G1 KO "reissues" - worth it?

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Ratbat is good quality but frenzy is awful. Stickers fell off straight away and hs arms are splitting along the seams.
The ko devastator was my own fault. Picked him up at paddies markets. Should have known better.
In the end if you're going to collect my as well buy the real thing.

Oh so the Frenzy is about as good as my original Hasbro. Stickers bad in 5 min and the arms splitting. You know my First TF was Rumble and he had all that and even came with two right hands. Yay Hasbro

[GoktimusPrime]

But I don't think I want to get KOs, and the fact legit ones are too hard to acquire means I think i'm just going to give up getting g1 now. Its just too much hassle and money that would be potentially wasted.

My solution: Hope they release most of the ones I want in masterpiece- esp dinobots sometime in the next few years..hopefully...

That would pretty much be my solution if I didn't already have a G1 collection (which I'm assuming, correct me if I'm wrong, is your position).

I collected most of my G1 toys during the 1980s and 1990s. My Hasbro G1 collection is approx 96% complete, so I'm not really an "active" G1 collector - but rather an opportunist who will pick up the odd G1 toy that I need if I get the opportunity to get it for a decent price. I seldomly actively go hunting for a G1 toy... hence why I don't even have an eBay account.

But if I didn't already have a sizable G1 collection, I seriously would NOT bother starting to collect G1 now. As you said, it's a big hassle and expensive too. Buying current Transformers is expensive enough as it is -- I don't know how I'd be able to afford retro-collecting G1 today. If I really wanted a "G1" collection I'd just go for things like Classics, Binaltech and Masterpiece. They're more fun to play with than the vintage G1 figures anyway.

[gdmetro]

That would pretty much be my solution if I didn't already have a G1 collection (which I'm assuming, correct me if I'm wrong, is your position).

I collected most of my G1 toys during the 1980s and 1990s. My Hasbro G1 collection is approx 96% complete, so I'm not really an "active" G1 collector - but rather an opportunist who will pick up the odd G1 toy that I need if I get the opportunity to get it for a decent price. I seldomly actively go hunting for a G1 toy... hence why I don't even have an eBay account.

But if I didn't already have a sizable G1 collection, I seriously would NOT bother starting to collect G1 now. As you said, it's a big hassle and expensive too. Buying current Transformers is expensive enough as it is -- I don't know how I'd be able to afford retro-collecting G1 today. If I really wanted a "G1" collection I'd just go for things like Classics, Binaltech and Masterpiece. They're more fun to play with than the vintage G1 figures anyway.

Yeah, you are right- and that was my thought too. I started off collecting a few of the encores and reissues- to start to acquire g1 from scratch now, is impossible unless one is filthy rich. I only wanted to complete some sub groups of g1.

With this goal, even with reissues, it cannot be fulfilled without the use of KOs, hence this thread. But I've decided its not feasible.

As you suggested, classics is one line to solve this and I love it. For that reason, I ravenously started collecting Henkei/classics and have almost completed the line. Luckily I bought alot in bulk, and chanced on some of the pricier figs - i.e. smokescreen/red alert at decent prices- now they've gone up even further in price.

As for binaltech- they are really nice figs, but I don't care for them that much to collect.

As for masterpiece, well Ive gotten grimlock so far, but dont know if ill collect the entire line. They're pricey, out of scale, and even if i got all the releases now, at the rate they are released, is it really possible for them to release all the major characters any time soon?

Having said that, Ill eventually buckle next year and get em