Nova Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Why do they ripoff cartoons,toys,console,games,movies,etc. Are they really so desperate to be japanese. I mean they make low bad quality rip offs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faust Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Because it sells and China has very poor Intellectual Property laws and enforcement. We live in an age dominated by the mass-marketing of franchised properties. A toy that is not backed by a major movie or TV series suffers a severe disadvantage. There are numerous ways around that issue, but the easiest is simply to copy someone else's idea. By doing so you basically ensure that you have a ready-made customer base and furthermore, someone else is doing all of your marketing for you. Advertising costs are one of the hardest burdens for a small business to meet, and yet it is extremely necessary to do so. When the 'loom band' craze started, think how many cheap knock-offs there were of that. Loom bands themselves are basically just a variant of knitting / crochet using elastic bands. Copying action figures from popular franchises is similar in concept, though less justifiable because they're copying a unique image rather than a set of instructions for creating something. Personally I find cheap, low-quality knock-offs amusing. A friend once showed me a book he'd obtained, I think from Taiwan, the title of which translated as 'Harry Potter and the Chihuahua'. I've no idea if it was satire or a serious attempt at a knock-off, but either way it's bad form to use the actual name of the character in the title. Still funny though! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WileyWarWeasel Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 People will buy almost anything with their favorite brand on it, kind of like how Pavlov's dogs were taught to salivate at the sound of the food bell. China is merely giving the dogs some cheap chow that's good enough ^__^ Besides, they need the money to build more bulldozers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxon Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I've spoken with South Americans who confirm that knock offs are also widely distributed there. They said that, provided the knock off was cheaper, they would buy it instead of the official product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revates Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 CHINA! But also yeah, I guess they do really sell otherwise stores wouldn't stock them. Although here I only really ever see them in cheap stores like the reject shop, crazy clarks, bargain warehouse. Etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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