How to tell the new KO Reissues apart from authentic toys. |
08-05-2007, 08:03 PM
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08-06-2007, 02:50 AM
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#122 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 | Quote:
Originally Posted by vnutz  anymore info on the fake prime? | ditto. I recently bought a Vintage G1 Prime off of ebay, and I'm having a hard time sleeping not knowing if my prime is real or not. I bought him loose, and looking at the cab, I can't seem to find the Takara mark. This tells me that I may have a fake. The trailer's mark is easily identified. Here are some photos:    
Also, I had the seller throw in two more TFs... Scattershot and Hubcap. I have photos of their marks below:  
Please tell me which are fakes and which are real. If anyone has a photo of the OP mark and is willing to post, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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08-06-2007, 08:07 AM
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#123 | | I like turtles. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,932 Location: Lake County , IL Collection Count: 1,500 or so News Credits: 7 | ^ real.
The trailer stamp on the fakes state "MADE IN FRANCE".  | |
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08-06-2007, 11:57 AM
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#124 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 | Quote:
Originally Posted by e3nine ^ real.
The trailer stamp on the fakes state "MADE IN FRANCE". | Thanks! So the trailer is real, but the cab? | |
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08-06-2007, 01:19 PM
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#125 | | I like turtles. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,932 Location: Lake County , IL Collection Count: 1,500 or so News Credits: 7 | Quote:
Originally Posted by aphall Thanks! So the trailer is real, but the cab? | I'll need to check when I get home ... I'm almost sure that if your trailer says "Made in France", you should have a Prime with red feet.
For someone to get a KO Prime and match it with a non KO cab ... not very likely. Check their eBay feedback. If they sell lots of Primes, it's possible. | |
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08-06-2007, 10:57 PM
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#126 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4 | Quote:
Originally Posted by e3nine I'll need to check when I get home ... I'm almost sure that if your trailer says "Made in France", you should have a Prime with red feet.
For someone to get a KO Prime and match it with a non KO cab ... not very likely. Check their eBay feedback. If they sell lots of Primes, it's possible. | Yeah, I think it would be highly unlikely to combine a KO cab with an authentic trailer. I just freaked out after reading someone's ebay buying guide to transformers. It said that the mark on the cab should be on the inside of one of his legs. Another guide said that KOs sometimes don't have any manufacture marks on them at all, and since my cab has no marks (except for the number 4 on the back of Prime's head0, I got a little suspicious. However, the Prime I have seems played with gently, so I can't tell if it's a gently played with KO or an original.
As for the guy's ebay rep, I was his first customer. He said in his ad the following: "You are bidding on a vintage G1 Transformer Optimus Prime Cab and Trailer. This is a toy I played with as a kid and it was in my parent’s attic for 22 years. He is fully intact and transformable. He appears to be missing all additional accessories (gun, sword, missile, cart, etc.). Some of the stickers are worn or missing. Some of the joints are loose, but is still easily transformable." | |
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08-08-2007, 07:58 PM
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#127 | | The Devil Express Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,878 News Credits: 2 | I don't know if people are aware of this yet, but it looks like the KO-makers have been adjusting the KO Optimus... http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-...QQcmdZViewItem
This one has a heavilly reduced gray border above the trailer, it has the chest stripe, and it looks like they may have gotten rid of the factory flap crease. Bleh.
Edit-- Also trailer now has "Made in Japan" instead of "Made in France" http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1-...QQcmdZViewItemThe Allspark and TF Pulp present...  NEW ISSUES ADDED EVERY COUPLE WEEKS!!
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08-08-2007, 11:15 PM
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#128 | | 32 Oh-Zee Killah Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 583 Location: Southern IL | Ages 3 and up says about a month away from KO Mirage in hand. What about KO Wheeljack and Sunstreaker? Any ETA on Slag and Sludge? I remember getting an email back in the spring from a guy in China saying Mirage would be shipped in April/ Late May. I'm guessing some of these guys might not be done until late next year. | |
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08-09-2007, 12:47 AM
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#129 | | I like turtles. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,932 Location: Lake County , IL Collection Count: 1,500 or so News Credits: 7 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Might Gaine | I noticed that MiJ tag on a Prime KO too.
I really think there are multiple groups working these now, it's not just the MiF mold anymore. I'd like to get my hands on one of these and take a look at prime's wheel pegs and such.
Either way, there's still some differences left ... starting with the registered trademark sign over the "S" in "Formers" ... that's way too high.
Also, what gives with that prime? The windows are absolutely clear. I could swear that my original has a yellow tint to it. Quote:
Originally Posted by keebs Ages 3 and up says about a month away from KO Mirage in hand. What about KO Wheeljack and Sunstreaker? Any ETA on Slag and Sludge? I remember getting an email back in the spring from a guy in China saying Mirage would be shipped in April/ Late May. I'm guessing some of these guys might not be done until late next year. | From what I know ... Mirage is being sold though 1 seller until September. At that time, it'll be released to other vendors.
I'm guessing this is done to gauge a fair MSRP considering these guys have no idea what the public is willing to pay vs under charging vs over charging ... etc.
Wheeljack and Sunstreaker looked very rough from the images out there (From Spirit-Of-Cybertron). There are 2 dinobots closer to completion than those. | |
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08-10-2007, 01:17 AM
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#130 | | Got The Touch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Raleigh, NC Collection Count: a gillion News Credits: 1 | Is this a KO? I don't remember if one ever came out for this version of Swoop: http://tinyurl.com/2c3m2t | 
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