A JELLYCAT superfan has shared the five signs to look out for if you think your plush might be fake. Lizzy is an avid collector of the adorable toys, which feature cute faces on inanimate objects such as vegetables and pastries, and as such knows the warning signs that it might not be an authentic one.Lizzy took to TikTok to share some of the biggest warning signs that a Jellycat is fake – including that the blue round the label is a lot lighter on one that isn’t realtiktok/@lizzyhenstockxThe fake one will also often have “shang” or another word before the numbers on the labeltiktok/@lizzyhenstockxWhile the real one has “jelly” written before the numberstiktok/@lizzyhenstockxtiktok/@lizzyhenstockxShe also said that the quality difference in the legs and feet is clear to see between the heart (real) and the sunshine (fake)[/caption]And she took to TikTok to share a video pointing out the signs, in a bid to raise awareness of the growing market of fake toys and dupes.
“I actually find it really scary about how similar these are,” she said. “It’s terrifying!”She went on to compare the sunshine keyring she’d been sent in as an example of a fake, with an authentic heart-shaped keyring.The first difference was in the tags.
On the fake one, there was a larger tag on the back with Chinese writing on it. As well as that, the blue square that goes around the actual ‘Jellycat’ tag it a lot lighter on the fake than on the real one. Lizzy went on to point out th.
