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* Then there's "World of LordCraft" (from the same organization that's behind ''[[Evony]]''), which has banner ads that urge you to "join the battlt now" (yes, spelled "battlt").
* The multicart ''Caltron 6-in-1'', in addition to the original game ''Magic Carpet 1001'', features knockoffs of ''Space Harrier''(''Cosmos Cop''), ''Balloon Fight''(''Adam & Eve''), ''Sokoban''(''Porter''), ''Make Trax''(''Bookyman''), and ''Buster Brothers''(''Balloon Monster'').
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvXleDSkB-g POPstation] (actually spelled that way) a [[Real Life]] knockoff of the [[PlayStation Portable]]: acts as an extremely good example of this
* Other [[PlayStation Portable]] knock-offs include the GameStation, the Funstation, the PlayCentral, the RumbleStation (includes games from everbody's [[Sarcasm Mode|favorite]] NES producer, Color Dreams) and many oldies compilations put in a Nintendo 64 controller (Powerplayer Super Joy; they got shot down by Nintendo pretty quick).
* Within weeks of the release of the [[Wii]] console, the Vii. Said to be made by Ken Sing Ton ([[Bland-Name Product]] knockoff of Kensington). Now we have the Vii 2. With its [[Gratuitous English|Porwer]] button and its new strangely-shaped controller, but with the same low quality games, it [[Sarcasm Mode|oughta be a blast]]! In a similar vein we have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-aTfLayXwQ Tilt Games], and the [http://www.marcosgarcia.es/imagenes/wiii_1.jpg Wiii!]
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* The city of Kunming, China contains an [http://gizmodo.com/5822918/fake-chinese-apple-store-looks-amazingly-real/ almost perfect copy] of an Apple Store. A few tiny tip-offs include displaying the name of the store (real stores just show the Apple logo) and the employees' name tags just simply saying "Staff" rather than their name. Amazingly enough, even the employees were fooled.
** There's also [http://socialdiets.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/the-ikea-experience-at-kunming-yunnan-provincechina11-furniture-storefake-exposed/ 11 Furniture Store], a fake Ikea that copies almost everything about it, but the cafeteria serves traditional Chinese food instead of Swedish food. This is also located in Kunming.
* With the return of the [[Casablanca|ceiling fan]] to popularity in the late 1970's-early 1980's, most quality models (such as this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5q_pIvHROc Hunter Original]) were made in the USA, had long-lasting motors and parts, were relatively quiet, and could cost well over $
* A Chinese company named Lifan used to make and sell "Hongda" motorcycles which were shoddy copies of Honda's models, until [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aI5Y5nlSaiXI&refer=top_world_news Honda sued] and put a stop to it.
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