Now if there was any decent reason why Hasbro should be putting a stop to all the pre-production/pre-release toys sneaking their way out of the factories, this would be it. In the couple months that it has taken for the unauthorised samples to be sold on ebay by asian sellers, to the official release of the toys, counterfeit copies have been produced, packaged and distributed to stores. And in the case of Depth Charge, there's probably a 6-8 week period of the KO being available before the real thing.
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...ed-off-167533/

Hasbro and TakaraTomy should get their act in gear and deal with these leaked toys, or else they are going to be competing against much cheaper alternatives, many of which will be available for purchase before the real thing.