[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Fortune

there is one on display at my LCS and let me tell you unless you are getting it as a gag then stay away. These things feel ready to fall about just by holding them. There is something very wrong with them. I am 99.9999% convinced they are factory rejects that some workers painted up and slapped on ebay

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Originally Posted by Unclechopchop

You guys do realize that all of this stuff comes from china? A majority of the time, production runs come with a number, afterwards, the workers usually make more in the same molds, and come out exactly the same. Still considered ko's, but technically not. You have a right to feel nervous, but at the same time, maybe you shouldn't. I say this because I've gotten ko neca tmnt's , and they are pretty much the same exact thing as the originals.

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Originally Posted by Unclechopchop

Who know. The deadpools might be absolute junk. But chances are, it's the same exact thing as the original. I just can't vouch for that exact figure.

You're probably both right in being that many of them are either factory rejects or figures created from stolen molds by rival factories or do-it-yourselfers (a situation similar to the one that SOTA toys had when massive amounts of their first wave Street Fighter figures suddenly started turning up for sale.)

I've purchased knock off figures in the past to fill certain holes in my collection that I knew I could not get otherwise, with varying degrees of satisfaction. I had a KO Sagat figure from the for-mentioned SOTA Street Fighter line that was as sturdy as could be, but had some pretty shoddy paint apps (which wasn't entirely unbearable nor unfix-able.) My iGear seekers (third party Transformers I know, but the seeker set is so close to the original molds they might as well be knock offs...) are really awesome, and in fact, almost better than the real deal. I have seen the KO NECA TMNT firsthand at a recent toy expo, and they are nearly indistinguishable from the original product (except for the colored headbands of course) and are quite amazing. And on the other spectrum, I bought some KO Halo weapons from China that, while looking great, didn't work at all with the figures they were made for.

The frustrating thing about it is that there's no real forum or site that I know of to dive into and do some research with before dropping 20 or 30 bucks and waiting for a month for what could be a total crap shoot. I've spent hours scouring through Google, message boards, and YouTube, with little to no luck. While I've seen reviews on the bootleg NECA Turtles online, you would think there would be more information or reviews on some of the others out there, especially in the case of Marvel Legends, where people are dropping big bucks to get their hands on rare chase figures or figures that are under-distributed from Hasbro overall.

All that aside, after seeing Cidman911's post, I'll probably end up getting an authentic wave 3 Deadpool in gray off of an American Ebay seller, and give the Chinese sellers an experimental shot when the disposable income is available. I really do like that loud silver and black version, but I'd rather take a chance only after I have what I really want.