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* 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 $250–300 new (roughly $1,000 on today's market). Enter the ''$29.95'' offering from "Family Handyman" magazine, complete with the advertisement literally "daring you to tell us the difference"... well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR2jorKYcCY listen for yourself]... and enjoy the yellow plastic while you're at it.
* 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.
* Between the two World Wars, due to regulations on arms exports, China started developed a large industry of cloning foreign firearms for domestic use. While several were very solid copies made in factories, there were lots of guns made by hand by decent to good machinists who didn't really understand how guns worked. This leads to very early examples of Chinese Shoddy Knockoff Products like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HNaB7l2GQk a pistol with a bayonet lug], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEIP9mRAwA markings from multiple different companies] or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtFPgu82f1c non-working sights].
* Swords marked "ulfberht" were known for exceptionally high quality during the 9th to 11th century. Naturally several fakes arose (particularly after the high quality materials needed for them dried up), and chemical testing of archeological artifacts shows many examples have much lower quality steel than authentic examples and often had incorrect markings. This trope is thus [[Older Than Print]].
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