The Knock off transformers thread

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by blunghole, Oct 5, 2008.

  1. Thatsjustkreo67

    Thatsjustkreo67 Well-Known Member

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    I can’t seem to find him anywhere on eBay. Is he on Ailexpress or something?
     
  2. stprime

    stprime THE コンボイ that the Matrix refused

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    I’m trying to decide if the delta Magnus I just got is a ko.
     
  3. bacems

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  4. Grumpy Old Bot

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    Who makes these?
     
  5. GAUGE

    GAUGE Wargod ARTS

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    look at your packaging. there's so many easy ways to tell. look at the card, look at the instructions. then take a nice thorough lookover of the figure itself.

    Mine is original. I def know the difference.

    How much did you pay? where'd you get it etc?
     
  6. GAUGE

    GAUGE Wargod ARTS

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    Ben's Collectibles already nipped that false shit in the bud.
     
  7. Thalyn

    Thalyn Well-Known Member

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    What are the odds I would have these two already standing side-by-side in my cupboard...? Not specifically set up that way or anything - that's just where they happen to be standing.

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    For reference, that's Siege, Masterpiece and OSKOMP Ironhide just coming into view on the left, Graviter behind MPM Ironhide, Reximus Prime behind Detective, and SS Grimlock on the right with Legends Scamper in front (and Guttur's tail "wing" just poking into view).
     
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  8. lake88

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    Might be worth looking there. It doesn't seem like they ever replenished the stocks that sneaked on the market a couple of years ago, even on Taobao it's hard to find now.

    I know MP24 Starsaber has an imitation KO because I've read the Chinese boards' extensive comparisons between both versions. There are minute differences between the molds, showing that there is no way they are made using the same Hasbro/Takara molds. The most obvious difference is with Saber's thruster nozzles
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    Can't say if these comparisons exists for other MPs, I don't collect MPs...
     
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  9. indie

    indie Guns! More guns!

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    Just what i needed, thank you !
     
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  10. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    If only that ko was still around, might have been able to grab a star saber for cheap :( 
     
  11. vvvTheONEvvv

    vvvTheONEvvv \/ He Thinks He's Smart.

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    So, this huge box arrived from @SirToys ... my 2 youngest children can fit in it at the same time.

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    A few that I was able to get to...

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    As well as these...

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    And this glorious ko skittles colored optimus...

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    And then a surprise shipment came in from DEED @KOncept...

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    The paint master concept KAT-02 Optimus/RID2001 from the chief fire mold.

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    Custom colored head, chest, forearms and hands... if I'm correct, this was the last step before production would have begun?

    Not only this amazing piece arrived...

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    But DEED sent me 2 MORE fire chiefs...

    I am seriously in shock right now - when the guy said he was going to send me something for believing in them, I thought it would be a simple accessory.

    But a painted master sample?

    :bowdown: 

    Did I mention they were free?

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  12. SirToys

    SirToys OS Multicolor KO

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    The gashapon machines where I got those "Ultraman Mini Truck" bots are gone, I guess the owner moved them to another mall.

    A couple of big items couldn't fit so they went back in your On Hold crate. :) 

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    On a side note I'm keeping my eye open for the Happy Meal toys that were spotted in Taiwan. (not seen here in China yet).
     
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  13. vvvTheONEvvv

    vvvTheONEvvv \/ He Thinks He's Smart.

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    Man, my 4 year old wanted those ultraman gashapon tf's so bad, because they are about the size of his hotwheels! So I took the heads back off and let him run em' around on the track a bit.

    My eldest was all over the guns, and yet, his favorite is the white police pistol. Straight hid it under his pillow already.

    My daughter was trying the match outfits for school to the LOL watchbots - knew those would get her hooked! And the My Little Pony chronophormer watch is a solid hit with EVERYTHING she has... she has been using it to tell barbie, shimmer&shine, etc that they only have a few minutes of her time. :lol 

    She pops it off the watch, transforms it, and then makes it talk to her toys like it's a warden!
     
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  14. Maximus Danz

    Maximus Danz Trying to achieve something

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    Hey man, hope you like the cheifs.
     
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    Random dude on a Facebook group. Which is exactly why I was asking here for more reliable information / confirmation. :rolleyes2 

    But when? Do you have a link?

    One rumour involved being served with some sort of suit, the other involved an actual raid on a physical site (which has happened to 3P companies and sellers before, so it's not exactly far-fetched).

    zmog
     
  16. Max Rawhide

    Max Rawhide Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' ... uh, never mind

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    He really didn't. All he posted was that he had been in contact with a Weijiang representative and was told that nothing was the matter.

    Here's the thing: the last to admit to being in trouble, is the company that's in trouble. Because admitting that you're in trouble is bad for business. Until the moment they get shut down (if that happens), they will keep saying (to potential buyers) that everything is fine. Because as long as they keep saying everything is fine they will get money from customers or financial backers. As soon as they admit to being in trouble, everything ends and they loose sales.

    (Sadly, I speak from personal experience when the company I worked for filed for bankruptcy: up until the day this happened, everything was fine: orders were accepted, people sent out to work on projects and all employees were told that everything was fine, even if they needed to know (like buying a house and closing a mortgage) that it really wasn't.)
     
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  17. Fenrys

    Fenrys Formerly Tigatron2002

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    For anyone in the know, how’s the quality on the masterpiece ratchet ko?
     
  18. lake88

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    Here's the baidu thread concerning the rumor
    群里看到的【变形金刚玩具吧】_百度贴吧

    There's no update since. The posters there dismissed it immediately when they saw that it was started by this "Toto" shop. This seller was blacklisted years ago by various 3Ps for undercutting their MSRPs. Soooo someone has an agenda, what's yours?
     
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  19. SMOG

    SMOG Vocabchampion ArgueTitan

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    Yeah, that's exactly why casual dismissals by WeiJiang haven't 100% convinced me. I'm not sure what kind of source could reliably provide the straight dirt, though... so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

    zmog
     
  20. SMOG

    SMOG Vocabchampion ArgueTitan

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    Oh, give it a rest with the paranoid bullshit, guy. You're ridiculous. :rolleyes2 

    I don't have an "agenda" unless it's getting my hands on whatever sweet oversized Siege toys WJ has in the pipe. I'm not some pretentious cool-guy KO dark-web insider. :lol  I just want someone to explain shit in a knowledgeable, credible way, rather than just posting stuff like "LOL fake!" which is not real helpful.

    zmog
     
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