I went to Big Lots today, looking for KO G1 combiner sets. Instead, I got a KO TM2 Megatron. As you can see from the picture, I got the variant that most closely matched the original toy. Sure he has no weapons, but I can just pretend his dragon-head arm is a flamethrower. Anyone else buy any KOs recently?

EDIT: Technical difficulties + No picture-editing software + too-big picture= No picture. If I can resolve the technical difficulties and crop the picture, I'll put it up.

If you upload the pic to Photobucket there's a built-in resize and rotate feature you can use for this sort of thing.

It also generates HTML and BB code you can use to share and post your pictures all over the internets.

Earlier today I bought a red version of the Machine Wars Mirage mold at a Longs Drugs store, it came with two guns(I think the guns are different than with the original figure), I'ts a pretty fun figure and the quality seems okay. I don't have any pictures though.

I bought a cheap "20th anniversary OP" wannabe that's about the size of a Deluxe, and has to remove its arms and head in order to transform, just earlier this week.

Nah. I was sort of tempted by some Cybertron knockoffs I saw, but they were just terrible. Actually, I wonder if they weren't just blown up versions of the Legends versions, now I think about it.

I'm currently waiting for the 5 KO WST G1 Gestalt sets(plus Landcross). I'm sure they'll be here this coming week. I'm all abuzz.

Huh... so he's got Grapple/Inferno arms, RM Prime's legs, weapons, and head, and Wheeljack's faceplate.

Ah, those wacky, wacky knock-offers.

But the wapons that that come with KO prime are stellar and are normal 3.5 Pegs
I bought 2 so Classic prime has G1 type Prime guns

I've really enjoyed my 8 inch tall Cybertron Legends Optimus Prime.

I wish I could find a KO Menasor with every Stunticon that isn't misassembled. There's gotta be one out there!

I saw the old school g1 combiners on sale at walgreens a couple weeks ago. They had:

Superion
Devestator
Bruticus
Defensor
so I picked them all up. They were 5.99 each I've heard there is a new Chinese KO of Predaking that is orange and gray... have not been able to find it in the US anywhere.

I did see one set with a full set of Stunticons, no Technobots mixed in, but they are all recolored into rainbow colors.

http://shopping.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&am...0L&ROWNO=23

You're *still* waiting for those?

Just picked up a roughly Deluxe-sized Fortress Maximus KO... GREAT little toy, much nicer than the TF Jr. version.... flip-out hip guns, shin mortars, opening backhand panels, opening ramps, jail, calf-gun/helicopter pad, etc. Found it in HK.

I saw some of these today at Tiger Mart of all places. I would have gotten one if they weren't 7 freakin dollars. They were called "transformorgifers" or something silly like that.

I've not actually found anything new lately. Just a couple of newer series Gundam KO's at Big Lots, which I passed on. I've got most anything else you tend to find.

The Dollar Tree Prime is pretty cool, I got all 4 variations at the time. I think Classics Cliffjumper got one of the Prime guns, the rest and the axes are around somewhere. Classics Prime already has enough cool guns. When you consider they are only a buck each, it's a pretty good deal.

I need to check Walgreens, I suppose, I could use a spare KO Bruticus. These things tend to have enough brittle parts/cheapness that it's best to get two of everything.

I've found a ton of those Cybertron legends kos. In three different size ranges, no less. There's some tiny ones of Brimstone(yeah, never even got a real legends toy...), Leobreaker, and Scourge. And some larger ones of the same.

And then I found a set of bigger ones at Walmart way back, that was the one that gave legends Prime a faux trailer that turned into wings and his big rifles, pretty cool. Pretty good quality on that set. Seems like it was Evac, SS, Prime, Megs, Hotshot, and Jetfire. Those are between deluxe and basic sized.

How can Breakdown be compleatly red and compleatly blue at the same time?

I didn't notice that. Looks like the red and blue cars were switched when showing robot modes.

No one ever said KO package makers were perfect. Or trying.

I want to get one just to make the fake Menasor Optimus Prime and a few others disguised themselves as.

I got these in the mail yesterday. Pretty good quality and very attactive alt modes (dino-bots) for a new mold figures. Didn`t realize they were a KO until after bidding cause I thought they were dinozone figures at first glance.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...N:IT&ih=015

Good articulation too, shame you have to pop off the limbs to transform them though.

Yea, those are dinoZaurs/Dinozone KOs. Suprisingly good looking as far as Ko's go. How big are they? Cause the Brachio is normally a massive fig, I still have mine somewhere.

The latest KOs i picked up are an almost modern Deluxe sized G1 Cliffjumper, in neon green (a shade deeper than G1 Constructicons). I forget what the head looks like, if it's the same or not. I also got what I call BRAWNBLEBEE....I'm sure some of you saw it. G1 Brawn alt mode, G1 Bumblebee transform scheme. it is the same size as the KO CJ, and FULL OF WIN. I'm gonna paint it to look like Brawn. it's super ugly in colors

I've never heard of these bootlegs.
Pics?

Seconded. Did you buy these new or used? Curious as to how old they are...

Robowang

If i have a second, I will take pics tonight and post them! I'll ask my buddy where he got them. They're fairly new, i think. Oh and the Brawnblebee is bright orange. Yeah, definitely needs a paintjob. Cliffjumper has a completely different face. and it's visor/mask FTL

ask, and ye shall (eventually) receive!!
They're pretty self explanatory. The green one is the KO Cliffjumper, and the orange one is the KO Brawnblebee.




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cool huh? i forgot to add a comparison pic so you could see their size, but they are roughly deluxe size.

Ok, those two are really cool! As for the Dinozone KO, they are roughly 5 inches. About the size of RM Megatron

Those are awesome, dude. Thanks for putting those up!

Robowang

my pleasure! Wait till you see em painted!! (well that might... BE a while. but you get the idea.)

I just picked up a KO Cybertron Scourge last night at Big Lots. $5 each. They come red or blue. I intend to finally have the Trypticon repaint. I love the Legends repaint and wish they would have painted the full sized toy too.

^ Let us know how that is. I've seen him there a couple of times and thought about buying him for a voyager sized Trypticon, but was nervous about the quality.

I should have waited 3 weeks. Those KOS I got at Walgreens for 5.99 each are now 2.99. They are labeled as "Transformable motobots" and for some reason have been put in the seasonal section with all the beach towels and flip flops.

I'm gonna check my local Big Lots today to see what they have. Even though its pee yellow Ive been trying to get the lioconvoy one for a while.

Yup, a knockoff of Mini-Con Backtrack from the Street Speed Team, in black with silver and red detailing. Instead of an eyeband, he has painted-on upside-down red triangles for eyes. He's a little larger than a Scout/Basic. One arm is a bit loose, but he holds together nice in vehicle mode. Gives me a Roger Smith (Big O) vibe; I call him "Negotiator".

Got him at Tuesday Morning.

I recently picked up "Super Powers Series" Optimus Prime from ebay for about $7. He's an interesting red-headed 7 inch tall Chinese clone of Optimus Prime - but which one?

At first glance I noticed his body seemed to be an enlarged version of Cybertron Legends Optimus Prime. Cool, I collect giant Legends figures, but there was more.

There is the big gun... Not just any knockoff gun, this seems to be taken from Leader Class Cybertron Optimus Prime. I thought this was cool, add some leader class parts to a knockoff, but then I noticed something odd about the legs...

His legs are not Cybertron toys at all, nor generic robo-legs, but they are from Robot Masters Optimus Prime!

So there you have it, three Optimi Prime in one.

I got my Chinese Knockoff Voyager Starscream. It's pretty good, but they removed a few points of articulation and the blades just pull out instead of using a cyber-key. It also is missing some of the paint applications and the cockpit window is solid instead of being transparent.

Egh, got a really bad KO yesterday. Found a BW Megatron/T-wrecks knockoff at Tuesday Morning for $5...but this guy is just ridiculous. He's colored somewhat like T-Wrecks, but a lighter orange color, and his head and chest are pure black, no paint detailing. I expected they would have nuetered his tail gears mechanism, the tongue squirter, and the launchers, but man, they did more than that. The legs are mostly ok, though they molded the heel spur as one peice with the foot. The chest is ok and pegs in fine. The head still turns fine. He comes with the weird missiles, though they just sit in holes where the launchers were gutted.

The arms though. Oh the humanity. The dino head has lost it's mouth hinge, it's all one peice. Worse, the neck is all one peice with the head. So instead of a dino head arm, he has the head just sticking straight out of the shoulder, no joints there at all. And on the other side? Well, the tail pincher peice still folds out, but that's the only joint in that arm, so you have a tail with a pincher sticking straight out the other shoulder. "Why my shoulders hurt" has nothing on this guy. Both "arms" rotate at the shoulder, but that's it, they just stick straight out at all times. Possibly the worst KO I've ever came across, and I'm counting ones that broke upon first transformation or just plainly fall apart.

They did have the regular Heinlad KO that Big Lots usually carries, looked unchanged from that version aside from coming in a different style packaging.

I bought that T-Wrecks knockoff at Tueday Morning too. Never opened it. Sounds fun. What do you really want for one quarter the original price of the mold?

I demand pics of T-Wrecks! He sounds hilarious!

Okay, it costs $4.99 at a store called Tuesday Morning, and it's a knockoff of the Beast Wars Megatron mold, slightly smaller and simplified. I attached a picture on mine in box, and a picture from the back of the box.

Brief - My latest Knockoff - He's an enlarged version of the Vector Prime Legends figure. He stands about the size of a tall scout, and I got him in a package which was clearly a knockoff of the Cybertron Deluxe toy box. My nickname for him - Vector Minor.

Colors - White, with red and black plastic. Some black, red gold and blue paint.

The disadvantages from the Voyager class figure - the wings don't fold, no sound, no missile, no sword, no Mini-Con, articulation is identical to that of the Legends Vector Prime.

Improvements over the Legends figure- They made the wings detachable and added a peg to them, and you can use them as rifles! Also, his vehicle mode actually covers his face up, unlike the Legends toy.

This figure ends up falling between the Voyager and Legends versions of the toy, but does fall much closer to the Legends.

4.99$? What a rip-off.

I have never really bumped into any, actually- or at the very least, I probably didn't recognize them.

Considering the slightly nerfed but still pretty cool Heinlad in that same series, and several other ko molds that cost around the same amount? Actual arms would be nice.

At Big Lots, I found several knock-offs. I got TM2 Megs, Stinkbomb, and a Lazerbeak. My friend got a TM2 Megs, but a black variant, Rattrap, and Iguanus. My Lazerbeak has been repainted by me, and my Meg's broke off it's leg. My friend wants be to repaint the Rattrap into Packrat, and I'm also going to repaint Stinkbomb into a Skuntank Transformer.

I'm surprised you'd repaint a giant knockoff Rattrap into Packrat. It's not that har to get ahold of the Walmart blue one on ebay last I looked.

Nope, the Botcon exclusive one.

Oh, you means the pre-transmetal one. Honestly though, the gears are SO BAD it can hardly transform.

That Brawn is fantastic. I'd love to see it painted in proper Brawn scheme.

Movie Voayger Starscream G1 Redeco Knockoffed!

http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_de...f7896acf5.jhtml

I've attached a picture of the original for comparison. The biggest differences seem to be the lack of Decepticon symbols on the wings and the black launchers instead of blue.

There is also a knocoff RID Scourge with some blue (missing trailer) and possibly accessories.

http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_de...fa73973bf.jhtml