(Apr. 28, 2015 12:18 AM)Wombat Wrote: (Apr. 27, 2015 3:21 PM)~Stoney~ Wrote: Forget about buying that Dragoon F, Dranzer F, S and V, Draciel F and Driger S, immediately. They are all fake. They are illegal for official WBO play and made of very poor material, so they´ll break easily. The only real beyblades are released by Takara, Hasbro and Sonokong. That "SOK" sells only fake "Top Blades".
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As for Draciel G and Burning Kerberous, they seem to be real. Draciel G has the original Sonokong box and the price is also realistic. Same for Burning Kerberous, if it´s without the box and maybe used, the price is realistic. We don´t have the box or closer pic to tell from any logo, but since the seller is Takara Tomy, I highly doubt that it´s fake.
I know it's probably a bad move to question you about Plastics since you're much more knowledgeable, but wasn't SOK the symbol/logo for Sonokong for the early Plastics? I could have sworn that I read that from th!nk or Ultra in the past. 88powerpig88 (who isn't a WBO authorized dealer but is still pretty reputable) has this SOK Driger S labeled as Sonokong as well. Granted they are still before G-Revolution and therefore are of a worse quality material and have smaller parts, so usually not worth a but, but not fake either.
I would be heistant to trust the Burning Kerberous listing, it has no box images, and even though the seller is Takara Tomy, I have received a fake product after buying from this specific listing, which is supposedly sold by Takara Tomy.
Why should it be a bad move?
I´m actually glad, if you point out mistakes I make.
In fact, you have a point there, I´m quite confused as well now. I found the post you´re probably talking about (and lol, if you´re right, I just made the same mistake as th!nk did three years ago
), but it´s hard to tell since the image has been removed.
Also the discussion from here on is interesting (yeah, we know about the sizes by know, but it´s also about the label):
But if you look at the old sets, they have the "Sono Kong" logo:
Nevertheless, this post does have a point, too:
This one looks pretty legit, too, only judging by the packaging, and it does say SOK, but it doesn´t say "Top Blade" in the beyblade logo, like those amazon listings:
I´ve also done some research and on some other sites they say that SOK was a fake company and not Sonokong (but of course, in case of doubt WBO an especially th!nk may be more trustful):
(in the comments)
Whereas this WBO post (with replies) here says different:
So, final result of my research: I don´t have a clue at all anymore, whether this stupid brand makes real of fake beyblades, somebody, who can say it
for sure, please help! XD
And again, thanks for the hint, Wombat!
Please th!nk about it...