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02-09-2006, 11:17 AM
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#1 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6 | Counterfeit Ironhide G1?
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02-09-2006, 11:24 AM
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#2 | | I like turtles. Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,932 Location: Lake County , IL Collection Count: 1,500 or so News Credits: 7 | | |
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02-09-2006, 11:27 AM
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#3 | | Retired Boss of 2005 Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,880 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Opinions removed at request of Hasbro Collection Count: Mainly G1, MP and the Prime and Bumblebee Shelves News Credits: 3 | You know if these were to show up at a decent price I would buy some  | |
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02-09-2006, 11:35 AM
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#4 | | CyberCon is #1! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,528 Location: New York City Collection Count: All gone. | Definitely a bootleg, but a nice one nonetheless. | |
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02-09-2006, 11:43 AM
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#5 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6 | It is a well done knock-off, but at $199 the guy is robbing people. If he had stated it in the auction that it's a bootleg/counterfeit/knock-off and charged around 1/4 of that price I wouldn't have been complaining.
e3nine, it's the same auction where you got those pics. I've contacted the guy and demanded my money back, so I'll wait and see what happens. If he's not so cooperative I guess I'll keep it and consider this an expensive lesson.
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02-09-2006, 11:48 AM
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#6 | | 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 supernova It is a well done knock-off, but at $199 the guy is robbing people. If he had stated it in the auction that it's a bootleg/counterfeit/knock-off and charged around 1/4 of that price I wouldn't have been complaining.
e3nine, it's the same auction where you got those pics. I've contacted the guy and demanded my money back, so I'll wait and see what happens. If he's not so cooperative I guess I'll keep it and consider this an expensive lesson.
/supernova | Good luck man.
Rest assured that those KO's are absolutely gone, they're not being pressed today.
They were once available many years ago, and this is what's left. I haven't seen any more surface except from that one seller. If I do see one, it's usually from a US based collector selling off their stuff.
I can't imagine this KO run is larger than the eHobby 1,000 units of 2001. | |
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02-09-2006, 12:15 PM
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#7 | | Mini-Con Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by e3nine Good luck man.
Rest assured that those KO's are absolutely gone, they're not being pressed today.
They were once available many years ago, and this is what's left. I haven't seen any more surface except from that one seller. If I do see one, it's usually from a US based collector selling off their stuff.
I can't imagine this KO run is larger than the eHobby 1,000 units of 2001. | Well that's somewhat reassuring, that I didn't get totally ripped off here. Thanks for your input.
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02-09-2006, 12:19 PM
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#8 | | Retired Boss of 2005 Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,880 Location: Queen Creek, AZ Opinions removed at request of Hasbro Collection Count: Mainly G1, MP and the Prime and Bumblebee Shelves News Credits: 3 | Yeah the guy might have genuinely thought it was legit. | |
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02-09-2006, 12:29 PM
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#9 | | 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 Shin-Gouki Yeah the guy might have genuinely thought it was legit. | it's possible that this could be legit ...
most of the KO's from that era had 2 thing to keep an eye out for
1. the chinese sticker
2. the blacked out portion near the tech specs 
see how there's a black bar right next to the white text?
This is a total mixed bag though. KO Rukus and Seaspray had these, but Beachcomber didn't.
The Ironhide pictured here doesn't have that ... but if it was purchased from the guy flashing an entire case in the background, this has to be a ko.
Although we ( TF fans) have the logic to say what this is or isn't, the admin is right ... the perception is in the eye of the seller. | |
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02-09-2006, 04:10 PM
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#10 | | Herald of Unicron Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,316 Location: inside the matrix of leadership | A black bar? Where?
Does anyone have a list of all the G1 toys that have been counterfited to this date? Is it all of them?
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