# HELP ! Did i just purchase a Yoyorecreation Bootleg?
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**Category:** General Yo-Yo
**Created:** [August 25, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895 "2014-08-25T18:48:40Z")
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### Author:  [@mapotofu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mapotofu)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/1 "2014-08-25T18:48:40Z")
I recently just made a purchase of Yoyorecreation Clash 2012, but I suspected that it is a bootleg.
I got it for 14800 yen, which is the original retail price.
The reason am suspicious is beacuse of its packaging. I currently own a Sleipnir and Laser which I purchased from yoyorecreation online store and the both have the same packaging (shown on the left).
However, the Clash packaging (seen on the right), instead of a black plastic thingy, the yoyo is covered by white cotton/foam or some sort of that. Also, the writing"yoyorecreation" is bigger and bolder. And the string included is not the usual plain white string from yoyorecreation.
Does anybody have a clash2012 as well? and how’s the packaging?
note:i’m sorry i dont know how to post a picture in a correct orientation
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### Author:  [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/2 "2014-08-25T18:58:27Z")
Where did you buy it? PM it to me since you’re not allowed to post it here.
But YYR used to use a white fluff in their boxes. They recently switched to the black inserts.
Seems legit to me.
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### Author:  [@andy569](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/andy569)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/3 "2014-08-25T19:30:50Z")
YYR used to ship their boxes with cotton(which I thought was better personally) but now they ship it with the black thing like links said
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### Author:  [@Rosenberg](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rosenberg)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/4 "2014-08-25T23:32:50Z")
> [@andy569](#):
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> YYR used to ship their boxes with cotton(which I thought was better personally) but now they ship it with the black thing like links said
I think it’s actually poly. Sorry, I had to throw it out there
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### Author:  [@YoCyanightYo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoCyanightYo)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/5 "2014-08-25T23:49:50Z")
Yep, you most likely didn’t get a bootleg. I have a triplet, and it came in a yyr box with white padded stuff(Like cotton) in it, instead of the black thing.
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### Author:  [@mapotofu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mapotofu)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/6 "2014-08-26T01:31:30Z")
Thanks guys.
It actually plays great, and I got it from a very very trusted store.
(It is a store owned by a very famous Japanese yoyo player)
But I just didn’t mention it to prevent subjective opinion from you guys.
edit: just did some research and turn out the old yoyorecreation logo is the bigger and bolder one.
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### Author:  [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/7 "2014-08-26T02:03:37Z")
Taka?
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### Author:  [@NathanC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/NathanC)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/8 "2014-08-26T02:09:02Z")
Looks fake. I’ll buy it for half of what you paid. :wink:
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### Author:  [@mapotofu](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mapotofu)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/9 "2014-08-26T04:09:11Z")
> [@Yoyo](#):
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> Taka?
exactly
> [@NathanC](#):
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> Looks fake. I’ll buy it for half of what you paid. :wink:
troll detected
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### Author:  [@Pineapple\_Jumpsuit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pineapple_Jumpsuit)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/help-did-i-just-purchase-a-yoyorecreation-bootleg/68895/10 "2014-08-26T05:28:39Z")
> [@NathanC](#):
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> Looks fake. I’ll buy it for half of what you paid. :wink:
no give it to me I’ll even throw in a chocolate bar.🙂