This KO promoting thing is going too far

[llamatron]

Some people want KOs. Free market. Deal with it / get over it. Stay informed yes, bitch and whine, no.

[kup]

Some people want KOs. Free market. Deal with it / get over it. Stay informed yes, bitch and whine, no.

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.

[jaydisc]

Some people want KOs. Free market. Deal with it / get over it. Stay informed yes, bitch and whine, no.

I agree with you.

[Paulbot]

And some people don't want KOs.

I don't think any one is particularly "bitching and whining".

[TheDirtyDigger]

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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.

[llamatron]

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!

[TheDirtyDigger]

First up, yep yep yep the endless pages of cheap ebay ko's is annoying.


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.

[llamatron]

It's cool dog, it's cool. I understand why people can hate KOs, I just don't see the need to try and shut them all down. Personally I am very interested in getting this Reflector KO if it's any good as he is indeed a pain to track down.

[TheDirtyDigger]

It's cool dog, it's cool. I understand why people can hate KOs, I just don't see the need to try and shut them all down. Personally I am very interested in getting this Reflector KO if it's any good as he is indeed a pain to track down.

Haha...understand completely. If I didn't have my own gen-yew-ine Reflector I'd probably be tempted to the dark side myself but keep that a secret.
He is a hard little s.o.b. to track down indeed so that's why it felt extra goody to finally get him.

[MV75]

Some people want KOs. Free market. Deal with it / get over it. Stay informed yes, bitch and whine, no.

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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