real_fake_daleks

CLUES AS TO WHICH DALEKS ARE FAKE (COUNTERFEIT) AND WHICH ARE REAL (KIDROBOT)

 

MUSTACHE (blue) - fake eyebrows are closer to ] than ). The circles on each side of his face and the one on his stomach have a light color of paint in the middle ring - the fake daleks have no paint in the middle and let the base color (almost the same) shine through... but its not the same.

 

TEETH (pink) - The belt-line is uneven. colors tend to be less strong but more bright - all lines are heavy and thick, real daleks have delicate lines.

 

SQUARE EYES (black) - circles on each side of the face and stomach are the same as mustache/blue - white with just the color of the dunny. Real square-eye daleks have another ring of color (gray) and white in the circles. Also the circles on each side of the face are in reverse on the fake dunny - white on the outside and inside instead of the circle-ring like in the real one.

 

SMILEY (yellow) - the smile decal never goes all the way without breaking seriously (the real ones are very clean). If it stops and starts or has a noticeable seam, it's probably fake. The fake black smiley version never has a white nose - there's no nose. The real black smiley has a white nose.

 

ON ALL DALEKS, there are 3 general ways to tell if its real or fake.

 

1. FEET: the left foot is always stamped c (copyright symbol) above kidrobot:

 

c

kidrobot

 

That's what it always looks like, fake or real. But on the FAKE Daleks, the word 'kidrobot' is centered, so the c symbol is higher than the center line and it looks unbalanced. On the real dunny, the stamp is the same, except the space between 'c' and 'kidrobot' is centered on the foot, so both 'c' and 'kidrobot' are centered TOGETHER on the foot.

 

Basically holding it sideways (so text is upright), fake daleks look like the stamp is higher than center. (only the lower word is centered), and real daleks look like the stamp is centered right in the middle. (both words)

 

2. EARS: As you can see in the picture (but its easier to feel) - fake dalek ears are thicker and have flat fronts, and real dalek ears (any dunny) have ears that are more tapered and sculpted and round.

 

3. PAINT: Fake Daleks have varying paint jobs, some are close and some are far from the real ones. But if you turn the head around and look from underneath, you can see the paint line for the head - the vinyl isnt smooth and it looks really unfinished - like it was painted while on or painted and put on wet. The real dalek dunnys have flawless paint jobs that go all the way to the plug (that you cant even see without pulling the head out).

 

Feel free to add more notes.... we need to STOP FAKE DALEK DUNNYS from being sold! Most of the ones on ebay are fake - if they ever say 'dirty, used, abused, not-perfect' or are missing the ratio sheet and box, it's 99% likely to be a fake - even from a good seller who sells real products (they probably got it from someone else). Lately people have been selling fake dalek dunny boxes! I have some of these and will post the image - but they are really easy to tell. Like ALL DUNNYS, real dalek dunny boxes have tabs that glue down (so you cant open without buying) and the fake boxes have tabs that slot their way in so they can be opened and closed. And they dont have the ratio sheets. whew!

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