ITEM UNDER SUSPICION
Here's Nendoroid Sonic from Japan Misc. 4....but broken. Is this real or not? There are *Nearly Identical* bootlegs around for Nendoroid. When ordering this online (which you pretty much MUST do if you're not in Japan), be aware of this issue. The packaging for him may look nice...but in reality, it doesn't do it's job. A package has 2 basic jobs: 1 is deliver the item to the consumer in mint condition, 2 is attract the consumer to the item inside the package. It does the second fine, but as you can see here it

fails to protect his nose (it is long, and broken off in each image) and his tail. This happened not once, but twice to a figure from ebay. HOWEVER "someone on YouTube actually ran the box+figure over with a car and it was fully intact"-in the ORIGINAL ONLY Nendoroid packaging. (Apparently the original box is made out of some super material) Don't get duped by a fake:
*Nendoroid figures should be 52 dollars and above (pricey)
*Buying from China and not Japan is a strong signal of a possible fake
*A fake is always flimsier than the real thing
*Buying from Ebay can't be trusted...use hobby stores that you know are reputable & order from Japan
*The box MUST HAVE "licensed by Sega" STICKERS on it. If it is missing stickers, it's not real. That's (so far) the 1 major actual "tell" of the fake vs real Nendoroids

It's def. shipper/buyer beware with Nendoroid. If a fake can be revealed through photos only (as in, some tell-tale detail) it will be noted here. So far, you can't observe figure or package toughness through photos alone. The nose can be re-glued and look all right for display...but it still can't be mint.