Robosaur Triceratops — Vintage Knock-Off Mystery We don’t normally feature knock-offs or third-party products here on Seibertron.com, but every now and then a piece of Transformers-adjacent history shows up that’s too quirky to ignore. This vintage oddity — which we’re ...
Big news for Hasbro's fight against knock off (KO) toys. There has been an investigation by the Shanghai police which started back in April when Hasbro China reported on Weijiang's activities. For those unaware, Weijiang is a Chinese company that ...
Fans of "third party not-Transformers", bootlegs, and over sized knockoff products tend to defend them by saying such things as, "if Hasbro cared they would do something about them" or "they're legal in China, things are more relaxed there". But ...
A lot of people recently have been getting burned with knockoff versions of the newest Movie Masterpiece Transformer on the market, MPM-5 Barricade. Buying highly-desired figures like this, especially on sites like eBay with individual sellers, can lead to a ...
With Toy Fair 2016 quite behind us, and Seibertron back to a stable connection, we have a couple of wrap-up posts about the event, to close off in style - starting with some knock-off products and items on display at ...
Fellow Seibertron.com user shajaki has spent quite some time figuring out all the differences between the Takara Tomy MP-10A Bathing Ape Convoy and its unfortunate knock-off counterpart. As some collectors may still be on the hunt for this redeco, we're ...
As many of you know a knock off G1 Scorponok has hit the market, and site sponsor Robotkingdom has provided a quick write up and some comparison images. If you're in the market for a authentic G1 Scorponok you might ...
Discovered recently on Actoys.net, the counterfeiters are at it again. Knock Off Masterpiece 12 Lambor's are aparently ready for distribution. These unliscensed reproductions will likely suffer in both quality and precision. If you are still in the market for MP ...
Greetings SourceFans! So many new instock items this week! We've received stock of Japanese Generations Blaster w/ Steeljaw and Skywarp, Dr. Wu - DW-P13 Dr of Evil and Vanguard Blaster Sets, with a restock of even more Dr. Wu items ...
It's not unreasonable to hold hope that with the recent release of Encore Fortress Maximus, that his rival Scorponok will also see a release. However it seems that other, less scrupulous parties seem to be getting one to market sooner ...
Knock Off Human Alliance? Apparently so. This auction on eBay has been selling knock off Human Alliance Barricade figures, and it seems there are multiple sellers doing it. They all claim to be knock offs, and none try to hide ...
JUSTiTOYS have updated their facebook page with new full color images of their "Solo Assualt Group" (aka WST Sixshot). The images have been mirrored below.
It looks like CHMS is working on a set of battle hooks for Transformers ROTF/DOTM Leader Class Optimus Prime. As you can see in the prototype image mirrored from their weibo page below the hooks are similar in fashion to ...
Remember those Takara Toys"R"Us Japan exclusive campaign battle blades for DOTM Striker Optimus Prime? They were given away to customers who purchased 3,000 Yen in Transformers products at Toys"R"Us late last year, and command a premium price on the secondary ...
It's rare for Knock Offs to sneak their way into the world famous Seibertron.com galleries, but these four managed to get past the gallery bouncer for a photo shoot! Below you will find galleries for the recently produced KO versions ...
Do you know the story "Journey to the West", with the character named "Monkey King", or sometimes Monkey? If not, it's what the Dragonball franchise is based on. Oh and it has absolutely nothing to do with anything in this ...
Looking for a Botcon exclusive G2 Breakdown? Exercise caution. CHMS is at it again. Using the Sunstreaker/Sideswipe mold from Transformers Universe, CHMS has previewed 4 new KO's including the Transformers Club Exclusive Punch/Counter Punch, Botcon G2 Breakdown, a G1 Breakdown ...
Kablamo, there's a new KO of Generations Warpath in the works BLAMO. This figure was brought to our BOOM attention by Transformers-Galaxy's, a Hong Kong based Transformers fan group, Facebook page. They have posted a small gallery of two examples, ...
Our very own El Duque has received his Xtransbots X1 Glider/Air Warrior and decided to share the following review: I got my Xtransbots X1 Glider/Air Warrior yesterday and decided to take a few pictures for those who might be interested. ...
Chinese toy seller hamatoys or better known as yizhi521 has posted the knock off trailer toy images of the Takara version of Transformers Dark Side Moon DA-03 Voyager Class Optimus Prime with Mechtech Trailer. According to yizhi521, the trailer is ...
A review of the CHMS Xtransbots Glider has been posted YouKu, the Chinese equivalent of YouTube. Naturally the reviewer is speaking in Chinese, but we still get a nice look at the figure. This is an upsized and revised version ...
The Transformers Galaxy Hong Kong Fans Group have uploaded an extensive image gallery of a prototype X-Transbots Glider (aka Jazai Toys Powerglide). The images show off the figure's articulation and mold modifications, mainly the inclusion of ball joints. We also ...
Third-party toy maker iGear has listed pre-orders for PP03 Destroyer, PP03 Traitor, and PP03 Lightning. These are iGear's unofficial versions of Skywarp, Starscream, and Thundercracker respectively using their modified knock-off Masterpiece Seeker mold. Each figure features a more cartoon accurate ...
What time is it? Time to get three galleries closer to our goal of 2500 with these transforming timepieces! Optimus Prime and Bumblebee come to us from the current Transformers Dark of the Moon line, while our third offering, Scorpia(Quartz), ...
Seibertron.com News Crew member El Duque has found some new information on a possible KO, or third party recreation of Transformers Autobot mega cityformer Fortress Maximus. Heres the information he had to share: "An interesting auction has surfaced on TaoBao ...
Powerglide's agent must be working overtime! It appears yet another third-party/KO version of the G1 mini-bot is in the works. In addition to Maketoys, iGear, and X Transbots, it looks as though well known KO producer CHMS is also throwing ...
This will probably come as no surprise to most, but CHMS is planning on using the Classics Rodimus KO to produce KO versions of Henkei Wildrider and Shattered Glass Rodimus. Staff member Mach came across the image of the two ...
Greetings SourceFans! Did someone say preorders? We have many new preorders on our site including Encore #20 - Constructicons Devastator, DA-15 Jetwing Optimus Prime, TFC Toys Exgraver and finally, CA-04 Causality Stormbomb and CA-05 Causality Backfire. We've also got the ...
KOToys has posted images of a Classics Rodimus test sample. According to the post products based on this mold will start rolling out late this month or early next month. As most of you are painfully aware this mold has ...
So over the past few weeks iGear has managed to surprise us all by revealing a couple of interesting and original product announcements, and they keep announcing new things along with new details on the already revealed projects. And iGear ...
Transform and Roll Out!...west; out west to Pasadena California for BotCon 2011. This week's episode of the Twincast has your host Counterpunch and his pals Tigertracks24, Razorclaw0000, and Robofreak covering the past week's breaking toy news as well as discussions ...
Every now and again, we at Seibertron.com are notified of an upcoming Knock Off of a rare or expensive figure, and want to take the time to warn our members to exercise some caution when purchasing vintage pieces. This time, ...
KOToys has posted that CHMS has KOed the Classics Ramjet mold. For those not in the know, CHMS is a KO company that is responsible for the recent pricey Henkei Seeker and Animated Arcee KOs that have been swamping the ...
Third party toy maker iGear has listed a blue repaint or their Bee 01, which is a reshell of Universe Legends Bumblebee. This figure named Bee 03 comes in blue with a yellow face making it very similar to the ...
Thanks to IGear's Facebook page we get to see fresh images of the orange and blue versions of the Seeker Masterpiece mold set to be produced by IGear. Storm: Current: The full galleries can be seen by clicking on the ...
Just now we've told you about i-Gear releasing images of a self designed head, but i-Gear wouldn't be i-Gear if they wouldn't rip off someone else's design. So they have published the pre-order for the black repaint of their MP-04 ...
I-Gear have updated their facebook page with new images that give us our first look at their upcoming KO Masterpiece Seeker in Sunstorm colours. There are also two images showing a blue coloured KO labelled "PP03C" The Sunstorm coloured KO ...
Just yesterday we reported that iGear opened up pre-orders for a KO Masterpiece Optimus Prime trailer. Some of you might remember that back in 2009 when iGear was announcing a new project almost every week, projects which still haven't come ...
Thanks to our dear friend Mkall we have a pretty interesting and at the same time horrible bit of information to share. This information is that of the identity of I-Gear's upcoming PP-04. According to this post over at tfw2005 ...
Various sources from Hong Kong and China stated that the Knock Off version of Transformers Animated Arcee is expecting to be released soon. This KO version is release under the brand of "CHMS", where they also produced the KO Starscream ...
I-Gear have updated their Facebook page again, they added 5 new images to their "New WIP small stuff" album. These updates show the robot-mode of their new Bumblebee figure we reported on earlier, which is a a "re-shell" of Universe ...
You might remember the Seeker replica Knock Offs we reported a while ago. You may also remember the review we posted which showed how to distinguish them from the real deal – this review has now been rendered useless. As ...
Thanks to seibertron.com member Scaleface we now know that the previously announced KO Seeker in Sunstorm colours has been released. Online toy store Chimungmung has posted its product page and it is now available for order. there are also new ...
Thanks to seibertron.com member G1 Sizzle we now know that henkei Starscream now joins the ranks of accurate henkei Knock Offs. As you might remember, we reported here that Henkei Thundercracker, Skywarp, Electro Disrupor Mirage, BotCon Mirage and Henkei Ghost ...
Kazi Brick is a Chinese company that has been directly copying Lego bricks for quite some time now, 99% of their bricks are direct copies of Lego bricks. And since they are direct copies they also fit with real Legos. ...
Seibertron.com member G1Sizzle, author of the comparison guide between Henkei Thundercracker and the Knock Off version, has posted a review of the Knock Off of Botcon Clear Blue Mirage. G1Sizzle did not have a BotCon version available for comparison, but ...
Seibertron.com member G1Sizzle has posted a part review part comparison guide on the previously revealed KO reissue of henkei Gentei Thundercracker. You can use this to distinguish the KO from the real deal. G1Sizzle wrote:Since I bought two of the ...
Seibertron.com member Scaleface has posted a warning to Transformers collectors that there is a new supply of very accurate knock-offs entering the market of Henkei "Ghost" Starscream and BotCon clear Mirage along with other versions of Henkei Thundercracker, Skywarp, and ...
A user on Toynova has posted pictures of the CMDW-11 Complimentary Parts for Predaking from Crazy Devy. This set includes replacement wings for Divebomb that are thinner and a brace to better hold the wings in place when combined into ...
I-Gear has posted an interesting gallery on their facebook page, this gallery goes by the name of "interesting". The gallery is of what looks like a prototype for an upcoming classics styled Bumblebee. It is also revealed that this figure's ...
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