Since I've been collecting the Pillsbury Doughboy and related items for 18 years now, I've become rather adept at spotting questionable items on eBay.  I've written a guide on counterfeit Pillsbury Doughboy Poppin Fresh and Poppie Fresh wind up figures.  Additionally, I pointed out the Pillsbury Doughboy counterfeit push puppet.  Now I find a counterfeit Pillsbury Uncle figure selling on eBay.  Looks like the real thing, completely believable, but it is NOT the Pillsbury Uncle figure.  The real figure is incised Uncle and bears the Pillsbury copyright and date.  The figure being auctioned on occasion on eBay is incised Uncle Rollie and is copyrighted Classic Toys.  The original figure is named Uncle.  His blue plastic car bears the plastic license plate sticker of Rollie.  The figure was never named Uncle Rollie.  This is not an authentic Pillsbury Uncle figure and a true Pillsbury collector would not want it for their collection.  It is a FANTASY item--not the real thing.  One seller has what must be a boat load of these items.  He sold one yesterday (June 23, 2008) for $99.95.  I emailed him and told him the item was counterfeit.  He runs the same auction constantly with a starting bid of $99.95--and it sells to someone who doesn't know the difference.  States the item was made for the Asian Market.  This does not matter--it is still counterfeit.

Before you bid on any item believing it to be the Pillsbury Uncle figure, make sure you see the copyright.  If you want the real thing, bid accordingly.  If you want the fantasy figure, you would be wise to bid very conservatively.  No one wants to pay big money for a counterfeit item.