Yes, folks. You've heard it right. Those sharply-detailed, well-loved and equally-steep Dissidia Final Fantasy Trading Arts volume one had been bastardized by some Evil bay sellers already.
Here, I've prepared a short article on how to differentiate Dissidia bootlegs from authentics.
I'll be using my own pics for the Dissidia authentics. I do not have Cloud so anyone with the Cloud Dissidia Trading Arts please take a hi-res front and back pic. You'll be credited accordingly.
As for the bootlegs, I'll be using the pics of this fraudlent e-bay seller that had even confidently watermarked his own bullcrap.
Right. Let's begin!
= Warrior of Light =
AUTHENTICS
BOOTLEG
There are two versions of the Warrior of Light Bootleg that exists: With the bent horns and with no horns (the one below).
Front
Blue Ring - Noticeably lack of horns.
Green Ring - Shows the lack of metallic paint job in the spikes of the gauntlet and black undershirt.
Red Ring - Cracks in the paint job and the small beads in the area are not painted.
Back
Red Ring - WTF happened to his mop-like silver locks?! It looks like dripping cement!
Blue Ring - Cracks in the paint job
= Cloud Strife =
AUTHENTICS
Pics borrowed from Ami Ami Shop.
Click here for more photos of the awesome real deal.
AUTHENTICS
Pics borrowed from Ami Ami Shop.
Click here for more photos of the awesome real deal.
BOOTLEG
I must say the bootleg is well done and scanning it for tell-tale signs of bootlegs is like playing "Spot the Difference" in a local newspaper or wheresoever. But of course, a keen eye will be able to tell apart the differences that...
Red Ring - That area should be lighter red and silver in color to be distinctive from the color of the blade.
Green Ring - Hair is painted in darker hues, scintillating to orange in color like the sleeves on Tidus' torn shirt.
Purple Ring - Face looks like a retard. I mean, if it's Cloud, he looks emo but not to the point of looking so retarded like that.
Blue Ring - LOL Steroids? Exaggerated amount of detail reveals that the figure has darker skin.
Yellow Ring - The authentic reveals that Cloud is wearing three to four iron rings in each finger whereas the bootleg shows he's wearing only one for each finger.
= Squall Leonhart =
AUTHENTICS
BOOTLEG
Front
Blue Ring - Face looks like a retarded emo kid. The hair is also darker in color.
Red Ring - The belt buckle (lion) looks retarded too.
Green Ring - Paint bleeds
Yellow Ring - Somewhat metallic finish or it's over shiny.
Back
Green Ring - Excess plastic (flashes).
Yellow Ring - Griever Keychain in the Gunblade shows bland detailing/sculpt
= Zidane Tribal =
BOOTLEG
Front
Red Ring - Cracks in the paint job.
Blue Ring - Lacks proper shading in his brown belts.
Purple Ring - The beads in his tie are supposed to be green NOT blue.
Orange Ring - Looks like shit really. His sword's handle is definitely not in that color and that there's an excess metallic green paint on his hand.
Yellow Ring - That area is supposed to be lighter in color and is supposed to be gray.
Green Ring - Lack of black outlines and gray shading.
Back
Green Ring - Poorly-shaded area.
Blue Ring - Cracks on the paint job.
= Tidus =
BOOTLEG
Front
Blue Ring - The sword may be permanently attached that way and it looks like bullcrap.
Green Ring - It looks darker like a Honeycomb, readily to be attack by bootleg-hating bees and that there's excess paint going all the way to his arm.
Purple Ring - It's supposed to be an orange to yellow gradient...not plain yellow.
Red Ring - Bland details and wrong paint color applied.
Yellow Ring - Lacks the small red bead that decorates his V-shaped white collar.
Back
Yellow Ring - The Metal shoulder bracer of shorts has paint cracks. The silver coating on the "studs" are cracking off and the yellow under layer is shown.
Blue Ring - Painted just plain black whereas its supposed to be black to dark gray.
Green Ring - Supposed to be yellow to orange to red gradient.
Purple Ring - Absolutely incorrect paint job. The string is supposed to have Orange to dark orange gradient.
Red Ring - The silver zipper of his messenger bag of sorts is not painted on.
That ends the short article about the Dissidia Bootlegs.
Do watch out for this Lam Lam guy but we also have to admire his drop of honesty for posting actual pics of the actual products.
1 comments:
Wow, I would have never known that. I usually buy figures cause they look awesome. But this is actually good information.
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