Board 8 > Any pokemon toy collectors have insight into spotting fakes?

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I was at a flea market and picked up some pokemon figures at the bottom of a bin for a few bucks.

Several of them are pretty easy to spot as legit. However, I have some "Tomy" toys that I just don't know about.

In my searches I found that these Takara Tomy 1.5 inch figures are more notorious for being faked. After an hour and half I just can't find anything straightforward for spotting these fakes.

Insight into the copyright marks, the numbers that are pressed on the toys, etc would be helpful.

For instance, the ones I have have nintendo's first 3 Japanese symbols used in the copyright line, not "Nintendo" written in English letters.

Images or videos comparing a real figure to a fake figure would be great. Any links or advice would be graciously accepted.

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KB

Oh... and if there is a more specific board I should/could take this topic... or other sites that might garner better direction.. please let me know.

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KB

I think you are looking for this board

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-toys-and-collectables

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SuperNiceDog? More like GuruNiceDog.

http://myfigurecollection.net/search.php?overall=pokemon+Takara+Tomy+

if there's a red counterfeit word listed, click on it and you'll see pics of the usual fakes.

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Dr voltchball - best in the world.

Not sure what's up with that last link...

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KB