The Knock off transformers thread

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

  1. Nyarlahotep

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    Just got this Oversized Siege Nemesis Prime for $19.99 on Sirtoys. Great figure with diecast parts!

    Here he is compared to Earthrise Prime and Shattered Glass Prime. Wish it came with a gun, the Axe it came with is not great.


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  2. Bakarina

    Bakarina Unapologetic Megatron Fangirl

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    Just got my LS-03 from TFsafari. It's great they sent it to me in the original box within another box considering I opted to save five bucks by buying the unboxed version. I gotta say though he is a real beast to transform. I expected him to be huge, but I was not expecting nothing but feeble friction joints on his legs. All his other limbs seem to have tough ratchets so it's too bad I can't stand him up while transforming him without him flopping over every which way.
     
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    Hey guys so I was scrolling through Sirtoys.com and came across this Studio Series KO of Ratchet. Has anyone seen this before??? Does anyone know if it's a slightly oversized version cause if he is I'm all in for it!!! Any info on this would be greatly appreciated!!
     

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    Based on the pictures, it looks like it's probably normal-sized I think.

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  6. Arkine

    Arkine Throws the boxes away.

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    Got a KO MP Tracks and I'm stumped on how to remove the face to repaint it. Anybody knows if this thing is glued shut or what?
     
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    Ellamin Freedom is the Right of ALL Sentient beings.

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    are there any good KOs of TFA Voyager Prime still able to be found?
     
  8. Angelophile

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    Are these guys new or just something I missed before?
     

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    They are actually pretty old. I've always wondered how good they are.
     
  10. SirToys

    SirToys OS Multicolor KO

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    Shinkalion repaint.

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    (I picked it up at Walmart :)  )

    That's Star Rescue Team V2 from 2016, V1 was 2014. You need to hit my Gallery and click next 2198 times until you have seen 54943 pics of KO's and odd brand toys from China spanning 14 years. :) 
     
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  12. SMOG

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    They're actually quite old. This is a design from 3rd Party company TFC that they made originally for a licensed Chinese TV series (I think) called StarCATS.

    It was originally marketed as the Star Rescue team in a mostly red & white deco, but later on there was a redeco in this Defensor homage.
    V2, Star Rescue Team, StarQ Star Cats, Combiner, Transformers KnockOff KO, Action Figure Checklist Photos


    Quality is decent on this set. Robot designs are interesting. Combined mode can be a little floppy, but the core joints are pretty stable. It's about as tall as a Combiner Wars combiner, with the limbs as Deluxe-size and the "Hotspot" being much taller than a voyager. From the ones I've handled, the Defensor colours feel like slightly better quality than the original red/white set... or at least the plastic looks nicer.

    There's also the related Star Dino team which functions as a loose homage to the Dinobots. That set was released in 3 decos - blue/grey, multicolour, and G1-inspired... though the G1-style set doesn't fully match up to Dinobot colours.

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  13. oneyouknowleast

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    Anyone have more info on these train formers, just ran across them on ali. Do they combine?

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    The first two are the same mold in different colors, but either can combine with the third. One forming the torso and the other forming the legs. It’s not a very impressive combination though. They’re better off as individual robots.
     
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    SirToys OS Multicolor KO

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    The latest release doesn't have combiner parts. You could likely 3D print better ones anyway :) 

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    Great. Thanks for the info.

     
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    I bought the last one from ST a couple years ago. I'm not really attached to it anymore if you're interested in it.
     
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    Xython Thanks for all the fish

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    I recently got Aoyi Mech BMB LS13 Interstellar Series STAR KNIGHT Oversized Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime from Paul @ Sir Toys but, there was no instruction Manual. Would it be possible for someone to please scan it and send me the scans? Thanks in Advance And no I don't blame Paul his service is impeccable :) 
     
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    I bought a second Cog at near enough RRP from Ebay, and I have to echo fellow UK thread member @danlevan's query as to do we have any evidence that Siege Cog has been KO'ed?
    With my second in-hand I see some shenanigans!
    (Apologies mobile users a big pic here because it's all in the details)
    First up NuCog (Viewer's Left, definitely Hasbro Cog (I think)) is close but noticeably darker and cooler a blue on his blue plastic sections (moreso by eye that the photo shows), and his silver paint is shinier/more reflective than the more buff/matt shine of Hasbro Cog but, hey, that could totally be within the variations due to coming different production runs/phases of the same run, yeah?
    Then it gets steadily more sus the closer you look.
    Nu Cog is practically pristine, with not a hint of the silver battle damage fleck apps that Hasbro Cog has on his forearms. Fine, not a problem, apps get missed all the time, and I got no issue with a "clean" deco figure.
    Now look at NuCogs nipple ports. Go on, stare at the nips. Then look at OG Cog's.
    That's not just shadowing. In fact I had to check the figure in front of me, as my first reaction was, "Surely not, it's just the light isn't getting in there" but it was not "surely not" it was, in fact, "definitely is" - Nu Cog has extra tech detailing moulded into the port bases where Hasbro's ports are flat and blank!
    And that's not all - the notorious tapering of Hasbro Cog's fists meaning the ports would get stress marks if you tried an underslung gun grip?
    Long gone on NuCog, a perfect 5mm port all the way thru! His stock pistols are also less loose than the Hasbro's in it's mitts (still a bit looser than the average 5mm gun grip but better than my OG Hasbro's)
    And there's more...
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    ...Sticking with the upper arms the sculpted detailing is way crisper and more highly defined (left) in comparison to the Hasbro (which does have the same two lines that stripe across the sorta-"toothed" quadrilateral shape just below the gunbarrel but a lot shallower so they don't show up unless you look much closer or catch more shine on the surface to help delineate them).
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    And finally, take a peek at the guns, this time Hasbro is on the left and NuCog's on the right...
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    ...and, lo and behold, NuCog's pistols have about an extra third of handle length but a truncated not-effects-part compatible gunbarrel tip.

    I can only conclude that it is entirely possible that this is, indeed, possibly a KO Cog, in the vein of that mysteriously infinite supply of TR Legends that are still on sale on Ebay. In that it seems more likely that this a hooky version rather than Hasbro actually investing in doing new corrective tooling for Cog, and in the process borking one of his line gimmicks a bit - not impossible, mind, just highly unlikely IMO.
    If it is a KO is a damned fine one though - in some aspects better than my original, every joint and connecting peg is tighter & more secure, the only places OG Cog beats it are that NuCog's silver chest section "butterflys" a bit more easily as those transformational shoulder side swing hinges are jus a bit looser + the tighter arm connection, and the shoulder arm ports are quite a bit looser when pegging his guns in rather than the arms, in fact there's a certain looseness of tolerance variation between NuCog's ports that push my inclination to the "more likely hooky" stance.
    No regrets though, especially as on testing he may actually do my fanmoded twin cannon for Max mode more solidly than Hasbro Cog!

    EDIT:mad: danlevan also spotted something I'd missed:
    No techno-nips on the show model though? Curiouser and curiouser...
     
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  20. smiller0570

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    So I saw a pic of the bpf deformation Siege Optimus being compatible with the kbb mp10v trailer. Is that correct? And if so I've seen some on Aliexpress and was wondering how reliable is that website?