I had to stop at a Wal-Mart today, and I happened to glance at the Classified figures as I walked through the toy aisle and saw this anti-masterpiece. The figure-swap itself isn't the real news here, though: it's the "knife." This industrious figure-swapper decided that he needed to swap in some accessories to really sell it, but I guess he couldn't find a 1:12-scale knife that he was willing to part with, so he made his own. I'm not sure if it comes through in the photos, but it's just a piece of flat black plastic or rubber, cut very crudely into a vaguely knife-shaped object. It's the saddest accessory I've ever seen. And now it's the saddest accessory you've ever seen, too.

The person clearly was concerned they might not take it back. Most of these “winners” wouldn’t bother to put anything close to the same character in the package let alone make a fake accessory.

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