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by **Galaxion** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:28 am

Hi this is my KO Classic Custom Megatron have a look and let me know what you think. The first picture the one on the left is what the ko looked like before I gave it a G1 look.

by **gjk13** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:36 am

Great custom.

News Credits: 1 · by **ghostofstarscream** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:28 am

looks good man... did you make the wings removable?

by **Auto Bot** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:58 am

Very nice.

What did you use to color him?

Coz i just got a KO Megs 2 days ago.

by **Galaxion** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:06 pm

ghostofstarscream wrote:looks good man... did you make the wings removable?

Yes on this KO Classic Megatron the wings are easily made removable and here is why the wings are attached by small tips that fit into a groove on the main body and doesn't require a pin to hold them in place like on the origional Classic Megatron. Heres a close up picture of the wing tips remember this picture was taken before I repainted the wings.

by **Galaxion** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:54 pm

Auto Bot wrote:Very nice.

What did you use to color him?

Coz i just got a KO Megs 2 days ago.

I went to Walmart and picked up some acrylic Model paints and used them to repaint him. I recommend the acrylic as it dries really fast and doesn't seem to chip very easily and relatively cheap.

by **Auto Bot** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 5:28 am

Galaxion wrote:
Auto Bot wrote:Very nice.

What did you use to color him?

Coz i just got a KO Megs 2 days ago.
I went to Walmart and picked up some acrylic Model paints and used them to repaint him. I recommend the acrylic as it dries really fast and doesn't seem to chip very easily and relatively cheap.

Brush?

by **Loki120** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:52 am

Where do you find the KO? Just curious.

by **Galaxion** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:00 am

I found it on Ebay from a seller in HongKong. I believe it was sometime in late May if I remember correctly

by **Auto Bot** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:51 am

Galaxion wrote:I found it on Ebay from a seller in HongKong. I believe it was sometime in late May if I remember correctly

How much?

by **Galaxion** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:30 pm

Auto Bot wrote:
Galaxion wrote:I found it on Ebay from a seller in HongKong. I believe it was sometime in late May if I remember correctly

How much?

It cost me a total of $20.00 dollars American 10 for the figuere and 10 for shipping and handling.

by **Auto Bot** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:10 am

Galaxion wrote:
Auto Bot wrote:
Galaxion wrote:I found it on Ebay from a seller in HongKong. I believe it was sometime in late May if I remember correctly

How much?
It cost me a total of $20.00 dollars American 10 for the figuere and 10 for shipping and handling.

That is highway robbery. Better just buy a $19.99 original.

Anyway, mine cost around $4 when converted to USD.

by **Galaxion** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:47 pm

Auto Bot wrote:
Galaxion wrote:
Auto Bot wrote:
Galaxion wrote:I found it on Ebay from a seller in HongKong. I believe it was sometime in late May if I remember correctly

How much?
It cost me a total of $20.00 dollars American 10 for the figuere and 10 for shipping and handling.

That is highway robbery. Better just buy a $19.99 original.

Anyway, mine cost around $4 when converted to USD.

Wow great deal so how much was shipping. I own two of the origional already and each one cost $29.99 Canadian one I repainted in G1 colours and one I left unaltered. I bought the knock more to see how it compared to the origional and I thought paying $10 dollars American wasn't too bad even if it cost an additioal 10.00 for shipping now I am wondering if I should of waited since you got yours cheaper. But since I didn't such is life out of Curiosity where did you purchase yours?.

by **Auto Bot** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:34 pm

Galaxion wrote:
Auto Bot wrote:
Galaxion wrote:
Auto Bot wrote:
Galaxion wrote:I found it on Ebay from a seller in HongKong. I believe it was sometime in late May if I remember correctly

How much?
It cost me a total of $20.00 dollars American 10 for the figuere and 10 for shipping and handling.

That is highway robbery. Better just buy a $19.99 original.

Anyway, mine cost around $4 when converted to USD.
Wow great deal so how much was shipping. I own two of the origional already and each one cost $29.99 Canadian one I repainted in G1 colours and one I left unaltered. I bought the knock more to see how it compared to the origional and I thought paying $10 dollars American wasn't too bad even if it cost an additioal 10.00 for shipping now I am wondering if I should of waited since you got yours cheaper. But since I didn't such is life out of Curiosity where did you purchase yours?.
Here is a picture of the 3 of them;
Left Origional custom repaint center unaltered origional right Knockoff repaint

Got the knock off at a local grocery store. No delivery charges. $4 total cost.

Got the original at Amazon online. $19.99 total cost. Free delivery for $25 purchase and up. So i bought him together with Prime. Also at $19.99.

by **Auto Bot** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:36 pm

Here's another view.

Sorry, don't know how to attach 2 or more pictures together.

I'll repaint the knock off into G1 colors soon.

By the way, how did you upload several pictures together in one single post?

by **Galaxion** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:12 am

Auto Bot wrote:Here's another view.

Sorry, don't know how to attach 2 or more pictures together.

I'll repaint the knock off into G1 colors soon.

By the way, how did you upload several pictures together in one single post?

Well your knockoff is different than the one I got but it is really cool in its own way. Anyway in order to add multiple pictures after you add the first picture click on add attachment and another attachment box will come up then browse for another picture and open it and repeat the process for more pictures. Anyways I am adding a picture along with yours so that you can see what my knockoff looked like before I gave it a g1 look to it.So enjoy.

by **Auto Bot** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:01 am

Very nice. I think your KO color is better than mine, in case we don't want to repaint it.

Thanks for the tip. I'll try that.

by **Auto Bot** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:31 am

Works like a charm.

Thanks, man.

How did you group them together without the lines in between each picture?

by **Galaxion** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:37 pm

Auto Bot wrote:Works like a charm.

Thanks, man.

How did you group them together without the lines in between each picture?

I didn't after I repainted my KO I realized that I forgot to take pictures of what he looked like befor painting him so I went back to my ebay and downloaded the ebay picture comparision to the original and it all came up as one picture. Now I had a picture of what he looked like before the repaint. And your very welcome for the tip. As far as your knockoff is concerned I love the outside of the gun mode I think it looks awesome.

by **Auto Bot** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:28 am

Yeah, my gun "skin", plus your bot color would make it close to perfect.

By the way, my box says "LASER AMBUSH".

by **Galaxion** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:49 am

Auto Bot wrote:Yeah, my gun "skin", plus your bot color would make it close to perfect.

By the way, my box says "LASER AMBUSH".

Interesting I wonder who made the two different knock offs. But your right your gun shell and my bot mode would have been almost perfect maybe we should lobby for which ever companies made them for them to combine the shell and the bot. Of course I doubt that it will ever happen so I guess its up to us fans to correct the colour mistakes. My box labled him as Super laser gun.

by **Auto Bot** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:52 am

These are made by nameless chinese factories using cheap plastic.

Basically, they use whatever plastic color is more abundant at the moment. They made copies of any popular toys indiscriminately. Our "LASER" products could be made by the same factory.

by **Galaxion** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:10 am

Auto Bot wrote:These are made by nameless chinese factories using cheap plastic.

Basically, they use whatever plastic color is more abundant at the moment. They made copies of any popular toys indiscriminately. Our "LASER" products could be made by the same factory.

Your most likely correct about that anyways if you do decide to repait yours in G1 colours please post the pictures I would love to see how yours turn out.

by **Auto Bot** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:26 am

Ok. Will do, spike.

I've painted some model car kit (1:24 scale) before. Never tried repainting a Transformer yet. I'm not sure how it will turn out. Maybe take some time though.

I'm gonna use brush. To cut down cost.

By the way, i'm also planning to create my own knock off. I've narrowed the list down to a few possible characters to choose from. But haven't made the final choice yet. Main goal is to add to my Classics collection.

Dreamer. Hehe.