Knockoff Sunstreaker to be released

[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

[Gutsman Heavy]

oh god dammit!

[GoktimusPrime]

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?

There's a huge list of links to useful sites for ID'ing KOs on tfwiki.

[kup]

There's a huge list of links to useful sites for ID'ing KOs on tfwiki.

Yeah but he means to have a sticky thread with such links handy and properly labeled. Myself, I didn't know the wiki had such links and would have probably never known until your post.

[yukitora]

does a ko have a different date on it? or colour or weight difference to the original? and what makes it a ko? i thought everyone would like a sunstreaker since the ori mould got screwed.

[GoktimusPrime]

i thought everyone would like a sunstreaker since the ori mould got screwed.

The Sunstreaker mould is _rumoured_ to be lost, it hasn't been officially confirmed. And just because a toy is rare and there's a chance that it cannot be reissued, doesn't mean that we are all willing to accept a counterfeit as a substitute. Depends on your own standards/opinions as a collector. This is discussed in further depth here.

[reillyd]

The Sunstreaker mould is _rumoured_ to be lost, it hasn't been officially confirmed. And just because a toy is rare and there's a chance that it cannot be reissued, doesn't mean that we are all willing to accept a counterfeit as a substitute. Depends on your own standards/opinions as a collector. This is discussed in further depth here.

Umm wow - I've never read out all the arguments laid out like that on that thread. Food for thought Goktimus.

I do think you also raise a good point that rumours of a lost mold doesn't completely rule it out as a future release. I don't think anyone could have "predicted" Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx coming out like that, and its always possible that a mold could be re-engineered from existing toys Takara has the copyright to.

[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.

[Robzy]

This really sux!