Robotkingdom Update: DW-P05 Eyesight Pre-Orders Open & KO Review and Comparison
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 11:59PM CDT
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Site sponsor Robotkingdom dropped by with an update on a couple of third-party items.
First up, the pre-orders for Dr. Wu's DW-P05 Eyesight are now open. These LED light pods are designed to compliment the TFC Toys Hercules team. They come in black or green and are priced individually at $5.90.
DW-P05 Eyesight
DW-P05 Eyesight
Next we have a review of the KO MakeToys Battle Tanker with comparison to the real deal.
Robotkingdom wrote:Here is a sample review of KO Battle Tanker.
After the inspection, the KO version is around 90% quality of the original one.
Here are some main difference between two versions.
1: The outer box is slightly darker for KO version.
2: No metal wire For the plastic box inside
3: Head Sculpture is different.
4: LED is dimmer for KO version.
5: Electric wire is black instead of grey
6: The injection molding point is different for the Ancient Sword.
7: Handle of Ancient sword is black instead of grey and the blue colour is missing.
8: it does not come with the replacement head.
Despite the above difference, it is very hard to distinguish original and KO version from the photo. The material used is almost the same.
If you think the original one is too expensive, or you need one more for modification, the KO version is perfect for you.
Check out the listing for this item!
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... g=us&CatID
If you have any questions about it, please feel free to contact us at info@robotkingdom.com
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Posted by Shadowstream on April 13th, 2012 @ 1:10am CDT
Posted by combiner711 on April 13th, 2012 @ 1:48am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on April 13th, 2012 @ 5:01am CDT
Posted by Rated X on April 13th, 2012 @ 8:38am CDT
Let it be known on the original Maketoy version, the sword lights up by itself when the switch is off. (very dim but on at half power) Not sure if anyone else had this problem. I had to leave the battery out.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 13th, 2012 @ 8:40am CDT
I still wonder if this head breaks RTS/United Prime like the original MT one did. I's think that would be mentioned, though (and the head did get a remold which makes me think it did get adjusted).
Posted by zodconvoy on April 13th, 2012 @ 11:11am CDT
I'm both glad and saddened by the high quality of the KO Battle Tanker. I ordered it to make Scourge out of but I was hoping there would be more noticeable differences. Somebody probably already has bought the KO thinking it was the original by this point. I do plan on getting the real Tanker for my ever growing G2 collection eventually by now I'm really going to have to limit myself to BBTS and TFSource just to be on the safe side!
I do like that Robotkingdom specifically said it was a good option for customizers. Almost nothing is geared toward the creative sides of the hobby!
Posted by DevastaTTor on April 14th, 2012 @ 9:37am CDT
Posted by DevastaTTor on April 14th, 2012 @ 9:37am CDT
Posted by Sodan-1 on April 14th, 2012 @ 3:16pm CDT
Not sure what to make of the light for Hercules. It's a good idea and it's cheap enough, just not all that necessary.
Posted by zodconvoy on April 14th, 2012 @ 10:57pm CDT
DevastaTTor wrote:I don't really get them pimping out the KO Battle Tanker like this. I don't recall them even selling any of the KO city commander sets or other recent KO 3P pieces. Pretty sh!tty in my book.
I don't think it's pimping it, I think it's just a heads up to the differences to both inform and show that they're not selling a crap product. They may not have sold the City Commander KO but if they already deal with the makers of this, why would they not? And it's not like the same people made this and the CC KO or anything. I think it was more useful than anything.
Then again, that's coming from a guy who already bought it.
Posted by Random on April 15th, 2012 @ 1:17am CDT
Think these will be sold at BBTS or no? I checked the sites companies that they sell and didn't see Dr Wu on there.
Posted by DevastaTTor on April 15th, 2012 @ 6:24am CDT
zodconvoy wrote:DevastaTTor wrote:I don't really get them pimping out the KO Battle Tanker like this. I don't recall them even selling any of the KO city commander sets or other recent KO 3P pieces. Pretty sh!tty in my book.
I don't think it's pimping it, I think it's just a heads up to the differences to both inform and show that they're not selling a crap product. They may not have sold the City Commander KO but if they already deal with the makers of this, why would they not? And it's not like the same people made this and the CC KO or anything. I think it was more useful than anything.
Then again, that's coming from a guy who already bought it.
I have the original too. I just think it's strange that they find selling the KO newsworthy.
I'd rather see news from them about the green Giant preorder.
Posted by zodconvoy on April 15th, 2012 @ 10:49am CDT
DevastaTTor wrote:I have the original too. I just think it's strange that they find selling the KO newsworthy.
I'd rather see news from them about the green Giant preorder.
Before this, the only picture of it was the red plastic prototype. I would both boost sales if they were slow and put them in a positive light for pointing out the differences between the two to prevent people from being tricked.
As for the green Giant, they probably haven't gotten any real information themselves yet.
Posted by El Duque on April 15th, 2012 @ 2:09pm CDT