What would the world be without wonderful and absurd knockoffs and off brands? Well, first off there'd be a lot fewer SpongeBob and Elmo-esque piñatas, but otherwise it would be a much more boring place. There'd be no more transforming robot Frozen 2 action figures or "official" Microsoft branded flip flops. Amazing and ridiculous knockoffs make the world go round at a relatively affordable price.
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Copyright is a hell of a beast, so these toy manufacturers threw some toys together with dollop of word salad to try to squeeze in as much brand recognition as possible without having to deal with any of that pesky legal infringement for their amazing and ridiculous bootlegs. Like Beasts by Mr. Dre, Mike shoes or Dulcho and Garbanzo bags, the world of knockoff and of brands is rich and varied.
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There's a lot of good money to be made off of well-known brands, and people know it. The whole issue is all those pesky licensing fees and copyright claims. What is a shrewd business-person to do? Obviously, create some uncredible off-brand and bootleg products. No, we don't have Pepsi, Shrek or Pokémon but how about Poopsi, Shronk or Pokermoms? Anything is possible in the world ofridiculous knockoffs.
In an age where brand recognition means everything, who wouldn't try to associate their products and services with more well-known brands? Sure it's legally dubious and the product itself gets dragged through multiple loopholes before becoming a mangled shadow of itself before emerging on the other side, but it's a way to get noticed. The resulting uncredible off brand and bootleg products are a bit much.
We live in a big world, and not everyone is willing to pay top dollar for "official" merchandise that may or may not be just as good as a knockoff. Yeah, you get a few incomprehensible spellings as well as some terrifying handmade statues of Shrek, but they all make for amazing and ridiculous knockoffs and bootlegs.
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No one can really tell the difference if your bag says Gucci or Gercho, so who really cares, you know? Someone else around the corner has bootleg everything, from classic movies to Oreos. It just so happens that only sometimes bootleg and knockoff products become absurd.
Bootleg products never fail to capture our imaginations. When it comes to off brand toys, some are just weird amalgams of spare parts and others are freaky new mutations. Outside the safe and predictable world of branded, trademarked products lies an untamed land of uncredible bootleg products. Welcome to the jungle, baby.
Smart business people all around the world have realized that there's money to be made recreating products from well known brands, especially when it's changed just enough to avoid any of those pesky licensing fees. How could that plan go wrong? The results make up some highly absurd off brand and bootleg products.
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Are you bored of seeing the same mainstream products, restaurants and entertainment over and over again? Well people are working around the clock to achieve that same brand recognition without having to pay pesky licensing fees. These desperate yet charming knockoff brands put smiles on our faces, even if the products themselves make no sense.
Spooktober is just around the corner and our favorite bootleg crap is filling up store shelves. Costume makers will jump through some amazing hoops in order to not get dinged for intellectual property infringement and the results are pretty awesome. Can we interest you in dressing up as Blue Speed Mouse for halloween? Or how about you favorite Evil Midweek Cutie? For some actually spooky stuff to gear you up for haloween, check out these two-sentence horror stories.
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Everyone's trying to make a quick buck and we don't blame em for getting as close as they can with bootleg products without getting arrested for violating some kind of copyright or trademark law. It's basically like a fun game to see what kind of bootleg Pringles people can come up with at this point. Prangles, prongles, you name it.
