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[SentinelA]

I have bought knockoffs from KOToys.com in the past and have been very happy. However my recent purchases have not been great. In early December I bought 3-pack classic seekers: Thundercracker, Skywarp and Ghost Starscream. Skywarp and Ghost Starscream where crap with very loose joints. Thundercracker is great. I've figured out that it's because he's a CHMS. (So the lesson is to buy only CHMS when it comes to Classic KOs)
The next purchase included knockoffs of G1 Snarl, Wheeljack and Sunstreaker. Snarl is good. Wheeljack I bought "loose" and didn't include his missile launcher, missiles or stickers or anything. Sunstreaker was good except he didn't have his basic stickers.
Then I bought the yellow CHMS Sunstorm - he was great!
My last purchase included 3 CHMS Seekers: Skywarp, orange Sunstorm, and purple seeker. One of Skywarp's wings wasn't assembled. I fixed that. My orange Sunstorm (I call him Firestorm) has two right hands and there's nothing I can do about that. The purple seeker came out perfectly.

So the lesson I'm beginning to learn is not to expect my KOs to arrive in perfect condition.

[Gauntlet101010]

Uh ... They are knockoffs, you know. You can't always expect Hasbro / Takara quality.

As for the hand, you could ask them if you can get a hand piece. Send them a pic of the problem. Then you can do the swap. But it'll take a while; KO Toys is a small operation.

[El Duque]

I just received my first order from them, got the CHMS Sunstorm and Purple Clone. Sunstorm was all good except for a floppy left wrist. The purple clone on the other hand was missing his chest fans/landing gear. I emailed them a pic and they are sending me a replacement figure, and I don't have to send the defective one back. The catch is it will take about 30 for me to receive the replacement.

[victoryconvoy]

I think that they are getting better so Im going to keep getting stuff form them..........for now

[soundwave85]

I recently ordered a over sized g1 soundwave and blitzwing and I had no problems.

[LiKwid]

Ko recently underwent a major site overhaul so Im sure alot of their focus has been on that. Ive ordered a pile of stuff from them and have yet to have any CQ issues other than a loose joint on a solid black Classics prime.

The 1 thing that has kept me a loyal Ko kustomer is their customer service. IMO there right up there with BBTS in terms of fixing problems, even though it takes awhile but hey..they are in china

[Blackstreak]

I just received my Sunstorm and Purple Clone figures today (literally). And I just transformed them. On the overall not bad pieces. Many of the joints were tight, some were too tight. Very impressed w/ the chrome, they look near diecast (nice touch on that).
I do have 1 problem w/ the purple clone though. The swivel joist does not fit inside the cockpit when I transform him into robot mode. Either the bar is too wide or the cockpit space is too narrow. I'm thinking to try and shave some excess plastic.

[SirToys]

Read all his feedback over at tfw

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... ys-12.html
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/junkion-e ... com-9.html

I no longer recommend buying from him.

[Editor]

Placed order,
Order shipped less than 48 hours later.
Box arrived banged up.
Opened up and both figures were fine. Some joints a bit loose, some a bit tight, but pretty much as I expected from a KO.

No drama, no problems.