So my friend wants to sell me his limited edition pikachu ds i suspect it as being a fake but he says its 100% real. I took a picture of the bottom of it and was wondering if anyone here could help me thanks
badbob said:I can't tell from that picture and I don't want to get mine out of it's box to compare. But the fake ones look and feel cheap. If the LEDs shine through the plastic more than a normal DS Lite would, it's fake.
There's lots of fakes out there and not many real ones. You had to go to Pokemon Store in Japan, enter a raffle and win to even be able to buy one.
I don't know what that black sticker is on the back. Mine doesn't have that. Take some photos of the front and inside with it turned on and I should be able to tell you if it's fake or not.
he wants 80 for it he is in a tight spot and he doesn't have the box but he did say it came from japan originally but i saw a video on ebay where the serial number looks different and ug is the usa serial i thinkbadbob said:It looks authentic to me. How much is he selling it for? Does it include the box? The box is different on all the fakes.
badbob said:Actually I change my mind, I'm really not sure, it's so hard to tell from that last photo at that terrible resolution. The serial number thing and black sticker are very strange. The original one should have the serial number sticker just like the white one you showed. I was thinking maybe he sent it for repair and they changed the serial number to a US one and stuck that black sticker on, but if your friend says he stuck it on then that doesn't make sense.
Watch the video I posted above in my edit, it highlights lots of faults about the fake ones.
he said he paid 250 for it but he knows ive always wanted that pikachu ds and we always sell each other stuff way lower then they are worth so the price is just a friend thingbadbob said:No, I mean the video I embedded above, but that one doesn't even have the pikachu logo now I check again. But that one does have a serial number that looks like your one.
It's probably fake. $80 is super cheap for a real one and it sounds like your friend is a bit hazy on the details