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VCJ / Jim Phillips bootlegs

The left deck is an ‘Autex Sports’ complete. The graphic is a crazy mix of the Rob Roskopp 3 from ’85  (designed by Jim Phillips for Santa Cruz)  and Powell’s famous Ripper (by VCJ). It all looks pretty ridiculous: a violent Ripper seems to have eaten the monster and is almost strangling himself with a chain, acting all clumsy and the flames make no sense at all. The right ‘Alpha’ deck is clearly a counterfeit of Rodney Mullen’s Mutt deck from 1981, it even says ‘Mutt’.  The board was relisted on eBay, since it ‘only’ reached $200 in the first auction, but that wasn”t enough for the seller.

Thanks to christopha80  for the tip and Omar for the pictures.

The Roskopp rip(per)-off:

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And the fake Mullen:

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They even made an exact copy of the dragon top logo and put ‘Alpha’ instead of ‘Powell Peralta’.

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Discussion

3 thoughts on “VCJ / Jim Phillips bootlegs

  1. fossil diver on September 8, 2013 - Reply

    A collection of known bootleg decks would be kinda cool. There are enough of them in circulation now that it would be worth doing.

  2. I start asap my collection – with a pink Variflex Voodoo II – not a copy but a mockery in itself.

  3. That Mutt was an odd choice for a bootleg, I mean maybe now, since it’s highly collectable, but then… It wasn’t that popular. Strange…..

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