Apologies for double posting but the thread is slow and this is somewhat interesting.
I ran into my first bootleg GW product today. I’ve seen recasts and whatnot over the years, but this was different.
I couldn’t get a vortex beast from GW (sold out in USA, UK site won’t ship to the USA) so I tried hunting one down on the web.
Found a shop that looked semi ok (had I viewed the home page I’d have been wary). Then I get the bad news - Shipped from China
It arrives in just bags, no box or instructions. The plastic is light and has a ton of flashing, and there are thin spots. Worst part? Won’t work with plastic weld. So if I wanted to put this promised bootleg together I’d have to glue it up old school.
Hard pass. Taking the heads and other cool bits for kitbashing and trashing the rest.
But yeah, take a look at this shit. Looks like a poorly scanned copy of the sprue too.
At least I ordered magnets, so that is cool.