this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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Definitely a perspective trick. The legs are that long to be able to say that the bear is 6.5 feet long. Buyers want to buy a giant teddy bear and instead they get a smaller bear than expected, but with super long legs. The manufacturer and seller knew what they were doing: purposefully misleading buyers.
But why. I can't imagine "technically true but obviously misleading" would be better than straight up lying
Probably harder to return when you technically got what you paid for.
Basically this, it was after all exactly as described.
I doubt they have the skill and camera to arrange a long-distance zoomed-in shot. The factory is obviously capable of making normal-looking 3” bears so I think they sell those too (at a lower price).
There's really no need for that much effort to make a confusing perspective photo. Just take the photo from a lower point than usual (it makes things seem larger), with the light out of the right direction so that the shadows don't spoil the illusion, with the long legs pointing towards the camera in saturated light so that the depth is not clear. Kinda exactly like was done here.