More KO Devastator Goodness (?)

[MV75]

Dude, if rainbow brite suddenly got a live action movie and was as popular as TFs for the last 25 years, then we'd be whinging about that being knocked up, opps, knocked off.

[Sutton]

Meh, these look pretty decent for Knock-Offs. If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck etc.


If they show up on Ebay for a decent price, I'll probably pick one up. Certainly don't have a problem buying (high quality) knock-offs if Hasbro/Takara has made no indication they're going to do an official reissue - of course, all they need to do is announce they're going to, and I'll hold off for that one.

[SofaMan]

If they show up on Ebay for a decent price, I'll probably pick one up.

Just a friendly reminder Sutton - the forum user guide states:

13 - Do not promote or encourage the sale of pirated, unauthorised or any knock-off Transformers toys. Limited awareness of 'fake Transformers' is allowed, to show fans of real Transformers toys what sort of things are being produced. Knock offs have already prevented certain Generation One toys from being reissued, as well as fooling newer fans into thinking they have bought the real thing, cheapening the value and fun of having rare limited edition toys.

While of course you're only suggesting what you might do yourself, some users may interpret that as encouraging their purchase, and that can potentially start a flamewar; it's happened before, and it's not pretty. This issue has been chewed over many times in the past, and as such we mods get a bit touchy about it. The official position of the board is KO = Bad.

Thread such as this are ideal for IDing KOs, but we'd ask that the discussion stuck to "how to ID" issues, rather than a discussion about the merits of KOs.

[MV75]

You have to wonder though, why after all these years are they finally bringing out a fully chromed and colour accurate KO? I suspect Encore 20.

Well, I'd like to hold that hope anyway. Yea, I know, they're individual and not a giftbox.

[GoktimusPrime]

It's not colour accurate. They're still using that bright "lolly" green which is quite different from the duller green on the original. It is a more authentic looking but still not perfect looking counterfeit.

[5FDP]

You have to wonder though, why after all these years are they finally bringing out a fully chromed and colour accurate KO? I suspect Encore 20.

Well, I'd like to hold that hope anyway. Yea, I know, they're individual and not a giftbox.

Unfortunately there are also gift sets available - one made by Zhong Jin and the other Kidi Toys. These were released a while back and replicated the chrome and metal parts.

The good news is that if they (Constructicons) were ever released in the Encore line as a gift set, the packaging would be substantially different to the KO's as these are an outright, but poorly executed, copy of the original US gift set released in '85.

[AussieJason]

I must say these KO's are getting better and better.

It is already hard to distinguish when buying online, now it is reaching the point where it will be hard in person...

[heroic_decepticon]

5FDP, I replied here from the April acquisitions thread.

You were right. After careful inspection when I got home, I found the the MOC Hook I bought is indeed a KO.

I include comparison pics here:

Picture of the MOC Hook I recently purchased:


Picture of a knock-off MOC Hook from the auction site selling these KOs:


This is why I think my Hook is a KO:

(1) You were right in that in both pictures, the ASST number is missing from the cardback.

(2) I noticed that the KO Hook is missing his chest factory applied sticker just like the Hook I have (that is the part most unlikely to be removed or damaged).

(3) The bubble for my Hook came clean off the cardback because the glue just dried off. And this is typical of all KO versions of Transformers.

(4) On closer inspection, the Hook toy itself is rather poorly constructed compared with my other Constructicons (all of which have the ASST number on their cardbacks) which I know to be definitely genuine and not KO.

The above backs your initial post here.

[kup]

Wow! Sorry to hear about the KO. I was reading how excited you were of having acquired them.

[heroic_decepticon]

I'm pretty sad about it too. Now I have to continue looking again. I've emailed the seller to see what he can do. I don't want any KOs in my collection.

I've been really careless this time. Should have checked it out more carefully.