(Max Factory) Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu)

[H-Gurl]

Unfortunately, I saw this one coming:

Ebay item #:
300103229879 (e.factory)
330111118913 (kinkiandmiki)

Photos only show the box without a sticker (or authentic pics from elsewhere), and no real close-ups of the fake are posted at this time.
The obvious giveaways, are the ridiculously low prices for this figure, and the fact that the sellers are bootleggers.

I'll post more as I find it.


Authentic Photos:
http://asumanga.sakura.ne.jp/maxfactory ... haruhi.htm
http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f57446175
http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f57446175

[Deibi Manabu]

Yeah, it's a real shame that it happens, but the ONLY price that's cheap and authentic are the prices paid on the original releases from Japan.

3,800 Yen or for HS 3,610 Yen - These are the only cheap prices that should ever apply to this figure. *_*

[H-Gurl]

A slightly better look at the fake version:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t194 ... fake00.jpg
As usual they incorporate photos of the authentic in their collage.
The fake is at left.

The high gloss, burned skin and over saturated colors should be a dead giveaway for this figure.

[Deibi Manabu]

Have you seen the fake Haruhi Bubba one made to look like it was an Atelier Sai figure? They're showing an Atelier Sai-like box along with it (the usual suspects - kinkiandmiki, et al.). Boy, they'll try anything these days! -_-;

[H-Gurl]

Yeah, I made a post about that one a while back.
It's messed up, because one guy on a forum I go to actually had it, and thought it was an authentic PVC release.

[H-Gurl]

A post from a buyer who got the fake Haruhi:
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70077

Uguu~ Poor baby:
http://img519.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... ipluc4.jpg

[Deibi Manabu]

I know! Look at the crappy ribbon! It's all mauled or something...shame he cancelled his HLJ order! Well, HLJ has the third edition still in stock, so he's got a fighting chance to get the official one! ^^

And yeah, the new comment by "greatkazooman" is me. ^^

[Firestorm ZERO]

Just a note, I read in another site that on the 2nd batch of the Haruhi figures they forgot to add the stickers. So the only way to check is to actual see if it is real is to look at the figure.

[H-Gurl]

I'm starting to hear this as well, and I see one person here that does have an authentic with no Kadokawa seal.
http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showpost. ... tcount=942

Looks like they were in a hurry to get this figure onto the market ^_^;;

[mandark]

Just a note, I read in another site that on the 2nd batch of the Haruhi figures they forgot to add the stickers.

That's an affirmative.

[H-Gurl]

Thanks for confirming this !!

[Deibi Manabu]

I cannot confirm what FSZ said, as my second batch Haruhi (seen in my collection thread) is a second batch one, and it has the sticker on it, so some must have been quickly forgotten.

Before anyone says mine must have been a first or third batch, mine was recieved just one week after the release of the second batch, two months after the first, and two months before the third. So, who's is what and who's is who's? If someone got no sticker on their second batch Haruhi and I did, what's up with that?

I got mine from Hobby Search in Japan, so it's authentic.

[H-Gurl]

A Japanese buyer shows the fake Haruhi he received via Yahoo JP auctions:
http://maxfactoryharuhi.web.fc2.com/