One of the joys of collecting stuff is the bootlegs you stumble across. Yes, they’re illegal, yes you aren’t supposed to like them, much less buy them, but even the creators of the original characters or concepts are as liable to fall in love with some of the knock-offs as the fans! Whatever the case, here is a gallery of various Spider-Man bootlegs I recently got my hands on. Of course, some of them may be genuine licensed products for all I know - sometimes it’s almost impossible to tell the difference. Spider-Man playing soccer seems kind of bizarre to me, but to someone else, it may seem like the most natural combination in the world.

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