robofreak wrote:This is bad. At this point it's only a matter of time until Jetfire and other grails are KO'ed.
I wonder what will happen if Lio Kaiser were to get this treatment? How many pissed off collectors would there be since the average price is $600 for the set?
Hasbro and Takara need to step up the reissues. The KO market took all the fun out of buying G1 for me and now I stick to reissues because I at least know I'm getting a legit figure with a reissue.
ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
capellamusic wrote:ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
I have Reflector, Mirage and Wheeljack and my opinion about them is that they're as good as official reissues, if not better than some cases (e.g. Jazz reissue is worse than these KOs).
If these toys were reissues from TakaraTomy or Hasbro you wouldn't see the difference.
H0rdak wrote:capellamusic wrote:ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
I have Reflector, Mirage and Wheeljack and my opinion about them is that they're as good as official reissues, if not better than some cases (e.g. Jazz reissue is worse than these KOs).
If these toys were reissues from TakaraTomy or Hasbro you wouldn't see the difference.
Does the Wheeljack KO have die-cast feet like the original one?
capellamusic wrote:ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
I have Reflector, Mirage and Wheeljack and my opinion about them is that they're as good as official reissues, if not better than some cases (e.g. Jazz reissue is worse than these KOs).
If these toys were reissues from TakaraTomy or Hasbro you wouldn't see the difference.
HighPrime wrote:capellamusic wrote:ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
I have Reflector, Mirage and Wheeljack and my opinion about them is that they're as good as official reissues, if not better than some cases (e.g. Jazz reissue is worse than these KOs).
If these toys were reissues from TakaraTomy or Hasbro you wouldn't see the difference.
If you're refering to the damaged face of the Jazz Dreamwave release, yeah, that one wasn't too hot. The issue was rectified in the Encore release, though. Still, to your point about quality, with some of the other encore releases, quality/workmanship seems to be lacking. Omega Supreme and Optimus are fine examples.. something just seems off about them when compared to the originals and even past reissues in my experience.. hard to put a finger on it, though.
capellamusic wrote:H0rdak wrote:capellamusic wrote:ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
I have Reflector, Mirage and Wheeljack and my opinion about them is that they're as good as official reissues, if not better than some cases (e.g. Jazz reissue is worse than these KOs).
If these toys were reissues from TakaraTomy or Hasbro you wouldn't see the difference.
Does the Wheeljack KO have die-cast feet like the original one?
Yes, I'd say it's 99% equal to the original. One difference it has are the metal pegs on the wheels. And unlike what some people say about KOs breaking, falling apart, etc, when transformed or whatever, that is only true for cheap KOs. Not with these, these are really good in my opinion and like I said, even better done than some official reissues like Jazz.
capellamusic wrote:HighPrime wrote:capellamusic wrote:ChrisR291 wrote:Are any of these KO's good quality? Just curious because some of the KO's are kinda expensive.
I have Reflector, Mirage and Wheeljack and my opinion about them is that they're as good as official reissues, if not better than some cases (e.g. Jazz reissue is worse than these KOs).
If these toys were reissues from TakaraTomy or Hasbro you wouldn't see the difference.
If you're refering to the damaged face of the Jazz Dreamwave release, yeah, that one wasn't too hot. The issue was rectified in the Encore release, though. Still, to your point about quality, with some of the other encore releases, quality/workmanship seems to be lacking. Omega Supreme and Optimus are fine examples.. something just seems off about them when compared to the originals and even past reissues in my experience.. hard to put a finger on it, though.
I have the Encore Jazz, that's the one I'm referring to. Although better than the old reissue you've said, it still lacks in some parts. And I say without a doubt that those 3 quality KOs (Mirage, Wheeljack and reflector) are much better than any Jazz reissue I've seen, in my opinion, of course.
I've never had a vintage Omega Supreme, but the Encore seems perfect to me. The Encore Optimus Prime seems good, but not as perfect. I have a vintage Optimus Prime too.
HighPrime wrote:My Encore Jazz seems fine to me. That one I don't have an original, but it was much better than the Dreamwave release. For Omega and Prime and Have both an Encore and Original. Plastic/molding just doesn't feel the same on the reissue, just feels cheap for some reason, I don't know. It's not terrible, but have the 2 in your hand, you'd be able to tell the difference. The arm joints don't make the same 'pop' or ratcheting sound of the original either. Optimus feels cheaper, too.. like the mold is screaming "enough already.. I'm worn out". What little paint applications there are on the Encore series, all have been sloppy IMO. Ironhide, Ratchet, Optimus, and Starscream all have paint issues. Factory stickers are applied sloppy, too. Maybe I received a bad batch. Only Jazz is fine from the ones I have.
H0rdak wrote:Cool! Think I'll buy that once i get some cash together.
, just take care about who you buy it from. Make sure it comes with all the accessories because that's something some people complain about and it happened to me, but the seller sent me the missing accessories without problems. I suggest you ask the seller to check the contents before sending because this happens with some MISB KOs.
