The Energon Pub

How can you tell a real Frenzy and Rumble from fakes?
Pics would be great.

You know what else would be great? Specifics. Are we talking G1? SIEGE? Fall of Cybertron? Masterpiece?

With G1, it's hard to tell out-of-package because of the perfect-grade counterfeits. In-package, the packaging has some subtle imperfections in its mimicry. But anymore there's a much more blatant tell. If you see something in G1-identical packaging labeled as a "Reissue" and sold for substantially less than MISB G1 stuff normally goes for, it's a counterfeit. But given the price and the good quality of these counterfeits, plenty of people don't care.

Masterpiece KOs may or may not be honestly labeled; they often seem to be from my experience, especially the ones whose packaging cheesily says "Takasa Tony". These KOs will also tend to be priced cheaper than the legit ones.

SIEGE and FoC, I couldn't tell ya aside from cheap MISP listings from China probably being bootlegs.