Never ever buy bootlegs!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- This is a true story I was told by Aki-san of Good Smile Company. I've told it at multiple panels around the country but finally wanted to put it out in a video! Never buy bootlegs!
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that must be one hell of a story to tell at a party
"Hey man how did you get those scars?"
"Bootleg anime figures dude"
Lmao
When a figure is 1,000$ u best believe I’m getting the bootleg some people spend way too much money for plastic
Just buy a cheaper figure you dont need to buy expensive figures.
No anime figure is 1k and most bootlegs are literally of prize figures that are worth about the same cost as the original figure. Come the fuck on, bsffr.
the real criminals are the ones charging 100+ for a 3 inch figure
Simon Toomer agreed
True 🤣🤣🤣
True
Yes how did u figure it out?
Faxxx
"You are giving your money to criminals"
And when i pay taxes what am i doing?
Exactly
Most likely they aren’t even criminals. Just workers and their company
LMAO
@SoWhat yes I 1000000℅ agree with u bro like -_- buy the real deal it will satisfy u alottt😌
@SoWhat ya 😌😌😌😌
This story sounds like bs
Yeah but she has a point but hey i only have one bootleg goku black rose figure. But all my other ones are bandpresto and toei figures.
Guessing you never experienced random violence, story was pretty tamed imo.
this story is bs, why don't we reattach arms like she said in 3:58 to people who lost theirs?. because doctors are liars and she is the goddess of truth
suh dude reaattaching limbs are not so uncommon in medical situations, as long as it’s kept fresh and in good shape. Obviously you can’t reattach severely damaged limbs back to your body. (Caused by explosions for example, or because of a disease) 🙄
Totally. Its just some BS being spouted by a corporate overlord.
The way you tell this story it sounds like your a teacher talking to 9 year olds
I'm a nine year old👁👄👁
@@Adorbssss must feel nice to be young
@@user-jv3qv5xu9d I'm 11
@@paperdrum39 good for u
@@user-jv3qv5xu9dhow old is you?
I wouldn't care about bootlegs if I could even buy the actual ones. No way I'm gonna pay 300 dollars for a Albedo nendoroid.
I dont care about Bootleg if u like then buy if u dont like then dont.
I agree that the after market for scalpers sucks, but if you pressure GSC enough, they do rereleases often. There is always a chance, don't succumb to fakes.
Yeah but it is not guaranteed and even if they do rerealese it the price is still pretty high, I'm only gonna get 1 or 2 bootlegs of figma figures: Joker (Persona 5) and Deku (My hero academia) Mainly because it save me like €45-€60 most of the time
@@howagirlfiguresFrances they definitely need a rerelease of Rin Tohsaka Casual Version, her breast line is too low. :)
There’s other options in anime merch you can get and are legit for a cheap price
if they want to stop bootlegs, they should lower the prices, if it is 8 times more expensive i will buy the bootlegs
Also if you think this video is real, you should watch less anime...
Bootlegs exist because some figures go offsale and never see the light of day again. I mean seriously, no one's going to pay 100+ for a small tiny figure from 2008.
@@Lennodinthewrongvocaloid fucking real I never buy bootleg figure in my whole collection of figure, but recently I search for the botw link nendroid and my gosh the re seller and original seller put a high price 150-200€ for a little figure + the shipping no way I prefer buy a collector or an hot toys. The bootleg is 12€ on aliexpress and the deluxe 17€ and no shipping so I really consider buying my first bootleg figure (I would buy the original one if it was 50€ or little more)
The reason why the prices are high is because the time it takes for the sculptors to make a figure is a long process. Every detail is thought out. There are two really good videos on youtube. Palo's tour/day in the life of good smile and good smile's how nendoroids are made. I see excuses that "it's ok to buy a bootleg" or "I'm using it for a custom" and the common "it doesn't matter it's fake" excuse. I only ever bought one bootleg by figure by accident not knowing. In fact, most my early anime collection merchandise is bootlegs because I didn't know and not only afterwards did I find the truth. However, I try not to support bootlegs if I can avoid it. I look at details and flaws within the figure. There are cheap figures that aren't bootlegs with paint flaws- usually crane game prizes. That's the only exception I've come across. Otherwise most real figures have excellent sculpts, detailed paint jobs and are well crafted.
You can come across figures on sale those or buy used figures which if coming from japan are in excellent condition mostly. So it is possible to come across cheap real figures.
@@UrSammich I'm pretty sure people wouldn't buy bootlegs if not for the nendoroid being offsale for over a decade and never brought back since. Pretty good example for the len append and len cheerful version nendoroid. They sell for 100$ on ebay and that's not to mention the shipping. I'm sure if the nendoroid on the actual site was onsale people wouldn't mind paying 30$+ for it.
@UrSammich exactly!
Even I buy official nendoroids when Good Smile puts out sales and discounts. Saves money and gets you quality products.
I had bootleg nendoroids once and they break easily.
wait do people actually believe this story? This is the most made up story i ever heard tbh
if you want a bootleg, just buy it it's your money.
if you want a legit one, just buy it's your money.
Well said man
i have only ONE bootleg in my Nendoroid collection: Cleaning Levi.
My mother gifted it to me, i love him so much.
but he is nothing compared to my original Levi Nendoroid.
Your mother is a legend.
Thats irrelevant. If they can make exactly the same quality and be cheaper, than the original makers are the problem. Make affordable figures
Not to mention that a lot of real figures inflate in price after retail because the companies decide to discontinue the product and there aren't enough figures to go around. If they want us to stop buying bootlegs, provide us with more product.
@@rirururu4697 exactly for ex I am bought an official shf naruto best selection cost me 50 dollars but I want collect the rest of the line but the median price is 250 so I’m stuck. I just bought 2 bootleg sage mode naruto figures which cost me about 24 dollars I’m going to use the accessories for these figures for my original to kind of get sage mode naruto for the price of 75 dollars so I’m have an official figure with two bootlegs with official quality accessories and 2 extra figures that I can easily fix to make them near original quality so If I repeat this process 3 more times that would be like me buying the original sage mode naruto. That’s ridiculous. So I could get
-12 figures with 4 being official
-8 rasenshurikens
-8 rasengan a
- extra figs for shadow clones
-24 kunai
-56 hands
-32 faces
-8 scrolls
-8 robes
-8 figure stands
I can use these extra to customize and even make them better so not only and I getting my money’s worth it is surprisingly way more valuable than buying the original figure despite buying some originals
Yea but the thing is that they are not the same quality most look ass or have big errors on them like the face looking wierd.
"These bootleg creators think you are dumb" - Yeah sure, I bet the creators of the original ones making me pay 200 bucks for the "real" thing think I am really smart.
Wow 200$ is too nice, I think the average is 400
Béatrice C. But at the end of the day these are anime figures, not 1:6th scale die cast iron mans with head sculpts. They don’t cost nearly as much or require as much time
@@littlebaguette4431 some of them are still well over 200 D;
@@littlebaguette4431 think you and the other person are talking about different brands... mega house, kotobukiya figures easily go over $200 per item... even good smile has their pricey line ups here and there... on the other hand banpresto has really cheap figures.
@@littlebaguette4431 they generally cost less than $1 to make, and take about 2 seconds to pour into their molds. so yeah, they dont deserve anywhere near the price companies want for them.
Ah yes, cuz a story that can only be found in this video and not in the news or the company itself is totally true
Lmao Fr
I feel like she’s making this sound way worse then it already is, Take it here
So I’m not allowed to buy bootleg figurines for my own benefit (I customize bootleg figurines and make them look better)
Great, just great, What an asshole.
i buy both and enjoy both!
Money is a thing 😢
Same lol
@Basketball American agreed
Buying bootlegs is fine when you don’t have better options apart from paying $500 to a reseller for a $49 plush or figure
Buy $10 bootleg figures by criminals exploiting big companies or buy $100 figures from big companies exploiting me, which is worse?
This ^
With that attitude you deserve fakes
Hell yeah he deserves fakes. He deserves them for 10$. It's called a purchase.
Considering those same companies keep using the factory that are clearly stealing from them, sometimes even producing extras to sell on the side, they deserve to be stolen from too. Not to mention how nobody is talking about the fact that they cost 5x more despite not being 5x better. Turns out the thieves are less greedy... who would have guessed, huh.
Give money to scam artist, thieves, killers and mobsters who just steal idea from others or give money to the original artist who work tirelessly hard to make the stories and artwork that we grew to love, To the original sculptor whose skill made the master figure, to the modellers who design and color them and to the company who invest time, money and resources to produce these fine products to sell to the market. If you even have to think about it then your hopeless.
@@inisipisTV You buy gas don't you? You buy groceries and clothes from major retailers don't you? If yes, then congratulations, you're supporting two businesses that alone has killed thousands and fucked/used over billions of people. Business has been evil since the beginning of time, it's only purpose is to serve one's crave for control and power, being a figure company makes it no different. Go ahead and look up the scale figures of the more popular characters, prices are always inflated in order to take advantage of suckers like you. It's great to want to support the artists, but doing it because you think you owe them something is exactly what they want you to think. That way it helps to justify their repulsive price tags to the consumer.
Do you have any sources for that story? It seems very unbelievable to me, and I was trying to fact check, and I couldn’t find anything about threats to Aki-san or his employees.
Yeah should atleast be able to find a single article on it
@@takyon9167 with no articles and fact checks online it would obviously be a made up story just for views... yes, the original ones are still better than bootlegs but there will always be pros and cons for everything...
ForeverDreamWithinADream I do figure collecting but yes, the scale figures can be too overpriced...
I was trying to look stuff up as well, even on his and Good Smile's Wikipedia page and nothing is mentioned at all and you think there would be some kind of report of Aki-San being targeted by a mob. If some random dude was attacked because he looked like Aki-san, and "his arms was entirely cut off" as she said, there would be a lot of articles about this. Especially if a Chinese mob attacked a man with swords and knives.
I'm calling entire bullshit on this story, you can tell she is lying because of how she glances off onto the side to think of her extreme story (ex. "They attacked him, cutting him up and slicing him *pauses and glances off*, his arm was cut off."). Like she needed to think about if he actually did have his arm cut off or not.
Her story trying to scare people out of buying bootlegs is completely false as there isn't a single source, nor a report or anything mentioning her claims. I get bootlegs are bad, but to lie and say a man had his arm cut off and beaten up over an anime figure mold. That isn't okay at all. She went way too extreme for a story with no sources.
Xavier I haven’t completely watched the video yet but gosh why would anyone attack a person for a figure like wtf.
FACT:If the bootlegs had an toxicallity to them they'd be apprehended at the port or postal station they came from by the local bag claim. All packages from China/Asia go through a scanner and a tester to test for this, its why customs takes so long with foreign packages.Also FACT: Not everyone is rich and can afford legit figures.
AtticusRh0des Here is another FACT: IF UR AN ADULT U WOULD HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR UR HOBBY
ANOTHER FACT: dont GIVE ur money to criminals
@@kanatran64 Neither of those are facts... FACT: What is wrong with you?
You can't just put "FACT!!!!!" in front of what you want to say. Thats as bad as buying bootlegs. You're missusing something in a way it wasn't intended.
Also I don't want to be mean, but the way this youtube spoke didn't seem like she's known for logic. She literally tries to manipulate us like 9y olds with what she says at the end. None of what she said had any basis in proof or logic. We're just supposed to take her word for a story that would definitely get a lot of media attention.
codec69 I put FACT there because it supposed to be a joke since the guy above me used the word Fact too... However, like i said as a normal functional adult u would be able to save up for your hobbies and its true that you should not give your money to criminals since those bootlegs are not from the original factory. This story is well known either so yeah... dont buy bootlegs
Kana Tran Here’s another fact, IM NOT AN ADULT SO I DONT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, ITS NOT ONLY ADULTS COLLECTING FIGURES STUPID
The thing is:
NOT.EVERYONE.HAVE.MONEY.TO.SPEND.ON.A.$300.FIGURE 🙂
then buy prized figures then
@@johncruz5001 frl prized figures are affordable and look 100% better than any bootlegs
@@xuxiixx true, but when people want to buy a 300$ figure and don’t have the cash and want that exact figure, they have no other option then buying a bootleg
@@jigsaw9232 ig but you can always save up personally I’d rather spend money on something nicer even if it will take me longer to get
then buy them second hand?? It’s easier, cheaper and the real thing
Ah yes, cuz a story that can only be found in this video and not in the news is totally true
No lol
What's a Chinese maffa doing with with figures you would think they thinks its waste of time
Fr
What da fak does the Chinese mob wanna do with NENDOROID FIGURES
3:58 you can't reattach 2 bones that are completely separate, a missing hand or a leg that doesn't get treated within seconds will cause death because of blood loss, you just try to look good in front of the internet with your two faced morality.
Only saving $10 to $15 on a bootleg figure, are you kidding me! Try $300+, in some cases even more. We don't all have 60k to blow on figures. So for many people these bootlegs are a damn blessing. It gives us poor people a chance at having a collection of our own. Even if the quality isn't as good. We still appreciate the fact that we can have our favorite characters in figure form at a very reasonable price. You know just how expensive the originals are, they are so over priced. I say keep the bootlegs coming :)
My thoughts exactly.
Just but cheeper official figures or save for the one you want.
Its not that deep
Dude you just don't collect anime figures because most of the ones that have bootlegs are like $30 LMAO
@@chloe4824 americans and their ignorance of other countries' currency, customs and shipping fee will never not baffle me.
@@unbeatabel yeah i know customs for that $30 USD figure will really bankrupt you, as opposed to shipping and customs for that $15 bootleg. bffr rn
"A story I learned while working at Goodsmile company" ...if she worked with them she'll never say positive stuff about bootlegs lol
Even before I worked for them I would never support a bootleg. I support artists, creators and their hard work. You should too if you enjoy their work.
@@howagirlfiguresFrances hey I don't want to be mean or anything but it seems like you're trying to shame and control how people buy their money
@@joshkorn8638 right, but don't buy boot leg, buy from the original source who deserve the money for what they made.
@@HansCent why do you feel the right to tell me what not to spend my money on
@@joshkorn8638 don't buy from thieves, it hurts the original makers and encourages more stealing.
first of all i don't support bootleg(all my pvc,figma,nendo,gundam are original),but i can understand when people buy the bootleg just for saving their money,for example my friend is a one piece fan,he want to collect many one piece figure but he don't want to waste much money for that so he buy the bootleg,the most important for him is the figure can be display in his room and don't care about the quality,not all collector anime figure are rich,many of them don't wanna to spend much money just for figure and save their money for the other thing which is more important,well it depends on your wallet,if you care about the quality(like me),please save your money and buy the original,but if you want to save the money,just wanna something cool to display on your room,and don't care about the quality,you can buy the bootleg
actually good smile can report the bootleg company,just like bandai report dragon momoko and daban for making knockoff gundam,but as long as the bootleg factory didn't give much effect to the good smile sale,they won't report it yet
兒玉エルサス I agree plus I want to support the creators that are official
I agree. I want to purchase the offcial product since im skeptical on designs and quality. But sometimes i need to save money for other expense so i decided to buy bootleg.
@@charlesmoit5902 Have you seen the reviews on oversize KO transformers? they say those are way better
Exaclty the people that cant afford or find licensed products are more than the people that can afford the figures
I agree with uuuuu bro FINALLY. A KIND COMMENT😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
I bought a bootleg Sebastian Michaelis figure for $11. He’s actually really good for a bootleg. Just ended up fixing up some slight paint errors. :)
I buy the fake ones bc i. broke asf
I don’t even have enough money to buy the bootlegs
@@p.oookie speaking facts after a year
True
Big companies that produce these figures and charge so much money (over $50) are the real criminals.
What criminal there figure are better because they have more quality
10/15$ difference? more like 100$ difference! and I'm not exaggerating. I buy bootlegs because I can't afford the originals and for most the difference in detail is not that big (it's true that some are horrendous but definitely not all). The originals are way overpriced. I love details but I get what I can afford. If in the future I'll be able to afford originals I'll definitely buy them. Some people are not doing that great financially and I think is important to take that in consideration.
144 dollars, lmao nope ill take the 25 dollar one whose joints are a little loose just a little touch ups and its good. Still buying original products tho. Im hoping to get the Mezco symbiote spiderman PX.
ya I chuckled a little over the $10-15 difference too.
Im poor and have some painting small details experiences so ya, buy bootlegs and repaint them with details. Had to do it :/
Yup just a few touch ups and those bootlegs are as real as you can afford!!!
me too, i own original but i buy BL for painting practice & customization purposes.
I make them into anime/game characters which probably won't get made cause of licences it's a nice way to make something one of a kind :)
You act like I'm ⭐rich⭐
I'm telling you that this B has atleast 1 or 2 bootlegs
Well..we are not that rich like you. So bootlegs are our only solutions.
exactly, 100 to 200 bucks for an item i will only get to stare at ??? i'll pass, ive got money to spend but not that much.
then buy prize figures and not bootlegs....dude
What a shitty excuse lmao
Tobi Adu yh Why would you just pay 100-200€ for an item that you’re gonna stare at. Might as well buy an IPhone and never use it.
There are cheap solutions to quality figures, prize figures are getting better and better each day.
sorry for not having money for the real ones👩🦯
Sometimes, you have to go the cheaper route, especially if you don’t have much money. But that’s just my opinion, I don’t want hate from this!!
No one is going to hate you you are right good smile company wants you to spend money on a 10cm figure for 300 or 200 on that they are the real criminals
The sad Ruth is that if the factory worker were paid more to make the figures they would not have the need to work with the criminals... what pisses me off about bootlegs is that some sellers actually try to pass them off as an original figure charging the same price and even making the box look left with the authencity stickers and all. Not Cool at all. 😡
I'm 12 and I have a ton of bootlegs cause I can't afford the originals but I don't care if the one that made them are criminals I just want cheap figures so I can save money for other things
Yeah its totally fake. If you pay attention and ask yourself more questions and think reasonably, it's VERY obvious it's fake. If you look at other comments they make valid points why it's fake. I would get into it but almost everything sounds like BS. So don't sweat it! Plus, even if you bought authentic figures it still wouldn't be going into the creators of the mold, or even the series creators. If you really want to see if YOU are okay with bootlegs, then I suggest watching other videos and doing research to make an informed decision. After all, it's up to the individual.
that's totally okay if you are happy with what you have!
You know there are prized figures (authentic budget figures). Better buy those rather than giving your money to criminals
@@johncruz5001 prices change according to country economy!!! 44 dollars is 1,452 in my country so not everyone can afford that too.
I always try to purchase original figures, but since I recently started getting into the hobby, there are too many figures I want that are no longer available and the ones selling on ebay are incredibly expensive plus the shipping to my country + the taxes(I live in South America) makes it worse, so in these cases as I really do want the figure and after looking for it everywhere without finding it, I just buy a bootleg. As I said I always try to look and investigate to buy the original but sometimes it's just not possible:')
Actually I get to save much more by buying used authentic figures. They usually go for cheaper prices than high quality bootlegs... you just have to have a keen eye in detecting any damage/scratch in the figure as well as distinguishing fakes from the original. It also helps if you buy from reliable sellers with good ratings in the second-hand market.
bootleg and original.. there are tiny differences .. i wouldnt pay 300 for a figure.. i mean id buy the bootleg one for 12 and be happy with it... i mean the difference isnt soo much world changing ...
Bought a bootlef and the thing just break
So many people who are dead-set against bootleg figures act as if the differences between the real and fake figures are monumental. They're really not. Bootlegs are, on average, about 80% of the way there if not higher. Yes, some of them are made of worse compounds and break easily, but figures tend to be fragile to begin with. It's a steep premium to buy legitimate figures when all you're paying for is a sub-20% difference in quality that most people don't care about. A comparable example would be comparing store brand cereal to name brand, if name brand cost 4-5 times as much as the store brand. No one in their right mind would justify that price difference when the store brand was close enough.
@@dyemenz301 you should probably read the reviews next time.
@@Tamarocker88but they are realy big deferences.
I used to buy bootleg dragon ball figures (because i dident know they were fake) and the face always looked messed and the pain was always realy bad. I do agree most new figures are very pricy but there exist cheeper official options prize figures are getting realy good lately and they are realy afordable.
Also bootlegs may be made from toxic plastic so its best to not buy them
That story sounds fake 👩🏽🦯 and I’ll still buy them I’m not spending 100$ for a figure
Why fake? You’d be willing to buy a filthy bootleg?
@@thehourglassfan3515i mean she doesn’t wanna spend hundreds of dollar just to buy a figure for displaying
I can tell by your Massive Collection, along with the Super EXPENSIVE GLASS CASES Behind you That you can buy Whatever you want. And you are telling people who absolutely love Collecting not to buy bootlegs.
Okay and? My broke ass can't afford real ones. If you give me money then I wouldn't argue. Periodt.
Still look better than Funko Pop.
4:30 "So you can save $10, $15 on a figure?"
Fact
Yeah except the music industry makes their money from sponsors, and live shows.
I don't know what is funnier, people implying that buying a bootleg will poison you and make you fund mafias or people acting like they will die if they don't get a cheap piece of plastic with a high probability of looking like shit lol
Yeah if that story were real, you could link to it. Given how you haven't, i'm gonna go and say no. Secondly: good people making figurines? They're workers at a company. They dont even get paid a lot, they're just factory workers like any other factory workers. The people getting my money are the companies who license those figures. The same companies who keep doing buisiness with factories that make extra figures to sell on the side and compete with them cause getting them made in the US or elsewhere would cost too much money.
Thirdly: it isn't 10-15$, it's a lot more and from the sound of it, my money will go to the wrong people who haven't earned it no matter who I give it to. The actual people making those figures get the least of it and they get the same amount no matter how many figures sell. Plus, they themselves were "stealing from themselves" in exchange for money.
Not to mention how "those evil people think you're dumb". Oh and the licensed retailer who sells me almost the same thing for x5 the price the "criminal" would be happy getting, obviously think I have 3 Phd's.
The Chinese company sells for cheap and for decent quality, not to mention that these Japanese company benefit themselves by selling for extremely expensive and most of their factories are located in China. In the end, honestly... I would be happier buying a fake figures because it satisfies me since it’s cheap and the quality is still pretty good. My money is going to the company that has families or what not, so I honestly don’t even care who it’s going to. The official figures aren’t even worth 100+. It’s all about brand names..
I ve got I scamm of like 180$ with some one piece figures . I payed like 35$ each (I bought like 5 of them) and after that I found that all of them were fakes . So , after that I ve gotten angry and I stopped carring about the fact if they are bootlegs or not :) They are just made by a different company and there are not a lot of differences if u dont buy like one figure with 3$ . Now I usually buy them from aliexpress with 15$ each and I am very happy with them . Lets say that there are 2 differences between the original ones and fake ones : the box which I dont care for and the facial expressions . Which can be pretty annoying for some figures , because they differ a little more , but I have 1 figure which looks exactly like the original one , just the box is looking shitty , but overall it looks awesome . So I cant see your point of view very good .
@Just a Normal guy Walking around :))) This is a ,,youtuber" from my country . Also , this is the name that i use in every game :D
Considering some figure aftermarket go for 500+ I'll settle for the 60 dollar bootleg
Choosing a $500 piece of plastic or it's $30 knock-off on Wish.... the choice is easy. Differences are barely noticeable most of the time, maybe a few odd paint jobs, but certainly not worth paying the extra hundreds of dollars. I'd support the real company if they'd lower their prices
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Bruh dont act like buying a bootleg is horrible. Its not a game, its a plastic figure. I aint paying 100+ for a figure. Id rather stay under 50 bucks.
well that escalated quickly XD came here for some anime figure info , left with a maffia scare story :^)
Bruh i will still buy bootlegs. Yeah they are not good looking as the original ones but i will NEVER EVER spend 100$ for a figure!!!!!!
If you have no money to buy the official vesion
You can buy bootleg
That what i do
my £2 bootleg chika figure that typically costs £200 ain’t gonna get me mugged 💀 it’s my money
This why I always make sure whenever I buy anime figures I make sure their Japanese authentic just like my 2 love live and Tomoko figures
That guy, hopefully, got a hell of a Holiday Bonus.
I was told that he was given a huge bonus and the time off to recover was covered as well.
lol
@@howagirlfiguresFrances cok hos
Swords? I don't believe this lol
don't you know triads carry weapons... including actual swords and katanas, rarely carry guns
El'amin mochichi This story is fake af. If it was real, there’d be news about it but people haven’t found any
could be real - a guy could have mistaken a machete for a sword. They're common intimidation weapons globablly because they're common farming and landscaping implements.
I may or may have not accidentally gotten my uncle to buy a fake Sakura Miku bloomed in Japan bootleg. It has the Nendroid logo but not the Good Smile Company logo. Oops...
My main 2 problems with bootlegs is that your not supporting the actual people who make the originals and the creator of the thing you like. My other problem is that bootlegs could have very dangerous chemicals and stuff :| if u are gonna buy a bootleg, (which I obviously don’t recommend but i understand if you wanna save money, real figures are quite a lot, you do you.) I’d say look at the reviews before hand. ^-^
And you tell us why it should be that expensive?
Yes it is understood that limited edition runs of figures will cost more when they are produced. There are various costs to produce the good however it comes down to what the market will value for the (Figures) in general. Ultimately there is a lot of competition and high quality lower priced figures will sell more. $25-$50 is more manageable from a consumer standpoint than $120-$300+ dollars. People don't have a problem spending the former and have quite a difficult time with the latter as that amount falls directly into fixed costs range (Rent/Utilities/Car Maintenance/ etc). Distributors must know this and work to reduce costs with stakeholder involved to reflect market demand however they can . Banpresto for instance has made some high quality figures at affordable prices (Around $25). That's how you do it. People won't have problems buying official for that price but $160 for a megahouse figure is clearly out of most people's range.
Give the consumers what they want. If you build it they will come.
Girl not all bootlegs are bad. The bootleg nendoroids are amazing almost like the original. I’ll still collect bootlegs because the figures I want are overpriced because of the charracter and the pose and I’ll only buy the real figures that I want and there isin’t a bootleg version of it. Sure you can save up for the real thing but bootlegs sometimes only have a few paint mistakes these days. Sure the smell can be awfull on some bootlegs but the bootleg sometimes can be the next best thing. The only real figures and nendoroids I concider buying are the Zero Two nendoroid, the Yuri Plisetsky nendoroid, Emma, Norman and Ray from the promised neverland figures. That’s pretty much it. I understand that the real figures have a lot of work put into them but also take a look at the buyers perspective. I can barely aford a 20$ bootleg so what can you expect for the real figure?
Same!
lol bootlegs suck. Their quality is Nowhere close to the the original ones. But yeah keep on telling those lies to yourself
@@alexanedv3484 not all bootlegs suck... I saw a bootleg that was almost significant to the original because the original already had a horrible paint job and was sold for 30€+ while the bootleg was 14€. The bootleg had only a few paint mistakes while the original has huge paint mistakes on the jacket and shoes. So Yeah some bootlegs are better than the original. It just depends on the figure
@@rosewithhorns well that original figure must be a cheap one too. Goodsmile company has crazy quality control all their figures come out perfect so I would never get a bootleg nendoroid. I’d pay extra cash to get the authentic quality
@@alexanedv3484 Not really there’s mostly just small paint errors on the bootlegs and for 20% of what you’d pay for an authentic one it’s definitely worth it.
I collect One Piece figures, and I'd always want to buy official, but I'm always worried that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a bootleg and an official...
Well the good thing is that there are a ton of one piece prize figures that only cost around 20-35 maybe even 50 dollars that are still very high quality. So bootlegs for one piece figures aren't really necessary when there are a ton of prize figures for cheap prices. For example I just paid $21 for a Carrot prize figure and it looks amazing!!! Prize figures are definitely worth worth money high quality and cheap.
I am braziliam, I don't have enough money to buy origanl pieces all the time, so Ali Express and Shopee are perfect for me.
Dont get me wrong, bootlegs are ugly. But have you thought that not many people can afford authentic figures? For example in China, the reason there is a huge market is because not many people can afford the real ones. I have lots of friends in China who said they want to buy real figures but they can't afford it. Buying bootlegs somewhat works for them too. Personally i hate bootlegs too, but im lucky that i live in NA where earning decent money isn't a problem.
@@kogitsunehayashi7822 I could care less about giving money to people who stole. It's not like not giving them money is going to make it stop anyways. I say if the general product fits pretty close to what the original is supposed to be then it doesn't really matter.
well ok, u can have it your ways with those trash bootlegs
@@kogitsunehayashi7822 I didn't say I was buying bootlegs. I'm just saying if one can't afford it, I don't necessarily see a problem with buying a bootleg as long as they enjoy it
+Kogitsune Hayashi You see, its because you can afford to choose. Many people can't afford to buy these figures. sometimes these figures are 1/3, 1/2 or even their entire months salary. Yes bootlegs are bad, but who are we to judge.
The idea is that one shouldn't knowingly buy a fake, if you can't afford a figure, don't buy it. Don't resort to buying a fake that is made with dangerous and toxic chemicals just to have something. It looks ugly, doesn't support any creators and is just a waste of your hard earned money to begin with. If it already is a hardship to buy a real item, why would you waste that hard earned money on a fake?
Good advice. Another major reason to not buy bootlegs is that they are often made with highly toxic materials, which jeopardizes the health of those who get tricked into buying them.
That'll be the topic for my next bootleg video.
@@howagirlfiguresFrances I think you will find most PVC figures (regardless of the source) are the same in that regard. That 'new toy smell' people love is actually a concoction of dangerous chemicals off-gassing from the figure. That smell is on the most expensive figures down to the cheapest bootlegs
Its the same material, don't be stupid.
Yes this is true!
Lol they are made from the same material. The fuk u talking about?
i don’t have £50 to spend on a figure i literally just ordered 5 figures for £35 on aliexpress
What a steal hope u enjoy ur figures
nice! hope you enjoy. don't let people tell you how to spend your money
People will buy what they wanna buy
As victim, I can tell you this. These bootleggers are cashing in on teenagers when they're early in their anime phases. At that age, I didn't know about bootlegs and legit merchandise. I bought bootleg Pokemon plushes and a bootleg Gohan DBZ figure. Years later as a more educated adult, I realized, I gave money to these criminals, who prey on gullible beginning anime fans. I hope that money isn't being used to hurt someone. (Most likely not)
I doubt it that criminal will not hurt someone.
He got his arm re-attached? Even limbs kept in perfect conditions for those sorts of things still have a high rejection rate. Definitely a fake story.
I don't care if I'm "giving my money to criminals" and supporting the bootleg market. The whole reason the bootleg market exists to begin with is because of the high prices of legitimate figures and the limited quantities that further exacerbate the pricing. If someone wants to buy a figure past the original presales and launch, they're SOL and stuck digging through the secondary market for one at an upcharge. If you're looking for a figure that was produced years ago, you're going to be shelling out a small fortune. And you dare sit on your high horse talking down to everyone as though they are awful people for choosing reasonably priced bootlegs over exorbitantly priced originals at inflated prices?!
If the original creators produced higher quantities and lowered the prices of figures, people would be buying the legitimate figures instead. I am not interested in paying $100+ for a figure (and that's assuming I pre-order the figure several months to a year in advance), nevermind paying the absurd inflated price of the same figure in its limited quantities if I happen to desire it years later.
Still not good enough? Well then maybe YOU are willing to buy all legitimate figures for me? Oh, that's a no as well? Then stfu and let me buy what figures I want.
That's a shitty attitude. You'd rather give money to criminals because you think legitimate goods are over-priced?
Knock offs aren't just an inferior product that you have a right to buy. They are intellectual propery theft. A decent person would be ashamed to support criminal activity just to save them selves a few bucks and some inconvenience.
@@drewlovelyhell4892 I'd rather purchase a bootleg product at a fair price from a "criminal" than to pay for the legitimate product when it is deliberately produced in limited quantities and only available for a limited time. Manufactured scarcity is just as criminal as intellectual property theft, in my opinion. As a matter of fact, not all countries regulate intellectual property. It's widely known that China greatly embraces copycat products, with copyright and IP protections being practically nonexistent. If someone else is able to make the same product at a lower cost while cutting corners, taking business away from you, whose fault is that really?
If you want to support the original manufacturers and play into their limited availability artificial scarcity scheme, be my guest. Unlike the cunt in this video, I'm not telling other people what to do. Live and let live. I don't appreciate being told I shouldn't buy bootleg figures when it's my life and my wallet.
I totally agree. The originals are too overpriced.
@@drewlovelyhell4892 Lol calm down XD
@@cottoncandy1744 I think they're overpriced if you miss the pre-order window or can't buy them right at launch for MSRP. I think it's fair to charge $50 for the typical nendoroid or even the few hundred at launch for large highly detailed figures. The countless hours of design, production, painting, manufacturing all deserve compensation. The thing I have an issue with, is the limited production numbers and the extremely hiked secondary market pricing once a figure is out of production. It's unreasonable to expect people to pay several times the price for a figure that's out of production when a bootleg is a fraction of the release price. It gives people an alternative to paying greedy scalpers.
If you want a cheaper alternative to figures I recommend 2nd hand figures.They’re a cheaper option and usually still have a good condition.Amiami.com is a good place to start ^^
Oh yes you’re right. Thank you kind sir this website has my favorite figure for the cheap price of... $350!? NANI!?
@@wolfcub1835 your over exaggerating. Chill , not every figure starting price is $350.
@@brandon-qc1ul lol yeah I know but every figure I care enough about to spend that kind of money on is over $300 and anyone who’s seriously looking for a figure will try to find it regardless of my comment
So I should pay a figure that cost 300 dollars or 600 dollars when the price originally was 80 dollars ? 🤣😂. That’s another reason why people buy bootlegs bcz the original figure are way to expensive which is not worth it. The original company seller needs to reproduce so this things won’t happen. There’s no way I’ll pay 600 for a figure that original price was 80 dollars.
thats why some are limited. if you are to late its your fault.
That's why some companies reprint their figures, I bought 2 that came out again earlier this year when they came out in 2016 so the demand is there but it just depends on the brand
or just buy whatever you want. not everyone can afford expensive figures. also this story is definitely not true lol
True I saw this after buying a touhou plushie bootleg fumo
"Never ever buy bootlegs"
Should've changed it to "if you're poor, don't buy"
Yo he aprendido que este mundo no es un mundo justo... Si, son bootlegs, pero muchas personas no les interesa tener algo original si eso conlleva a gastar cientos de dolares en una figura.
Lugares como latam donde difícilmente llegan y si llegan, tienes que pagar un sobreprecio, los bootlegs terminan siendo una muy buena opción
Este mundo no es justo y hay que jugar con las cartas que tienes
I accidentally just bought a bootleg, and there is barely a difference from the real product. Its looks amazing. The original was 450 dollars and mine was 100 dollars. Idc who the money goes to, and I am happy with what I have received. If you want to buy a bootleg and not waste large sums of money, buy a bootleg.
I never understood the concept of bootlegs. Not much cheaper, worse quality, and you don't circulate the money to go back to the figure industry
For figures like banpresto and stuff were they are already cheap yes you don't need to buy bootlegs but for figures like good smile were you can find figure for 150$... And not all bootlegs are "horrible", take for exemple the bootleg figma of Deku, not bad and looks pretty much the same as the real one and you find it for 10$ and the real one is more than 80$ on eBay...
it much cheaper
orig. Cleaning Levi Nendoroid: 70-130$
bootleg Cleaning Levi Nendoroid: 10-20$
Bootlegs are a LOT cheaper, especially for figures that are out of production. You'll be comparing hundreds of dollars for the original (and that's USED condition) with a brand new bootleg that is often less than $50. Most people buying figures that are out of production aren't supporting the original company to begin with since they have to buy the figure from an end customer who already bought it.
Now, if you're talking about brand new figures, sure the price difference isn't huge, but the quality difference isn't that huge either. Comparing say a $50 bootleg to a $100 original, the original doesn't look objectively 100% better, so you're paying a steep premium for the difference in quality.
Only cheap people buy bootlegs.
I would never buy a bootleg!
the bigger company who makes the figure, more overprice and lazy they make the figure....
meanwhile Prize Figure for $20 is a better solution instead buying overpriced scale figure for $150 with same detail....
the big company is getting lazier (like GSC) meanwhile the quality of Prize Figure and Bootleg is getting good (well bandai, taito, furyu is still big company tho) but at least they didn't charge the 9 inches less detailed figure for $150+
I'm fine with boothleg if I can't find the real thing
Ah yes, I'm sure the anime and figure artists are loosing out on so much money from the limited edition figures that are sold for triple the price on the secondhand market.
edit: only now listened to the story in the video, this is so ridiculously hilarious lol.
A person who doesn't have enough money for a original figure
But he or she wants it but too many prize than he or she able to buy
What they gonna do
They gonna buy bootlegs
Buying a bootlegs is not a mistake on my opinion
The people who are blaming
bootlegs for action
are the worst .
Why bootlegs are still producing?
Because people want it
and they know buying bootlegs are not good. But the movement when
they process a figure of their favorite
character make them feel pleasure.
At least they have bootlegs
is better than they have nothing.
All these are just my options .
that's right
3:47 I highly doubt that some poor factory worker would call the ambulance for a coworker in China when the person that calls is responsible for the ambulance charge. This entire story sounds bogus.
bruh im not gonna pay 200$ to figure
No one said that you have to! There are a TON of options to get figures for under $30 that are real, and stunning! Check out Furyu, Good Smile Company's Pop up Parade and Sega Prize figures. All reasonably priced and really good quality for your money!
@@howagirlfiguresFrances Buy almost every original figure cost up to 100$ can you give me some names of original figure under 100$ ?
@@howagirlfiguresFrances I Checked out sega prizes ! thank you they are rlly cheap!!
@@howagirlfiguresFrances But like im living in israel so its 25 dollars shipping and it cost like my figure i wanna buy so like its pretty sadddd
I just buy bootlegs because I have to waste less money
Same
I buy wahtever i want! I have a artistic hands and i love costumize my bootlegs figures! Since you are lazy and just show figuresmade by machines its up to you! Its not your bussiness where the persons spend the money! You have money to spend a hot toy figure? I don t think so...because you are a otaku!
This reminds me a lot of the D.A.R.E. program from when I was a child. “ Little Jimmy smoked marijuana and ended up killing his mother!”
IM NOT PAYING 80$ FOR A 6INCH FIGURE ID RATHER PAY 15$ FOR A GOOD BOOTLEG
More around 5 or 4 inches lol
China: Wants to know your location.
Get off your high horse.
I buy bootleg transformers, action figures and couldn't be happier with the products.
Here's the thing. Hasbro takara continue to reduce scale, simplify engineering, reduce paint apps and replace with low quality paper stickers, and even make the plastic thinner, but for this they INCREASE the price.
Not a business model I will support.
Third party companies a reverse engineering molds, increasing scale /over sizing, putting so much paint detail and achieving near screen accurate deco, and also innovating the mold and improving the design. For a fraction of the cost of the official. More figure for less money. It's the intelligent option. Take for instance the recent nbk ko of gravity builder devastator, which is 6 transformers for almost £800 ballpark. The kos are £15 each and look just as good for a display piece.
I'm quite sick of elitist collectors, happily shelling out money on ever decreasing quality official product. The only way big companies will listen is if we speak with our wallet.
The power of the primes transformers line is shit.but official only collector's still buy, and it makes the company think people are happy to pay more, for a smaller figure, with less paint and engineering. So nothing changes.
Kos and bootlegs are there for the savvy collector.
And their not "criminals". Kos are produced in the same factory, by the same machine operators and staff. It's using extra plastic or pieces produced not required from the order, or produces after manufacturing hours, or figures that were produce as a pre production test line.not intended for sale.
You really need to research more before you start preaching.
Reviewers opinions aren't valid anyway, because it's bought or paid off, by the companies who send you product for free after you hump their leg long enough.
Nothing wrong with kos/bootlegs.
Official products change their code of prectice then I would happily buy it. But right now ko market is a much more interesting and thriving market.
Your elitism is causing you to miss out.
Transformers, marvel legends, marvel select and figuarts bootlegs are all fine for display pieces.
I recommend them
You sir, should start your own TH-cam channel I'll be your first subscription.
Thanks for this comment.
Perfect....
I like how the people who are for bootlegs actually know more about the figure industry, the process and bootlegs themselves than the elitists preaching against it. Not to mention it's the side with actual arguments and logics rather than "theft bad, make people sad, don't buy, ok?".
If bootleg companies were charging the same price as the real one but giving you a shitty one then thats bad. If not then idgaf take my money
I saw on a video someone bought a hatsune Miku figure that was the original for about 13 dollars and the bootleg one was 10 dollars. So not all cheap figures are bootlegs.
i Support Fake Figures cuz it's cheap and good quality not like the original but it's ok
sorry lots of people cant afford to pay hundreds of dollars on figures...... even if i spend lots of money on authentic figures not everyone can do that and at the end of the day i just get figures because i like the character and like something nice on my shelf. shaming people in this vid and replying to their comments for how they spend THEIR money is honestly mad weird to me
I don’t care, if someone wants to buy it cheap for decent quality then buy it. Usually official ones are almost the same quality but sells for way expensive, it’s not even worth it
Plagiarism is still a crime though, how would you feel if someone traced your art and made really ugly versions of it as knockoff products and sold it under your name?
Copyrights and DMCA exist to protect properties and that includes figures too, buying bootlegs supports crime because the people who own those places are making their workers create badly made products that end up falling apart, bootleg figures melt and end up breaking because they're made of interior materials and the PVC is weaker than a real figure so either way bootlegs are not a good alternative and if they were people wouldn't need to scam new collectors into thinking they're buying a real figure and overcharging for some cheap bootleg.
The workers are not criminals imo because they just need the money and they probably have no idea if they're bootlegs so I doubt she's calling them criminals.
This sounds like a character from
Bungo stray dogs
Hhmmm.. now I'm thinking that im kinda one of those criminals.
I missed out on the monster musume Miia so I sculpted my own Miia (although its not anywhere close to good smile quality)
But than again I wouldn't sell mine.
Side note:
How hard is it to buy a legit coppy and make a mold using that?
Nah thats to much work, lets just pay to steal their molds.
Like lol wtf.
Hmmm, it's probably hard for reasons neither of us knows. Might be easier to just scan & 3d print the thing tho?
I dont care about bootleg or no If u like buy if not then dont buy it.
Though I used to get bootlegs a lot now I just tend to grab then if I need parts to use for repair by using them as scraps. I can get why people get bootlegs but I would highly recommend quality over quantity in terms of figures since they look better and tend to last longer. The only thing I hate is the aftermarket with scalpers jacking up prices which is what forces some to turn to bootlegs.
I love bootleg figures because i am broke.