Was there ever a reissue of Shockwave?

[Hursticon]

I was gonna say that I'd give the seller the benefit of the doubt based on the high feedback number, but then looked at what else they are selling, and see they have a KO Defensor listed.
And to make it even more suspicious, they have their feedback listings set as 'Private', preventing anyone from seeing what they've sold before (to see if they have a history of selling KOs).

See, if these suspicious things hadn't popped up, I would have suggested that it was just a dealer who themselves got duped, and didn't realise it was a KO. But since that is unlikely, I'd definitely not pay for the auction, and do as ebay says to keep your own profile intact.

This is why I hate counterfeit TFs - so many people, even fans, get fooled so easily, spoiling the fun for real fans who thought they had the real thing.

I agree with griffin, even though KOs might be cheaper, the quality of the plastic and functions of KO figures is so abysmal you feel shame for buying them rather than pride that you saved many dollars.

But the overall lesson learnt here - Do thorough investigations into TF especially with online shopping, comb the interwebs for as much information regarding counterfiets as possible and don't rush to click the 'bid' or 'buy now' button. Control your urges, because like Transformers (especially those Decrepticons), eBay sellers are MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.

Thank you very much guys for the your help and opinions, I am so very glad that 1AZRAEL1 convinced me to join the OTCA forums as I would never of even realised that this Shockwave was a fake, not to mention what to look for in a fake.

Again, thank you all for your collective knowledge and wisdom, the transaction has since been cancelled by the seller and agreed to by myself with the guidance of an ebay support member and the seller is now under investigation.

Thankfully this has gone through quite smoothly and as the seller was the one to initiate the cancellation of the transaction, he is unable to put a strike against my account.

I definitely agree with you SkyWarp91 as some eBay Seller's most certainly are MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!, but I'm also very annoyed at myself for not being more thorough in reading the listing but also not looking at the seller's feedback and what not, I wont be making that mistake again in a hurry.

[bboy-toransufoma]

If in doubt, then look for grammar and linguistics problems in the listing. And if it's too good to be true, it usually is. highendtfs.com

[1AZRAEL1]

I looked on highendtfs and there wasn't a link to Shockwave. But through searching, I still uncovered the other link for him and showed him. i was jealous of his shockwave, but glad it worked out in the end and you didn't end up buying that KO.

[griffin]

I reported his KO Defensor as well, but it had less than a day to go, so the seller could get his money before anything happens to him. Another duped customer...

[kaiden]

I'm glad things have worked out for you
ebay is typically the last place i'd go for buying anything.

[langzixinxin]

Shockwave reissue is never possible now. The mould disappeared long time ago.

The KO shockwave and real one has a mould difference on legs, a closer photo post here I will be able to tell. For example, this is KO:

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Oh please they just did not pull the legs down for the pic. I had a friend who had Shockwave as a kid who had his real one like that till I showed him how to do it

[Sky Shadow]

Shockwave reissue is never possible now. The mould disappeared long time ago.

The KO shockwave and real one has a mould difference on legs, a closer photo post here I will be able to tell. For example, this is KO:

That doesn't seem to be the same knockoff, or at least it's not from the same run. It has a purple gun cover, grey hose and the whole toy is the wrong colour purple: as if you'd need to look at the legs to know it wasn't a G1 Shockwave.

[5FDP]

The 'purple barrel' version is made by the same KO company that did the more accurate grey barrel one. It's supposed to be their 'anime version'

[langzixinxin]

G1 Shockwave's popularity was totally unexpected by hasbro. It seems no one took special care on this toy ininitally.

The mould was shipped to Korea then after some time shipped to China then disppeared, officially .

Believe or not I once talked to a guy who knew the G1 KO boss directly. This guy taught me how to distinguish the shockwave KO. It is very easy and very difficult (basically impossible) for unhonest people to fake it.

If you see anyone selling shockwave on ebay, ask them provide a front view photo of upper leg area. Sorry for my limit English here. Regardless its grey barrel or purple barrel, the upper leg area will simply show the difference straightaway.