time to time, especially the Imperial or DM copies. Hehe.

[LophoLeeVT]

really? in my country it is the only high quality brand!(jep, no schleichs)

[Primeval12]

I found several Papo and Schleich knockoffs on Ebay don't know if they were talked about yet because I haven't been on for a while!

Carnotaurus


Dimetrodon


Running T. Rex



And I found some that I think are knockoffs but look super close to the original model.


Brachiosaurus



Archeopteryx

[Saurox]

Somone bought me the knock off rtr modal. The eyes are pretty Terrible, but I painted it like the brown variant tongo with my indomi us repaint of the papo allosaurus seeing as they scale well together.