IMC TOYS WARNS CONSUMERS ABOUT COUNTERFEIT COPIES OF CRY BABIES DOLLS

CRY BABIES MAGIC TEARS

PRESS RELEASE COUNTERFEITES - USA

IMC’s famous CRY Babies dolls have been victimized by a counterfeiting fraud currently distributing falsified products without authorization. These fraudulent items are being sold at multiple points of sales including kiosks as collectibles within a sealed bag and as concealed bottle house capsules.

The counterfeit products are pictured below. They are leveraging branded colours and the official IMC Toys and CRY Babies logos to appear legitimate.

Cry Babies

 

These items are sold in bags that contain a character and accessories. As shown in the photo below, the counterfeit version is smaller than the original.

 

Key identifying factors of the counterfeit characters are:

-          Very narrow neck

-          Paler in colour

-          Black hole in the upper chest.

-          Accessories are different colours and under no circumstances respect the style and quality of the original brand

Counterfeites
                                                                                                                                        Counterfeit                                       Real

 

The forgeries that come as bottle house capsules are much smaller in size. They include a rigid plastic doll as well as accessories, however they are very different from the original and legitimate items. Under no circumstances do they represent the style, quality and safety of the original brand.

 

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                                                                                                                                               COUNTERFEIT: Measures 5.5 cm width x 9.5 cm height

 

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                                                                                                                                               ORIGINAL: Measures 11.3 cm width x 13 cm height
 

 

Additionally, the forged instruction manual if formatted horizontally; the original is printed vertically.

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FRONT ORIGINAL      FRONT COUNTERFEIT                    BACK ORIGINAL            BACK COUNTERFEIT

 

IMC TOYS has informed the authorities of this fraud and is doing its best to stop the sale of counterfeits and ensure safe purchases. The company looks after the quality and safe distribution of its products, which go through strict UE controls.

For any queries, the following contact information is available to distributors and customers: [email protected]