Autobreadticon, we've tried to make lists before but I couldn't find the thread last night. If you're in doubt about a toy though just ask and we'll set you straight.
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Autobreadticon, we've tried to make lists before but I couldn't find the thread last night. If you're in doubt about a toy though just ask and we'll set you straight.
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Some people want KOs. Free market. Deal with it / get over it. Stay informed yes, bitch and whine, no.
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I do not think that the people who have to dig through lots of ebay pages full of KOs to get to the real article nor the ones who have bought a KO being passed as a legitimate figure agree with you.Originally Posted by llamatron
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And some people don't want KOs.
I don't think any one is particularly "bitching and whining".
I am.
F***s me off greatly that I wanted Reflector for so long and searched so hard and finally acquired him at around $100 and he became a very special and somewhat unique and genuine part of my collection and now some filthy factory owning maggot in China decides he can exploit his downtrodden workers a bit longer by ripping off a product he has no legal or moral right to.
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First up, yep yep yep the endless pages of cheap ebay ko's is annoying.
I am.
F***s me off greatly that I wanted Reflector for so long and searched so hard and finally acquired him at around $100 and he became a very special and somewhat unique and genuine part of my collection and now some filthy factory owning maggot in China decides he can exploit his downtrodden workers a bit longer by ripping off a product he has no legal or moral right to.
Would you be so outraged if an official Takara reissue was made? You would still be losing value off your "investment" and downtrodden workers would still be exploited, only now the exploitation comes from a big toy company!
Nah not so much. I prefer genuine to fake crap in all things. Gold, breasts, etc... That's the reason I steal genuine DVD's instead of downloading them or buying pirate copies from computer nerds.
It's a known fact that KO workers get paid far less and have much crappier conditions that genuine workers. It's written......somewhere.
It's not the monetary investment it cheapens so much as the emotional investment.
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You seem oblivious to the fact that if there wern't KO crap made, that takara/hasbro would have done those guys.
It's because of ko's that we don't have official g1 combiner releases. So yes, I will bitch and moan and send g1 accurate ko makers and buyers to intensive care if I had the chance.
Thanks a lot scumbags.
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Last edited by MV75; 11th March 2011 at 08:52 AM.
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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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