Will Hong Kong factories hurt long term minifig value?

JRandall · 2014-01-27T19:05:27.000Z

I'm noticing several auctions now from Hong Kong and China etc. that are featuring near replicas of Hobbit and Super Heroes for pennies on the dollar compared to to US retail.. this begs the question if we will see even more in the future and if it will hurt long term investors? One auction alone had sold 195 Super Hero sets with almost all the Avengers I believe for $13.88 and an untrained eye could not tell the difference.