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The Toyark › DC Toy News › Kotobukiya Warns Of Fake Versions Of Their Products

Kotobukiya Warns Of Fake Versions Of Their Products

Posted on August 6, 2013 at 9:50 am by Joe Moore under DC Toy News

Kotobukiya has posted a consumer alert warning about some counterfeit versions of their Justice League ARTFX+ Statues. Here’s the warning direct from Kotobukiya:

It has come to our attention that a company going by the name “Crazy Toys” is engaging in fraudulent and unlawful activity by manufacturing and distributing counterfeits of our Justice League ARTFX+ statues. Imitations of Superman and Green Lantern have currently begun to surface on the market. In an effort to inform and protect our customers from these inferior products we are providing the following insights as a general guideline of characteristics these bootlegs exhibit:

Product packaging consists of a cardboard box with wrap-around graphics and die-cut viewing window

Poor casting resulting in a lack of detail retention on the statue

Usage of inferior materials prone to warping and distortion

Missing or poorly applied paint

Magnets absent from the bottom of the statue’s feet

Bases missing the Justice League emblem or it remains unpainted

Kotobukiya appreciates your continued support and commitment when it comes to purchasing only officially licensed and manufactured products. If you have reason to believe a retailer is passing these items off as official ARTFX+ releases please contact us at [email protected]

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  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    08-06-2013, 06:50 AM

    Kotobukiya Warns Of Fake Versions Of Their Products

  2. Death2Fanboys's Avatar Death2Fanboys says

    08-06-2013, 07:37 AM

    I have all 5 from Kotobukiya and looking at the images closely these counterfits look so dull. The Hair and Logo of Superman looks like it was plaster and not sculpture. I highlighted the detail of mine statues in a video.

    Kotobukiya New 52 Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman Statues - YouTube

  3. dragon has no avatar! dragon says

    08-06-2013, 01:54 PM

    Dont own any of these statures but I cant tell diffence by looking at hair but smaller detail knock off of lantern is looking down and left real lantern has some shine to his costume and is looking straight
    Ahead looking up not down, superman real statue has red around his neck his head is slightly centerd with his while knock off of superman is lightly tilted to lower left and has no red around his I dont own any genuine real staturws here but my first statement knock off is in card board box realdeal is plastic see through case

  4. Poison Shadow's Avatar Poison Shadow says

    08-06-2013, 02:20 PM

    To my eyes (as dysfunctional as they are) the differences between the Superman statues are minimal. Green Lantern's pose was clearly altered (which may be due to the warping mentioned by Koto?) and has a few other visible differences I can spot, but just going by these pics I don't get a sense of the quality being that much worse.

    Depending on the prices I could definitely see people choosing to go with the fakes rather than being duped into it.

  5. trebleshot's Avatar trebleshot says

    08-07-2013, 05:32 AM

    Weird choices to KO. I would think the whole idea behind KOs is a quick money grab, and by that token they would want to pick cheap, easily reproduced products that consumers wouldn't think twice about when they bought it (for the novelty and/or the price).

    I'm curious to see how much the bootleggers are charging for these knock-offs, because I have to assume that Koto collectors are going to be very particular about their purchases and I don't see them getting easily fooled.

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