When I was on a trip to China and on San-X's first attempt at doing a theme park, while watching children enjoying there lives and watching the parade with a very broken speaker and smelling something disgusting from far away from the theme park, I went to the toy store in this theme park. And I see some officially licensed San-X shirts, plushies, and others. But one thing I didn't knew nor people haven't noticed there's a Kerori bootleg toy of the same name, and it's unlicensed. At first glance it looked like a regular toy, but something that feels off. The toy itself appears to be a copy of HeySuns' Bump N' Go FAST FOOD, featuring The Next Day Kerori (次の日ケロリ) character in the seat, with a random song that has absolutely nothing to do with Kerori. It look liked one of those mysterious Chinese toys that somehow ends up in the stragest places. I knew San-X sold unlincesed bootleg stuff in this theme park. So, I told the employees that this is unliscened and has that random song, and the employee responsed "No, it's licensed. We just think that this song we recalled eariler is pretty catchy.". ...Excuse me? I was stunned, standing in confusion. Was the thing actually licensed? Was the employee just guessing? I'm sorry I'm confused. I was left with more questions than answers. Still got the curiosity in my head, and investigation, I decided to buy it anyway. I test the toy outside the store, and even played it's song while holding it as I watched the parade. There I was, surrounded by children enjoying themselves, and the toy's contrast was really incredible: a questionable bootleg race car playing it's mysterious tune while a parade continue dwith a a very broken speaker in the background. It was beautiful. In a completely ridiculous way. Eventually, the trip ended, and I returned home with my new discovery. I gave the toy a another test, and hoping to figure out what was that song. The tune actually sounded like "WE ARE THE WORLD!" (which I don't remember. Do tell me in comments) playing as a song. The mystery isn't over yet, either. When I examined the toy more closely, I notice dthat there was no company logo on the back cover. No manufacturer name whoever made this. And for something that supposedly licensed, that was a pretty strange omission. I mean, sure it has resemblance to the original toy by Heysun, but this toy makes it more intriguing. So, what is this? Unauthorized imitation? Was it produced by some obscure factory? Or was it a strange, forgotten product that simply never received proper documentation? But for now, the answers remain unknown. And surprisingly, this is apparently only the second San-X Chinafake we finded. And it's also rare, too. ??? Year: 2006 (?), 2011-2012 (San-X Theme Park) Rarity: 11.1/10
Credit to @awesomebootlegs for the original
