At least until I opened it up.
The two numbers at the bottom right of the label were there but they almost looked like they were printed on instead of indented like they were supposed to, which was odd. The lettering on the plastic was SO CLOSE to the original, but the font was just slightly off…
At this point I was still questioning it, because the label had the right amount of wear, and because WHY WOULD SOMEONE COUNTERFEIT BARBIE?? XD But then opening it up confirmed to me that it 100% was counterfeit, I’m guessing a pretty old one.
I made a video demonstrating some of the signs here.
At this point, it’s incredibly hard to avoid the counterfeits, especially for any game that has any sort of notoriety. The easiest way I’ve found is to buy games that are either “broken” or “untested” and fix them up; those are more often legitimate.
I’m guessing counterfeits for Barbie games are going around because of the recent movie.
I thought that too! But this counterfeit seems to be from around 2002 maybe? It was $10, and a legit copy is going for about $13. So I think this game is sufficiently crappy to be safe from the Barbie craze. XD