Thanks for the link. I'll be grabbing one of these.
Hot Toys MMS243 - 1/6th scale Captain America & Steve Rogers
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guy66657
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Think you could use the Tamiya spray on this to make it more screen accurate?
Was that seller selling bootlegs of the head you linked to?
dw316
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dw316
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Is that legit? Does look very much like the HT shield design...
Most likely a recast of it, repainted and with straps added.
Damn I thought I saw that Heath/Joker head somewhere when I saw the eBay listing. The hair extensions gave it away.
I see it now.
I did a check and every HK based bootleg headsculpt seller has that one listed.
So, like you say, the factory has gotten a hold of one and copied it. The sellers are no less culpable, but only buy what the factories pump out.
1000% I can't stand yiyi-yaya and the rest of the pack of thieves out there with their "custom" crap. I thought that HT turned a blind eye to all of that because selling parts isn't their gig, but then I realized that this will start to affect them. With people like Poptoys and others putting out alternative outfits and all these recasted bootlegs going around for less than $40, it's creating a cheaper option to build certain characters.
The custom artists that get robbed unfortunately can do nothing but take their lumps, but HT is the licence holder. I hope one day this stings HT enough for them to slam the hammer on all these skells
How are they going to do that?
China's booming economy *only* exists because the Chinese have no legal notion that counterfeiting is a bad thing.
There's next to no way to enforce copyright laws in mainland China.
If the laws on this is different than in Korea, then I guess there's nothing to do. I know that American companies have threatened Korean customizers with C&D's so their not out of the reach of copyright laws. I don't know the facts but I'd imagine that China can't be the one place in the world that is Immune to C&D's
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Yep, and these figures aren't even a teardrop in the ocean of Chinese knock offs. I've seen counterfeit high end bicycles that are almost indistinguishable from the real thing (until you ride them). A real Pinarello frame - *just* the frame - will cost you $5k, you can get the knockoffs for $500. And lets not even start with designer handbags and fashions. We're talking billions of dollars flowing into China.
No one is ever gonna notice a a few thousands dollars worth of action figure parts.
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Korea is politically and militarily beholden to the US. We can apply pressure there to enforce international norms. China... not so much.
Copying the ideas of others, finding cheaper ways of producing a product which turns out to be lesser than the genuine article. Great for the global economy
You can issue a C&D all you like. No chinese court will enforce it.
It's always a laugh when American lawyers realise that a law can only be strong when people decide they will obey it.
Barry, why do you hate America so much? What did we ever do to you? We gave you the mythology which fills your detolfs and that you love so much. C'MOOON! We're not that bad!! 
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