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GATSU
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 Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:35 pm
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Kind of ironic, considering most Bandai merch is made in China to begin with. 
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Hypeathon
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:42 pm
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Ya know if I didn't read the actual article itself, I would've been confused with when the title said "suit," it meant either a lawsuit or mobile suit.
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Kohii
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:24 pm
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Well, you can't write "CHEATING" without C-H-I-N-A
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Primus
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:42 pm
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| GATSU wrote: | Kind of ironic, considering most Bandai merch is made in China to begin with. |
It's not ironic at all. The reasons these bootlegs exist is because the toys are made in China. People steal the molds (or reverse engineer them) and make their own shoddy versions.
This specific company in particular was notorious for manufacturing a large bulk of the bootleg Beyblade merchandise that hit North America in that series' first run.
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mdo7
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:14 am
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| Primus wrote: |
| GATSU wrote: | Kind of ironic, considering most Bandai merch is made in China to begin with. |
It's not ironic at all. The reasons these bootlegs exist is because the toys are made in China. People steal the molds (or reverse engineer them) and make their own shoddy versions.
This specific company in particular was notorious for manufacturing a large bulk of the bootleg Beyblade merchandise that hit North America in that series' first run. |
You're correct on that one. Also, because we outsourced a lot of thing to China, bootleg production in China has happened for a long time. Also, I knew ANN would write up this article sooner or later. I first heard about this from Kotaku.
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Girubaato
Joined: 22 Jul 2010
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 12:54 pm
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Thus ends the funniest saga in Chinese knockoffs.
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Tomibiki
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 2:46 pm
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| Girubaato wrote: | | Thus ends the funniest saga in Chinese knockoffs. |
I see you've never seen the cesspool that is their MMO market.
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Lynx Amali
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 3:25 pm
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Hopefully this doesn't mean China-dam needs to be taken down. I love China-dam.
China-dam for next G Fighter Chinese representation?
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