[Toy Review] ALICE (SWEET HOME) - Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Unofficial Figure

Got another NIKKE related figure to review. Now don't get too excited... Since I'm still currently on a really tight budget, I got a bootleg or an unofficial figure. You can also call it a painted garage kit (GK) figure to sugar coat it. It's Alice in her Sweet Home skin. It's one of my favorite skins in the game. I'll say the figure looks really good for cheap knock off.

[Toy Review] SUPERB (ALICE) - NIKKE: Goddess of Victory Unofficial Figure

 

I got an unofficial and un-branded non-articulated (static) figure to review. And it's Alice, a cute but powerful, high-tier sniper unit from the gacha game, Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. I play this mobile/PC gacha game a lot. Why you ask? Because I like its "physics". By the way this game is like "I came for the TNA, but stayed for the plot". Trust me, the story, character development, world building and gameplay of this game is awesome.

[Toy Review] [Bootleg?] RIKU DX EDITION - Kingdom Hearts III Play Arts Kai

Riku my favorite character in Kingdom Hearts and he has the best character development in the series, from misguided friend turned villain to Keyblade Master. I'm happy to say that I got his Kingdom Hearts III Play Arts Kai action figure and it's a Deluxe (DX) version! But the catch is that this is a questionable figure. I'm really confused here, I don't know if this is authentic or bootleg because it's really amazing and almost perfect (hence the faded bootleg stamp on the title image). I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll tell you why this figure is really good in this review.

[Toy Review] [Bootleg?] JESSIE - Final Fantasy VII Remake Play Arts Kai

I got another questionable Play Arts Kai action figure. I don't know if it's a bootleg or a reject because of it's awesome looks and quality. Anyway, we got Jessie Rasberry (yes her surname sounds like a fruit)! She's AVALANCHE's intelligent and sassy bomb specialist in Final Fantasy VII Remake. I can't believe she got an action figure. Probably because she's cute? Where's Biggs and Wedge? I want them to have their action figure counterparts too.

[Toy Review] [Bootleg?] 2B DX EDITION - NieR: Automata Play Arts Kai

Yay! I got a new toy to review and it's the DX (deluxe) edition of the Play Arts Kai action figure of YoRHA No. 2 Type B, 2B for short, from NieR: Automata! But there's a good and bad news. Bad news is that this is a "bootleg?". Good news is that it's quality is really high, it's more like an authentic figure but a factory reject.

[Toy Review] [Bootleg?] SEPHIROTH - Final Fantasy VII Remake Play Arts Kai

I got another Play Arts Kai action figure in for review and it's the big bad guy with long silver hair of Final Fantasy VII Remake that wields a really long sword. Yes, the one-winged angel himself, Sephiroth. Sadly, this action figure is a knockoff(?). But rejoice, it's another great quality knockoff(?)! It looks so good that it looks authentic. But as expected, there are some flaws. That's why I'm here to mention them in this review.

[Toy Review] [Bootleg?] CLOUD STRIFE VER.2 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Play Arts Kai

Yay! A Play Arts Kai action figure review, but it's a bootleg/knockoff... or isn't? I don't know, hence the big "?" behind the bootleg stamp on the title pic above. Because for a knockoff, it's pretty great. Anyway, it's Cloud Strife, the spikey-haired protagonist from Final Fantasy VII Remake, this is version 2 (ver.2) of this action figure. They released an older version of him after the early announcement of the game's remake few years ago.

[Toy Review] [Bootleg] CYBORG NINJA - Metal Gear Solid Play Arts Kai

I got a bootleg Play Arts Kai (Piay Arts Kai) action figure to review. He's a character from Metal Gear Solid, named Gray Fox (real name: Frank Jaeger). He's a Cyborg Ninja and one of the bosses and supporting characters in the game. I decided to get this knock-off figure because the price of the, now very rare, authentic one is so high, I can't afford it.

[Toy Review] D.VA WITH MECH - Xinhao (Unofficial Figure)

I ordered this online for cheap and it's an unofficial Overwach D.Va with mech figure. This is made by a Chinese company called Xinhao and they beat Good Smile Company as the first company to make D.Va's mech in 1/12 scale. I think this toy set was released in 2017, I'm not sure though. So on to the review!

[Toy Review] [Bootleg] DIABLOS ARMOR (RAGE SET) - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Play Arts Kai

I was debating myself if I should review this toy or not, but here it is! I'm on a cheap budget and the Play Arts Kai action figure of the Diablos (or Diabolos) Armor from Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate are long sold out. So I got the next best thing, a bootleg version. This is my first "real" bootleg toy to review on this blog. As always, this one will get a fair review. This Rage Armor set is designed by Tetsuya Nomura as a collaboration between Capcom and Square-Enix.

Tips On How To Spot and Avoid a Knock-off Item

Hi! We all hate it when we got the bootlegged stuff. Because bootlegs/knock-offs/fake stuff easily breaks, have overall low quality build. Fake stuff sucks, right? It sucks even more if their price is the same, or higher than the original. Well I'm no expert in spotting something fake, I too can unknowingly get fake stuff occasionally, but I can give you some tips on how to spot and avoid one. Remember this applies not only on toys but also on gadgets and other stuff too. Now click that [Read more >>]