How to tell the new KO Reissues apart from authentic toys. |
07-21-2007, 02:03 AM
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#81 | | Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 341 Collection Count: About 5 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Omnibus Prime The easiest tell IMO, you can sometimes spot just by looking at the thumbnail. The 'Trans' and/or 'Formers' on the boxflap are misaligned. The F is supposed to line up with the inner leg of the A; on the KO boxes, the F lines up with the descender on the R. Particularly helpful when all they show is the front of the box and you can't see the exaggerated flap crease or spot the color difference due to bad lighting or somesuch. Real. Jackass. | very nice tell. thank you | 
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07-21-2007, 02:22 PM
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#83 | | Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 341 Collection Count: About 5 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by rodimusminor The 'does not play cassettes' isn't on all of the originals. | Yeah, I just looked at mine actually and it doesn't have this wording.
Hmm, are there better tells on the fake? | |
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07-22-2007, 02:10 PM
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#85 | | Autobot Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 81 Location: Chantilly, VA Collection Count: More than Rework. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Omnibus Prime The easiest tell IMO, you can sometimes spot just by looking at the thumbnail. The 'Trans' and/or 'Formers' on the boxflap are misaligned. The F is supposed to line up with the inner leg of the A; on the KO boxes, the F lines up with the descender on the R. Particularly helpful when all they show is the front of the box and you can't see the exaggerated flap crease or spot the color difference due to bad lighting or somesuch. Real. Jackass. | Looks like the counterfeitors may have realized that too: http://cgi.ebay.com/TRANSFORMERS-OPT...QQcmdZViewItem
Works for most of the fakes out there still..... I hope. | |
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07-22-2007, 06:06 PM
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#86 | | Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 341 Collection Count: About 5 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by rodimusminor | damn its gonna be impossible to buy a real prime now.. | |
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07-22-2007, 10:00 PM
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#87 | | Autobot Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 81 Location: Chantilly, VA Collection Count: More than Rework. | Does anyone know if there's a counterfeit Superion giftset?
I'm in UR Targetz, buyin all UR Arceez.
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07-22-2007, 10:03 PM
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#88 | | Autobot Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 81 Location: Chantilly, VA Collection Count: More than Rework. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by vnutz damn its gonna be impossible to buy a real prime now.. | You know, I'm wondering if he just used a real box for the picture. | |
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07-26-2007, 09:23 AM
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#89 | | I voted for Super_Megatron and all I got was this stupid user title. Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,723 Location: Lansing Michigan Collection Count: 486 News Credits: 2 | no, it's still got the biggest difference of all. the gray border at the top of the window. | 
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07-30-2007, 01:11 PM
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#90 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 7,741 Location: Canada Collection Count: 7 | | |
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