Ultimate Pinky:St originality check

Some website on the internet mentioned to check the shoe for marking: "Baby Sue Vance", other than "Made in China".
This however not always the case. Pinky:St WildArms have shoes with heel and the only marking printed on it is "Made in China". Even flat shoe of Range Murata collaboration does not have one.

Thus, where else can we check?

Some other website suggesting the head. Pinky:St is a modular design where you can change the hair. It take some effort to remove the hair especially the rear part, but you need to remove that. At the back of the head, notice that the original Pinky:St have hexagonal hole, and there will be at least a marking "©BABYsue - VANCE". If it is collaboration, the other collaborator will have their own copyright marking too. For Wild Arms, additionally, it will have "©SCEI" and for Range Murata, additionally, it will have "©RANGE MURATA - MAT".

I know it is not possible to do this with web auction all the time, but if the delivery method is meet-up, you could suggest this method of checking.

If the seller refuse as the packing is never opened, then it is your call. If you want original packing un-opened then there is no way to check the head for these markings.

However, if you do not mind to open it, you could pay 50% first to show that you are a genuine buyer, albeit a very cautious one. Pass the money (agreed percentage less than 100%), open the packaging and check the marking.

If the seller totally refuse or back-out from the deal, it is for your own good as his/hers may not be an original, and he/she know it.

Edit (23 Dec 2007):
Apparently this kind of testing is also not that accurate.

I bought a Pinky with Rabbit Scooter (collaboration with Choro-Q, May 2006 version). The packaging is all good, with copyright mark "©TAKARA CO.,LTD.2006 ©BABYsue - VANCE" exactly like that is shown here (http://pinky-st.skr.jp/choroq01.html) at the bottom, although there is no Vance logo there, like the one in the picture.

Before I exchange the money with the goods, I checked the mark underneath the shoe and I saw "MADE IN CHINA" on one side and "©BABYsue - VANCE" on another, so I guess it is pretty good chance it is original. When I opened the packaging, the head come off from the body very easily. I am not sure if that is due to the orange scarf. To my surprise, the pinky rear head, after detaching the hair, does not have any marking at all. There is no copyright marking at all. The Hex hole at the back of the head is not as noticeably hexagonal as the normal series release.

Searching further, the backing card of the packaging do unfold, and can be a playmat with road and pavement print (grey scale), and I found 2 mini promotional flyers from Takara Tomy and from Pinky:St (promoting Sweet and Bitter DVD version).

Is this the case of having everything original and the seller mixed up a fake pinky head with the real pinky head? I have no idea. Please enlighten me.

All Pinky:St releases

I found this Japanese website listing all pinky street releases with front and back pictures. It is very valuable in terms of identifying real McPinky with the fake one.

From the same website, I found an extensive list of all pinky garage kit, including Vash from Trigun and a donkey cosplay suit which can be fitted with any pinky head. Kawaii....

I have seen Motoko Kusanagi garage kit as well offered on Japan's yahoo auction, but it is not on this list.

It also have extensive step-by-step plastic operations a.k.a Pinky Extreme Makeover (Modifications), with description and pictures too.

There are plenty of other pictures too, but I let you explore.

Can't read Japanese? Same here. Why not try altavista babel fish? Cut and paste the link. The translation's grammar may be a bit out but be flexible and you will be able to make out some, rather than none. :)

Pinky Motorcycle Test

Some informative video showing how the scooter from pinky collection made by TomyTec works. Need better lighting, and as such, the focus is very badly done too.

Made by emopalstrawberri

English dialog, the pinky described and demonstrated the scooter that "mommy" bought her. No music.

PinkyStreet Kirakira Music Hour

This is a recording from a Nintendo DS screen, from "PinkyStreet Kirakira Music Hour". I never played any Nintendo game and do not own any Nintendo gaming hardware, so I can either speculate that this is a recording of a bonus scene, which is interactive, after you reach certain stage in the game.

It is cute where the pinky character move around following the touch pen, and responded like cat when the head was touched. Also at one time touching her back while she was walking away, kind of pushed her and she almost tipped over.

Recorded by SakioinPM

No dialog. In-game music.

Pinky St House 3D Studio

Actually the only thing Pinky about this video is the title given by the maker. It is a 3D design video of a proposed Japanese style doll house which can house lots of Pinky. It is very nice. So now there is a design. Who is going to construct the real one?

Designed by SherylNag (I cannot say the regular made by as people might mistaken that the real house has been built).

No dialog. No music.

Pinky:st Animation

A good attempt of stop motion animation using pinky, despite the fixed limb (no joints).

Made by hentaiosa (I wish she chose a different nickname.)

No dialog. Japanese pop rock music.

Pinky st Animation 02 Nightmare

The best stop motion pinky animation that I have ever seen so far.
Nothing objectional other than a pinky fall off and the head roll over, but an angel comes and fix it, or so it seems... twisted ending.

Made by hentaiosa (I wish she chose a different nickname.)

No dialog other than some screaming sound (with helium effect). Music: Bee Gees.