Comments on: Avoiding Booleg Figures

By: picchar

picchar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:50 +0000

Hi kyonkyon, As far as I know, Nendoroids are all made in China. Since you're planning to buy from Yahoo! Auctions Japan, it should be alright since the sellers are most likely to be from Japan. For the pictures, if the quality of the items look good, then they're probably authentic. Just make sure that they look like they were taken by the seller and not just downloaded from the figure company's website. Most of my figures were bought online, save the first few ones I bought from the Philippines from reputable stores. The online stores I trust are Play Asia, Hobby Link Japan and Hobby Search. I only risked eBay once.

By: kyonkyon

kyonkyon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:07:58 +0000

Hello! Thank you very very much for posting this.. I’m just starting my nendoroid collection (as of now, I only have 1 and I haven’t even touched it yet. and this entry is really helpful for someone like me who also hates bootlegs.

I found your blog by searching for this question, are authentic nendoroids also made in china? Or should they be “made in japan”? I plan to bid on some auctions in yahoo! auctions japan through a proxy and the pictures of the items always say that they’re “made in china”.. The quality of the items are great though based on close-ups. So.. can you please tell me if they’re more than likely fake or not? Thanks!

By: picchar

picchar — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:04:39 +0000

Thanks and you’re welcome ^_^ Good luck in the future!

By: Nikore Uichi

Nikore Uichi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:49:29 +0000

Hi!
I just wanted to let you know that this post was a huge help ( I’ve been recently been ensnared by figure collecting ) and I’m kicking myself for just buying a highly suspect figure off eBay( luckily it wasn’t costly > <; ). Thank you for the tips!