{"id":745513,"date":"2025-11-24T10:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccaL6uPJvYp9wArhh2Zjki"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:27:51","slug":"these-wretched-bootleg-palworld-costumes-looks-like-they-just-shambled-out-of-a-junji-ito-nightmare-and-theyre-not-the-only-knock-offs-making-the-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/these-wretched-bootleg-palworld-costumes-looks-like-they-just-shambled-out-of-a-junji-ito-nightmare-and-theyre-not-the-only-knock-offs-making-the-rounds\/","title":{"rendered":"These wretched bootleg Palworld costumes looks like they just shambled out of a Junji Ito nightmare, and they&#8217;re not the only knock-offs making the rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Palworld has now officially hit a level of popularity most can only dream of: the bootleg costume zone. I should reiterate up-front that these costumes aren&apos;t official products from Pocketpair\u2014an important footnote, since no-one should be falsely accused of such crimes against nature.<\/p>\n<p>As spied by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/palworld-pokemon-weird-unofficial-halloween-costumes?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VG247<\/a>, Palworld players on the game&apos;s subreddit have dug up <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.us\/item\/1005006536106954.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these pal costumes<\/a> from AliExpress. Before I go any further, I should note that while I&apos;m linking for prosperity&apos;s sake, I&apos;m not sure if it&apos;s a great idea to spend your money on any of these websites. Browse responsibly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Palworld\/comments\/1ap8cvt\/thanks_i_hate_it_aliexpress\">Thanks i hate it Aliexpress<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Palworld\">r\/Palworld<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embed.redditmedia.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The version I was able to find is lovingly titled: &#8220;Game Palworld Cosplay Bodysuit for Kids Adult Funny Grizzbolt Role-play Jumpsuit Halloween Carnival Party Stage PerformanCostume&#8221;. I&apos;m not sure what a PerformanCostume is, but also I&apos;m not entirely sure what I&apos;m looking at, either.<\/p>\n<p>The connective tissue between the mask and the body suit\u2014presumably so you can breathe\u2014makes these monstrosities look like they&apos;ve had their necks stretched by an SCP, or a creepypasta you&apos;d find on the mid-2010s internet. Meanwhile, their eye-holes are glowing for some reason, like a wandering spirit just found its home in their empty vessels.<\/p>\n<p>These are far from the only knockoffs kicking about on the information highway. This <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coshd.co.uk\/products\/game-palworld-zoe-black-set-cosplay-costume-outfits-halloween-carnival-suit?_pos=6&#038;_sid=a40bfee60&#038;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Halloween Carnival Suit&#8221;<\/a> lets you dress up as Rayne Syndicate boss Zoe. Assuming you get what&apos;s advertised\u2014which is a <em>big <\/em>assumption\u2014there does appear to be more effort worked into this thing, including a tiny Grizzbolt plushie that dangles from the hip. I&apos;m not sure I like how its claws are just loose bits of string, though. They look like the cordyceps from The Last of Us adaptation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"pxKXB2PF2KvWwy2VHVsDjU\" name=\"Palworld Zoe Bootleg.png\" alt=\"An image of a knock-off costume for Zoe from Palworld.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/these-wretched-bootleg-palworld-costumes-looks-like-they-just-shambled-out-of-a-junji-ito-nightmare-and-theyre-not-the-only-knock-offs-making-the-rounds.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: CosHD)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The crown jewel on my explorations? <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coshd.co.uk\/products\/game-palworld-grizzbolt-yellow-hat-cosplay-accessories-halloween-carnival-props?_pos=14&#038;_sid=a40bfee60&#038;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This hat<\/a>. I am not sure why this hat has jowls that droop in ways I can only describe as &apos;testicular&apos;. I am not sure why it looks like it&apos;s trying to eat the head of its host body, or why its ghibli-esque smile has been turned into a vicious sneer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2vG9KQYSNtptL65tUESiFh\" name=\"Palworld Hat.png\" alt=\"An image of a Palworld knockoff piece of merchandise: a grizzbolt hat with suspicious jowls.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/these-wretched-bootleg-palworld-costumes-looks-like-they-just-shambled-out-of-a-junji-ito-nightmare-and-theyre-not-the-only-knock-offs-making-the-rounds-1.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Coshd)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Considering Palworld&apos;s initial runaway success, it&apos;s not shocking that companies might try to spin up some cheap merch\u2014but jeez. I don&apos;t know if &#8220;morph suit with an elongated head&#8221; was on my radar. My thanks to the bootleg costume industry for giving me four sleep paralysis demons, I was getting too comfortable anyway.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/these-wretched-bootleg-palworld-costumes-looks-like-they-just-shambled-out-of-a-junji-ito-nightmare-and-theyre-not-the-only-knock-offs-making-the-rounds\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palworld has now officially hit a level of popularity most can only dream of: the bootleg costume zone. I should reiterate up-front that these costumes aren&apos;t official products from Pocketpair\u2014an important footnote, since no-one should be falsely accused of such crimes against nature. As spied by VG247, Palworld players on the game&apos;s subreddit have dug up these pal costumes from AliExpress. Before I go any further, I should note that while I&apos;m linking for prosperity&apos;s sake, I&apos;m not sure if it&apos;s a great idea to spend your money on any of these websites. Browse responsibly. Thanks i hate it Aliexpress from r\/Palworld The version I was able to find is lovingly titled: &#8220;Game Palworld Cosplay Bodysuit for Kids Adult Funny Grizzbolt Role-play Jumpsuit Halloween Carnival&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/these-wretched-bootleg-palworld-costumes-looks-like-they-just-shambled-out-of-a-junji-ito-nightmare-and-theyre-not-the-only-knock-offs-making-the-rounds\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":745514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[8672,1836],"class_list":["post-745513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-pocketpair","tag-survival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>These wretched bootleg Palworld costumes looks like they just shambled out of a Junji Ito nightmare, and they&#039;re not the only knock-offs making the rounds | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palworld has now officially hit a level of popularity most can only dream of: the bootleg costume zone. 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