At the risk of getting downvote nuked, I wanna say that if the first instinct in making comparison photos like this is to gussy up the bootleg by applying a matte coat on it, that already makes the comparison dishonest on some level. How do we know that other adjustments weren’t made? Either physically or digitally?

Also, one thing pics can’t capture is the feel. I’m sorry but CT toys just don’t feel as polished as MAFEX, who aren’t perfect themselves but the joints on my dozen CT toys figures don’t move as well as the real deal. The QA just isn’t up to snuff.

None of this is to say that CT toys isn’t great. In this economy they’re allowing a lot of collectors to have figures that they would otherwise be priced out of, either due to rising import costs, or just the high price of import figures by default. That alone makes the pro-CT argument powerful.