Posted under Anime Merchandise/Ebay & Figures
Well i was just surfing the old internets and discovered this Website that describes how to spot a fake. Well i already know how to spot fake since i’ve been buying figures for a while now. But i noticed that on the page they mentioned that a certain Kotobukiya knock off was going around. I noticed that i own the same figure and just took a second glance at her, and YES LADIES AND GENTELMAN!! I DQ, OWN A FAKE FIGURE!!! DUN DUN DUUUUNNN.
I’m so sad now, this was one of the first figures i bought, my Kotobukiya 1/8 Mai Tokiha. Well i can’t really call her Kotobukiya anymore now can I? I felt bad but then i do realize this was a long time ago, when i first started collecting figures. Before i even knew they sold bootleg figures. I also got her for a great price, only $20! I didn’t know of the old saying when i comes to figures on eBay. “If it’s too good to be true, it usually is too good to be true.” I never noticed it till now since she doesn’t sit on one of my main shelves reserved for my most favorite figures. Well i’ll admit for being a fake, she’s not too bad. But then being a figure connoisseur that i am, hehe, i can’t bring myself to keep her. So i’m selling her on eBay. Now don’t worry i’m not about to list her as new, or as an original Kotobukiya. I clearly stated that she’s a knock off. Plus i’m selling her for $19. Only a $1 than what i paid for her. Hopefully someone buys her, i’m in a slump atm with cash, still no job, and the future of finding one soon isn’t looking too great.
Well in case anyone is willing to buy her here is the link!
1/8 Mai Hime figure
Oh and i’ve got a sale going on the other figures i’ve got! 20% off!!! only for 7 days! so go and shop people!!!
Update!
I’m also selling off two games that were only played once by my bf.
Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii and Assassin’s creed for Xbox 360
Both are pretty much brand new! No Scratches, the cases have no damage! Great Buys!!
Stripey on 03 Jan 2008 at 7:12 am #
The greatest fear of any figure collector! Sorry to hear about the knock-off. Buying off ebay is always risky. Sticking with a reliable supplier like HLJ is probably the best even though it doesn’t get you the older figures.
All the bless with your sales!
Adun on 03 Jan 2008 at 8:13 am #
I’ve been lucky in which I haven’t come across any bootleg figures, but then I’ve always bought everything from reliable sources. The only one thing about eBay, when people try to use my pictures of my figures without asking.
Dancing Queen on 03 Jan 2008 at 8:19 am #
@ Adun:
Oh i would hate if it someone did that to me!! Thats horrible!!
ron~ on 03 Jan 2008 at 9:20 am #
I also own a bootleg figurine
and to make it worse, I paid it even higher than original price 
but that was long time ago, when I knew nothing about figurines ^^;
lots of seller selling fakes now (almost all local seller here in melbourne sell fakes..)
Koji Oe on 03 Jan 2008 at 3:29 pm #
I was worried that my Alter Fate was fake because the coloring looked a little different than the display model pics but after discussing with some other people it was okay because AAA’s or whatever they’re called their sticker was on the box and they’re not bootleg.
53RG10 on 03 Jan 2008 at 5:58 pm #
Wow, I should be careful when/if I start figure collecting…
This is the second post I read today about fake figures… -_-
Athrun on 29 Aug 2008 at 11:43 pm #
I bought a fake ebcraft saber for $55 and lets just say im not too happy about it. I will probably sell it on ebay for like $15-$20 and specify that it is a fake one.
I really hate these stupid china companies who make fake figures for a living… so sad