Just placed an order with Paul @SirToys for a newly listed construction vehicle and a pair of oversized fire engines!    

 

Was there ever a ko mp+ Sideswipe? If so, how's the quality?

 

Not to my knowledge. I don't thnk any of the MP+ editions have been copied yet, but I may be wrong.

z

 

Any chance the Psycho Orb is upscaled? Or is it regular sized?

 

I got one. It was floppy as all hell. Thin wheels. Kinda meh to be honest. I should have saved a bit of cash and bought steamroll instead. Except I hate steamrolls knees.

 

A KO of the MP+ (toon deco) version?

z

 

There's KO MP12+ & 14+.

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I have the 14+, wasn't as good as my KO MP 12. Torso doesn't stay tabbed in, loose joints, The worst was alt mode, where it can't completely tab in, leaving gaps (You can see it in the product shot above).

By comparison, the only problem my KO MP 12 (not the + version) had was the gun's tab being too small for the hands. But that seems like a common problem for a lot of the KO TT MP's.

 

Cool, I completely missed these. I prefer the older decos, so I guess I wasn't following closely. The original KO MP12 and MP14 always felt ok for the price, but I certainly wouldn't want them to be any looser.

z

 

I ordered the original because I like the paint on KO MP12 more. So far I have been able to fix every KO MPs with future, shockoil, or a blow drier no problem.

 

The main problems I have are the pins holding the “doors/shoulder” on are too long and they sit too low in alt mode. I’ve tried pushing them in farther but no dice. And the hands are 50/50 on the gun because the ko makers pinned the fingers too far back so when you fully close the hand it actually interferes with the gun handle as a whole.

 

Oh and the front wheels. They are pinned funny so they won’t go up in alt mode either.

 

Mine hasn't come in yet, but maybe this one will be the one that is busted.

 

I've been seeing listings for G1 "reissue" KOs made by 21st Century Toys. Anyone know if these are any good? There's a couple of G1 figures I want, but some of them are getting hard to find in decent condition without missing parts.

 

They look like just the standard G1 KOs. Quality is hit and miss, typical for KOs. I've bought a few dinobots, Computron, Abominus, Hound, Jazz, Tracks, and Springer.

My experience:
BAD: Abominus has good individual figures, but the combiner ports don't hold for shit. Disappointing if you want it for combined mode. Tracks feels cheap and a little flimsy

VERY GOOD: Dinobots are really good, very close to tje originals I have. My Jazz and Hound are also quite good. Springer doesn't feel as good as those two as his joints are stiff and the plastic feels a tad cheaper, but I still think he was worth it.

EXCELLENT: Computron. Mine is perfect in just about every way. The individual bots have exceptional plastic quality. I only had afterburner as a kid, but the KO feels exactly the same.

I know others here haven't been as lucky with these as I have so they might have some contrasting stories.

KOs, aka Collector's Roulette...

 

Well, it's at least some feedback. And to be fair, some of my actual G1 toys haven't held up so well- Blurr's arm flaps don't stay in place for shit, for instance.

Mostly I'm interesting in Gnaw. A lot of the ones I've see are missing the gun, the tail, or both, and complete ones are going for $150+. But I saw the KO is like $60...

Regarding Abominus, is it the ports on Hun-Grrr, or the heads on the limb bots? I have a G1 Hun-Grrr, but with no accessories, so I could us the KO limbs and parts but the genuine Hun-Grr...

 

I'm not entirely sure. I have a G1 Hun-grr and Blot, though. Once we finish with the Trick or Treaters I'll take a look and see which end is the problem on the KO.

 

As I suspected, it's 100% the combiner ports on Hun-grr. I plugged the KO limbs into G1 Hun-grr and it's solid as a rock.

 

Thanks!

 

Oversized KO RiD TFP Optimus Prime, custom-painted in some places
Standing next to WFC Kingdom Galvatron for scale
Second pic is a second OP, in vehicle mode.
Bought both way back before 2017. Their boxes had the "Taikongzhans" brand on it.
I had planned on repainting the 2nd one into clone made by Silas and MECH in the show, but I couldn't get the colors needed back then.

 

Any word on how the KO G1 Shockwave reissue is quality wise? I wouldn't mind picking one up to replace the legit-G1 junker I tried to fix up as a kid and botched pretty bad.