Reissues are real dude. They're not unlicensed fakes or KOs.If it's plastic then they'd be original G1s. The reissues were all die-cast metal. There's also a really slight difference between the original and reissue Predaking heads... it's really small... you can stare at the two side by side for ages before noticing it (IIRC it's around where the main head meet the antennae... around that area. Can't remember that the exact difference was, it's that slight... but I do remember noticing something was different).