I hadn't heard. Definitely both retail releases for that figure (and seemingly the Takara) use vulnerable metallic plastic for a high-stress joint area.

That shoulder hinge assembly requires some force, but it never felt fragile on mine until the GPS effect kicked in. Not sure about the botcon version, but if it has problems too, that's a shame. I rather like the figure otherwise.

zmog

 

Another great Vietnamese/Chinese KO:

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Thanks for the IDs!


The China Toy fair is on today. I don't usually go the 1st day though. Not sure how much grief it will be for foreigners to attend, might not go this year.

 

Got this rare OS KO of RID 2001 Megatron recently and I think this scales way better than the original. I always thought the original RID Megatron figure was too small.










I would post more size comparisons of this next to more RID figures but I sold most of my RID collection a long time ago unfortunately.

 

I'm now looking hungrily at this figure as custom fodder...could you possibly tell me how tall he is to the top of the head?

 

It's about 9 inches tall.

 

Thanks!

 

You're a permanent resident by now though, aren't you?

I have to say, I'd be very curious what the Chinese toy fair landscape looks like at the moment. If you don't end up going, it would still be cool if you had access to pictures from other (presumably Chinese) attendees to share.  

zmog

 

I'll always be a foreigner no matter what  


More ID fun time.



(I think I know most of them but will post anyway just for fun).

 

Is that still for sale anywhere or was it a one-off? I think it cost more than an official Galvatron last time I saw that KO available, so I've been hoping for it to come available again.

 

Just a one-off unfortunately. I got it off of Ebay.

 

However, if China is anything like Japan, looking "non-Chinese" is thought of as being "foreign". When some places had an embargo on foreign scalpers (from China/Hong Kong), who were buying-up the latest PlayStation at the time, some shops also stopped resident ex-pats from also buying them.

 

I'm overseas Chinese, and even I get called 老外 (slang for foreigner) when I went to China.  

 

That sucks.
Would have been cool to see him next to Optimus and Omega.

 

If I ever get those figures again I'll be sure to post some size comparisons.

 

Thanks   Enjoy the figure.

 

@SMOG Seems your suggestion about the KO Blackjack is about to arrive at my doorstep  

 

I hope he fulfills your Scamper requirements appropriately.  

zmog

Yeah, of course China and Japan have a much stronger sense of a monolithic ethnicity compared to places with a long history if high immigration. I expect being a known regular who speaks the language helps somewhat though.

Yeah, I've heard that's quite common. Plus, I mean... there are Chinese people everywhere, so there are a lot of different ways to be Chinese and not-Chinese at the same time.

I have a friend from Ouagadougou who emigrated to France, then to Canada, and became a dual citizen of both... and when he visits home, everyone treats him as non-African, even though he was an adult when he left!

zmog

 

He'll do...Whether he likes it or not    

 

Dunno the latter three, but the first one is the ammonite minicon windshear