The Plagiats topic

Yesterday i became a package with animals. Here i find this shark (dark grey) " Tigershark made in china" and i look in my collection and find this " Tigershark by AAA made in china".

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In the package was also this animals made in china, i think i remember me, i see this by other brands

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There is a similar thread on the Dinosaur Toy Forum, only scarier.
Some people from Hong Kong copied the member's resin T-Rex sculpture and now he is constantly zooming on ebay and trying to cancel their illegal auctions.
Here's the link:
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It is something normal for Asian companies to copy others...

Is a shame for asian!

I did see a lot of pirated replica when I was on a recent trip in China. I felt sorry for the artist.

Its not a shame for asian. I think, the brands produced not at home. They produced in china, because that is not expensiv- and thats the matter.

Asian animals figurines are the best- my opinion. I love colorata, kaiyodo and yujin.

This are asian animals!!!

ken yeo wrote:

Is a shame for asian!

I did see a lot of pirated replica when I was on a recent trip in China. I felt sorry for the artist.

I think that are not asian companies. I think thats are the people they produceed for the brands. In the freetime they produceed for himself without a label. Than for himself or other collectors / childs, they cant buy the brands.
Why produceed all companies in china? Its not expensive.

Wildheart wrote:

There is a similar thread on the Dinosaur Toy Forum, only scarier.
Some people from Hong Kong copied the member's resin T-Rex sculpture and now he is constantly zooming on ebay and trying to cancel their illegal auctions.
Here's the link:
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It is something normal for Asian companies to copy others...

This subject is interesting. I hope we can see many great pictures

Here is a Made in China together with the well known small Manta ray from AAA, that was sold also by Schleich and Bully :
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And now a surprise:

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only a few small differences between safari ltd and colorata

Has Safari copied Colorata

Anyway they are SO cute both of them

i dont know- but colorata is 2003 and safari 2006

SUSANNE wrote:

Has Safari copied Colorata

Anyway they are SO cute both of them

Very nice figures.

I remember Kiki saying that the Safari penguin was very similar to the Coloratta but I never noticed that it was so close! It's hard for me to accept similar figures as copies but this time I think I cannot defend Safari!!! An American copying an Asian???? Incredible!

ken yeo wrote:

I felt sorry for the artist.

yeah!

Some people are just too lazy to create something for themselves.

Those AAA tiger sharks, I have two of the giant ones, they're quite scary

Copying each other is very common in the toy world and it's not quite new.

But it's not the same copying a model and use the same mold.

YUJIN used some PLAYVISION molds in the early 2000's, some were still stamped PV, only the colours changed.

And now a pic of the ostrich made by BLANCHERIE FRERES and BRITAINS in the 1920's. The molds were not exactly the same  

Also old elastolin and VEB Plaho, but this are not really plagiats

Kikimalou wrote:

Copying each other is very common in the toy world and it's not quite new.

But it's not the same copying a model and use the same mold.

YUJIN used some PLAYVISION molds in the early 2000's, some were still stamped PV, only the colours changed.

And now a pic of the ostrich made by BLANCHERIE FRERES and BRITAINS in the 1920's. The molds were not exactly the same

BRITAINS and BF

widukind wrote:

Also old elastolin and VEB Plaho, but this are not really plagiats

Not Elastolin... But Lineol

Thank you- Lineol is the brand? Aha- in the GDR we work (Art in the school) with the material lineol and so i think it is the material. Its an intersting information for me with yujin/playvisions- have you any pics or examples?

Kikimalou wrote:

widukind wrote:

Also old elastolin and VEB Plaho, but this are not really plagiats

Not Elastolin... But Lineol

Hawksbill Sea Turtle by PLAYVISION 1998
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle by YUJIN 2002
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The helmeted iguana by PAYVISION 1998
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The helmeted iguana by YUJIN 2002
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But i like safari ltd and yujin anyway.

Schleich mountain goat----->Safari
Schleich parakeet------>Safari
Schleich rabbits------->Safari
And many many more!

widukind wrote:

But i like safari ltd and yujin anyway.

Yhese ar not plagiats, YUJIN only used the same mould long after PV stopped the production

Does anyone know the history of PlayVisions? Did they ahve a catalog or site?

The same for k&m.

Yeah- a very very good question!!!!!!!!!!

Wildheart wrote:

Does anyone know the history of PlayVisions? Did they ahve a catalog or site?

The same for k&m.

PLAYVISIONS is a toy company from Seattle, it still exist but don't produce any model now [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

K&M/Wild republic is a KAIYODO joint venture

The PlayVisions- site i find too, but nobody answer to me after the contact-mail.

Kikimalou wrote:

PLAYVISIONS is a toy company from Seattle, it still exist but don't produce any model now [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

K&M/Wild republic is a KAIYODO joint venture

SUSANNE wrote:

This subject is interesting. I hope we can see many great pictures

Here is a Made in China together with the well known small Manta ray from AAA, that was sold also by Schleich and Bully :
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But AAA is Made in China.
So they have the license for this model.
Schleich only sold it even but bought it from AAA.