The Energon Pub

[adam-x]

If anyone here is near austin tx, their is a flea market off of highway 290 thats is filled with ko's

[Scaleface]

Found this at Big Lots today, it's a double sized Mini-Con Wreckage!

It costs $2.50 and is sold under the name "Space Warrior Transformable Military Fighter Series 01". They have 8 different giant Mini-Cons (about the size of a Basic/Scout each).

They had the Armada Land Military team, the Energon Saber team and some others.

[yovnocrats]

can anyone in cincinnati ohio tell me if you see any KOs?

[Transtopias Rodimus Prime]

Dude that Wreckage is freakin awesome! I want one. I wonder if they'll come out with an oversized Starsaber minicons pack. That would rock.

[ZoneDaiatlas]

on occasion walgreens will carry these same ko's

Alas, I have no Walgreens stores nearby either.

I think someone already posted pics of this one, but below is a knockoff G1 Devastator that I picked up during a visit to Shanghai a couple of months ago. I wrote a bit more about the figure (as well as the other toys that I picked up overseas; you might be interested in the cutesy transforming animals as well) in this article, in case anyone is interested in reading. But yeah, it's a pretty cool display piece.

I just visted your site WesCrayon. Excellent reviews on toys from Shanghai. I've save it in my favorites folder...

[Auto Bot]

My KO Megatron...

Am i going to be arrested?

[ionacus]

nice kitbash of the KO classics megs. it looks really good

[Auto Bot]

Thanks

I wasn't expecting it to be good. It's my first try.

Somehow, the Allspark touched me.

[Wes Crayon]

Apparently not all Big Lots are created equal -- I went to one yesterday that had only a single yellow Devastator, and phone calls to the two other ones even remotely nearby yielded nothing, as they told me that they didn't have any "transformable robots" in stock. Will have to try to hit up that other one again at some point, then.

Found this at Big Lots today, it's a double sized Mini-Con Wreckage!

It costs $2.50 and is sold under the name "Space Warrior Transformable Military Fighter Series 01". They have 8 different giant Mini-Cons (about the size of a Basic/Scout each).

They had the Armada Land Military team, the Energon Saber team and some others.

That is bloody awesome! Looks like it's another series of the transforming vehicle robots I saw (that series was called "Auto-Bots") -- I took them to be oversized Legends figures, but now I'm wondering if they weren't giant Mini-cons. They were each about the size of a deluxe. At any rate, having a giant-sized Energon Saber team would flipping rule.

I just visted your site WesCrayon. Excellent reviews on toys from Shanghai. I've save it in my favorites folder...

Thanks, Zone! Hopefully someday soon I'll have reviews of these bootleg figures up on the site.

My KO Megatron... I wasn't expecting it to be good. It's my first try.

That is fantastic! And when you say "first try," do you mean that it's your first repaint ever? I will have to PM you for some advice/tips/etc. -- I've never done any repainting before, but I am pretty interested in repainting one of these Transformatrix bootleg Primes into Scourge/Nemesis Prime and giving the Lio Convoy knockoff a little more color.

And finally, I was perusing the Big Lots Wholesale website for some reason (who knows why; it's not like I can buy anything from them ) and came across this. Now, the small image itself merely looks promising, but when you click the link to enlarge the picture, the image shown is a 4-pack that clearly includes -- yes -- a bootleg Robot Masters Prime. I'd kill cute, fuzzy bunnies to get my hands on that thing.

[gogleman374]

I Have a Question. I Have Been looking at a KO Superion Quick change figure. How is the durability of The QuickChange Figures? I love Transforming Gesaults and stuff like that, So I would love to know.

Thank you.

[Powersa]

I Have a Question. I Have Been looking at a KO Superion Quick change figure. How is the durability of The QuickChange Figures? I love Transforming Gesaults and stuff like that, So I would love to know.

Thank you.

I have one set of KO Superion from Big Lots. It is more durable and solid than I thought for $6. For me, it is great fun to play with. I don't think it can be easily broken, but the thing about KOs is that you generally don't know until you open YOUR set, especially when there're 5 figures.

[Wes Crayon]

I Have a Question. I Have Been looking at a KO Superion Quick change figure. How is the durability of The QuickChange Figures?

What Powersa said -- they're fairly durable, though the cheaper plastic does mean that you have to be a bit more careful than you might be with a legit TF. (Or maybe not, seeing as how a legit gestalt would be a costly collector's item!) I ended up snapping off quite a few parts while transforming my knockoff gestalts, but they were pretty easy to snap back on. The stickers on the one I got at Big Lots are extremely loose and prone to peeling, though.

[gogleman374]

ok...How tall Are they when they combine?
(Just Checked The Closest big lots is in Lynwood So I am going to have to Find one on Ebay)

[adam-x]

ok...How tall Are they when they combine?
(Just Checked The Closest big lots is in Lynwood So I am going to have to Find one on Ebay)

my superion ko is the same size as the origina,quality is good ( especially for 6 bucks)
ebay has the same ko btw

[Wes Crayon]

ok...How tall Are they when they combine?

The Superion I got at Big Lots is roughly 9.5" tall.

[Scaleface]

Apparently not all Big Lots are created equal -- I went to one yesterday that had only a single yellow Devastator, and phone calls to the two other ones even remotely nearby yielded nothing, as they told me that they didn't have any "transformable robots" in stock. Will have to try to hit up that other one again at some point, then.

This is correct, I have 4 different big lots in driving distance and they are all different and get new things in a different times. Some are small, some are large. All get things in a different times. Along side the giant Mini-Cons I found were some powerranger knockoffs and yet more releases of TM2 Dragon Megatron in differnet colors.

[SauronTD]

I went back to my biglots today and picked up the plus size RID Galvatron and G1 Prowl and Redalert knockoffs. The Galvatron is great fun!

[Scaleface]

What G1 Prowl and Red alert knockoffs? Pictures please?

[ionacus]

anyone got pics of these G1 KOs at big lots? how good is the quality? i wonder if the big lots around me have them.

[SauronTD]

What G1 Prowl and Red alert knockoffs? Pictures please?

Here you go! The ywere in with the 2.50 ones. They didnt come with any weapons.

[waaaaghlord]

What G1 Prowl and Red alert knockoffs? Pictures please?

Here you go! The ywere in with the 2.50 ones. They didnt come with any weapons.

Ah those, I believe that those are upscaled versions of the WST figures bact to G1 scale.

[ionacus]

What G1 Prowl and Red alert knockoffs? Pictures please?

Here you go! The ywere in with the 2.50 ones. They didnt come with any weapons.

Ah those, I believe that those are upscaled versions of the WST figures bact to G1 scale.

yea thats them. isnt there a jazz one also?

[Scaleface]

Got a picture of the packages or a name for them that they are sold under?

I just found the double sized Mini-Cons Runway and Jetstorm. That makes 2 out of three for the double sized Starsaber. I have not found a Sonar jet to make the hilt.

[SauronTD]

The packaging says Space Warriors Transformable Auto-Bots.

[Wes Crayon]

I am loving that Prowl, SauronTD! I'm pretty sure some of the others in that Auto-Bots line are oversized minicons, as I distinctly remember seeing peg holes and whatnot like the ones on these:

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... =1&image=2
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... 1&image=13

At any rate, must get some of these during my next visit!

Also, how do you like the RID Mega/Galvatron? I think that's the one I got (two-headed dragon, yes) -- I'd love to see how you go about transforming him into his extra forms, if you've given it a shot. I think that his lack of certain features and articulation makes many of the transformations more/less impossible, but I've managed to wrangle him into faux griffin and elephant modes.