How to tell the new KO Reissues apart from authentic toys.

Tripredacus · 05-09-2012, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RedAlert Rescue

I totally understand why people don't like them but I've been buying knockoffs and chinese oddities since I started buying Transformers (with the likes of the mini-Whirl fake) or a unbranded Starscream KO.

The mini-Whirl isn't actually a TF KO, its a Dorvack KO.

lazerface · 05-09-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RoboticPlanet

Since Fred's Workshop doesn't have any info on IDing a KO Swoop, here's a comparison megamus did on TFW: KO Swoop Review / Comparison

Thank you.

RedAlert Rescue · 05-10-2012, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Tripredacus

The mini-Whirl isn't actually a TF KO, its a Dorvack KO.

Yes I know... But I though more people would know what I was on about if I said Whirl than If I said I had an Ovelon KO.

One other early KO I really like is the little Scorpion Digital Watch that is so cute it's almost like a Pre-Transformers Movie Scorponok.

chrisr291 · 05-13-2012, 08:24 AM

AFA 80 Transformers G1 Huffer | eBay

KO or official? I kinda like this AFA Huffer lmao! You get the best of both worlds. Sure it's sealed but you can roll him too

RoboticPlanet · 05-13-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisr291

AFA 80 Transformers G1 Huffer | eBay

KO or official? I kinda like this AFA Huffer lmao! You get the best of both worlds. Sure it's sealed but you can roll him too

Official. The inevitability of that happening is one of the reasons I don't plan to get into sealed nor AFA'd figures.

RedAlert Rescue · 05-14-2012, 04:39 AM

AFA get caught out all the time it's a full time job educating them to the various knock offs. and to many slide through minibots especially.

Besides if your aiming to deceive you can buy the cases separately print up the paperwork and seal stickers and then knock off the whole process which makes the whole thing a bit of a joke really.

I like the cases but the whole idea of grading to me is slightly absurd.

djstarscream · 05-14-2012, 11:00 AM

i have a few of the jets from china like starscream and others but they have the hasbro and tankara stamp on the inside leg are they still ko?

Might Gaine · 05-14-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RoboticPlanet

Official. The inevitability of that happening is one of the reasons I don't plan to get into sealed nor AFA'd figures.

Certain figures are more prone to it than others. The 1984 vehicle-mode-packaged mini-bots are truly the worst, though.

Might Gaine · 05-14-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by djstarscream

i have a few of the jets from china like starscream and others but they have the hasbro and tankara stamp on the inside leg are they still ko?

No? The only knockoffs with Hasbro/Takara stamps were made in 2005 and later, and Starscream is not among them.

Maybe you are thinking of the 1990's Chinese reissues, which are legit?
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Might Gaine · 05-14-2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RedAlert Rescue

AFA get caught out all the time it's a full time job educating them to the various knock offs. and to many slide through minibots especially.

When has AFA graded a knock off, apart from the Beachcombers (and maybe a cassette or two?) that happened back in 2005 when these first came out? I have not heard of any other incidents.

They don't distinguish between 1990's Chinese reissues (legit) and originals, but that is a totally different matter....

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chrisr291 Master of the Unknown Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 10,399 Location: Austin TX Collection Count: 400 News Credits: 4	AFA 80 Transformers G1 Huffer \| eBay KO or official? I kinda like this AFA Huffer lmao! You get the best of both worlds. Sure it's sealed but you can roll him too PSN: Trojantx Feedback TFW / HISS Tank / Sales Thread

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RedAlert Rescue Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8,829 Location: Chekov's Gun is always loaded Collection Count: More than I can easily count News Credits: 5	AFA get caught out all the time it's a full time job educating them to the various knock offs. and to many slide through minibots especially. Besides if your aiming to deceive you can buy the cases separately print up the paperwork and seal stickers and then knock off the whole process which makes the whole thing a bit of a joke really. I like the cases but the whole idea of grading to me is slightly absurd. “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” – Benjamin Franklin

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djstarscream g1 nut Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 65 Location: laugharne wales Collection Count: 300	i have a few of the jets from china like starscream and others but they have the hasbro and tankara stamp on the inside leg are they still ko? i am your death that all you need to know