A few weeks ago, Japanese netizens came across an offer they couldn’t ignore. in the catalog of Amazon appeared the figure ofGanyu, the Watcher of the Full Moon“, manufactured by Apex Innovation for the franchise Genshin Impact. A beautiful figure indeed, and at a 73 percent discount on the original price, too! This means that instead of costing 16,500 yen ($118), it only cost a paltry 4,515 yen ($32).
With the photographs it is confirmed that it was the original product of Genshin Impactin addition to having an average rating of 4.4 out of 5.0, based on twelve product reviews. One might think that the few reviews were simply because few people bought such an expensive product on Amazon, or it sold more on other platforms more focused on this. So anyone who passed up an offer like this couldn’t be more blind, so many rushed to make their reservations.
But they say that cheap is expensive, and this was confirmed by the Twitter user “@04_EG_panic“, who wrote: “I bought a Ganyu-chan figure that was on sale, very cheap on Amazon, so scary. But the product arrived in terrible condition, it is not a Ganyu, it is a deformed Ganyu. Don’t be fooled by these offers!». Well, let the photos speak for themselves:
It was certainly a rather unique situation that did not go unnoticed in the comment forums:
- «They are imitation figures, aren’t they?».
- «You just have to change the head, and that’s it».
- «I don’t know 100 people who would buy something like this…».
- «I can’t believe these types of imitation figures still exist.».
- «You look different from your photo, right?».
- «No, they are just pirated copies.».
- «Most of what is sold cheap is pirated. The originals are pretty good.».
- «I wonder if those who made the pirated copies just wanted to laugh at people who bought the pirated copies anyway and made it look like it was broken at this level?».
- «It’s piracy».
- «Too many low price scams on Amazon».
- «It’s bad that Amazon doesn’t take action against piracy and fraud».
- «Unusually cheap products are often pirated».
- «I can tell who’s a bad guy just by looking at the discount rate».
- «This is a real pirated version of the image. Why is Amazon such a lawless place?».
