Knock-off figures - general discussion

[mest]

Can you spot the difference? Dimensions are exactly same. Original Schleich is 265 grams, knock-off 242 grams.

[mest]

they use the pics from the legit dinosaurus.

Copies are in so good quality you can't tell are those images legit or not.

[docronnie]

If you have held the original in your hands, you can tell, but photos, it seems hard. 

[Silvanusaurus]

One of them is a cheap, overpriced con made in China, the other is a knockoff. 

[fason]

One of them is a cheap, overpriced con made in China, the other is a knockoff. 

i see what you did there     ........the schleich really is  a knock off of this beautiful figure  which  obviously came first . jk

[CarnegieCollector]

I almost got tricked into buying a knock-off Papo T. rex on eBay. Glad I didn't.
It looked almost exactly like the original green Tyrannosaurus. The tail and head gave it away though.
Stupid scandals

[Jose S.M.]

I found some figures in a store and they looked familiar, I'm pretty sure they are knock-offs of Geoworld (the Spinosaurus is very similar, also the Guanlong, the Styracosaurus and the sauropod is like their Argentinosaurus I think)  and I think I've seen the boxes were they are displayed in this thread but don't remember the actual figures.

[SBell]

I've seen variations of the Dinosaur World figures at Toys R Us. Not the real Geoworld, but repackaged ones.

Sea Monsters and Dinosaurs. I might be intrigued if I saw any of the mammals or early-reptiles...

[Silvanusaurus]

You know you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel when you start knocking-off Geoworld. 

[CityRaptor]

Yeah.

Speaking of bottom: Looks like a knock-off Papo Pteranodon at the bottom of the pics.

[Jose S.M.]

Oh,  yeah that one too,  and there was a fake papo ankylosaurus at the window of the store,  but the security guard was giving me weird looks when I tried  to picture it.  Also a hybrid of Collecta stego with wild safari paintjob

[Sim]

It appears the Geoworld knock-offs of the bipedal animals don't have bases.

[Flaffy]

So I guess it's a double rip-off? If you're ripping off Geoworld then you know you have serious issues. 

[stargatedalek]

It appears the Geoworld knock-offs of the bipedal animals don't have bases.

Indeed they don't, and they still stand relatively fine. Yet another lesson to be learned Geoworld.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I was very disappointed today to see that a major museum like the Perot in Dallas was selling obvious knockoffs of the Papo Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, though to be fair, they seem a little better than some of the others I've seen on this thread. I wonder if it would be worth it for toy companies to pursue legal action? I'm sure these are produced overseas beyond jurisdiction, but a major institution like the Perot should really know better.

[Flaffy]

That price for a knockoff figure?!
Although I'm not a fan of Papo, it still is pretty sad.
Probably from a Chinese company, I see them in HK in a lot of toy shops, a tenth the price.

[pylraster]

Nothing new for museums to sell knockoffs. Sometimes I wonder if the ones who put them on sale know the difference between fake and original. Maybe they do but they don't seem to care.

[Silvanusaurus]

I'd honestly be reluctant to pay 12.99 for the real thing, but at least that wouldn't cost me my dignity too.

[Halichoeres]

I saw the same knockoffs in the dinosaur store at the American Museum in New York back in January. Damned shame.

[The Atroxious]

I stumbled upon this on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H2US30Y?psc=1

It looks like a bootleg, but I've never before seen Amazon selling bootleg toys, and I didn't see any of the reviews mention the fact that it's identical to the Papo model. Did Papo license it's running rex while I wasn't looking, or did someone just manage to pull off a rather massive scam?