Have I bought fake toys?

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Ds wanted to spend some of his birthday money on a set of Halo figures. He shopped around and the best price was on Ebay, so they were a good price, but not exceptionally cheap.

They arrived very promptly but one of the heads snapped off as he got it out of the box. Could be him being heavy handed but should stand up to that I would have thought. Anyway I emailed the seller who asked which figure it was and has responded promptly to say it's in the post. It hasn't arrived yet (we only received the original yesterday) but so far so good.

However, I was surprised that they can replace just one figure, which coupled with the initial breakage (DS has lots of these figures and never broken one before) makes me wonder if I've unwittingly bought a fake.

DS is 14 (bless) so I'm not worried about it not being safe in little fingers but I don't buy counterfeit goods as a rule.

Anyone?

Sounds very possible. Have a look on Aliexpress and see if you can see the figures you bought on there.
There is a big market for fake toys coming in from China and unfortunately a lot of the UK resellers are reselling at prices that would't raise eyebrows.

The amount of fake LEGO minifigures on ebay is growing exponentially.

Loads of fake toys these days, now I look at what the sellers other items are before I buy and only buy from people who have a a few items of very different things for sale most of which are used

I may be wrong but I doubt if "Halo" would have a franchise with someone who sells on ebay unless they are a big Company,so I would as you are be very surprised they could forward a replacement by next post,it's as though they have some spares to hand in case of complaints doesn't it.?
I would return the whole lot and request refund and inform ebay of your concerns also request the return of your postage costs to send back to the seller and let your son enjoy his birthday money on something else of better quality.