JUST WANT TO SHARE MY ANIME FIGURE COLLECTIONS

Okay, I'm gonna comment to. This is a regular discussion at our Group.

Actually, buying Original over Bootleg is not always right or better.

Yes, buying Original helps and supports the industry itself and buying Knock offs is considered Piracy. But have you actually Bought Original Songs over the internet? Do you buy original Blu rays or DVDs of your Fave Anime?

Some of us may, but obviously a lot of us support piracy, admit it, you download our uploads, some of us don't really support the industry other than free advertising. Some of us prolly buys Orig Manga or Anime DVD but most of us don't. My point is, it's not actually whether it's original or not. You can't say someone's better if they have an original, in the end, it's how satisfied you are with what you have. Honestly, I have lots of Gunpla Bootlegs, but I also have Original ones. I was taught to support BANDAI at least, and I do. But they don't actually stop me from buying Bootlegs.

Everyone's not rich. Some of us may have troubles in their allowance, even food budgeting in their own home. A 300-550 PHP worth of Figurine vs an original that costs 1.5k-2.5k+ is not actually very expensive for serious Collectors. But we should consider other people too. I have a friend, he's not rich, he's family is having problems with money, but he saves money to buy Nendos even though it's a bootleg. And in the End, he's happy. It's not because it's a fake or original, because he's happy he has that particular item. It's about how much you love your collections.

Truly, I really don't like the idea promoting knock offs, even I'm saving for an Original one. But I can't possibly tell my friend "That's a fake, next time buy an original" With certain circumstances, he can not, even if someone has more money, if he only wants to spend a few hundreds, why not get a Bootleg? If his satisfied then there's no problem? Right?

Cause actually, it's not our collection, it's theirs. If they're happy, let them be. Even though it's wrong and it doesn't help the industry, let them be. Cause they want that. But if they don't know it's a fake and they want an Original, that's another story.

But let's face it. KOs helps the industry too in it's own way. Think of it, if not for these, people will not know these stuff, people may not be exposed to figures. Actually, before I was interested in GUNPLA or Figures, I saw a nendo at Comic Alley, then i did a research, I found out about the Great Otaku Collections. Then I started from Knock Offs. Even though it's a fake and it costs, looks and even it's quality is less than the Originals, I was happy. I was satisfied. These Collections are for Self Gratification IMO. It's not to impress or show off. It's to express your fandom on that particular piece. Certainly, I graduated from Fakes to Originals. Now I prefer buying Originals, and I want to support the industry as much as possible, but we should know more, there are people less fortunate than us, and can only buy bootlegs. So if you guys will, can you just cut them some slack? :)

We share and spread the Love! Not Fakes or Bootlegs will divide us, it's our Love that will Unite us :3

Just my 2 cents btw.

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Gus2 ko nga bumili sa Comec Alley eh!! pang collections hehe

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Where can I find comic Alley???

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