More Weapons ID Help!

[Skullcruncher]

Hi Just a couple this time - both look like weapons for deluxe insecticons but they are different colours. Would these be beetra or whatever the pre-tfs versions are? I cant find any websites with info on their weapons.

Thanks!

[5FDP]

You're right, the first one is definitely Ransack's weapon (http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Ransack/ransack.htm) but it's a different colour :confused:

[liegeprime]

yep Ransack and Barrage's - Beetra's version, though it may be of a KO as well. Ive seen well made KOs before, before they became more mass produced like now, thus diluting the "quality" in looking as good as the original.

[Sky Shadow]

yep Ransack and Barrage's - Beetra's version, though it may be of a KO as well. Ive seen well made KOs before, before they became more mass produced like now, thus diluting the "quality" in looking as good as the original.

No - they're not Beetras weapons. Beet Gadol (Beetras Barrage) has a different-coloured gun, while there is no Beetras version of Ransack (Beet Vadam was never released as a toy).

These could be vaguely legitimate, as a company called Mark bought certain aspects of the Beetras moulds from Takatoku and then sold them to Select who made Convertors toys, but they're still not good-quality toys like Beetras or the Deluxe Insecticons. For all intents and purposes, I would say these are knockoff weapons.

[liegeprime]

No - they're not Beetras weapons. Beet Gadol (Beetras Barrage) has a different-coloured gun, while there is no Beetras version of Ransack (Beet Vadam was never released as a toy).

These could be vaguely legitimate, as a company called Mark bought certain aspects of the Beetras moulds from Takatoku and then sold them to Select who made Convertors toys, but they're still not good-quality toys like Beetras or the Deluxe Insecticons. For all intents and purposes, I would say these are knockoff weapons.

Which would explain why Ive seen before ( in my childhood years) several versions of some of the Deluxe insecticons but being called something else and from different toy companies - Chop shop and Barrage in particular I remember seeing 2 versions, 2 variant color schemes too, both have either chinese or Japanese markings on the packaging, I cant remember clearly that much markings wise.

[TheHandsomeCrab]

They're from Crawler and Morphus, from Select's Convertors. Smaller versions of Barrage and Ransack. Too small to be used with DX Insecticons, but a collector of Convertors would probably give you a few bucks for them as they're somewhat hard to find.

Check out http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Insectors.html for the figures.

[Skullcruncher]

Wow thanks everyone for their replies - looks like THC has nailed it!:)