Knockoff Sunstreaker to be released

[kup]

They finally released it after so long - I was hoping it never reached the market.

This KO Sunstreaker was announced well over a year ago. When I heard it was coming I went into a frenzy to buy and complete my G1 Sunstreaker as later on, Ebay would become a mine field of KOs just like it is with Ratbat.

I hope the robot mode has some obvious discrepancy so that it can be spotted quickly when loose.

[1AZRAEL1]

God I hope so...

Its making buying transformers so much harder.

[bruticus]

Lucky i got my sunstreaker ages ago...
its scary though, cos i had a look at the KO mirage a while back and it looked pretty much identical even down to the Takara stamp.

Is there any chance we can get a sticky thread with a list of all known KO G1's and how to identify the differences?

[SentinelPrime]

+1

I was just about to buy a misb wheeljack, and if it wasnt for some one here on the board I would of been done over by a KO. I think a sticky thread with available KO's and how to identify is a good idea.

[MV75]

All the more reason for me to stick with encore releases.

[fatbot]

All the more reason for me to stick with encore releases.

Agreed at least then we know that's it's not a KO

[swoop]

I thought the sunstreaker ko already got released along with the gnaw ko?
I agree, with all the ko being released its making collecting really hard especially when they make ko of encore figures like they did with metroplex.
I recently brought a ratbat that I was a bit iffy on but fortunatly it turned out to be authentic

[Adzma]

All the more reason for me to stick with encore releases.

Agreed at least then we know that's it's not a KO

Sadly Sunstreaker's mould is own the list of rumoured lost ones so a reissue is unlikely. I wish I'd known about this KO earlier as I delibrately put off buying a Sunstreaker with the mindset "It won't be the last one I find."

Bah.