Recently was on eBay casually browsing listings when I came across one advertising the Schleich Meerkat family.
I don't have the pups but I do have the two adult meerkats...so I am very familiar with what they look like.
Here are mine:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Now take a look at the standing Meerkat being advertised as the official "Schleich" 14368 standing meerkat in this listing:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I know I am not losing my mind. That pose is completely different from the official 14368 Schleich Standing meerkat. (Although the bottom half and back view of the figure look relatively the same.)
I also notice no Schleich tag or text is present on this figure. I don't recognize it as belonging to another name brand so is this what I think it is? A slightly altered counterfeit version of the official Schleich meerkat?
The seller is getting $50 per set he sells with this mystery meerkat (And people ARE buying these sets) which I think is horribly wrong given the one is clearly not the official 14368 Meerkat.
I kind of want to report the listing as false advertisement as a result since he is selling a counterfeit figure as the 'Schleich' meerkat.
But I wanted to gather opinions before I do this. If it is from another name brand, please let me know!