High Quality Chinese NIKE (Unofficial) Transformers Convoy And Megatron
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 1:43PM CDT
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First Gen gives us a breakdown and pictures of the higher quality NIKe Transformers KOs he bought from eBay--but we here at Seibertron offer a warning too--:
"...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?"
Scaleface also reports more eBay auctions for similar realistic looking KO items.
What does this mean? Well, Transformers fans can now buy these on a sensitive budget, and not break the bank, if they don't mind the Chinese versions.
Checking the pictures, they look very similar to the originals, so BUYER beware, don't get stuck paying the vintage price for the chinese KO versions. Be careful when purchasing these!
Of course, if you are purchasing one of the wonderful multi-colored ones from previous auctions, you already know that you have a KO product. Now it's just gotten a bit harder to tell with some of them.
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Posted by mattyc1007 on September 12th, 2007 @ 2:06pm CDT
Posted by zatara1701 on September 12th, 2007 @ 2:31pm CDT
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?
Posted by Dead Metal on September 12th, 2007 @ 2:34pm CDT
They are woth it if you like em!
As long as you think they're cool and good they are worth it!
Posted by First Gen on September 12th, 2007 @ 2:40pm CDT
I thought they'd be cool to have, as a novelty. I could always get some reprolabels to hook em up if I wanted.
Posted by froggydogg69 on September 12th, 2007 @ 2:56pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on September 12th, 2007 @ 3:02pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on September 12th, 2007 @ 3:14pm CDT
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of a transforming shoe. O_o
Posted by Megatron Wolf on September 12th, 2007 @ 3:18pm CDT
Posted by Scaleface on September 12th, 2007 @ 3:31pm CDT
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FNike-Transformer-Sh%20...%20dZViewItem%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
Posted by First Gen on September 12th, 2007 @ 3:46pm CDT
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?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FNike-Transformer-Sh%20...%20dZViewItem%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
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.
Posted by Anonymous on September 12th, 2007 @ 3:58pm CDT
Posted by Deceptiwho? on September 12th, 2007 @ 4:13pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on September 12th, 2007 @ 4:54pm CDT
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.
Posted by i_amtrunks on September 12th, 2007 @ 6:00pm CDT
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.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 12th, 2007 @ 6:15pm CDT
Posted by barricade2218 on September 12th, 2007 @ 8:31pm CDT
Posted by First Gen on September 12th, 2007 @ 8:42pm CDT
Posted by i_amtrunks on September 12th, 2007 @ 9:27pm CDT
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.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 12th, 2007 @ 10:30pm CDT
Posted by Auto Bot on September 13th, 2007 @ 5:29am CDT
Posted by First Gen on September 13th, 2007 @ 9:40am CDT
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.
Posted by dtorch3 on September 13th, 2007 @ 11:44am CDT
http://www.cybertronphils.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=toyreview&action=display&thread=1189309844
Posted by Anonymous on September 13th, 2007 @ 11:52am CDT
Posted by First Gen on September 13th, 2007 @ 12:12pm CDT
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.