There's a small mall near my house that sells some Japanese toys - every once in a while, I stop by and see if there's anything new. I've picked up
some of my
Moomin toys there, among other things.
More recently, I discovered that one of the smaller shops sells (what I would assume to be Chinese) bootleg toys. I love bootlegs, but it's hard to find a place that sells them. The stock in this tiny store doesn't change all that often, but it does make for some interesting discoveries!
At the end of last year, I found a four-pack of bootleg
Chicken Little figures. The other characters looked pretty awful (I know, isn't that the point?), but this Foxy Loxy was actually pretty good. I liked the character design in the film, but there wasn't a licensed toy of it that I liked, so I kept this one and discarded the others (they weren't ugly enough to be interesting).
I think the four-pack cost me about $6.00, but I think the store's out of them now, and I can't imagine anyone being able to find these again, even on eBay. But that's kind of the way of bootlegs in general - they make money while they can, then disappear.
Labels: action figure, bootleg, bootleg toy, chicken little, disney, figure, foxy loxy, toy, toy of the day, toy OTD
I know it's been a while, so I thought I'd send out my Happy Thanksgiving wishes! All the best from Anita, Figaro, Piccolo and me.
