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Bought during a longer time period and not in one go and from separate places.

Poor G1 My Little Pony named Sand Digger cost me only 0,50€. I don't think this one is salvageable, I've heard those pen marks are very hard to remove and this one has them all over.

Spirited Away No-Face/Kaonashi phone charm with one of the "Heads".  I think I'm remembering I paid 2€ for this. Aside from the movies, this is the first Studio Ghibli merchandise that I own.

These Mega Pokémon figures are still sold in stores, so someone got tired of it really quickly. I was lucky to find this Mega Absol for only 2€, while if I bought it new from a store it would cost about 12€.

Score! It is so rare to find any Dragon Ball Z figures for sale, so that's why I have to feel extra happy whenever I find such rarity. Vegeta, Trunks, Goku and Gohan all came in the same plastic bag with a 10€ price tag slapped on it. It bothers me a little how Gohan isn't quite the right scale compared to the rest of them. He should only reach up to Goku's shoulders and not stand as tall as him.

These ceramic dogs cost 0,80€ each and if I ever find the time again, I'll use them for my Ginga custom project.

This 1997 Kenner AT-AT pilot has been through tough times and cost me only 0,50€.

The small plastic bag Eevee, Buneary, Piplup and a Nendoroid I do not recognize all came in, cost only 0,50€! Fifty cents! This has to be the cheapest Nendoroid ever! Maybe it's one of them good bootlegs, I dunno. Probably missing a lot of additional parts as well. Who are you, pink nurse?

The odd bunch containing Grievous, super deformed Kenobi and a Lil' Chewbacca. I bought them separately and can't remember what I paid for each one.

Operetta, Gigi and Clawdeen cost together 3€, that's one euro for each doll! That's crazy cheap considering they have most of their clothes and no missing limbs. Although Gigi's hair looks and feels very dirty... I'm not complaining!

These mini horses are super tiny and cute! And I can't remember what they cost me. I'm thinking of repainting the two on the right.

 Yet another Chap Mei Dilophosaurus for the collection <3

 Can't say the paint job is that accurate on the foxes, but the pup and parent are cute nonetheless.

Bootleg Pokémons. Aside from Absol and Darkrai, I don't think the sculpting is that bad, mostly is just the paint job. Fennekin, Braixen and Sandshrew look pretty good! Poor Eevee has a slightly deformed head, otherwise it looks pretty okay too. Something went terribly wrong with Darkrai, I can't stop laughing! XD

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Photo dump warning! Originally I was going to make this into two separate posts, but apparently I'm feeling really lazy this month so here's everything all at once! Just to be clear, all of this stuff wasn't bought at one place, but rather from different vendors at various locations over a long time frame (about 3 months). It would be nice to find a flea market where they would only sell toys, with flea market prices and not with "specialty" store price tags. There is a limit how much I'm willing to pay for a used toy even though I might not always seem like it.

I was really happy when I spotted this Sakura Miku Hatsune, but I was very disappointed to learn later that this is actually a bootleg! It doesn't stink like a cheap knock off, the paint job is really good and the plastic isn't soft and all bendy like bootlegs usually are. For what it's worth, it's the finest looking bootleg I've ever seen!  Shame on me, I was fooled....

I'm suspicious that I may have been fooled twice :D I found this Jolteon plush at a flea market that was full of bootlegs of many kinds (Lego, Minecraft, MLP).  There were also similar looking Eevee,Vaporeon and a Flareon plush there, but this Jolteon stood out because this was the only one with that Pokémon Center tag with appropriate copyright belongs to Nintendo, the Pokémon Company etc. text. The other eeveelutions only had a very basic tag that only reads "made in China". I find it very unlikely that a genuine plush would have ended up amongst all the bootlegs.

Free Elsa! I don't really care for Frozen, this was just me acting out a childhood dream! Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to bust open anything that slightly even resembled a snow globe, to get my hands on that small figurine that is held captive by a translucent sphere! Finally I did it! When cracking it open, it occurred to me that I probably should have used some protective gloves when that foul smelling liquid was dripping down my hand and causing a very distant feeling of a burning sensation.

SSJ Goku, a very disturbing looking Luke and Lil' Anakin Skywalker. I'm always on a lookout for anything Dragon Ball Z (and Star Wars) related stuff, but I'd say 98% of the time you're looking for DBZ items, the search is futile. When you do actually find something, it's either a manga volume or a video game. Whenever I find a figure, I'll always feel extra happy!

Horses,horses, horses......because I love 'em! I have from before a smaller version of the striped one, a bigger version of the spotted one (in different color), I want to repaint the black one and the Carousel horse is just something I've never come across before! Such beautiful and unique thing among all the boring and regular horse toys!

Completed my Lion King Pez collection with these three! The toys need a clean up, you can see they have been well played with! Now I need to update my Lion King collection post too with all these new additions!

Dino time! ;D

The Land Before Time's Chomper! I didn't even know such toys even excited!

Safari LTD. tiny Dilophosaurus, Raptor and Spinosaurus.

Brachiosaurus(?) by unknown and T.Rex. with JP logo on it's thigh.

Jurassic Park 3 Velociraptor and 1998 Godzilla baby.

Chap Mei's Dimetrodon and Raptor. Dammit, I'm loving these colors. *_*

Monster High Bootleg

EDIT 25.02.2016: I guess the correct term for this would be knockoff and not a bootleg. :P

Sounds legit.

If there ever was a time I've completely wasted my money, this is it. I have absolutely no better excuse than that I purchased it out of curiosity and obscurity's sake. That's it.

front, side, back, side

I found this "Monster Party" doll at a local store's toy section which was overrun by fake My Little Ponies among other things  Oh! and there was also Frozen's Anna and Elsa dolls simply re-branded as "Let it Go" dolls (genius!). I really wish I could have taken some pictures of all the phonies, but store policies.... :\

There was an alternative version of this same doll with a pink & black dress and a purse. You could tell from afar that the pink & black dress was very ill-fitted as it barely even covered the doll's left boob. I chose this dotted orange dress because it at least looked like it fitted the doll and I preferred this one's accessory more that the handbag.

call me crazy, but I love the pattern inside the box

After freeing the doll from the packaging, the first thing I noticed was that there was something wrong with her feet, the shoes just uncontrollably spun around her legs. Removing the shoes revealed the problem, there's just stupid pegs where the damn feet should be. Wait a minute..... My God! This is actually a bootleg Bratz doll disguised as a Monster High doll!? Dun Dun Duuun!!!

I am disgusted now. While inspecting the legs, I couldn't happen to notice that the doll was covered with something. I'm hoping its just harmless dust. I wiped the other leg clean and left the other as it was, and took this picture to show the subtle difference.

This doll was full of other surprises as well. Pulling the hair back revealed some piercing holes, too bad no earrings were included (not a pretty profile btw). You may also notice a few strands of hair growing out of her neck. Charming. The long black hair was pressed against the back of the doll by this rubber band, once I removed it, all the doll's secrets were revealed. A serious case of balding for one,  which is very common with low end dolls like this and the dress doesn't fit perfectly either. Well, at least it looks good from the front.

The face paint doesn't actually look too bad, but what can you expect when they just shamelessly copy pasted a pair of Monster High eyes onto their make-a-quick-buck doll. Speaking of copy paste....

Look at this! I find that vampire Ghoulia kind of cute, but that Frankie clone? Ugh....

This is my BATSTICK! .... Bat wand? What is this?

And then there's this! Count Fabulous what have they done to you? He is now a now a cut in half, stick up his half butt, hollow accessory! And they didn't even bother to color his dress!

Fake McFuggly compared to a genuine Bratzillaz and Monster High doll.

Trying to end this on a positive note, the dress fits Freaky Fusion Scarah Screams quite nicely I think. Can't go wrong with black and orange!

...back in the box she goes! Best 7,45 € ever spent

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to wash my hands.

Coloring Fluttershy

I got my hands on a My Little Pony coloring book and I just couldn't resist scanning a few pictures of my favorite pony out of the mane six and do a little coloring.....

 

....which then lead to this:

unofficial mlp mug