melan retweeted
this whole debate about bootlegs suck
If you collect bootleg merch I don’t consider you a collector
melan retweeted
Mind you each of those bootlegs cost around $30-50, meaning that on the high end they spent $350 for that set not including shipping. The official ones just rereleased for $120 each.
Shaming people who live in first world countries for art theft and child labor is not classist..
melan retweeted
I’m sorry for participating in bootleg discourse I just think there has been no time more important than now to support real artists and I find it absolutely disgusting how people can be endlessly spew out selfish excuses for why they should financially participate in an industry built on stealing and exploiting people from the same or lower class than them
melan retweeted
bootlegs are a direct result from classism as they force workers into endless, painful, and very often toxic (dealing w dangerous plastics or paints) work environments. figures are a luxury and if you truly are poor, that $2.50 you spent on miku could've been dinner.
melan retweeted
wtf are you talking about 😭😭 theres a difference between making fanart of something and bootlegs ripping the artist's designs and reprinting them on a cheap shitty mold
