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News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:01 pm

It looks real nice. It does have a couple of flaws in the plastic specially where the join, left over bits from the molding.

But otherwise it looks real nice, and the Styrofoam tray just adds to the 80's feeling.

If this were the real deal I'd have no qualms about paying 85 bucks for it.

But for a knockoff it seems a little steep no matter how good the quality is.

30 maybe 40 bucks and I'd be all over it.

News Credits: 1 · by **vectorA3** » Thu May 21, 2009 7:08 am

Yeah, that'd be a good price range. Although I'm clampin down on spending right now.

Cool sig Overcracker ---anything with Luke, Tracks, and Thundercracker is awesome in my book

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:20 pm

vectorA3 wrote:Yeah, that'd be a good price range. Although I'm clampin down on spending right now.

Cool sig Overcracker ---anything with Luke, Tracks, and Thundercracker is awesome in my book

Thanks.

by **omega-one-prime** » Thu May 21, 2009 6:34 pm

This is my first post as I can not seem to find a place to say Hi,so Hi all :-B

I am not a fan of the knock-offs no matter how good or bad they are,

but there is clearly a market for them but I am sorry to say that I have seen some people sell them as 'reissues' which I feel is wrong

not a great first post but I am overwhelmed by this forum and the substancial membership it has,

News Credits: 1 · by **vectorA3** » Fri May 22, 2009 3:24 pm

welcome omega-1-prime!!!!! :APPLAUSE:

by **Th0r4z1n3** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:09 pm

Just snagged this Four Star Seeker KO off of ebay... Sorry if I was bidding against any of you

by **enkidoamark** » Sat May 23, 2009 11:42 pm

I just wish there was somewhere to get all these high quality KOs at a reasonable price. When I can get re-issues from japan for as low as $30, I just can't pay $70 for a KO. If they were $30, maybe 50 for a combiner, I'd buy them like mad.

by **omega-one-prime** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:46 pm

vectorA3 wrote:welcome omega-1-prime!!!!!

Thank you

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Mon May 25, 2009 12:26 pm

This knockoff is coming dangerously close to Shattered Glass Thrust?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:05 pm

Scaleface wrote:This knockoff is coming dangerously close to Shattered Glass Thrust?

That one looks kind of interesting. Wonder how good the quality would be.

Probably not good

News Credits: 5 · by **horus** » Mon May 25, 2009 5:17 pm

i ordered him a week ago, should be here any day now, i'll do a small review with pics then

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:37 am

omega-one-prime wrote:
vectorA3 wrote:welcome omega-1-prime!!!!!

Thank you

As said, We want all to feel welcome, or to make ryan feel good about his interesting little hobby :mrgreen:

Welcome to the boards! hope you enjoy your stay! Hell everybody dose it,

"Warning Seibertron may Contain Nuts!"

News Credits: 5 · by **horus** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:05 pm

my review on that orange ramjet: http://www.kotoys.com/forum/index.php?topic=168.0

News Credits: 8 · by **ZoneDaiatlas** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:03 pm

Th0r4z1n3 wrote:Just snagged this Four Star Seeker KO off of ebay... Sorry if I was bidding against any of you

It's been years since I've seen a "Four Star Seeker KO's". I used to own a couple of the "Four Star Constructicons" when I was young. Good Find Th0r4z1n3, and welcome to Seibertron.com!

News Credits: 1 · by **vectorA3** » Fri May 29, 2009 4:00 am

quick question -- the Shockwave KOs -- do the electronics work??

by **VaultKeeper** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:37 pm

Hi everyone,

First time post here too for me.
I recieved my G1 accurate Shockwave knock off this morning and I have to say I am
VERY impressed ! The electronics work fine and the whole feel of the figure is
of exceptional quality, better than the recent Cassette Encore reissue and the re release of Sunstorm, both from Takara !
The only issue with it is the loose joints, however I have an old Shack-Wave I can use for
the "Ratchet" joints.

If anyone is on a tight budget I would reccomend these knock - off's, they are filling a gap in the market that Hasbro more than Takara are wrongly ignoring. If Hasbro cannot get off their arse and sort out the legal issues and give the fans what they want after 25 years of loyalty then Sc*ew them !

by **VaultKeeper** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:37 pm

Hi everyone,

First time post here too for me.
I recieved my G1 accurate Shockwave knock off this morning and I have to say I am
VERY impressed ! The electronics work fine and the whole feel of the figure is
of exceptional quality, better than the recent Cassette Encore reissue and the re release of Sunstorm, both from Takara !
The only issue with it is the loose joints, however I have an old Shack-Wave I can use for
the "Ratchet" joints.

If anyone is on a tight budget I would reccomend these knock - off's, they are filling a gap in the market that Hasbro more than Takara are wrongly ignoring. If Hasbro cannot get off their arse and sort out the legal issues and give the fans what they want after 25 years of loyalty then Sc*ew them !

News Credits: 4 · by **capellamusic** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:39 pm

VaultKeeper wrote:Hi everyone,

First time post here too for me.
I recieved my G1 accurate Shockwave knock off this morning and I have to say I am
VERY impressed ! The electronics work fine and the whole feel of the figure is
of exceptional quality, better than the recent Cassette Encore reissue and the re release of Sunstorm, both from Takara !
The only issue with it is the loose joints, however I have an old Shack-Wave I can use for
the "Ratchet" joints.

If anyone is on a tight budget I would reccomend these knock - off's, they are filling a gap in the market that Hasbro more than Takara are wrongly ignoring. If Hasbro cannot get off their arse and sort out the legal issues and give the fans what they want after 25 years of loyalty then Sc*ew them !

It's great to know that the Shockwave Zhong Jin KO remake is excelent

. But about Hasbro and TakaraTomy not making a reissue for this one I think they already said that they really can't do it legally. They can't acquire the rights for them to be able to release the figure, so it's not their fault as they can't even if they want to. I bet that if they could we would already have seen this one reissued.

by **VaultKeeper** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:49 pm

That's a fair comment, if they have already looked into the legal issue on this then i suppose their hands are tied. Who owns the rights to this mould then, I assume that Hasbro own the likeness and name rights for the figure ? And if Hasbro do not hold legal rights over it is it technically classed as a knock - off ?

I appologies if I came across as angry trans fan, was not my intention.
I thank Hasbro for 25 years of great merchandise, I got my first Transformer back in 1984 and loved them since. But, as a U.K fan we do tend to get sc*ewd on the figure front.
Come on Hasbro U.K, get the message !

News Credits: 4 · by **capellamusic** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:05 pm

VaultKeeper wrote:That's a fair comment, if they have already looked into the legal issue on this then i suppose their hands are tied. Who owns the rights to this mould then, I assume that Hasbro own the likeness and name rights for the figure ? And if Hasbro do not hold legal rights over it is it technically classed as a knock - off ?

I appologies if I came across as angry trans fan, was not my intention.
I thank Hasbro for 25 years of great merchandise, I got my first Transformer back in 1984 and loved them since. But, as a U.K fan we do tend to get sc*ewd on the figure front.
Come on Hasbro U.K, get the message !

I'm not sure about it, but the news were posted in this site, I remember that. Maybe you can still find it...

I'm notsure I understood the question well. Do you mean if Hasbro reissued it if it would be considered a KO? It that's it, I guess so, as strange as it may seem :S .

Do you think you get screwed for TFs in UK? Well, think about it in Portugal... we don't get almost anything from TFs over here. Everything G1 has to come from online shops, and even apart from those reissues, not every other new figures are released here... I still haven't seen a single one from the Universe line-up in Toys'R'Us or any other place, except people buying online and then selling in eBay-like auction sites

. Heck, not even the new ROTF figures are available on our TRU

(yet, some are available on supermarkets! Ridiculous...)

News Credits: 8 · by **ZoneDaiatlas** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:02 am

VaultKeeper wrote:That's a fair comment, if they have already looked into the legal issue on this then i suppose their hands are tied. Who owns the rights to this mould then, I assume that Hasbro own the likeness and name rights for the figure ? And if Hasbro do not hold legal rights over it is it technically classed as a knock - off ?

I appologies if I came across as angry trans fan, was not my intention.
I thank Hasbro for 25 years of great merchandise, I got my first Transformer back in 1984 and loved them since. But, as a U.K fan we do tend to get sc*ewd on the figure front.
Come on Hasbro U.K, get the message !

I do believe "Toy Co toys of Japan" owns the rights to "Astro Magnum" aka Shockwave and Radio Shack licensed the toy under Galactic man.

News Credits: 1 · by **vectorA3** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:48 am

how hard can it be to get the rights to him then?? I hate radio shack even more now. I'll look into this KO when i decide to buy one and I'm glad Vault was pleased. I didn't see any on the showroom floor walking thru Botcon. Must of all been scooped up on Fri. if there were any. Saw plenty of nice Jetfires though.

by **Mechas8n** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:05 pm

A few hours ago I found Knock off, Legends scaled, snap kit form, Shoe transformers with the Prime Body and Movie Megetron head. Picture to follow once I've built the buggers

They were at a Flea Market in Kentucky. Individually bagged on an assorted card

$1 each!!!!! I only got Two and have blended the kits to get one figure in practically the right colours.

Dont know if anyone has come across these before because I haven't run through the whole thread

News Credits: 8 · by **gema** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:39 pm

Here's my new haul (Sorry, I'm in a hurry can't post individual link)

1-KO Classic
-Octane
-Bumblebee
-Ramjet

2-KO ROTF
-Dirtboss
-Soundwave

3-KO TFA
-Megatron
-Optimus Prime

Check them out here

http://azranct.multiply.com/photos/album/11