LATE October.

Still, I would appreciate some pictures of the finished product. And a list of enhancements. I wouldn't want to receive ShowZ's payment email before knowing what I'm gonna buy.

 

I think in the current climate releasing a KO is risky while raids have been happening. We don't know who the company is who was going to release this and if they had any connection to Wei Jiang. It might be that this lays low for a while, if not halted altogether, hence the total lack of updates. Pure speculation, but seems plausible.

 

Seems very plausible... but boy would that freaking suck!

 

I hope this still comes out, I like the look of the figure but I can't buy the official one since it explodes upon contact

 

Still no updates on this huh?

I really hope this comes out soon. I would buy the original TT version but the widespread breakage issues have stopped me from going near it. I heard TT used some new type of plastic ...sounds like they cheaped out. Shame as well ...looks like one of the best MP's they've ever done.

Hopefully the KO will have good quality plastics, maybe some diecast and be fully painted like the TT version! That paint really makes it pop.

 

The design is truly wondeful, though the transforming wheels are still weird to me. I hope this does resurface at some point, it's a shame for so many to miss out on such a good figure.

 

I love that the wheels transform, but I know what you mean.

It feels like a lot of people have held out for the KO on this because of all the breakages. Those squeaky leg ratchets sound so cheap ...

 

Oh definitely very cool, but I wish they felt a bit chonkier is all. Wouldnt work with the space sadly.

I count my lucky stars that I seem to have gotten one of maybe a hundred that doesn't have any problems. Just hope it stays that way! He's so poseable and fun.

 

Yeah it seems really fun and should have been a home run, just a shame it broke on so many people. I’m guessing this KO won’t be coming out before Xmas ...would be amazing to get this in 2020

 

It would be awesome for Christmas....but I expect it'll be Q2 or Q3 2021 at this rate. Takara are bonkers to change a winning formula, no doubt to save a few pennies. Quite glad there'll be nothing they release now that I'll want.

 

+1, especially the wheels. They are somehow sacred to me, so it feels very strange to see them folding!

 

Not only that but the MP car KOs were very notorious for upgrading to rubber tires. Can't do that when they fold up for transformation.

 

Yeah I think that would be pretty much impossible with the way the wheels fold up unfortunately.

Also, I kinda feel like some of the very recent KO's have been cutting costs i.e. lacking paint and rubber tyres etc. Probably because they know they'll make the KO sales anyway due of TT inflating prices and often dwindling QC.

 

only Wheeljack's and Sideswipe's ko's have rubber tyres actually. Oh and mp10v

 

And tracks.

 

My ko has plastic wheels actually. But I heard the correct answer about Tracks is "it depends"

 

I don't remember if my KO Sideswipe had rubber tires, to be honest. I boxed that piece of shit up when I got Badcube's Steamroll and it remained boxed up for like a year and a half until I gave it to my nephew a couple of months ago.

 

the first sideswipe/red alert ko's didn't have rubber tires ... thats something that come later around the time of the tracks ko

 

my only KOs that have rubber tires are MP44 and Mp22, I have MP12+ and MP14+ KOs and both have plastic tires

 

Do we even know which company was going to KO MP-47?