boot legged merchandise
 

dose any body have any bootleg merchandise I remember I got a bootleg Leonardo figure but later when I read the thing the package said Raphael

Man, that's just sad...bootleg TMNT??? :lol: :lol: :roll: :lol: :lol: What will they think of next?

I've seen a lot of pictures online about bootleg TMNT toys. Most of the time, the colors are wrong or the initials on the belt are wrong. I can't remember the URL for the website, though... The webmaster enjoyed collecting bootleg toys.

I have been to a couple sites only about bootlegged merchandise

I have Karate Master :D He's not in his box but I only paid a dollar or so for him at the local 2nd hand store.

I also picked up some sort of Raphael "water baby" that day too :goofygri: You can fill him with water via a nozzle on the back of his shell and he wiggles just like a real baby! cutchy cuuuu!


- Cher

Ah, when a series gets really popular there are usually a lot of bootlegs, at least here...most of em are pretty funny and they usually get the names wrong or the coloring... :lol:
Like this goku action figure i had, his hair fell off and now he's bald, he looks hilarious :P
Some other products are actually pretty good, like the dragonball gt action figure i have of Pan, they got all the colors right and it seems to be done right since so far none of her parts fell off :P
So anyways...i only have 2 tmnt bootleg merchandise, the coloring book and the inflatable mike...or is it raph... :dead: (no it's not that kind of inflatable toy sickos :P it's like a beach ball, but it's not a ball, but a turtle, got it?good. :goofygri: )
The coloring book is pretty weird, but it's ok, even tho they should've atleast tried to draw em a little better.
The inflatable turtle's actually pretty cool and definitely one of my fave toys :D the only bad thing is that his bandana, pads and hand thing are red, while his belt has an M on it, so it's either comic mike or a toon raph with an m on it so they wouldn't be sued :goofygri:
It seems to be made in china (surprise surprise!duh, most of the bootleg crap comes from there :goofygri: ) and imported from there, then sold in argentina...funny, it even has an address but i've never gone there...the coloring book also has an address...the nerve of some guys.
I have 2 action figures that i'm not sure if they're bootleg or original, but i'm guessing they were original since the package was the same than the original and the action figures itself look like the original ones.
That's all i have...when the new toon comes out, if it gets popular enough you can bet there'll be bootleg merchandise everywhere here like what happend with pokemon to name but one, if that happens i'll try to get some stuff then post here again :P

I think I've seen those! There was something like that in this toy-claw machine at our local grocery store. I tried and tried, but I never got one. *pout*

I only tried using those machines like twice, and not only was i not able to get the tweety plush i wanted but i lost my also-bootleg bikermice action figure and had to buy another one :goofygri:
So in conclusion, that machine was a waste of money and gave me bad luck, and i'm not touching another one ever again :P
Unless there's something tmnt in it...in that case i might do an exception, tho i'll prolly won't get anything ;)

LOL! My mom's a total wiz at those games! She got me my cool Great White Shark plushie! :D

I like the smaller ones, where the claw looks like something off construction equipment. Where you get little rings, pencils, and temporary tattoos. I used to get these card packs called Everway Vision Cards. They were by Wizards of the Coast or something. They had cool pictures on the front, and questions on the back you'd have to answer about the picture. Like "Who is this person?" "What are they doing?" I use them to practice my writing and imagination skills.

But they stopped putting them in the machine, and I can't find them anywhere else. :(

As it pertains to bootlegged merchandise, I still wonder to this day whatever happened to that guy that was selling homemade DVDs, or whatever those things were, on eBay a while back. I think someone on these boards said he/she reported the person to eBay, but I wonder if his auction was a scam or not . . .

Other than that, I have never come across any bootlegged memorabilia.

"Reptiles! I've got your friend! And unless you want me to transport her to the labor mines of Dimension X, I suggest you come rescue her!" - Dregg, from "Divide and Conquer"

Well...'scam', it depends on how you see it.
They were actual working dvds (vcds actually but kinda the same thing only less quality)
So they did worked, it's just that it was lower quality...and i don't think the auction stopped...well actually i lost the link to the auction so i couldnt keep track of it but in ebay stuff like that almost never gets closed.

Re: boot legged merchandise
 

I love collecting those things! Some of them are so cheezy but that's what I like about 'em. I took a pic of some of the bootlegs in my collection.

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/TMNTBootlegs.jpg

My favorite bootlegs to date, are the TMNTortoise's. They're so cute! They're mini replicas of the original figures. Even the tiny belts are removable. Much Cuteness! :goof: You can see a close up photo here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/Comparison.jpg

:lol: Teenage Mutant Ninja Tortoises!? That's too funny! Where did you find all that bootleg merchandise? I wonder how they manage to get away with producing that stuff...

Awww.. those TMNTortoises are SO cute! Of couse, they could never match the cuteness of my custom chibi figures. Bwahahahahaha! :evilgrin:

I suppose it would be easier to find the stuff at flea markets and dollar stores, where the big chain stores don't go.

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yeah it's goofy but I like it. :P I bought practically all my bootlegs off eBay. I found a seller who had a large collection of them and I bought practically everything he had.

Chibi style?! Awwwww how cute! If you happen to have a pic, may I see them? :) I was thinking of making some chibi / superdeformed style plush turtles at some point. Can you believe those tortoises even have the same articulation as the original figs? Their some of the most impressive bootlegs I've seen.

the package doesn't say. it only says 'made in taiwan' and 'for ages 3 and up'.

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Certainly. These are repaints of little alien dolls I got at the supermarket toy machines. Each are just taller than a quarter, and they don't move, they just stand there. Except for Raph, stubborn little guy refuses to stand properly.
http://www.geocities.com/kaligargoyl...rtledolls2.jpg (copy and paste the address.)

hmm...i think i had 1 bootlegged figure. looks funny. lost it.

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