NBC Hidden Mickey Candy Corns - real vs. fake comparison
Nasubionna
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Hi everyone! The 2010 Hidden Mickey pins featuring Nightmare Before Christmas characters are known to have fakes being pumped out from China, and I ended up with a fake set of Lock, Shock and Barrels courtesy of eBay. Lovely. But then I got my hands on some that are clearly authentic, so I thought I'd do a side-by-side comparison. I'm sorry I don't have Jack and Sally to compare as well.
You can see VERY clear differences between Barrel - he's missing a pupil and his entire nose in the fake pin! And while Lock is pretty close between the two, Shock has a major color difference in her clothing and all three of the fakes have much thicker lines than the authentic pins.
Here's the backs, though personally I struggle to identify any clear patterns/differences between the two.
There is a clear difference in thickness and weight between the two sets.
Anyway, I hope this was interesting and maybe helpful to some people!
You can see VERY clear differences between Barrel - he's missing a pupil and his entire nose in the fake pin! And while Lock is pretty close between the two, Shock has a major color difference in her clothing and all three of the fakes have much thicker lines than the authentic pins.
Here's the backs, though personally I struggle to identify any clear patterns/differences between the two.
There is a clear difference in thickness and weight between the two sets.
Anyway, I hope this was interesting and maybe helpful to some people!
