Hey everyone!
Recently I purchased this Australian V3, or at least what I believed was an Australian V3. A little history on how I got my hands on this before I give more details upon discovering it's a fake (which I'm slightly bummed about, but in the grand scheme of it all, its just a Tamagotchi).
I purchased the V3 new from a seller in LA. The transaction was done over eBay, seller had a good rating, etc. No noticeable signs that this V3 was a fake. Upon receiving the package, I didn't notice anything unusual. I have a similar V3, only with a dolphin design; it's new in package and looks exactly like THIS. From doing a little digging, it appears that the owner of the photo took part in a hatch from TamaZone. Everything appears normal.
When I opened the package, I noticed there were instructions in an Asian language, but the packaging is mostly English with the exception of the "Caution" disclaimer on the back. Not unusual as I have some Asian Pacific V4s that share the same packaging attributes. Next I untabbed the V3 and heard a dull, long beep. The screen slowly appeared with an unusual Tamagotchi-like character. I immediately noticed the size of the pixels were larger than any other Tamagotchi from the Connection series. I was confused because I received the package new and everything appeared to be legit. Anyway, I took some photos to give everyone a better idea of how well this fake was produced. I am really confused because I thought most Tamagotchi fakes were fairly obvious just from the packaging alone. You can browse the photos HERE. I am not going to pursue contacting the seller as this was the only Tamagotchi he was selling at the time - and I can't hold them responsible for a fake when even I couldn't call it.
I just recently bought another Australian V3 so I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't another fake because I was hoping to get some good gameplay out of this V3. Does anyone else have a similar experience in purchasing a fake Tamagotchi that looks almost identical as an official one?
I'm still floored that someone was able to bootleg this V3 as cleverly as they did!
Recently I purchased this Australian V3, or at least what I believed was an Australian V3. A little history on how I got my hands on this before I give more details upon discovering it's a fake (which I'm slightly bummed about, but in the grand scheme of it all, its just a Tamagotchi).
I purchased the V3 new from a seller in LA. The transaction was done over eBay, seller had a good rating, etc. No noticeable signs that this V3 was a fake. Upon receiving the package, I didn't notice anything unusual. I have a similar V3, only with a dolphin design; it's new in package and looks exactly like THIS. From doing a little digging, it appears that the owner of the photo took part in a hatch from TamaZone. Everything appears normal.
When I opened the package, I noticed there were instructions in an Asian language, but the packaging is mostly English with the exception of the "Caution" disclaimer on the back. Not unusual as I have some Asian Pacific V4s that share the same packaging attributes. Next I untabbed the V3 and heard a dull, long beep. The screen slowly appeared with an unusual Tamagotchi-like character. I immediately noticed the size of the pixels were larger than any other Tamagotchi from the Connection series. I was confused because I received the package new and everything appeared to be legit. Anyway, I took some photos to give everyone a better idea of how well this fake was produced. I am really confused because I thought most Tamagotchi fakes were fairly obvious just from the packaging alone. You can browse the photos HERE. I am not going to pursue contacting the seller as this was the only Tamagotchi he was selling at the time - and I can't hold them responsible for a fake when even I couldn't call it.
I just recently bought another Australian V3 so I'm crossing my fingers that this isn't another fake because I was hoping to get some good gameplay out of this V3. Does anyone else have a similar experience in purchasing a fake Tamagotchi that looks almost identical as an official one?
I'm still floored that someone was able to bootleg this V3 as cleverly as they did!