[SpasticPlastic]

NECA's stuff is manufactured in China, so there is a chance that it is a legitimate item made at the real factory not in some guys garage or whatever. I know factories always run more than what a company orders, in case of error, defect, etc. When we had our first CD pressed, I received (and was billed for) 23 more than I had ordered. So, in theory, NECA's factory could have run a hundred more for bleed off and not shipped that hundred to the States, because of defect on the box or the product, or simply because they only ship actual ordered quantities. Then some slick, yet unsavory, character decides to help himself to the castoffs and sell them on eBay.

Another possibility is that it was made in the real factory using NECA's molds, but was not part of an authorized production run. Some good old fashioned late night, after hours piracy.

My roundabout point is that it COULD be a real set from the real factory, but I'm not sure that I would trust it. If it's coming direct from the factory, then that means it never was sent to NECA. Has to be a reason for that.

That is, of course, assuming that it is "authentic" and not a straight up bootleg. The pictures look fine to me, but I have no comparison.