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I think it'd be a fair assumption that most of those who "want" KOs are only going for them because of the lower prices. If there were a genuine Mirage reissue alongside the KO for the same price, I suspect the reissues would flounder.
In that context, I agree with MV75. The reissue makers are denying fans who _don't_ want KOs of say the Constructions a reissue they may have otherwise had access to.
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Unfortunately they will always be made, the cheap labour has mouths to feed and the rip-off merchants will take advantage of this so that even if we did get a genuine re-release these people would still be able to severly undercut thier prices on the KO's to still sell them at a profit as most people will not pass up a cheap bargain, especially if it's to give to a small child as they will not know the difference between KO and licensed.
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Until it disintegrates from the extreme stresses put on it from the actions of just removing it from the packaging they won't notice.Originally Posted by 1orion2many
most people will not pass up a cheap bargain, especially if it's to give to a small child as they will not know the difference between KO and licensed.
Ends up not so cheap then.
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Last edited by MV75; 11th March 2011 at 08:52 AM.
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Most KO's being released are of either "lost" molds or unlikely toys (see: Metroplex). HasTak have stated before that certain molds are gone forever (Sunstreaker, Mirage, Wheeljack etc) and they are not likely to create new molds. Yeah they pieced together Soundwave but that was really a one off as he is easy to sell.
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I found a link to this in the FTW2005 website:
http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid=162398
The invasion has BEGUN!
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A few of those have wonky looking stickers, but for car mode don't look too bad. At least they're not trying to fully imitate the real thing, plus they're alts/bt's so I don't care as much for them.
But if they were cheap (doubtful with kos these days), they'd be ok for car mode displays, as I've noticed the hotwheels range of cars that size are pretty bad quality. But yea, I wouldn't buy either really, I'd pay more for that other brand that currently escapes me, but they do fantastic models.
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Last edited by MV75; 11th March 2011 at 08:56 AM.
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lol half the stuff they have at the FTW2005 main page are knock offs!
http://www.tfw2005.com/
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The fact ages 3 and up is a big sponsor of theirs, cant help, since they mainly sell KO's.
The Devastator KO giftset is going to annoy more people than most KO releases though...
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The car modes don't seem to fit together very well, the hoods are crooked and the doors don't sit flush.
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Heh, since when isn't it?
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