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August 12, 2013 By Brian 22 Comments

This week’s assignment from the League: Knock it off!

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This week’s assignment for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers was an idea sent in by Poe Ghostal. Poe originally wanted the topic to be “third party toys, yay or nay,” but I thought it would be fun to open it up even further, so here goes…

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Bootlegs, knockoffs, and third-party products.

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REMEMBER!: The League is always open to new members! Got a blog? Write a post in response to the weekly challenge, and you’ll be included. It’s that easy!

league logoOnce you put up a post on your site add a comment below with the URL. Next Monday, I will put up a post here on Cool & Collected with a list of all the contributing blogs. Once that list is posted, if you haven’t already done so, try to incorporate at least three of your fellow League members’ links (but more would be great!) into the article you wrote on your site.

By cross-posting like this, we will help each other out by sending new readers to each other’s sites. Have fun!

(Wondering what the heck this is all about? We’re recruiting for this loose-knit, rag tag crew! Here are the details for contributing to The League.)

Filed Under: Pop Culture League Tagged With: bootlegs, Knockoffs

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Comments

  1. Rich (The Nerd Nook) says

    August 12, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    I wrote about Super Powers….bet ya never saw that comin 😉

    http://fortuneandglorydays.blogspot.com/2013/08/league-of-extraordinay-bloggers.html

    Reply
  2. John Gaither says

    August 12, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    This will be a good one Brian. : )

    Reply
  3. Jason says

    August 13, 2013 at 12:45 am

    RD80s has come back to the League! And a revisit of the Street Hawk TV series about a year ago came to mind…

    http://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2013/08/when-street-hawk-was-member-of-gi-joe.html

    Reply
  4. kngfu says

    August 13, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    I can’t wait to read more of these.

    Reply
  5. Kal says

    August 14, 2013 at 6:30 am

    I have something that I have been holding onto for a long time that I want to open up. A cheap bootleg transformer.

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    • Brian says

      August 14, 2013 at 9:04 am

      Open it up!

      Reply
  6. christopher tupa says

    August 14, 2013 at 7:23 am

    Oh boy! Can’t wait to see what everyone posts!
    Here’s mine:

    http://ctupa.com/blog/?p=1910

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    • Jon says

      August 14, 2013 at 1:37 pm

      Those Spider-Aliens are cool.

      Reply
  7. Grey Endres says

    August 14, 2013 at 8:39 am

    While off this weeks topic, it’s time to pack up & head to Gencon, the greatest 4 days of gaming!

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    • Brian says

      August 14, 2013 at 8:58 am

      Have fun!

      Reply
  8. hobgoblin238 says

    August 14, 2013 at 7:18 pm

    I would have posted about this had I been paying attention. Mexico is FULL of knockoff toys.

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    • Brian says

      August 14, 2013 at 7:19 pm

      There’s still time!

      Reply
  9. The Goodwill Geek says

    August 15, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    I thought I was going to have to sit this one out this week and then… SAVED BY THE SPACE DEFENDERS!!!

    http://goodwillhunting4geeks.blogspot.com/2013/08/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-knock.html

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  10. Miss M says

    August 16, 2013 at 1:28 am

    These Bootleg Toys are made for Walkin! I’m so glad I got to write about this topic. Wasn’t sure I’d come up with something. http://diaryofadorkette.blogspot.com/2013/08/these-bootlegs-are-made-for-walkin.html

    Reply
  11. Brian says

    August 16, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    Here’s a Superman knockoff… https://www.coolandcollected.com/superman-the-man-of-cardboard/

    Reply
  12. Todd (Neato Coolville) says

    August 16, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    I dug out a C-3PO knockoff stuffed doll for my blog post – http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-saddest-star-wars-knockoff-toy-ever.html

    Reply
  13. Pop Rewind says

    August 17, 2013 at 12:43 am

    We took a different route and focused more on the “bootleg” part of the assignment– http://www.poprewind.com/the-league-talkin-bootlegs/

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  14. Nathan says

    August 17, 2013 at 3:25 pm

    Nothing’s been bootlegged more than those Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere!
    http://www.dorkdimension.com/2013/08/toy-tribute-bootleg-muscles.html

    Reply
  15. The Trash Man says

    August 17, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    These comics -don’t- feature the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

    No, wait, sorry. One of them sorta’ does.

    http://poppopitstrashculture.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-league-knock-it-off.html

    Reply
  16. Kevin Hellions says

    August 19, 2013 at 12:32 am

    Sunday night. We’ve had the baby a week and are still sane! So here’s the weekly post.

    http://teamhellions.com/2013/08/19/bootlegs-the-league/

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. LoES > Bootlegs, knockoffs, and third-party products : PoeGhostal.com says:
    August 15, 2013 at 9:01 am

    […] this link and check the comments for more […]

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  2. Pop Rewind — The League: Talkin’ Bootlegs says:
    August 16, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    […] week, The League comes at us with a topic we can both get into: Bootlegs, knock-offs, and third-party […]

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