genuine anime figure shopping in the horrible world of amazon

first post here, i doubt anyone here really has the specific issue of only being allowed to get figures  on amazon and cant distinguish bootlegs but here u are lol, amazon actually has some genuine cheap prize figures you can find though, so anyone who can't tell and wants some prize figures this might help ^w^

amazon is straight awful for figure shopping most of the time. Bootlegs are everywhere and purchased frequently, yada yada, no one feels like reviewing so you never know,, etc etc, well heres actually a very simple way u can tell if something is a bootleg or not if theres noo reviews ! ^_^

genuine :

bootleg ;

In the bootleg listing, the price difference is quite obvious, but its not something to go by entirely because I've bought many genuine figures for like under 20 usd. The first immediate way you can tell if a figure is genuine or not is the brand name at the start of the listing text. Fruyu, Taito, Goodsmile company, and SEGA are the main figure distributers on amazon, and all are genuine. They also use less flair words, state the characters name and usually source, and cost anywhere from 15-40-150 dollars depending on the figure. If you're still not sure (ex: brand name there with normal descripton but its a mirror of a more expensive figure for a lower price) then just scroll down to the details and it'll say officaly lisenced if its real! this goes for other places to buy too. If it says genuine, its probally genuine! you can't lie about it being real or not without risk of legal action for scamming someone. Also, in the photos of those cb mikus, the bootleg has the stand in the photo but you can ignore that usually, it doesn't mean anything.

sorry if this was all like common sense.. this is targeted towards newer figure collectors mostly. Thanks 4 reading ! :3