Interesting, rare and sometimes cheap ebay items.

[Skullcruncher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ele7GNtkwyc

Yeah that guy has totally missed the made in france KO, the first one that came out. And he says real ones will likely have made in japan on the trailer!! If it says "Made in Japan" is a KO, the real ones dont say "Made in"

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threa...-france.94347/ - spotted way back in 2006

Heres a useful site that shows real and fake also.

https://www.highendtfs.com/optimus-prime

I'm not super familiar with all the KO details, but did the KO use the "Classics" instructions? Or is this a KO toy and foam with vintage instruction book?

The catalog/instructions and red decoder are probably the only original items there. (But the KO's even came with red decoders who knows how to tell them different!).