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Metallica 1987 t-shirt legit check
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 11:22 am
by abusivepower
Is this t-shirt legit or counterfeit? The tag seems off to me.
Re: Metallica 1987 t-shirt legit check
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 1:25 pm
by jimmyj
Tag is weird, I can't remember if I've seen that version of the HM one before - is there a back? if so, any RN?
From a distance - the photo of the band looks pretty good - but the photos you've added aren't great, can you save a closeup of the front print and add it - not just a screen shot?
Re: Metallica 1987 t-shirt legit check
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2026 4:15 pm
by abusivepower
Here's the link to the image of the front print in better quality -
https://ibb.co/YFFqqbhJ
https://ibb.co/GfkyM2nv
https://ibb.co/99jSy2kx
And below there's the picture of the back of the tag, i dont know if this is what you mean by the back. Sorry if the pictures still suck but the seller didn't send a better picture yet. Let me know if you know if this is real or a fake.
Re: Metallica 1987 t-shirt legit check
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2026 10:01 am
by jimmyj
Thank you! This is a perfect example of why we need close-ups. I will say they've done a decent job on the photo, which typically looks awful when they try to reproduce it.
I've included a shot of an original. Look at the fine details, like on the right side, the tiles and behind the metallica logo, they went and created their own pattern.
The clinching "Thailand" on the back, means modern counterfeit. Not exactly sure how old.
But there is an 80s HM tag, so I figured a far off chance it was a rarer one.