Q: Original or Bootleg

[Protoform-S]

Guys,

Please refrain from giving the names of stores. Remember that Malvin also has business relations with these other stores as well. We do not want to give Malvin any problems.

@seele

I don't think you are in any position to tell HeroTV which toy store to endorse or not. Don't forget that Malvin and Gtoys was featured during the H3 event (MUP show).

[SEELE01]

Needless to say it's my expressed opinion, or is that not allowed in GT anymore?

Yes I remember that MUP segment, the video clip is still in my HD, but I dont see the relevance of that on this topic.

PM/YM me na lang, this is getting OT

[fenrir72]

May I add a bit of an experience with "knock offs". This........."store" in particular, of which I was a regular before knowing GT, before 2002, if you can recall my picture collection, most if not all my early sexy girls came from them. Though around 2002 and above, noticed some of their gasha's looked a bit..................."different". Then I eventually heard that they were selling "mixed" items. But what caught my attention, an Arii Minmei they were selling in concert dress. I purchased mine at GT which was wearing "pink red" panties. Theirs was wearing "gray" blue panties. But both were the same items. "Coincidence?" This is by no means denigrading the store 'cause I purchase quite a number of items from them in the past, but maybe, they should indicate whether their current stocks are knock offs and not pass them as the real thing. Customer rights etc...........

[ver CO]

My apologies for the comment if it had caused any inconvenience to Malvin - it's purely based on my observations.

Back to my query, I was able to get some images of the fig that I saw:





The item did not stink. The box quality was real good, crisp and laminated.

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is it my eyes... or is that toy a bit shiny for PVC?

[lonewolf]

Id say the same thing I own one of these, US released and was shipped from the US..

Mine's not that shinny

[V2]

if this is the one with the diamond distributor logo then its the "international version".

apparently "international versions" is a "step lower" in terms of quality - paint smudges, etc. but with a cheaper price tag.

"original japan versions" have technically more expensive, but has better quality.

also ragna, the main proof that your yuna is an original is the eyes and the print on the skirt - thats one thing bootleggers cant dupe.

[immaterial]

v2 said:

also ragna, the main proof that your yuna is an original is the eyes and the print on the skirt - thats one thing bootleggers cant dupe.

Scary abt that is..so far.

[Checkmate!]

serverus said:

the whole COMIC ALLEY store is a bootleg!

nah. maybe 50%. j/k.

;D

[fenrir72]

International versions in some cases have a tad less quality than the japanese versions. My Playarts Kingdom Hearts II version Kairi, it's from Diamond but it's paint quality (the Hair in particular) was kind of rough too

[V2]

well, you get what you pay for.

in this case of international versions - they're cheaper but they the quality is a notch lower.

[shino07]

it looks original for me, but the first pic is too glossy...

im kinda dissapointed to know that "int'l versions" has lesser quality since all my koto play arts figures are all int'l versions. -_-'

*sigh*

[ver CO]

Thanks for all the feedback! More so to you, V2! It really helped.

Re: the gloss, it may be because of the camera's flash. Here's a couple of pics with no flash:


Does this help?

[Gauss]

hehe.. Salamat po at malaking tulong ito sa mga collector!

Sana marami pa ang magsiwalat.. Kakatakot na tuloy bumili. . .

[bumrush1223]

im not sure if there is a bootleg cloud and fenrir. most cloud and fenrirs that i've seen recently are the us versions(yung artfx), which are origs cos they got the diamond comics distributors logo ;D