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News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:21 pm

oh wow, thanks so much!

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:27 am

so, is this a Bruticus KO, or is it an official Baldigus?

estimated value?

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:47 am

Sjeng wrote:so, is this a Bruticus KO, or is it an official Baldigus?

estimated value?

My instinct is KO, since Balgidus should have the upside down autobot symbols, which your pic is missing

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:53 am

Thanks, so basically not worth much?

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:02 am

Sjeng wrote:Thanks, so basically not worth much?

Worth nothing, sorry.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:55 am

It's a KO Baldigus that used to be quite common to such stores as Walgreens, Big Lots, and outlet stores. Though, the Decepticon symbol seems to have been added by its owner since the KO doesn't have that.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:42 pm

Sabrblade wrote:It's a KO Baldigus that used to be quite common to such stores as Walgreens, Big Lots, and outlet stores. Though, the Decepticon symbol seems to have been added by its owner since the KO doesn't have that.

It sure is. The easiest way to tell is that the KO has stars inside the badges where the :RENEGADE:

normally is.

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:45 am

G1, reissue, knockoffs? Can anyone tell?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:51 am

Well, the characters are all recognizable, but the legitimacy of each figure isn't. :oops:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:02 pm

Sjeng wrote:G1, reissue, knockoffs? Can anyone tell?

AFAIK Jetfire, the Deluxe Insecticons and the Deluxe Autobots have not been KO'ed. Their molds also happen to be copyrighted to Bandai, not Hasbro or even Takara, so that may be a factor.

The Seekers are a whole different animal, given the huge amount of variations not just in releases, but parts as well, especially the wings, tail fins and fists. We need an expert in Seekers here.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:47 pm

It's a little strange that the Seekers don't have their weapons even though the stickers appear to be pristine. I'm guessing that if they aren't knockoffs then they're fairly early reissues, especially with Sunstorm there, if not originals. Later reissues from Takara Tomy and Hasbro both had an annoying defect in the hinge above the cockpit that makes it floppy and keeps the chest from sitting upright thanks to mold degeneration. The entire chest tilts forward at the bottom thanks to the weight of the nosecone on the back. I'm not seeing that on these. I imagine KOs aren't much better in that regard.

Emerje

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:58 am

The sales ad was removed. it was probably a fake. :S

Well, if anyone feels like helping me identify all of this here, I'd be much obliged. Please reply in my topic, so I can easily find it all. Thanks!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:41 pm

Sjeng wrote:Well, if anyone feels like helping me identify all of this here, I'd be much obliged. Please reply in my topic, so I can easily find it all. Thanks!

Done.

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:56 pm

Are these dollar store toys KOs of any G1 toys?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 3:09 pm

william-james88 wrote:Are these dollar store toys KOs of any G1 toys?

They look to be based on various Micromasters and Minicons with heavy modifications.

Left to right, top to bottom.
Micromaster Red Hot
Micromaster Bombshock
This one may be an original, it doesn't look familiar at all and the transformation is super simple
Minicon Thunderwing
Minicon Divebomb
Micromaster Sidetrack

Hope I got those all right.

Emerje

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 4:02 pm

Funnily enough, 4 of them can be found in a different KO line:

KO Toy Haul thread

The ID's are spot on, but the battleship transforms differently from the Micromaster norm: the back twists and the bow becomes the arms. Very unusual.

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:09 am

I know this isn't a toy, but I didn't know where else to post it:

Someone is selling these:

there are images of all discs, S1 has 4 discs, S2 has 12, and S3 has 8, plus the movie is in there.

He says English spoken language is on them plus subtitles.

So does anyone know this set? Can you give me more info? (Spoken English on there? Subs? All episodes? Season 4?) and what this would be worth paying for. (Or perhaps there are better options out there?)

Thanks in advance!

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:18 am

I'll probably be better off with this, right?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:46 am

Sjeng wrote:I know this isn't a toy, but I didn't know where else to post it:

Someone is selling these:

Since you say it has English audio and subtitles, and judging from the Chinese text on the discs, I'd say it's probably a Chinese bootleg.

Sjeng wrote:I'll probably be better off with this, right?

That one is a legit release, yes. It's in Region 2, though; a UK DVD set.

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:12 am

Sabrblade wrote:That one is a legit release, yes. It's in Region 2, though; a UK DVD set.

Well, my Dune HD Max mediaplayer plays everything, so Region is not an issue, but I live in the EU (NL), so that's perfect in any case. Thanks! I hadn't considered bootlegs... ;)^

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:54 pm

Is this a gun for a movie Ironhide? Which one?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:02 pm

william-james88 wrote:Is this a gun for a movie Ironhide? Which one?

It's DOTM Voyager Ironhide's MechTech weapon.

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:45 am

Which are these weapons and missile?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:49 am

The top gun belongs to Generations Thrilling 30 Legends class Optimus Prime.

The other gun looks like it might belong to another Optimus toy, but I'm not sure which one.

The missile also looks familiar to me, but I'd need to think about it.