[Trivial Psychic]

So out of one part boredom, one part curiuosity, and one part in need of cheap buck and fodder parts for a custom I am in the process of planning, I decided to take a chance on one of those KO Black Cat figures from China-Bay. Paid only 8 bucks for her with free shipping, and she arrived in about 2 weeks in a little plastic baggie surrounded by a generous amount of bubble wrap.



And here she is, out of the baggie, with some thoughts...



While I didn't have my original Felicia out to do a side by side comparison, the differences are really minute and outside of the completely different skin tone, and the colors in the hair and fur, most of them are a bit difficult to spot. The articulation is the same, however the bootleg actually has better articulation in the hands and wrists. The most notable thing though is the plastic, which is completely different from the authentic version, and is of a much harder make. This makes the calf cuts a little difficult to turn, and the left leg snapped right off shortly after taking her out of the package. Thankfully, it was a clean breakage, due mostly to a lack of glue holding the thigh together, and wasn't unfixable, although this has left me wondering if I should get me another body (such as Wasp) before I finally start putting my project together.

All in all, despite the break, it's not a bad bootleg, and if Felicia was still going for the high prices that she was initially, I would recommend it (although with a buyer beware warning of course.) Thankfully prices for Black Cat have dropped somewhat over the years, and unless you like KO figures, there's nothing really to see here.