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News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:47 pm

I got these pictures off the back of the box for a Transformers Beast Wars knockoff toy. The Grammer, the spelling, the imaginative transformations of toys. Made me laugh and I had to share.

by **Raymond101** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:51 pm

Problem is, proper TFs can be too expensive for a lot of kids to buy, hence the knockoffs. Authenticity doesn't matter much these days, in any society.

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:09 pm

i want that OP, just because it is almost identical to the one i used to have waaay back when.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:16 pm

His name is "Optimuprlmal"

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:22 pm

Scaleface wrote:His name is "Optimuprlmal"

oh, right. my bad :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:24 pm

You're just jealous cause yur fanfics suck.

Yeah, a good story doesn't matter, kids just like toys. Until they fall apart in their hands.

News Credits: 38 · by **Methusalen** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:23 pm

Actually, I'd buy that Optimus knock off just for the white head... Could make for a neat Magnus figure... (or just to use for a kitbash on another similarly-scaled Transformer figure)

by **Izanami** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:50 pm

Scaleface wrote:His name is "Optimuprlmal"

According to the story, his name is also "General Ape"

News Credits: 1 · by **Menbailee** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:31 pm

Did you get those anywhere where the rest of us could pick them up? TM Megs is hard to come by, and Ultra Cro-Magnus would make a great addition to any collection. Or, if you're willing to buy them and send them for reasonable cost, I'd be happy to have those, bad spelling and all.

News Credits: 2 · by **Sid Burn** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:50 pm

these kind of knockoffs are all good, its the ones that look exactly like authentic transformers that bother me.

General Ape...heh, it has a kind of understated pride.

Megs should be Captain Dinosaur.

they could produce the entire line,

corporal spider...

by **mechajol** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:57 pm

an officemate of mine asks me where i get my bootlegs. that's because his son plays with roughly with toys, and original transformers are too expensive here.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:23 am

Sid Burn wrote:they could produce the entire line,

corporal spider...

Oh, they have some beauties.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:54 am

The General Ape thingy isn't that good, my bro had him, he's well a stupid ko.

News Credits: 1 · by **Menbailee** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:23 am

What makes him stupid, Dead Metal? Bad plastic quality? I'm still curious to know where to find these.

by **schizophrenica** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:06 pm

I'd buy one of these for a kid rather than an original. The original is too expensive. And kids don't really care about authencity anyway

by **olokin** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:22 pm

The Rhinox looks solid, if i could get one I'd give him better colors.

by **Kanyon** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:25 pm

I always look through the KOformers at biglots or Family Dollar to see how they resemble the old chars and see if there's a story on the back. I love how the bigger guys have that monster card, and 4 transformation like for TM2 Megatron and on the card it shows him dragon to robot in 4 steps.

I might one of these days when I'm near a biglots and pick one up just to get one and see how they are.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:24 am

Menbailee wrote:What makes him stupid, Dead Metal? Bad plastic quality? I'm still curious to know where to find these.

He is flppy like hell once you transform him twice, all the cool extras like the mace and the turets are missing, the head is made of this hollow plastic that seems to be blown up. you can squash his head.

by **Pugnate** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:32 pm

hahaha that's hilarious.

As much as I hate knock offs, I've been working in Asia for the past few years and see a lot of poverty here. These kids would think me crazy for spending $50 on a toy when that would buy them enough food for a month -- I kid you not.

You can understand why knock offs run wild here.

BTW, I didn't mean to spoil anyone's mood in this post.