Thanks! They are kinda fake... they're put out by some shadowy company in China, I believe. They used to have a website, but now they just have a Twitter account and a Facebook page. They skirt riiiight along the edge of being bootleg toys, but the design is just different enough to avoid lawsuits. That said, they're pretty well-made... the vinyl on this one was nice and sturdy with a great surface for painting. The bigger ones can stand on their own, but the smaller ones have rounded feet and only work well as keychains or zipper pulls. I think Voltaire's Deady Bear "This Not Bootleg" toy used the Popobe Bear form.
yeah i just looked up alibaba and found dozen of chinese compaines producing popobe bears. yesterday i have even seen one on official ijin material blog as their collaboration (2007).
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aargh
135 146 111
14 years ago
i have seen these with bearbrick design and thought they were fake, since it's hard to get any info about them. anyway precise custom!
monsterforge
280 124 209
14 years ago
Thanks! They are kinda fake... they're put out by some shadowy company in China, I believe. They used to have a website, but now they just have a Twitter account and a Facebook page. They skirt riiiight along the edge of being bootleg toys, but the design is just different enough to avoid lawsuits. That said, they're pretty well-made... the vinyl on this one was nice and sturdy with a great surface for painting. The bigger ones can stand on their own, but the smaller ones have rounded feet and only work well as keychains or zipper pulls. I think Voltaire's Deady Bear "This Not Bootleg" toy used the Popobe Bear form.
aargh
135 146 111
14 years ago
yeah i just looked up alibaba and found dozen of chinese compaines producing popobe bears. yesterday i have even seen one on official ijin material blog as their collaboration (2007).
chickchickchick
3 19 4
14 years ago
we can see a lot of Popobear in chainstore in Indonesia.
isuck
40 1999 75
13 years ago
i have one and it is different from my bearbrick. they still have a site and the small ones can stand up.