More Knockoffs :(

[blackie]

I got an email today from a seller ive bought something from recently, who has said that he is taking offers for Superion Gift Sets and shockwave

They both look like real ones too :(
although, the superion gift set doesnt come with the ramp.. so that makes it a little different.

Still, does annoy me :(

[loophole]

wow just last night i was looking at G1 giftsets and saw quite a few Superion ones, but they did look very suspicious and if you look at the yellow bubble behind the main boxart you can see why, but now too find out more info about the Shockwave KO.

[blackie]

not sure weather i should post the photos or not, but after looking at them, it seems that the barrel cover for shockwave is purple, not grey like on the original
if im allowed to post the photos i will :)

[loophole]

pictures are good so we know what not to buy

[blackie]

these are all the photos he sent me
the one with the circled ramp is whats not included

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_01.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_02.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_03.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_04.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_05.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_06.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_07.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_08.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_11.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/shockwave_12.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/superion_00a.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/superion_00b.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/superion_00c.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/superion_02.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/superion_17.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/nickroxurjox/superion_18.jpg

[kup]

That Superion box is very close to the original with very subtle differences.

As mentioned, Shockwave is easy to ID due to the purple Barrel and what seems like a much lighter purple.

[loophole]

ha the shockwave head is already coming apart in those pics lol, im just comparing those pics with mine atm. The purple looks more bluer and the grey parts look whiter and flater, also the waist bar that runs through the trigger and connects to the legs is plastic instead of a metal and his eye is silver rather than gold.

thanks for posting these Blackie, hopefully no-one gets burnt with these.

and i suppose with these coming out now the likely hood of getting these getting re-issued has completely gone down the toilet :(

[liegeprime]

Either that Loopy OR we just have a preview of what is going to be reissued by HAsTAKTom next in encore. Usually these KOs are produced from leaked out China factories (where both the originals and some unscrupulous items get manufactured) So there could be a chance for Encore Shockers and ehm a Superion set to be out soon. Which , sigh complicates matters for buyers.... especially for online (ebay im looking your direction) shopping.

[Omega Supreme]

Either that Loopy OR we just have a preview of what is going to be reissued by HAsTAKTom next in encore. Usually these KOs are produced from leaked out China factories (where both the originals and some unscrupulous items get manufactured) So there could be a chance for Encore Shockers and ehm a Superion set to be out soon. Which , sigh complicates matters for buyers.... especially for online (ebay im looking your direction) shopping.


I hope your right, I would really like to see an Encore Shockwave, as Im sure loads of others would as well.

KO's seem to be a way off life with TF's Im sure somebody will create a guide on how to spot the differences, I guess the best option would be to wait until someone does before buying.

[jaydisc]

Either that Loopy OR we just have a preview of what is going to be reissued by HAsTAKTom next in encore. Usually these KOs are produced from leaked out China factories (where both the originals and some unscrupulous items get manufactured) So there could be a chance for Encore Shockers and ehm a Superion set to be out soon.

I'm starting to think like this too. Especially in light of Metroplex.

[griffin]

I guess it means TakaraTomy is just as uncommitted to stock integrity as Hasbro. Even though TT run the factories on behalf of Hasbro, I would have thought they might be a bit more determined to protect their own product from leaking and being reproduced. Especially with such a quick turnaround, these would have to be KOed from early test runs that were discarded or smuggled out.

[Tober]

Shockwave has been KO'ed before tho. Aerialbots/Airbots too, might explain why the giftset doesn't come with a ramp and Shockwave's head has massive gaps in it with a miscolored gun barrel.

This thread is in the wrong section too.

[griffin]

Ah, didn't notice. Moved now... :)

[sanbot]

Those pictures can easily fool people like me who just don't know what to look for. They looked just the same as the legitimate ones to me :o

How do they manage to create them so closely to the legitimate ones?

[kup]

Those pictures can easily fool people like me who just don't know what to look for. They looked just the same as the legitimate ones to me :o

How do they manage to create them so closely to the legitimate ones?

That is the big mystery because according to HasTak its so expensive that its just not workable.

Some of the KOs are as much on par with the original as a legit HasTak reissue.

[1AZRAEL1]

This is absolutley F***ED!!!
This really pisses me off, because now I have to be even more careful when buying figures, escpecially when Shockwave is one I don't own. The Barrel will be easy to spot though.

[jaydisc]

There's another version of Shockwave as well with the correctly colored barrel. I, too, thought that the purple generally looks more blueish.