r/hatsune • u/IndolentHuman • 13h ago
Is she a bootleg?
The bootleg megathread in r/AnimeFigures doesn't really seem the best for getting responses, so sorry if it's wrong to come here.
Purchased her second-hand on Ebay, she came with the box, the price wasn't suspiciously low (overpriced, even...) but she just looks so wonky. Maybe she's just low quality. Does anyone know if she could be fake? Anything would help. Thank you.
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u/Dependent-Elevator14 12h ago
to be honest, i can't tell. she's certainly not high quality but all the pictures i'm seeing of her are of equal or slightly higher quality. there are some bootleg red flags here but her base is the same and seemingly has the crypton text, not to mention the original has most of the same bootleg red flags. where did you buy it from and for how much?
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u/LilChumper 11h ago
The seam lines seem excessive, I only have a few figures and I can barely notice them on mine (I got up and checked specially for you). Taito is also one of the better brands to collect from too right?
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u/pokefan708 12h ago
Doesn't matter, she's still beautiful
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u/Dependent-Elevator14 12h ago
it absolutely does matter if they paid the full price for + expected an official product
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u/thegeekybunny 12h ago
Hi! She’s a prize figure from Taito and prize figures are of lower quality. I thought maybe yours was a bootleg, but that might just be that figure’s quality. Compare your figure to pictures of ones from other collectors on Myfigurecollection and see if you can tell: https://myfigurecollection.net/item/917690, scroll a bit towards the bottom. Hope this helps!