i think i bought a bootleg? :-(

[cinnamonbuneary]

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so there are my eevee plushies!!!!! if you guessed espeon is the one i'm worried about, you're super super right!!!!

i bought all of them from an independent video-gamey store that sells plushies & old games!!!! i thought my eevee & leafeon were really legit, but today when i impulse bought this espeon (no refunds..:-() i thought it was kinda off-looking, but the tag & past plushies kinda had me convinced that maybe it was just a wonky oddball plushie!!!

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yeah......so there is the face,

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and the body (+tag in the bg!)

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and there is espeon's tag!!

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aaaand leafeon's



this is what he's supposed to look like :-(

so yeah!!! basically i'm just wondering if the eevee and leafeon are real?

 

[~Smugleaf~]

I'm sorry but all three look fake to me.
The colours on all of them look off (they look very faded) and so does the texture of the material. I've seen the legit Tomy eeveelutions in real life and I know for sure that they are not made out of that type of material. The tags also look a little off as well.
The shape of them also looks wrong (as you mentioned with Espeon). Leafeon's feet are to large and stick out, unlike the feet of the legit plush which are smaller and are sewn together. It's face and 'head-leaf' also look wrong. Eevee's head-shape looks a little off as well, same with Espeon.
So yeah, I'm 100% sure these are fake.

 

[cinnamonbuneary]

oh no!!! that is so dissapointing, i will make sure to skip that store from now on :/ do you know anywhere online that i can buy legit pokemon plushies that ship to canada?

 

[Bulbatwo]

+1 opinion that these are not legit, however they do look nice in my opinion.
I think I purchased non-legit ones from eBay, however I will only know once I get them. But somehow I don't mind it if they look nice and are of good quality.

 

[Lysson]

I have a Shaymin Sky forme plush that's a bootleg but it looks so much nicer than the official one I had to buy it . So don't worry about it, they look nice!

Bootlegs are fairly easy to spot once you know what you're looking for.
First you should see who makes the plush, if it's Tomy, Bandai or Takara it's legit. Or any other major toy manufacturer.

You can check plushies against the official ones on various (but more expensive) websites like Pokevault or Pokemoncenter.jp/.com
And anything being shipped from Hong Kong is most likely fake.

 

[~Smugleaf~]

Just thought I'd say this, but sorry if I came across as rude or something with my previous post. I wasn't trying to be nasty or anything, so I apologise.

Like Lysson said, these are actually pretty decent looking bootlegs, so I can understand if you thought they were legit at first. The only reason I noticed the flaws is because I've had lots of experience with bootleg merch.
The main ways to tell them apart is finding a picture of the legit plush. You can go on sites such as PokeVault, though I don't recommend you buy from him as his stuff is insanely overpriced. You could also check out collecting sites such as PKMNCollectors or Pokemon Plush Project, where you can find a decent amount of info on both old and new plushies and other merch.
Checking the tags is another important way of determining if a plush is fake or legit. If the tush tag has any spelling mistakes, has wrong colours or labels (looking at images of legit plushies comes in handy here) or the plush has no tush tag at all (unless it has been cut of), then it is most likely a bootleg. It is important to look at hang tags as well. One thing that is common in knockoff hang tags is that the picture and colours are wrong (it sometimes looks like a scanned version of the legit tag), fanart is used on the tags, or there are spelling errors.
I hope that helps a little.
Also one last thing, do not feel bad for accidently buying bootlegs. When I first started collecting Pokemon plush 90% of my collection was bootlegged. Most people have brought something that's fake, so your not the odd one out.

And to answer your question, I'm not sure what sites ship to Canada. Sorry You could always try Sunyshore, or maybe Ebay (though make sure they do not ship from China or Hong Kong, and always check their feedback).