Quote Originally Posted by DarkHyren View Post
KO = Knock off aka fakes. Not made by Hasbro or TakaraTomy, they are often made by reverse engineering a real Transformer or with a mold stolen from the Has/Tak factory.
They aren't made in the Has/Tak factory, sometimes the plastics are cheap garbage but other times they are better made, the colors are generally the same as the originals.
Hope this has helped unconfuse you
That's interesting... stolen molds!!? Is there stories of this happening?