This situation raises concerns about unscrupulous dealers selling bootlegs as genuine articles and scrupulous ones unknowingly doing the same.
The counterfeit Generation 1 toys remain extremely controversial because they are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. A second knockoff company, Kidi Toys, briefly produced high end G1 knockoffs as well. Zhong Jin also has produced many color and plastic variants of their knockoffs, such as translucent versions, which were never previously released (and some of which that were, like Jafcon Black Optimus Prime). Since 2005, many counterfeit Generation 1 products have surfaced from Zhong Jin, including Optimus Prime, Minibots, Cassettes, Autobot cars, Devastator, Dinobots, and Gnaw. Unlike normal knockoffs, these sell for remarkably high prices. Originating from a company called Zhong Jin in China, both the packaging and toy of the knockoffs look nearly identical to the original. Starting around 2005, high quality Generation 1 knockoffs began to appear on eBay. And of course, the realistic counterfeit G1 toys were also widely available on eBay from any number of different sellers. Happy Well knockoffs took up shelf space next to Transformers Armada toys at Walmart. The Kidi Toys gestalt knockoffs were widely available at Family Dollar and Kay Bee Toy Liquidator stores, and saturated eBay. In the 2000s, knockoffs became more accessible. Some knockoff transforming robot toys did show up in chain toy stores, such as the Convert-A-Bots Sky Garry and Tek Toys Voltron I-both widely available at Toys"R"Us-but they were few and far between. Many fans had luck finding them at flea markets, hole-in-the-wall non-chain toy stores, or discount stores like Big Lots. Through most of the 1990s, knockoffs were relatively difficult to find in the West.
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There was also an accompanying TV ad campaign in which Optimus Prime and Megatron stress brand loyalty by stating, "We are the only ones that have the right to wear. To combat this, the rubsign was developed, made with a patented technology that was difficult (at that time) to forge.
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Some bootlegs even preceded their Transformers counterparts like Reflector. Because of this, there were bootlegs on the shelf at the same time as their legitimate Hasbro counterparts. As the majority of the line came from Diaclone and Micro Change toys that had been released in Japan a year or two earlier, Hong Kong bootleggers had plenty of time to copy the molds. Knockoffs were a real problem in the mid-1980s. On your knees, Jumpstarters! Kneel before your living GOD! The world of knockoffs is a strange land of gigantic chromed swords, Gundam/ Brave card art, and wacky packaging translations.
Odd colors, excess chrome, resizings, and modifications are common. However, the quality of knockoffs is often poorer than that of the originals, including bad plastic quality, bad sticker application, and bad paint applications. Whether an original design, modified, or slavishly copied, knockoffs are often cheaper than the products of major toymakers. Original designs based on Hasbro characters, commonly referred to as "third party toys", have their own page under " IP theft". The term is also applied by fans, however, to some robots whose design was entirely original with the manufacturer, if said manufacturer is commonly associated with knockoffs, or if this maker's products are often sold in company with knockoffs.
Not all transforming robots from makers other than Hasbro, TakaraTomy, Bandai, or other major toy makers are knockoffs, but those toys which wholly or partly duplicate pre-existing designs are well-qualified for the term. 4.2 Hasbro's intervention (or lack thereof).3.1 Countries and Regions that produce or once produced knockoffs.2.4 High quality Masterpiece knock-offs.2.2 High quality Generation 1 counterfeits.
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