Earlier this week, Niigata Prefecture arrested Keiichi Itoh, 35, and Jun Fujita, 36 for apparently selling a customized Kamen Rider W figure (pictured) via Yahoo! Auctions last November.
The winning bid was around ¥270,000 (US$3,288), a tidy sum indeed.
The two were picked up for violating Japanese copyright law. The suspects told authorities that since the figure was one-off and custom-made, they thought it would be overlooked. This is what the figure looks like before it was revamped by the two men. And before the two men were arrested.
http://kotaku.com/5738494/do-not-sell-modified-figures-in-japan-they-will-lock-you-up
thanks Kotaku
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