Golden Kite Order Replicas and Fakes

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Not that bad after all ...

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I see the seller has added comments at the bottom that he/she was given comments that it is a fake!! Do you know how much they paid for it on Yahoo! Japan?

Sold for $150!

Pure madness ...

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Wow, this is as great post, but makes someone like me VERY nervous and want to stay away from collecting these. Is there a way to show "real vs fake" 5th, 6th, 7th side by side together? Makes me wish I kept the two examples I had purchased 8 years ago....

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Wow, this is as great post, but makes someone like me VERY nervous and want to stay away from collecting these. Is there a way to show "real vs fake" 5th, 6th, 7th side by side together? Makes me wish I kept the two examples I had purchased 8 years ago....

Many originals can be found here

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/51228-classification-of-golden-kites-in-6th-and-7th-class/

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/51156-classification-of-colden-kites-in-4th-and-5th-class-an-attempt/

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/51177-classification-of-colden-kites-in-3rd-and-2nd-class/

But I'll post a couple of comparisons tomorrow

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As promised - a few comparisons ...

First this fake 6th class kite vs. 7th class

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5th classes

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And another comparison of 5th`s

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Yikes! Really appreciate the comparisons Nick. Shows (to me at least) that it is getting difficult to tell the fakes from the genuine ones without really good pics.

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Old boddy in full glory

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Straight Nakata replica of 5th class

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A nice example of replica from Nakata

Cased 4th class

Edited April 17, 2013 by JapanX