Oh my goodness… This is brilliant and disturbing at the same time. If you weren’t aware, Hong Kong is the world leader in the manufacturing and sales of bootleg/knock off products. No product is safe as HK has made knock offs for stuff like designer bags, jewelry, clothing, electronics, and more. One of the items that HK especially loves to produce is knock off toys. Considering criminals make over 850+ billion dollars per year on trafficking fake goods, you would think they would have the sense to create better names for some of these counterfeit toys. During an investigation by Metro.co.uk, they uncovered couple gems such as a fake Robocop figure named “Robert Cop”, Spider-man action figures under the name “Spader-man”, and a very ridculous, but brilliant Batman action figure riding a horse called the “Silver Bat”. WTF!?!
China is the centre of the world’s counterfeiting industry and, despite frequent goverment crackdowns, fakes of all major designer brands are openly on sale in street markets.
A week ago, authorities in Xiamen destroyed more than 1million fake goods by driving a steamroller over them. Among them were items branded Apple, Sony, Gucci, Mercedes-Benz and Armani. And, quite possibly, Robert Cop.
From this report, I learned three simple things.
1. Spader-man is unmatched! I don’t believe Spider-man is…
2. Robert Cop was a trilogy. (I wonder if its available on Amazon…)
3. How and where can I get my hands on a Silver Bat figure?
Also, I really need to know… WTF is a “Spader-man”? huh?
