Denim&Venöm 16,517 July 9, 2017 Share July 9, 2017 You can't make this up. South Korean Police uncovered $6.27 billion worth of counterfeit Pokemon merch that was set to be distributed to claw grab machines across the country. Don't believe me? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CypherHoof 26,479 July 9, 2017 Share July 9, 2017 Sounds about right. The production cost of a plushie is negligible, with IP rights and markup at each stage of the channel (and taxes of course, always taxes) making up the bulk of the price. In some cases, the "counterfeit" merch even comes from the same factory, just without paying for the IP (and using fake tags in place of the genuine ones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas 27,067 July 9, 2017 Share July 9, 2017 lol wow I mean, they don't look to bad actually 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LugiaFan249 45 July 9, 2017 Share July 9, 2017 Those are counterfeit? They look pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonClaw 8,153 July 9, 2017 Share July 9, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, LugiaFan249 said: Those are counterfeit? They look pretty good! Counterfeit doesn't always mean bad. A good Counterfeit is also indistinguishable from a licensed product. I'm not sure if I should be amazed or not that there's a market for this... Edited July 9, 2017 by PoisonClaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CypherHoof 26,479 July 9, 2017 Share July 9, 2017 1 minute ago, PoisonClaw said: Counterfeit doesn't always mean bad. A good Counterfeit is also indistinguishable from a licensed product. I'm not sure if I shouldon't be amazed or not that there's a market foresearch this... I am just amazed enough people win at those claw machines they need to refill them 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest July 12, 2017 Share July 12, 2017 (edited) They seem pretty well done, lol, but holy moly 6 billion is a lot. Edited July 12, 2017 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan 3,254 July 12, 2017 Share July 12, 2017 (edited) There's a pun here somewhere, but I'm just Natu clever to think of it Edited July 12, 2017 by Vulcan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarston1 5,952 July 12, 2017 Share July 12, 2017 Dang for counterfeits these look really good. If I wasn't told they weren't the real deal I would have thought they were official. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thuja 3,658 July 12, 2017 Share July 12, 2017 I'm not surprised, amused, but not surprised. There's also a market for counterfeit anime figures as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarCoatxMarblePie 701 July 12, 2017 Share July 12, 2017 Should give em out to kids during christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormBlaze 991 July 13, 2017 Share July 13, 2017 crane game plushies have always been fakies or unofficial merch. Last year Denz won 2 eeveeloution pokedolls from a game and they were clearly very fake, def those ones you see on ebay a lot for like $2. Still cute though. Thats kinda a shame with the fakie stuff at this quality, the Real Pokemon Center merch is really expensive and hard to get across the world unless you know how and where to look for them (seriously when they get to a year old, the price rockets - Arcanine is now at least $80 for one). So if you have a kid who really really wants a gyrados or ninetales, you either fork out a ton for a real PC one, or track down a cheaper bootleg that looks the same. 6 mil is a looooot of pokemon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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