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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Bootlegs... China's best !

Power-Man, ?, China, 2000's
I know some collectors only do collect these... I just love them because : 1) they are cheap (yes, we do have a financial crisis over here in Portugal) and 2) they are much more naive than most of the "licensed" toys that try to get up to the latest detail of the particular movie / cartoon or serie.

Then also, they are stupidly fragile. Give these to any kid and they will last 2 or 3 hours max without loosing an arm or head, catch fire or give a lead-paint or other nasty chemical reaction to your cherished ones... So, from the collectors point of view - really fragile is really hard to find in good condition in 20-30 years, right ? Fisher Price toys are not that hard to find because they can withstand an Elephant playing with them... These? Not even an ant...

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4 comments:

  1. David MartinsApril 9, 2014 at 3:40 PM

    just bought the spider.man one this past weekend, at the Feira de velharias da Fuseta. love bootlegs :-)

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  2. David MartinsApril 10, 2014 at 11:31 AM

    Here is mine: http://i.imgur.com/LvDySTo.jpg

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  3. Geoffrey PeetersApril 10, 2014 at 10:16 PM

    This is cool Cine31 ! I did not know they made them / sold them in individual packaging :)

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  4. David MartinsApril 11, 2014 at 1:40 AM

    :) And I think I have the Superman too, but it's loose and when I bought a few months ago the S shield is missing. And I think I saw for sale (also loose) a Batman, very similiar to these two. It was a shame that I didn't buy it :(

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