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Offline flatcat

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A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« on: January 25, 2011, 21:56:22 »
I don't know about anyone else, but this looks very dodgy:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PLAYMOBIL-FIGURE-POLICE-/220730025761?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item336488e721

The colour is all wrong, and it just looks obviously too shiney to be an original, plus, its from Malta ;)

Would anyone be legally able to replicate this part, now that the Playpeople (I don't know about Marx) no longer exists? ???

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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 22:00:23 »
wow!!! thats a great Bobby's hat!!! If it is from Malta, could it possily be a reject? If its a designed that leaked the playmobil factory, could we be looking at a secret special project? and if its replicated from the original, isn't geobra going to lawsuit in case the design is copyrighted? all possible scenarios...

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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 22:02:43 »
wow!!! thats a great Bobby's hat!!! If it is from Malta, could it possily be a reject? If its a designed that leaked the playmobil factory, could we be looking at a secret special project? and if its replicated from the original, isn't geobra going to lawsuit? all possible scenarios...


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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 22:22:41 »
Relax, I am pretty sure your latest disguise will save you again  :lol: :lol:

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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 01:11:36 »
This seller looks similar to the reports a while back stating Playmobil was prosecuting sublet assemblers in Malta that were keeping parts & selling them in shops & on the internet & not returning them the the factory. They have a few things that I'm interested in!
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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2011, 03:54:36 »
It's definitely not an original, but the plastic color and quality looks to me like modern Playmo. Possibly a future special? I don't think it's a home recast.

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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2011, 09:49:04 »
It's definitely not an original, but the plastic color and quality looks to me like modern Playmo. Possibly a future special? I don't think it's a home recast.

If we are looking at a part from a future special I want a whole division of them  ;D Re-enacting the Kent (UK) police force  ;D

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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2011, 11:13:29 »
Yeah, I was thinking future special too...   ???
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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2011, 11:28:32 »

Something about it looks too perfect for it to be a fake. The silver emblem certainly looks printed on and not painted.

Also - I know I'm generalizing - but you don't see many customized (home-made/painted) parts or figures in auctions from Malta sellers.

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Re: A fake Playpeople Bobby's hat?
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2011, 12:46:44 »
I know this seller and he only sells genuine playmo parts. So I guess this helmet has to be a leak… 8}
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