Is this pin fake?

[PrincessPirate]

I recently purchased a pin off Ebay for the first time, one of Princess Eilonwy from Black Cauldron. When it arrived however I noticed it seemed a lot lighter and less substantial than my other pins, which made me suspicious. I checked it against the picture on PinPics and saw that fakes/scrappers (I'm new to this so not sure) of the design were known to exist, and mine seems to have the greenish tint that the site describes. I don't know what other things to look out for though, so I was hoping you could please help out.


(Sorry for the bad pictures, I'm not used to taking close ups)

Do you think this is fake?

 

[jjgasman]

It has characteristics of both real and counterfeit, so if it were me, I'd probably request a refund.

 

[tiggermickey]

WOW..that does not look good to me

 

[Tabbikat2219]

compare the eyes i have the original pin and when i got a fake one from a trade the difference was in the color and the eyes

 

[simbanino]

I recently purchased a pin off Ebay for the first time, one of Princess Eilonwy from Black Cauldron. When it arrived however I noticed it seemed a lot lighter and less substantial than my other pins, which made me suspicious. I checked it against the picture on PinPics and saw that fakes/scrappers (I'm new to this so not sure) of the design were known to exist, and mine seems to have the greenish tint that the site describes. I don't know what other things to look out for though, so I was hoping you could please help out.

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(Sorry for the bad pictures, I'm not used to taking close ups)

Do you think this is fake?

try not to buy those pins in ebay, hidden mikceys i ebay are most of the time fake, i have a few of those, i even have the same collection but with the pig inside, just either trade here or as somebody to sell it to you, i would even give it to you for fried if we trade other thing, i would have just throw it in as a gift since i use these as easy trades at the park, may i ask how much did you payed for this? i don't sell pin(just trying to keep it a hobby) but if i were to sell it i would sell it for either 75 cents or max a dollar. use this site to be as awre as possible of how to safely buy pins and not get ripped off.

 

[PrincessPirate]

Thanks for all the advice! I'll take it up with the seller, and certainly be more careful next time!

 

[tiggermickey]

YES if the seller does not want to discuss it,I would trade a oridinary rack pin or another HM (REAL one)for it
I collect these for my tacboard

 

[PrincessPirate]

Wow, that would be really generous of you!

 

[tiggermickey]

Just let me know Ok?

 

[earthbound]

Eilonwy was one of the first pins from the cauldron Hidden Mickey series to be scrapped, as mention earlier in this post look at the eyes & the colouring of the hair - Hair and shirt may have a "greenish" tint to them on some counterfeits. On others the hair may be yellow yellow, while the authentic is more of a golden yellow. Her face and neck, appear to be a more peachy pink color, than flesh toned. Additionally, there is extra metal between the ovalish part and the left claw. All of the definition lines seem thicker.