Can you tell me weather I have a real or a fake PVC Statue? Yeah its a shame that shops carry fake nendoroids, but good job avoiding them! Take a look at my earlier pictures and see if you can notice some differences in the real and fake nendoroid. And thanks for your kindness, you are awesome! Reference: OKL_014160_N. Should there be some kind of snapping sound when they fit in? I ordered a Miku nendoroid from Crunchyroll (supposed to be arriving in June), and I didnt really check any of the photos. The vast majority of Nendoroids are sold-out within only a couple months of release, and very few Nendoroids ever receive a second production run. Would bootlegs be less likely? , Good call being careful before buying! I checked a few of my nendoroid boxes but none of them had such a sticker, even the ones with the AAA distro sticker on the back didnt have it. Thanks for posting this. Buy Good Smile Nendoroid God's Blessing You In This Wonderful World! I know this article was posted a while ago but I wanted to say thanks for posting this. would that be a safer bet? So going to have to stick to buying Oreimo prize figures in pairs and their figmas for now. The quality so far looks pretty nice despite being simple figures. Pingback: / // . KonoSuba:God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! If we paid the higher price, of course we wanted the real deal. Fate Series nendoroids will be always come with Type Moon (TM) stickers right? There is one on Mandarake however for 3,500 yen ( 37 USD ) + shipping : http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-856821.html . Yup, you can definitely trust Crunchyroll, all the stuff they sell is legit. Hope this helps! Price is way too cheap, plus Ive heard nothing but bad things from milanoo.com. Kid Nemo Company Good luck! Nendo Dream 1.08K subscribers This video will show you some common signs between an authentic nendoroid and a bootleg nendoroid. I posted a question about a minute ago, but I cant find my question. 2. With over 300 different designs , only a handful have ever been reprinted; many of the endless Hatsune Miku models are the exception(and just recently Shimakaze from Kantai Collection). (This is in addition to my previous comment) I paid $55 for her. A fuzzy or pixelated image is a dead giveaway. If you have any questions to ask, be sure to leave a comment and Ill do my best to answer! I had a hard time figuring it out at first. Thank you so much for this article! I happened to be looking at the stand a couple of minutes ago, and I noticed that it said made in China. But what I was struggling with was actually explaining to the I wanna be a good collector! youngins how I can pick up a box and simply /know/. Most Pre-Orders will be delayed by 1-2 months. Facial features are NOT distorted/messed up. As an aside, fake nendoroid stands usually just say MADE IN CHINA where as real nendoroids have the companys name on it. I ended up buying a bootleg Mikasa Nendoroid! La preventa de la figura Nendoroid de Sylphy comenzar el 28 de febrero y finalizar el 13 de abril. I figured it out myself yesterday, but thanks anyway. If you cant really figure out then its okay haha Ill find another site :3. Today were going to be reviewing how to spot and avoid fake nendoroids. Thanks for replying! I am wondering if theyre bootlegs. Buying online can definitely be more of a challenge when it comes to avoiding bootlegs but as you stated as long as you research the seller, or just buy from a know trusted seller, things should be fine. The leader of the band of thieves made for the good of the people and the world.. "Very well. Greetings and have a nice day! Is the square base that says MADE IN CHINA fake? Thank goodness I can never make up my mind because I would have bought one by now, and probably a fake one at that! This is because the Chinese companies scan the images off the original Max Factory boxes and then reprint them onto their own boxes! I just found out a few months ago that they were bootlegs, as Jun Senoue put on his Twitter that the company that made all of these soundtracks only produces unofficial products. L is a very popular bootleg nendoroid, since he was released a long time ago its probably more common to find the bootleg version than the official Goodsmile one. We both dont want to open the box before completing the transaction T.T. Thanks for your help! http://www.toylet.net/969237.html You know, there are some people who cannot afford to buy genuine-nendo, and they dont mind with the fakeas long they can own the physical substance of their idol-chara. Ill be way more careful now, i think i almost bought a fake nendo on my citys local anime-con but i noticed the hair wasnt holding correctly to the figures head and i could see that the face looked strange. The snow miku nendoroid will be a bit more tricky to find. From what you described she sounds legit, I think you should be fine. Our products are usually based on anime, manga or games that are popular in Japan, China, and the USA. So i asume there is no secure way to get a real one, now that is realy anoying, I just got my first Nendoroid last week, and I just opened it yesterday. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GCpi0vAk85Q/U34rJGl_uhI/AAAAAAAAMl0/u0MHma0_TqE/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG MEGUMIN Figure [MINT] #A2552-31. I guess I lucked out because his outfit and color scheme is so simple that itd take a real dumb**** to screw up that paint job Oh, and of course I bought it on eBay. After all its the policy. Glad you liked the article. But overall I think people would be happier saving up for an official figure as compared to buying a fake. From what you described it does sound like you have a legit nendoroid. On the other hand, authentic figmas that are exported to be sold overseas may be labeled with a white sticker in place of the holographic sticker. Obviously there are people who mark things up even if they are a bootleg. I get the PVC smell all the time, some are stronger than others though. Yeah I would say to go with the plamoya one, youre probably better off buying from them, Hello? Is there still a possibility of getting something fake or damaged? http://www.dhgate.com/product/retail-cute-4-quot-nendoroid-hatsune-miku/170123098.html#s4-8-1|3551155870, http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-Gift-Nendoroid-Series-Vocaloid-Snow-Hatsune-Miku-Figure-207/1897166546.html, (I almost bought a Mikasa nendoroid but the first picture looks like a fake and was very inexpensive so I decided against it) I wasnt sure about this before but now I am. Occasionally you might be able to find one second hand through amiami or mandarake for cheap but it can be hard. Nippon Yasan carries genuine figures so theres no need to worry about bootlegs there. I bought the figure for a hefty $10 US from a shady Chinese guy, so that sort of sealed the deal for me in concluding that my figure is a fake. Oh no i did the most stupid thing in the world TT wTT now i have to do something because i have two fake nendoroids on their way to my mail but anyways thanks now i have learned a lesson, Sorry to hear about your fake nendoroids! Thank you so very much! Characteristics of fakes include messups in the paint job, overly shiny faces (will touch more about this point further down), parts falling off, parts broken, poorly packaged, and damaged box. Got my from Crunchyroll last Nov, they did inventory check at the end of year. The sticker (its round) says Kadokawa Production which is the company licenses Haruhi Suzumiya and the box is neat, has no discoloration. Your article helps me pin down in better detail what it is I/we saw that clearly identifies bootleg markers of the figurine itself (my it just *looks* better! answer doesnt help people much sometimes LOL). Furthermore, the nendoroid with the most number of bootlegs created is probably Miku, as shes very popular. Theres a section on myfigurecollection where users can sell their figures to other users: http://myfigurecollection.net/sale/ . Is http://japan-best.com/ a good store to buy figures? Okini Land: Worldwide Online Shop. I really hope I dont get a fake sebastian one. Her paint job is good and her skin isnt shiny at all.She had that smell new Nendoroids have when I took her out the box.Her stand is round but it has CFMs label on it.I bought her in Thailand when I was still new to the Nendoroid series. Again these are a few trusted online retailers you can buy from. However, they made sure to put that I could have an exchange if the item was still available. These fees are applied per package, and are not included in the cost of the order. Once I do though, they stay there. . I dont think it is a bootleg, even though the joints were tricky at first. If the price is absurdly low, you have a fake. The plastic case on the fake one barely fit together, where as the plastic case on the real one fit nice and tight. Trust me, you might want to check out their site. They are made of cheap plastic, and its easy to see that they are cheap. For example, the original nendoroid would have a solid shade of brick red, while the fake would have a pastel-like red. $50+, U.S. Standard: Premium Plus + Ultimate Fan Account, U.S Standard: 2 Day Shipping for In-Stock Only. Anything from this site is real? Oh bother! http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/auc-terraformer/item/200000014439/ I hope that more articles like this is being spread in the internet, because lately, at least in where live, there are villains who take the crime a step further by selling these improved bootlegs at the full price of their original counterparts. Authentic boxes from Max Factory will have images with clean, crisp edges. So dont be worried, it seems like this is a common problem with Nendoroid Petits. http://www.hyperionz.net/products/sword-art-online-asuna-figma, http://whttp://www.hyperionz.net/collections/nendoroid/products/nendroid-puella-magi-madoka-magica-kyouko-sakuraww.ofudaimports.com/honma-menma-meiko-nendoroid-collectible-figure/, http://www.ofudaimports.com/honma-menma-meiko-nendoroid-collectible-figure/. I wanted a Date Masamune (from Sengoku Basara) Nendoroid but when i went onto the websites that youve mentioned that sells legit Nendoroids and other products from GCS, i couldnt find it. The real nendoroid (one on the right) is packed much better, while the one on the right uses only a plastic bag for the nendoroid. The mikasa nendoroid hasnt been officially released yet (She will be released later this month), so anybody trying to sell you a figure that isnt released is obviously selling you a fake. Free shipping for many products! Please note that images shown may differ from the final product. Thanks for the comment! thanks, Im definitely adding to my bookmarks to reference when i pull out my old nendoroids to make sure theyre legit. Another huge thing to look at is the paint job. Its a great place to find figures that might be hard to find. Her box isnt exactly in good condition but my friend told me that it probably got bumped around during transport. She's been recreated based on Kurone Mishima's illustration from the 14th volume of the light novel. They may also contain descriptions like "China version" to avoid admitting that they are fake; similar weasel-word terms include "hand-made" (and its often-associated "item size may vary") and "colors may differ on your screen". Ive bought some pre-owned figures that have this. Please help! Youd think an anime con would be more on top of preventing sales of bootleg merchandise, but I guess thats just wishful thinking. Sometimes its hard to tell looking through the plastic window of the nendoroid box to see if the nendoroid is a fake, but sometimes you can tell without even looking at the nendoroid itself. Well now that you know more about spotting fake nendoroids hopefully you can steer clear of those bootlegs. If it ships from China, that's a bad sign. Ive seen bootleg nendoroids for sale which have a holographic sticker that says OFFICIAL, when the nendoroid was obviously fake. My country taxes a lot and pretty much none of these sites will send them as gift (to avoid taxes) and have expensive shippings. And for some reason, the fakeFlans hat fits better and more firmly than realFlan. This includes questions such as "Is my figure a bootleg?" and "Can I trust this seller?". KADOKAWA presents a 1/7th scale figure of Megumin from KONO SUBARASHII SEKAI NI SYUKUFUKU WO!! Want to know more? The thing about buying nendoroids (especially more recent ones) is that its very hard to find cheap ones below the MSRP. While MFC does not list every legitimate item for various reasons, it does reject unlicensed ones. Consistently earned 5-star reviews, shipped orders on time, and replied quickly to messages, Looks like you already have an account! Checked with the Goodsmile bootleg advisory, and they say that the bootleg #303s dont have the white wrapped paper around the box. And the forum is : You could send me some pictures and Ill have a look, hopefully your figure is legitimate! http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/218/a/4/08_06_22_20_26_308_by_xxdustcatxx-d7txlkd.jpg I couldnt understand it. Cant find anything about these stickers. The eyes are also almost completely different from the real one, and the face is severely discolored. Definitely not the only series that got snubbed in the face department. ^^ do you by chance know if this is authentic?? I didnt see any Nendoroids at the con I went to. Im terribly sorry if Im bothering you however after readinh your magnificent article I just had to ask one thing. From the anime series "KONO SUBARASHII SEKAI NI SYUKUFUKU WO! Compare yours to the counterfeit and the user pictures- Do not compare yours to the prototype. I stumbled on this site : rakuten, Japanese imports for Canada (i live in Montreal, Canada) and as I was searching for Nendoroids and some of them are really low priced and i find it suspicious as the provided pictures they show are it looks like an image saved from an official site http://global.rakuten.com/en/search?st=&tl=0&k=nendoroid and you seem quite the knowledgeable resource to ask. sad to say most otaku shops in the Philippines is selling fake nendroids. Learn more. I have bought from ebay and gotten legit figures, but you just need to be careful. People often ask about the legitimacy and/or safety of a number of websites which sell large resin statues. 2" comes a rerelease of the Nendoroid of the wizard with delusions of grandeur and an affinity to the Explosion spell - Megumin! Megumin wears a classical . From what you described it sounds like you have a real one. I needed this information since I was so close to buying my first nendoroid only a few hours ago. and looks like i got an official lion saber. I wanted to thank you so much for this! Selling her in EU, Germany. . There was a nendo I wanted to buy from that same seller. Figure Haven Here at figmaWORLD.com, we GUARANTEE that all our figmas are100% AUTHENTIC. Happy to hear the article helped you out! :3. I have read the whole thing including all the comments which took me I think 3 hours (And Im a fast reader) T^T But its worth it xD I was going to buy my first nendoroid, looking on all websites for the cheapest I could find without realizing that there were fakes! Today I bought a Snow Miku 2009 Nendo, and while I got so excited to have her in my hands, I saw she was fake. 2015/12/14. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Good Smile Comapny Nendoroid KonoSuba 2 Megumin Action Figure JAPAN ZA-200 at the best online prices at eBay! : http://www.greattoysonline.com/gto/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21734. Customers in the United States can purchase this product at the. Thank you for the good tips! While Ive never bought anything from Crunchyroll, Im pretty sure they sell legit nendoroids. anyway very good post helped me a lot. ALL authentic figmas come with a genuine figma stand. The genius arch-wizard and member of the Crimson Magic Clan, Megumin is joining the Nendoroid series!! Thanks u/TychoRC for creating this guide and helping answer questions! Dont buy her!!! The vast majority of Nendroids cost 3000-3500 at retails stores in Japan or from actual Japanese mail order retailers, so add shipping, exchange and the otaku idiot tax, and you pay ~$60USD. This increases the possibility of receiving a bootleg from them even if the seller appears to be otherwise trustworthy (even for "shipped and sold by Amazon.com"), and should be considered a reason to avoid them if possible. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure exploded in popularity thanks to its awesomely over-the-top third season Stardust Crusaders, which starred Jotaro Kujo. In my hands I have two Miku Hatsune nendoroids. I have a question, though: I really want to buy this Snow Miku Strawberry Kimono Version (#303): Looked at the figure its not glossy and the paint job is not messy. Hello. Make sure the nendoroid has reviews & be sure to read them before you buy. No problem, happy to help! The arch-wizard who casts the powerful Explosion spell!From the anime series KONO SUBARASHII SEKAI NI SYUKUFUKU WO! However some people do complain a bit about Nippon Yasan in regards to prices, slow shipping and customer service. I know I got it from here, but I cant remember xP Sorry about that!! It was then that I learned to judge whether something was fake or not by how much it cost and where it was from (China produces a lot of bootlegs). Im working on a video that will give tips for new figure collectors, do you mind if I use some of your pictures? grr! and stuff and I dont get it because mine (a bootleg) kinda looks the same as any normal ones. Nendoroid figma POP UP PARADE 18+ Figures Acrylic Stands Keychains & Straps Wall Scrolls & Posters Manga & Magazines Stationery Apparel Can Badges Towels & Other Cloth Items Tableware Whether you're into classic anime like Sailor Moon or Dragon Ball Z, or searching for hot new series like Jujutsu Kaisen or My Hero Academia, we've got it all! I want to start a collection of Touhou figures, and I found some alarmingly cheap ones at ebay, which are no doubt fakes. Thanks again for any help. I had just received a Sonic Nendoroid for Christmasand as soon as I got it out of the box, its head came off D: I went through your guide, and Im 99% sure its real; its a high quality figure, has a sticker with SEGA on the front, has the correct base with Sega copyright, and was bought at BigBadStore.com for around $40 to $50. Are all Nendoroids jointed, and do all of them have interchangeable parts? I was a naive fool and thought that because the box looked official, that they must be authentic. But my nendoroid is from hongkong. Hello! Plus bootleg figures usually arent that much cheaper compared to their official counterparts, so it really pays to do your research and buy an official figure for a bit more. Nendoroid Megumin Brand: Good Smile Company Style#: G12958 Availability: Available Now Shipping From: This item will ship from the US $55.99 Due to geographical licensing restrictions this item can only be shipped to following countries: Purchasing from Japan or another country? Ive been tempted to buy from them myself as they have been having a bunch of sales recently, but Im already tied up with my existing pre-orders ^^. 2016/02/12. Good Smile Company. How annoying is it to buy a fake NENDOROID? Doesnt sound like luck, more like you were ripped off. Theres other sellers like Borderless World [JAPAN], anime santa etc. When in doubt, ask the seller for pictures of the actual product. Nendoroid Megumin Series KONO SUBARASHII SEKAI NI SYUKUFUKU WO! Bootlegs may be listed under fake brands rather than the known manufacturer. Thank you for this article! aquifer tim winton analysis landscape; uberti cattleman vs ruger vaquero; steve prohm contract; does noor herbal cream contain mercury; the loud house lincoln abused fanfiction Do fake Cu poche figures exist? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TcXJ0oxQp-Q/U34rJNQWC9I/AAAAAAAAMl4/nzbJ5ln7-JY/s1600/DSC_0088.JPG here are a few images (sorry for the bad quality photos) Usually I use EMS shipping since its the fastest option & has tracking. Digital goods, open DVDs and Blu-rays, smart art prints, mystery bundles, and final sale items are excluded from the return policy. And, quite oddly, the fake-nendo has it own fan-base. Ive been looking into getting some Nendroids since I am getting some money for my birthday soon and it seems the ones that I can only be found pre-owned. I was wondering is there a way to know if an online retailer is good or not ? Most fake nendoroids come with the generic round stand in the first pic, whether it actually fits the nendoroid or not ^^. The seller seems to have good reviews, and at that price point it shouldnt be a fake, but Ive never purchased from that particular seller on Amazon so I cant say for sure. That was the only real reservation I had. If it says "Chinese version", "China copy", "Hong Kong version", or "like Japanese version", you can pretty much guarantee these are all fakes. wish more ppl like me can read your article n meet their real nendoroid. Which shipping method have you used? There is a significant difference in quality between a Bootleg nendoroid and a real one. Good article. Some features may not be available unless it is enabled. Thank you so much! I feel like an idiot because I knew exactly what differences the fake one had with the original; though she was still pretty. The facemold was surprisingly decent quality compared to the articles examples though, but when she loses her arms and legs at the slightest provocation, it is difficult to recommend. As you found out you need to be super careful when buying from ebay. but thanks for this info. Its definitely not as bad some of the other bootleg nendoroids Ive seen online, but its still a fake. It does have the AAA anime distribution sticker on the bottom, but on the front has a not for sale in Japan sticker (a bit smaller than a stamp. It is a rare deal, indeed! Thank you so much for this detailed and useful guide! If it doesnt say its an official, dont buy it. Hmm the base seems to be the troublesome bit here. Megumin Nendoroid From KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

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