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News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:26 am

Any one know what this is? :-?

I didn't find anything about it online

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:36 am

No one knows what it is

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:32 am

Try Ryan's photo galleries. He's got his res pics.

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:41 am

Tnx

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:45 am

How can I find Ryan's gallery (if it's not a dumb question)

by **Railbomb** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:29 am

My best guess is that it's the Optimus that came with the Japanese release of Revenge if ordered from Amazon Japan.

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:16 am

No bout at toy stor

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:28 am

It's a Knock off there is also a clear plastic version too.

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:47 pm

No it's authentic

News Credits: 12 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:54 pm

The box and instructions may be authentic, but the toy inside is a different story. While that voyager class mold has been repainted several times, the only time it had gold chrome wheels was for the entirely gold chromed Luck Draw Voyager Optimus Prime
http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/conten ... Prime.html

Also weird usage of Chrome like that is generally a clue that its a knockoff. Even Takara's superfluous usage of chrome on figures tends to have reason. and usually is not on things that would get easily scratched off like tires.

Here you go; KO Optimus Prime with Gold Chrome parts including tires:
http://www.tf-toy.com/black-convoy-movi ... -8046.html

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:11 pm

The crystal ones I mention are on that link above too lower down the same page.

I've been seeing them pop up in EBay search results for years in the same design of box too.

Shame there isn't something like this using the HFTD Voyager mould that would be nice to see that toy with a bunch of other colours.
(yes I know it has a legit Black version & some repaints/reissues already) It doesn't come in clear plastic though as far as I know but anyway that was a nicer mould than the 2009 one was.

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:13 am

Should I complain to the stor I bout it from?
He said it was authentic

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:15 am

Is using Hasbros box even legal?

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:36 am

Shauyaun wrote:Should I complain to the store I bought it from?
He said it was authentic

Depends on how much you paid for it.

Can't really blame someone for no knowing it was illegitimate when the packaging is designed to deceive though.

News Credits: 12 · by **shauyaun** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:01 am

About 40-30$ don't remember

Like LegendaryAntiHero on Facebook · by **LegendaryAntiHero** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:48 pm

It's possibly a custom someone painted and put back in the packaging

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:44 pm

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:It's possibly a custom someone painted and put back in the packaging

No, it's most definitely the KO described above. Cheers for catching that, Overcracker

Shauyaun wrote:Is using Hasbros box even legal?

No, it's not. The original owner probably used an older legit box for the purpose of reselling the thing without the buyer suspecting anything (or just not caring). High end KO's like this one can be a pretty niche area of knowledge.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:54 pm

It's a KNOCK OFF it's not a custom someone put in an original box
The Box was not swapped they come in repro boxes with repro instructions and are sold exactly as shown in at least half a dozen variations.

They used to sell them back in the days when the website KO-toys was still a thing and they often show up on eBay even now.

News Credits: 12 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:11 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
LegendaryAntiHero wrote:It's possibly a custom someone painted and put back in the packaging

No, it's most definitely the KO described above. Cheers for catching that, Overcracker

Shauyaun wrote:Is using Hasbros box even legal?

No, it's not. The original owner probably used an older legit box for the purpose of reselling the thing without the buyer suspecting anything (or just not caring). High end KO's like this one can be a pretty niche area of knowledge.

Yeah, I'm surprisingly familiar with that mold. :-D