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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I hate my mind.. anddd stop.. "my wife is pregnant?" I hope this just a dream
Honestly thats rude at it looks like they put some effort into it
Load More Replies...The Internet, however, is not helping the authorities to fight the rise of counterfeit goods and other phony products. For example, like Ganda Suthivarakom pointed out in Wirecutter, many shoppers don't realize this, but the majority of listings on Amazon aren't actually for items sold by Amazon itself. They're run by third-party sellers. And even though a lot of third-party sellers are law-abiding merchants, many of them are peddling fakes.
A huge Wall Street Journal investigation in 2019 revealed that Amazon has listed "thousands of banned, unsafe, or mislabeled products," from dangerous children's products to electronics with fake certifications. The Verge said that even Amazon's listings for its own line of goods are "getting hijacked by impostor sellers." Furthermore, CNBC found that the company has shipped expired foods (including baby formula) to customers, highlighting its inability to monitor something as basic as an expiration date.
The sale of counterfeit items represents around 3.3 percent of world trade, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an international group with 36 member countries (including the US) that provides analysis and policy recommendations. The value of seized goods in the US (if they'd been real) was almost $1.4 billion in 2018, according to data by the US Customs and Border Protection.
But while law enforcement agencies have been reporting carcinogens, bacteria, and waste from both humans and rodents in counterfeit cosmetics, and fake chargers and cheaply-made lithium ion batteries are threatening to damage our electronics, at least we get some really ugly bootlegs we can laugh at.
That actually seems like a really good name for a superhero movie.
Load More Replies..."Obvious Plant" is NEVER real. Just objects planted into stores. for fun. Not something you can actually buy.
I almost didn’t see anything wrong with this but his eyes are sooo captivating
I always wonder "One size fits most what?"
Load More Replies...I feel sorry for the kid whose parents bought them this for Halloween
“Mom, I think you should have bought something elsa, pun fully intended.”
E.T. was one of my favorite movies growing up. Garfield was my favorite comic/cartoon. Put them together and you get something that should never be allowed to exist. Deleting memory now.
And then, E.T, and Garfield got married and had a bouncing baby ...
Salt and Potato! If they have to state that it's a potato, does that mean you literally only get onions and cream in the other one??? I NEED TO KNOW!
But they are the ORIGINAL Prongles. Don't try to buy any other Prongle- like brand, it would be a knock-off.
They stole a name, made a freaky logo, AND want you to pop. What happened to the world?
These are made by the guy who made the original card against humanity . lmao
Yeah, never mind that they're on a toy gun, skinny Homer is just weird!
Load More Replies...I thought the same. Both the dog and the uglified face are very commonly found in racists' description of anyone who looks different. The suggestive pose as well.
Load More Replies...Especially for the company that made this!
Load More Replies...Ah yes, the famous character from Lord Of The Rings. Jedi-Stormtrooper with a claymore.
Notice how the...character is holding the claymore tho
Load More Replies...ya, i got a 50. cal sniper rifle can someone shoot me with it because i have seen enough
And they thought the Avengers was the best crossover ever, shows what they know.
Nooo I didn't see their fingers till I read your comment...
Load More Replies...wow this explains every question in life, so next time you have a question, just look at ET in a back to the future motorcycle while hailing to hitler.
Linda Hunt, NCIS Los Angeles action figure, dealing with ET, undocumented visitor.
I'm sorry, but the guy in blue and white looks like he's sucking the other guy's d**k (plz dont downvote)
That was the whole point of this being posted here
Load More Replies...I know its actually not funny, But I had to laugh 😆
Load More Replies...Maybe put OJ Sampson in this to make a mind bending Crossover
"I wanna talk to Sampson! Fly me to the moon like that b!*ch Alice Kramden!"
I'm not sure what's worse. The ET knock off or the Yoda graffiti on the wall behind.
In 2,000 years someone is going to do their postdoctoral thesis on this trio.
This looks like it's been sitting in someone's basement for years...and just recently broke out
Holy apocalyptic Ernie!! I don’t think we’re on Sesame St still, Bert!
Ernie really let himself go after he broke up with Bert. Wow...thoughts and prayers.
Fun fact: if you try to google sipdre nma, it will still look up Spider Man. Google, you clever.
Maybe this message from outer space is just too deep for us all.
Load More Replies...What I love is that the picture on the package is Bolaji Badejo, who played the alien.
no you cant get it as half man half alien instead you get 85% man and 15% alien
so, i turned my laptop to different angles to get a sense of what this is supposed to be and how to use it... i turned my laptop up side down, to the sides and to every angle in existence... now i still have one question.... what is this supposed to be?
All I see are sandals... in the form of a sneaker.
Load More Replies...I don't know, just buy these maybe, then wait for 10 years and they will be highly fashionable.
Apart from the probably highly poisonous paint, I like these coz they're not made of plastic.
These are supposed to be Ninja Turtles. I am a child of the 80's but I can't figure out what is wrong with them. Does anybody know?
these seem quite legit, why would the be on a list for terrible knock-offs if they're this good?
See kids this is what your children will look like if you marry your cousin don’t do it
It's Bort Sompo! "Cease your possession a female bovine, adult human male."
I'd hate to be the poor kid who requested a Game Boy and got this instead.
Maybe it's made in Chianor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7JuNHFBRnM
GoldCop and BronzeCop sold separately! Limited edition TitaniumCaptain also available.
Oh man, i hate it when Homber Sinpson drops Quadraliens on my snap bracelet!
I believe the design is from the cover of the 'Bart vs. Space Mutants' video game
Put a pair of antlers and deer ears on his head and a glowing red nose on his nose and he'd now be Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer if Don Bluth drew him.
Remember that Rugrats episode where Tommy suddenly grew into an adult and played basketball in Sacramento? Yeah, I don't either
That one seems more like someone took Tommy's head and put it on a basketball figurine. But gosh I hope it isn't.
one of the battletoads and bossk join forces to kill... uuuuh... glados or someone, i dunno.
I suddenly feel a strange need to start collecting knock off R2D2 toys
Someone would buy it 'ironically' for that, I bet. Some toy collectors do collect knock-offs, lol.
Load More Replies...Upgraded version of Luigi.. good for Luigi.. nothing's wrong here 😁
I recognise this. Someone has taken the original Kenner Chewbacca toy and cast a solid mold from it. I'm mildly offended 🤣
Ah, yes, Klingon Mutant Ninja Turtles. Worf's favorite cartoon as a young child. You should hear it in the original Klingon, just like Shakespeare.
What’s wrong with this? It’s a collectible figurine of Malcolm X.
This was on a birthday post for Malcom X on Instagram. Not a bootleg. "1994 Olmec Toys: Our Powerful Black Leaders Series - #2 Malcolm X"
For those who can’t read tiny the “EXTRA” card says: includes: 1” figure with possible arms and head podium with microphone and collectible card.
taking the head off one toy and putting it on another is not a "knock-off"
He's just woken up and realized his head's on a completely different body
Listen, i know what you're thinking: "Snitties." And you know that's what i'm thinking. But, i am going to bring up something else that i'm thinking: "Why does it have legs?".
Pretty sure that's Chinese. No katakana or hiragana anywhere, which for children's merchandise is basically unheard-of in Japan.
Load More Replies...Now with mini ooze-boy Ooze girl and mini ooze girl sold separately...
This led me into a deep internet hole where I discovered Sun-Man and the Heroes of the Sun, and The Butterfly Women. In 1985 Yla Eason and her husband set out to create a line of non Caucasian superhero toys after her three year old son told her that he wanted to be like He-Man but couldn't because he wasn't white. After discovering that there were no black superhero toys on the market that weren't either villains or sidekicks to white characters, the couple founded a company to design and produce a range of characters of different ethnicities. They seem to have been quite successful, but information in English is scarce as they seem to have been most popular outside of the United States. That's pretty cool.
You're probably thinking of the Habsburgs. The Windsors are only distantly related.
Load More Replies...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.
Looks like something my mum would get me for Christmas. I'm a girl.
I mean... the’re not wrong, if it’s articulate it is an action figure.
Either that or the Star Wars version of Legen of the Hidden Temple.
Load More Replies...looks like some kind of ancient idols waiting sacrifices
More material for the thesis! Hot damn, they might even have a whole wing of a university about them.
I remember Eddie Murphy, early on, was doing a routine and talking about how all of his friends got Adidas shoes. His Mom couldn't afford them, so she got him some "Adoodoos" that looked kind of like them. Every time I see Adidas shoes, I automatically think Adoodoos.
Did you know that the original pronunciation of Adidas was actually AH-di-DAS, and not ah-DI-das?
Load More Replies...And I thought at the time that the Masters of the Universe action figures were reusing too much the same legs and torso...
I remember Eddie Murphy, early on, was doing a routine and talking about how all of his friends got Adidas shoes. His Mom couldn't afford them, so she got him some "Adoodoos" that looked kind of like them. Every time I see Adidas shoes, I automatically think Adoodoos.
Did you know that the original pronunciation of Adidas was actually AH-di-DAS, and not ah-DI-das?
Load More Replies...And I thought at the time that the Masters of the Universe action figures were reusing too much the same legs and torso...
