Bootleg Toys

Bootleg toys are a series of entertainment objects that are unlicensed or made on home, many of them are based from many franchises like Sonic The Hedgehog, Pokémon, Naruto, Ben 10, Marvel, Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, Minecraft, Super Mario, Dragon Ball, Star Wars, Thomas the Tank Engine, Cars, several videogames, several animes, several cartoons and ETC. By the way that Bootleg toys are made to be cheap, most of the Bootleg toys are either made of low quality, ugly or terrifying versions of existing toys that are official or original.

Why They Suck

 * 1) As most of the bootleg toys are made with low quality, several toys are incredibly ugly and unappealing to look at, some are terrifying as NSFW/NSFL, which might terrorize some children.
 * 2) Many of these toys are made with incredibly cheap plastic, that if you make just a small drop, a piece of the toy can come out or even destroy entirely. That also makes them a choking hazard.
 * 3) * Some bootleg toys can even have glue hanging off or be full of sharp edges, possibly resulting in kids getting cuts.
 * 4) Almost every toy are badly painted, encountering various errors and inaccuracies, which some of them can be either laughable or horrifying.
 * 5) Some bootleg toys make no sense, such as a bootleg Ben 10 sticker sheet showing a pregnant Gwen.
 * 6) Some bootleg toys can even support terrorist groups, mafia groups or prisoners if you buy them.
 * 7) Some bootlegs can have lead paint, which can be very harmful to children. Because of this, most bootlegs smell terrible.
 * 8) Ebay is flooded with bootleg toys, ranging from small baby toys to large anime figures. sometimes there are more bootlegs than official items. Sometimes you may order a official item but the seller sends you a bootleg.
 * 9) One of the worst kind of bootleg toys are the bootleg baby walkers from India. These baby walkers are usually round or square in shape, however there are some flower, hexagonal and star shaped ones. They are very low quality, they can break easily, they may contain sharp edges that can harm the baby using it, The plastic is brittle, the cloth is very poor and the decals are cheap stickers. The decals can steal popular characters like Mickey Mouse, Mario, Sonic, Doraemon, Etc. Some of the walkers also may contain a musical box that play loud, awful renditions of "Johnny Johnny", "London Bridge", "Mary Had a Little Lamb". "Old McDonald" and "Jingle Bells". The musical boxes also contain bright, flashing lights. The flashing lights, along with the loud awful music may give baby ear damage or seizures. These baby walkers are very cheap making people think they are getting a good baby walker, however these baby walkers are extremely dangerous and should never be bought.
 * 10) Many bootleg toys can be found in storefronts, such as malls, flea markets, dollar stores, Chinatown, vendors, etc. They can sometimes trick people into buying them.
 * 11) Some bootleg toys may steal songs that are popular at the time. Examples include Butterfly by Smile.DK, My World by Sophie, Baby Shark and Gangnam Style. Some songs can be very out of place as well.
 * 12) In some countries, bootleg toys are more common and popular than official toys.
 * 13) Bootleg trading card games, like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, are very easy to find in places like dollar stores and flea markets. The cards usually have non-existent stats, poor printing on the card, blurry images and many typos. Some kids have even traded away their best, rarest, and valuable cards for fake cards with high HP and attack stats. Sometimes the packaging and the card may look very close to a official item. Many bootleg card packs also tend to put a lot of ultra rare cards in a pack. The fake booster boxes contain a super rare card in every pack.
 * 14) There are tons of bootleg anime figures on the market. some look very close to the official one, making some anime fans worried they got a bootleg.
 * 15) Bootleggers like to cash in on popular trends, such as Pokemon Go, Fortnite, Minecraft, Among Us, Angry Birds and Fall Guys. leading to a abundance of fake products.
 * 16) Some Bootlegs do not even work properly, such as a Thomas Racing Track that can't pull all 5 trains up its lift hill, a Fake Bump and Go Lightning Mcqueen toy full of sharp edges who's bump and go wheel doesn't work at all, a Fake Cars Parking garage with mismatched toy cars, and a weird Thomas Choo Choo that can't stay on the tracks at all and keeps derailing.
 * 17) There is a mall in Toronto that is notorious for having tons of bootleg products. Every year, it gets raided.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Some bootlegs are "so bad, they're good"
 * 2) Some bootleg toys even make characters that have not been made into a official toy/action figure. Examples include a bootleg Eye Guy figure from Ben 10 and a bootleg Raikage figure from Naruto.
 * 3) Some bootlegs can be just as good, or better than the originals, such as the bootleg NECA TMNT figures.
 * 4) Most thomas and friends trackmaster bootlegs look very good and look real and has effort that wouldn't be put on any other bootleg toy.
 * 5) The English on the packaging can be really funny.
 * 6) Some bootleg anime figures can be decent replacements for the official ones.