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News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:13 pm

...I gave the guy and offer of 35 USD for Megs and Prime, did I make a good deal? They are ko's but look at the pics below.

Listing reads that megs box says convoy on it with no NIKE symbols or faction symbols. What do you guys and gals think, be brutally honest so that if I made a mistake I don't do it again.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattyc1007** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:06 pm

$35 dolers for a shoe!

News Credits: 4 · by **zatara1701** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:31 pm

Hope they dont have lead paint :grin:

As far as the Nike TF thing....they are cool as a novelty, but I equate them up to the Rock Lords. Transformers derive their coolnes as being two playable toys in one.

*Robots = fun

*Plane and/or car = fun

*Rock = Hmmmmmmm, well a rock. Good for throwing at people, other toys, and/or robots

* Shoe = ummmmm, well, it's a shoe. Shoes can...let me think here...still thinking....Oh yeah, they can be a shoe. You can plug "shoe" into my rock equation up there, but it just seems a tad to girly for me.

Any thoughts?

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:34 pm

Crap, but them are shure the best KOs I've ever seen!

They are woth it if you like em!
As long as you think they're cool and good they are worth it!

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:40 pm

Well the Free's are going for about 75 USD each. I compared picks and they look pretty dead on, not like those other KO's that were different colors and both had Primes head.

I thought they'd be cool to have, as a novelty. I could always get some reprolabels to hook em up if I wanted.

by **froggydogg69** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:56 pm

Wow, I never realized how expensive these ShoeFormers were. I'd say you got a pretty good deal, good looking KO.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:02 pm

If anyone is interested, I can hook you up with the seller, he has 4 sets left.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:14 pm

Not a bad price, considering.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of a transforming shoe. O_o

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:18 pm

35 for the both of them is a good price. If i had money id get them for that price.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:31 pm

Here is another auction. It's just Megatron, but the buy-it now with shipping comes to $33.49. Ships out of Hong Kong and seems to be missing the Decepticon logo. My guess is a Knockoff, or perhaps "Kickoff" would be the correct term?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nike-Transformer-Sh ... dZViewItem

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:46 pm

Scaleface wrote:Here is another auction. It's just Megatron, but the buy-it now with shipping comes to $33.49. Ships out of Hong Kong and seems to be missing the Decepticon logo. My guess is a Knockoff, or perhaps "Kickoff" would be the correct term?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Nike-Transformer-Sh ... dZViewItem

Yeah, thats a KO, looks to be the same as the one Im getting, but I got both Prime and Megs for 40 shipped here in the US.

by **megatroptimus** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:58 pm

Funny how I paid less than actual retail price for my Prime and Meg Nike test shots... I knew they would be rare, but not that rare...

by **Deceptiwho?** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:13 pm

I think its a cool gimmick for what its worth , and furthermore if you are a fan of the sportslabel but dont want to break yourself collectin this is for you!!

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:54 pm

Thanks for the input Seibertronians. When I saw the auction, I had to go for it, I've been wanting the Free's since they came out but didn't want to pay the price.

When I get them, I'll give a full review with pics. Maybe even hook up with Ryan to give them the old Seiberton.com gallery treatement if possible.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:00 pm

Thats not a bad price for two very nice looking KO's.

But it wont be long before these have flooded ebay and are all listed and priced as the real deal, with pics chosen so you can't 100% sure if they are either the real deal or KO's.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:15 pm

For the price, I'd do it!

by **barricade2218** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:31 pm

Just got the real deal from bbts for 29.99-had it preordered. That price for the knock-offs is definately worth it if the quality isn't half bad.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:42 pm

Okay, I will definately do the review with pic gallery to help determine the KO's from the real deal.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:27 pm

First Gen wrote:Okay, I will definately do the review with pic gallery to help determine the KO's from the real deal.

It will be much appreciated.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:30 pm

If anyone here is getting the Convoy KO drop me a PM because I might have an offer for you.

by **Auto Bot** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:29 am

So what's the verdict here? Good buy or not?

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:40 am

Auto Bot wrote:So what's the verdict here? Good buy or not?

The guy that has them is in Lansing Il. Im in Chicago, so I should have them in a couple days if that. Once I get them, I'll bust out the old digiital and get some pics. I'll do some comparisons with my Robotmasters Convoy and my Leader Class Movie Prime for size reference.

From there you'll have to look at SEIBERTRON's galleries of the originals to compare quality.

I'll also include a review for the quality of it and the basics you look for.

by **dtorch3** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:44 am

I made a comparison of these in our local forums.

http://www.cybertronphils.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=toyreview&action=display&thread=1189309844

by **megatroptimus** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:52 am

Excellent review. GLad I got the originals.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:12 pm

dtorch3 wrote:I made a comparison of these in our local forums.

http://www.cybertronphils.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=toyreview&action=display&thread=1189309844

Thanks, you saved me from having to do it.

To compare KO's to originals is kind of unfair though. You know a KO will not be up to par of an original off the bat, but these look damn good and I can fix them to make em look better.

Great review, recommended read for anyone interested in purchasing.