[TheLongestDay]

Hey guys and gals

Does anyone know what the deal is with the TMNT figures sold by the Chinese sellers on Ebay?

Ive always assumed the figures you get from most China based sellers were leftovers etc from the factories but I recently got a set of all 4 Movie Turtles and spotted a few key differences.



For starters the colors seem a bit brighter on the "official" figures, secondly the paint apps are slightly different (although Im not sure if this is the same with the Official figures anyway).
For example on the Chinese Mikey, his necklace isnt painted all the way, but his wrist chain is whereas its not even painted slightly on the official figure





Mikeys hoodie is brown on the Chinese figure also.





Also you will notice all the weapons on the Chinese versions actually have paint apps unlike the completely unpainted ones in the packaged figures.



SO, are these knockoffs made from the same molds?
Are they leftovers from an early test run?
Are they prototypes/promotional/example figures????