Bootleg Iron Man Nerf Gun

I forgot how it got started but the signs were there years ago. But the most noticeable were the Gundams, Spiderman, Ben10, Transformers and now, Iron Man. But for the most recent months, what they did was to produce one same toy and colour them in each series's colours. For example, Ben 10's Mobile phone would be green & black while Iron Man's would be dark red & gold. So far the toys affected were the mobile phone, a scope and a small gun. But lately, Iron Man's actual action figure has been copied too. But I am not going to buy them since their quality is a bit off.

Anyway, I got this instead. A copy of a NERF Nitefinder pistol. I am not sure if the original Iron Man toys uses this even though they had the NRF 425 Blaster (and also used in the movie). However, its not uncommon as the NERF Maverick, Nitefinder and another pistol has been shamelessly copied years ago. Anyway, the original costs about RM35 while this copy is selling for RM9.90

This is the "new" Iron Man NERF pistol

Compared with the original (bottom), they are quite similar.
Maybe I should call it the Lingam gun,
"It looks like it, fires like it but it's not it"

If you look closely, there are many differences. Here,
the battery compartment for the original (right) uses
a small screw to keep it shut whereas the copy uses a
simple plastic tab which might break after some time

The original (left) uses a simple red LED and a plastic lens
which you can adjust/align until you get a perfect hit but
the copy uses a laser diode instead which, by the way, is
out of alignment as it points to the lower left. Still, its a
very good source for me when I take it apart later

Subtle differences here at the barrel. Nothing much
important since if I want to modify it, the barrel is
the first thing to go

Another non important difference

Apart from the near similarities, I do get six black darts
which is kept together with a very strong cellophane tape
And I broke one dart while trying to open the packs