To my knowledge, only the Prime KO uses the Joustra mold. And the newer Prime KOs have "Made in Japan" there instead. It's complicated.

 

if they spend so much time and effort in making a KO that looks/resembles the G1 figure, why did they miss all the box arts? if u look at mirage's box(orig vs KO). they are obviously different. If the KO makers had the original box, its rather careless for them to not make it identical all the way unless they rushed it out.. but doesn't seem like they did.

 

where are these things getting sold at?

 

these things aren't sounding so great after that comment

 

Good point. Yes, there are differences. Why they're there is unclear. But the fact that they're working toward eliminating those differences (albeit VERY slowly--it took 2 years for them to tweak the Optimus KO) suggests that they were not intentional.

 

Hi,

anyone know how to differentiate an authentic beachcomber from the KO? this topic doesnt have a review on this..

 

The card of the knockoff Beachcomber is based on that of the licensed Chinese Beachcomber from the 1990's. If it is missing "Made in COUNTRY under license from Takara" on the back (it will still have "Copyright Hasbro, Pawtucket, RI"), then it's probably the knockoff. It could be the Chinese version, but there are a lot more knockoffs out there than the Chinese version. There are probably a lot of other difference too, that's juts the one I know off the top of my head.

 

i think i have understood what u said.. but just a confirmation: is there any seaspray KO being made?

 

To my knowledge, the Seasprays are legit. According to Spencer, the guys who make the current assortment of knockoffs have never offered a knockoff Seaspray. If you see one with the abbreviated Copyright info, it's just the licensed 1990's Chinese release.

 

Spencer of Ages3andUp has set up a new website which is dedicated to showcasing the differences between the originals and the remakes. Check it out: http://www.kotransformers.com/

 

thanks might gaine.. i am quite paranoid over knock offs.. anyway for KO mirage is there anyway to differentiate them in sealed bubble form? cause currently we differentiate by the box, is there anyway to differentiate the toy in its sealed bubble form? such as the toy imprints and so on..

 

these things are almost as bad as those guys that sell fake Test Shots (IE removing the paint of alternators and sticking them on ebay as "prototypes")

 

The newest Frenzy/Laserbeak doesn't have the typos on the back of the card. Fuck.

http://photos.i.cn.yahoo.com/down-jtRqo_IjdKVtis6MY5A7atjm?cq=1&aid=bbcf&pid=b1ca.jpg

 

Excellent site. And excellent thread here. It's really doing a service to everyone who collects vintage Transformers.  

 

I looked all over and cant find the post about the Soundwave KO.
I just need some pics of him or a link to the thread. Thanks.

 

nm found what I was looking for.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/G1-Dinobot-Grim...oryZ4696QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Seller has Grimlock, Slag and Snarl boxes. I looked at Grimlock and it says Bommander on the front of the box.

Me Grimlock. Me Bommander

 

Very nice repro box though.  

 

LOL. Awesome.

 

Check out snarls box the black bar above his name is not long enough, the real one lines up with the bottom yellow box. Its kinda funny how he states these are afa 85 atleast.