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Title: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Goemon on July 31, 2017, 08:43:35 AM
I'm always nervous looking around eBay these days, I know there are a lot of reproductions/fakes for things like, Famicom, GBA etc. But wasn't sure about Hucards. Anyone have the word on this?
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Arkhan on July 31, 2017, 08:46:39 AM
yeah you can find a ton of overpriced repros for PCE just like any other machine, lol

fortunately, you can tell they're not real. 

I don't know if they're still for sale or what.  Members here make/sell them. 

We (Aetherbyte) make new HuCards too, but they're for the game I made, not for repros of old games.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Necromancer on July 31, 2017, 08:58:37 AM
Yeah, they're pretty obviously fake.  Instead of a small, thin pcb in a big plastic tray, they're one big, thick pcb.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Arkhan on July 31, 2017, 09:10:50 AM
or they're a big stupid looking blue thing with a dumb looking dolphin on the cover from some stupid ass company called like, Aetherballs.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Necromancer on July 31, 2017, 09:27:42 AM
But that's not a repro or a fake.  That's 100% legitimate original awesome.

Beat the shark, motherf*ckers!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Arkhan on July 31, 2017, 09:40:26 AM
I can't believe how many people can't beat the shark.   It's not even hard if you are paying attention.

AND IF YOU WROTE THE GAME LOLOLOLOL

Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: ClodBuster on July 31, 2017, 09:49:20 AM
Poor shark.  :(
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Necromancer on July 31, 2017, 10:14:05 AM
Don't worry, he's an S&M shark.  He has a safe word.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Goemon on July 31, 2017, 06:42:34 PM
Yea, I don't mind obvious reproduction stuff so much it's the guys who sell things under the radar.
Twice on eBay I've bought carts as official and they've turned out to be fake.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Necromancer on August 01, 2017, 02:41:12 AM
A few chinese boots from back in the day are close to legitimate looking, using the same form factor and materials.  Even those aren't hard to spot as fakes, though, if you know what to look for (the art and back label are different).
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: DragonmasterDan on August 01, 2017, 04:24:44 AM
If you're worried about look-alike bootlegs. HuCard repros aren't at the post where even a moderately discerning eye wouldn't notice they're not original cards. That time may eventually come though.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: xelement5x on August 01, 2017, 05:12:28 AM
If you're worried about look-alike bootlegs. HuCard repros aren't at the post where even a moderately discerning eye wouldn't notice they're not original cards. That time may eventually come though.

If there is a monetary incentive to make perfect bootlegs they will appear eventually.  Thankfully the problem is that for whoever makes them, they can't just sell them all at once or people will be tipped off so they would need to sit on them and slowly dole them out through multiple accounts or something.  That definitely reduces the incentive to embark on the venture. 
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on August 01, 2017, 06:25:02 AM
Don't worry, he's an S&M shark.  He has a safe word.

He's HIS OWN safe word!!
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: retro junkie on August 06, 2017, 03:15:13 AM
Not sure when I purchased this but I knew what I was getting. I could not handle the price of the real thing, being about $450 USD or more. And I wanted a hard copy, so reproduction was a good option for me. I think I purchased this for about $45USD. This is like a thick PC board. Not like a HuCard at all.

(http://i.imgur.com/6h5KYN5.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/mgAZipA.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/QaNafy2.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/Besy1zO.gif)

I sort-of like the case and small art insert. I wonder if I could find these for purchase. I would get them for all my HuCards.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Arkhan on August 06, 2017, 03:03:30 PM
You can go on Facebook and get directed to whoever makes those cases/inserts/whatevers.


Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: gex on August 06, 2017, 05:14:21 PM
The day is upon us where those "valuable" PCEWorks collectibles are going to be counterfeited.

A FAKE OF A FAKE GAME
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Arkhan on August 06, 2017, 05:27:34 PM
its like multiplicity.

it gets more and more retarded as you keep doing it.
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: gex on August 06, 2017, 06:11:46 PM
its like multiplicity.

it gets more and more retarded as you keep doing it.
I want that stupid looking stake included with that PCEWorks Dracula X wooden chest counterfeited so many times that it looks like a dildo.
A dildo stake used to fight vampires, what amazing imagery
Title: Re: Are reproduction/fake Hucards being made?
Post by: Green Beret on August 08, 2017, 05:00:13 AM
its like multiplicity.

it gets more and more retarded as you keep doing it.
I want that stupid looking stake included with that PCEWorks Dracula X wooden chest counterfeited so many times that it looks like a dildo.
A dildo stake used to fight vampires, what amazing imagery
:clap: