Disney Pixar Cars - Hong Kong Counterfeit Bust!

It was a matter of time and extensive investigation, but nine were arrested in Hong Kong for selling counterfeit Cars merchandise. The nine were actually employed at the legitimate manufacturing plant that is contracted to mass produce the Mattel Disney Pixar Cars line. My source informed me that the nine were in the process of creating a knockoff of the highly coveted "Motor Speedway of the South" set which has hovered around the $1500.00 price on secondary markets such as Ebay. They were creating counterfeit packaging that would have fooled the best of experts. They had many legitimate Mattel cases of Cars, photographs of items, and blanks stolen from the plant. The ring was estimated to have generated about $250,000 in sales to the point of their arrest. If they had released the bogus SOTS sets, it was estimated they could have netted about two to three million!


I was told to tell collectors to avoid buying Cars items from Hong Kong. I mentioned this in my column last week about Ebay Contraband. Buy legitimate, AUTHENTIC items that have been designed, approved and manufactured by Mattel! Believe me, MattyCollector.com will be releasing some incredible things in the future! Don't buy garbage and support criminals.

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