Warning! Beware of imitators! There are fakes out there!
When you start collecting anime figures, you just want to buy everything you see which is hard because you can only get them from overseas. So you search. You can get the more renowned figures from Amazon.com or other specialty retailers such as KidNemo.com or BigBadToyStore.com. One of the more dangerous places to get them from is ebay. Most of the time they're from some Hong Kong dude. And (I'm just conjecturing) they may be selling you a fake copy. That's fine if you want to save money, but the build quality is even less perfect.
Today's site directs you to Good Smile Company's informational page on spotting the phony. It's of Mikuru-chan. I only highlight it today, because I recently got that Mikuru Asahina nendoroid (she's so kawaii! >.< ) and I hope its real. Oh, I may have a phony in my toy collection. O_o;
http://www.goodsmile.info/info/imitation/imitation_03.html
When you start collecting anime figures, you just want to buy everything you see which is hard because you can only get them from overseas. So you search. You can get the more renowned figures from Amazon.com or other specialty retailers such as KidNemo.com or BigBadToyStore.com. One of the more dangerous places to get them from is ebay. Most of the time they're from some Hong Kong dude. And (I'm just conjecturing) they may be selling you a fake copy. That's fine if you want to save money, but the build quality is even less perfect.
Today's site directs you to Good Smile Company's informational page on spotting the phony. It's of Mikuru-chan. I only highlight it today, because I recently got that Mikuru Asahina nendoroid (she's so kawaii! >.< ) and I hope its real. Oh, I may have a phony in my toy collection. O_o;
http://www.goodsmile.info/info/imitation/imitation_03.html
Labels: commerce, lotd, phonies, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya