I'm not understanding this and could use some help. This auction has Siren, Nightbeat, and Hoeshead listed as new in their plastic inserts. In the questions and answers in the auction, the seller states that he has a set himself and he purchased them from a toy shop.

How could there be more than one set? Are these just original figures resealed in plastic inserts or did they make KOs of them at some point? Curious if anyone has run across these before.

 

Siren and Nightbeat had K.O.'s Hosehead im not sure of but i wouldn't doubt it...

But those do look like the real deal Headmaster Juniors.

 

I think they are real anyway ... and I'm fecking gutted that I'm strapped for cash or I would have put a bid in...

 

I was wondering the exact same thing and almost posted it here yesterday. That's not the first set of those 3 on sealed cards but without the box that seller has sold either, I saw a set go about a month ago!

 

If they are KO, I've never seen them. Look real, but I don't know...

If they are sealed, why is Hosehead missing the guns?

 

Same pics?

 

thats a bit strange....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120223643832

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120229392486&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=002

 

To make it even weirder, I actually bid on the set that I posted above but didn't win. I just checked my eBay account and there is a 'second chance offer' from him for the same set. He says that he has another and that he would sell it to me at the price I bid.

So that makes at least 4 sets of these, then? I've been looking for these three figures, but something doesn't feel good about this deal.

 

could be warehous finds but thenthe boxes should have been present. Unless the boxes were so badely damadged that it was no point in having them in the auction.

 

hmmmm same pics and auction info as before...I smell scam!
plus i didn't realize hosehead didn't have his guns....

 

I know a seller in japan who ended up with a ton of these a good 6 months ago, as far as I know they are legit

 

So, would you all go for these three for $130 shipped? That seems like a good deal as long as they are legitimate.

 

Sometimes dead stock turns up, but the boxes are really messed up or water damaged, and they ditch the boxes and just sell the inner contents. That's probably what happened here.

What knockoffs are you talking about? As far as knockoffs that look just like the originals, there are no knockoff Headmaster Juniors. There are licensed Chinese versions from the early 1990's, but those are not knockoffs. More info here:

http://www.allspark.com/index.php/2...arly-1990-s-Chinese-G1-Transformers-Toys.html

 

I knew I had seen that somewhere before. Thanks for posting it, Might Gaine!

I asked the seller too and his story seemed to fit with the premise that the boxes were too damaged to sell.

 

I won a set a while ago from that seller. They are legit, trust me. I cannot remember the exact reasoning but the boxes were damaged. Hosehead's weapons are not packaged inside the bubble that is why they were not included. I remember asking why anyone would throw out the boxes with the weapons inside and got no response but they are for real. I got mine without a hitch for around $100.

 

there was a guy trying to sell a set of these on taiwan auction sites over and over but nobody ever bid, they were the exact same three sealed on card.

china had a "clone" style squeezeplay bootleg but it had a weird sticker on the head and came on a decorated flat card, never seen any "clone" copies of the autobot headmasters.

 

Sorry wrong thread

 

Hmm, notably the buyer of the February set though hasn't left feedback yet for them. That's not exactly comforting...

 

Well, I took the offer. I made sure to use a credit card in case things went sour, but I've been messaging back and forth with the seller and he seems like a good fellow. I'm definitely excited for Nightbeat.

 

The closest knock off I have seen of the junior headmasters was one of Minerva a few months back. If I wasn't broke at the time I would have made a bid on it, as it was going for a fairly cheap price. These guys are to expensive for what they are IMO. I have a Siren complete except for his little side guns which are reproductions I bought on Ebay from some seller. On a somewhat related note, I wish reprolabels would get around to making some stickers for these guys, (as well as more G1 figures in general), as opposed to wasting time and money making those lame movie stickers. My Siren could use some fresh ones.