Found an illegal Schleich set!

[Joggy]

Just wanted to tell you that I found the coolest thing on a flee market today. An illegal Schleich set from East Germany.

The set has Piggy, Scooter, Gonzo, Sam Eagle and Statler, without any copyrights from Henson or Schleich on them, in the most APPALLING colours (Gonzo in pink, Scooter with black hair in a silver outfit - Sam is cool in silver, though), all on a piece of cardboard with an amateurish Muppet Show drawing in it. The PVC salesman told me that this set is what many PVC collectors are looking for.

Has anybody else heard of this set?

[Warrick]

Hey,
i saw a set not too long ago, But i deleted the picture !

Great find tho !

See ya

[BorkBork]

Did you buy it then?

/Anders

[Joggy]

Yes, of course I bought it! It's one of the rarest things! Real PVC collectors are always looking for prototypes, illegal, "mutants" etc. So this was a real good find.

[Fozzie Bear]

Hey! I wondered where that stuff went, I made that in 3rd grade!!


Just kiddin'.

FOZ

[Drtooth]

You should post a picture of it, Joggy! Must be something!

[BorkBork]

I agree with dr.tooth.
Please post a pic of it if you can. :D :D :D :D

[BarbarianJ]

Sounds like a Polish bootleg Muppet PVC set to me ...

[Kung Orne I]

Maybe I bought some similar PVC:s on german eBAY, but theese are Muppet babies:

http://www.piu.se/figurer/bilder/babies.JPG

:o

[muppetperson]

I have seen the rip offs on ebay.I think they come from Portugal.

[MrsPepper]

Maybe I bought some similar PVC:s on german eBAY, but theese are Muppet babies:

http://www.piu.se/figurer/bilder/babies.JPG

:o

Ugh! The Kermit on the far left and the Fozzie on the far right are terrifying! :o

[Drtooth]

This is why I tend to avoid bootlegs. The molding is sloppy, and the paint jobs look pathetic. They offer nothing interresting outside of being bootlegs. Now if they were an odd Hong Kong bootleg and they're all bizarre looking super deformers (I've seen an Incredibles bootleg like that).

So the question is, is the plastic really cheap and greasy?

[Krazedmuppet]

Maybe I bought some similar PVC:s on german eBAY, but theese are Muppet babies:

http://www.piu.se/figurer/bilder/babies.JPG

:o

I have the Kermit on the far right front, my sister just gave it to me. Didn't think much of it

[Krazedmuppet]

My uncle (who sells “bootleg” stuff at fairs) calls them “knock- offs”

[Beauregard]

:attitude: - Who are you calling Ill? I personally find you all sick...

[Drtooth]

I have the Kermit on the far right front, my sister just gave it to me. Didn't think much of it

It looks like a 5 year old painted it. of course, given the state of bootleg sweatshops, they very well could have. I bet you could cut your fingers up nasty on those sloppy hanging edges.

[BarbarianJ]

As far as I know they are Polish bootlegs ... the molds are actually not that bad, but the paintjobs are indeed nowhere. It's no use collecting them, there's paintschemes galore ... :crazy: