Customs Reassures Public: The 200 Monster Tails We Seized Are FAKE

Craig Bannister | November 18, 2014

“CBP Seizes Fake Monster Tails,” reads the headline of today’s media release by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

“U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Dallas/Fort Worth International airport seized 200 Rainbow Loom ® Monster Tail ™ kits, Nov. 16.”

CBP explains that fake Monster Tails can be dangerous:

“For this particular seizure, a primary concern was the risk the counterfeit kits posed to the consumer.  Rainbow Loom ® cautions against purchasing counterfeit kits with illustrations of the dangers fake kits pose to consumers.”