KO city commander and KO classics magnus

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by s_cren, Nov 12, 2012.

  1. s_cren, Nov 12, 2012
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    So I'm looking to fill one final hole in my classics collection, ultra magnus , I see there's a knock off city commander set and a knockoff classics magnus, can anyone tell me the quality of those items if you own it i could get both for 70$ before shipping and tax, thanks
     
  2. beangrower, Nov 12, 2012
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    If u dont mind loose fitting armor (which can be remedied with styrene or some other inserts) and loose joints (some joints u can use the nail/floor polish trick...some, not really.)...then I say go for it.
     
  3. snip312, Nov 12, 2012
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    UM KO is a floppy (the one I got with the blue chest) mess. One door broke off its hinge and was super glued back on. I got it for $13 shipped. The KO armor + the KO UM would be more beat Vlade Divac as the king of floppers.
     
  4. archieboy, Nov 12, 2012
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    Get the KO armor and United UM.
     
  5. ahro23, Nov 12, 2012
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    KO Magnus:
    Mine was assembled pretty bad I guess at least the joints were decent. The biggest issue I had was transforming the right shoulder back into the alt mode. I can just barely force the left shoulder to snap into its correct position but I feel like I'm going to rip the right arm clean off if I try to pull it on that side. The paint is really shitty for the blue/silver "swooshes" on the front of the alt mode. Like, 50 cent rub on tattoos for little kids style shitty.

    KO Armor:
    I can't really say anything too bad about the lower body bits. The boots were actually pretty good even though they needed a bit of superglue to stay together. I know that sounds like a really bad thing but the fix itself really isn't all that bad. The crotch piece is perfect.

    The upper torso looks good, but the chest piece has a hard time staying slotted in place. I could probably sand something down or make a peg thicker with some superglue or something so again, not too bad. The shoulder bits are really really loose on every version of the Classics Optimus mold I own, but putting a thin piece of styrene or even some thin white adhesive pads fixes that right up. The forearms are really, really loose. I've been tempted multiple times to take them apart and sand them down to close up the gaps, but I'm afraid it won't fit right for the trailer mode anymore if I do that. My adhesive foam pads just can't get enough surface area to stay on so I might try some thin pieces of styrene to see if that will do the trick.

    The bfg is absolutely terrible but I think that's the case on every one of these KO armors. I can't figure out what piece is keeping them from sandwiching together to form the gun, but I feel like I'm going to rip the pin right out if I kept forcing it to stay together.
     
  6. Motor_Master, Nov 12, 2012
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    I have the KOLD Blue Optimus prime to put with my legit DIA commander armor and other than one loose shoulder pad, I had no problems with mine.