It seems that for every pop culture icon, at least 2,374,551 knock-offs enter the market, trying to make a dollar off of the famous name. But some of them are so bad, so laughably terrible, that it's impossible to imagine anyone mistaking them for the real thing.
I mean, there's Groot and then there's Greg. RoboCop and SilverCop. Sonic and... Blue Speed Mouse.
If someone has bought one of these abominations — and I really hope nobody did — it's just because they forgot their friend's birthday and walked into a store 5 minutes before the party, saw a stupid thing on a shelf, and thought it would make a funny joke of a present. That's it. I refuse to believe there's another reason why people would spend money on this stuff. Many just take a picture of these items, send the image to an Instagram account called Ugly Bootlegs, and put it right back. And that's enough.
Here are some of the most absurd pictures Ugly Bootlegs has received so far.
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“Mom, I think you should have bought something elsa, pun fully intended.”
And they thought the Avengers was the best crossover ever, shows what they know.
Apart from the probably highly poisonous paint, I like these coz they're not made of plastic.
GoldCop and BronzeCop sold separately! Limited edition TitaniumCaptain also available.
Remember that Rugrats episode where Tommy suddenly grew into an adult and played basketball in Sacramento? Yeah, I don't either
What’s wrong with this? It’s a collectible figurine of Malcolm X.
I think the worst thing about this is the suggestion that Wolverine is taller than Magneto.
That's the Brazilian version of the A team. It was licensed, not bootlegged.
