MPM-5 Barricade already KOed

[Trent]

I noticed a few quite cheap ones for sale on eBay that state that they don’t have a box. Obviously this is why.

[Magnus]

Mine has the faintly visible 'POLICE' tampograph on the boot lid, but I'm not sure what the author meant by the "C-shaped parts" in the crotch.

Looking for more info, I went back through the Seibertron forum thread for that news article (the MPM-5 discussion thread), and one user claims that KOs were out just before the official releases were. If this is true, then seeing as mine was an early in-stock eBay listing and it has the boot lid tampograph, mine might be a KO.

I tried to initiate a refund for a different reason - the right leg had a slight gap in it because the screws weren't fully tightened, and I can't tighten them myself because the screw heads were stripped - but the seller claimed they didn't make much money from the sale, so not wanting to press the issue, I just accepted a small partial refund. At the time, I thought this was just a manufacturing fault and had no reason to assume I had bought a KO.

[UltraMarginal]

This KO business is really getting out of hand.

[DELTAprime]

I wonder given how quick these KOs were out if they might be Lunch Time Specials?

[ampoldj]

Are these KO just the Hasbro ones, not Takara?

[DELTAprime]

Are these KO just the Hasbro ones, not Takara?

There are no differences between Hasbro and Takara's MPM 5 toy. The only differences with the Takara version is packaging with TT contact info and Japanese instruction manual.

[Slag]

This KO business is really getting out of hand.

Agreed.