are there known fakes/bootlegs for the bandai and mcfarlane figures?
came across this set being sold online and went down a brief rabbit hole trying to figure these out (been in the fandom since 2016 but now that i’m 21 and actually have money, i’ve since gotten into the merch side).
these figures have shoddier paint jobs and less articulation joints (for some) compared to the originals, but their sculpts seem to be pretty much the same. plus these ones seem to come with generic black stands, unless they just used them for the listing photos.
mostly just curious if these are straight up bootlegs or what, since i haven’t seen much discussion for fake ST figures outside of the funko pops (and the obviously fake ones that aren’t patterned after existing figures or were pulled from stolen fanart, that kind of thing). and i could be wrong, but i don’t think the st figure lines ever made a big splash, so bootlegs existing for some of them is kind of funny to me lol