THE KNOCK OFF TRANSFORMERS THREAD

PrimalxConvoy

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Just as official TFs have got books/magazines devoted to them, so too have KO "hook toy" tfs (the kind of KO sold at souvenir/gift shops at all good aquariums, zoos, museums, etc).

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The official site for these is here and their blog is here. I also posted similar info about them here.

They're called "Access Toy" in English and you can search for them via their Japanese name "株式会社 ザ・アクセス".

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There's a video of some of them being transformed below.
 
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There are some really good ones in there.
I got the book a few days ago. RRP was ¥1,000 but I paid ¥3,000. It's about 8 years old though, so I hope the price was fair? I was a little shocked that it was so small though. I was expecting it to be the same size as a "mook" such as the Transformers Generations mooks in Japan.
 

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ShowZ have updated their counterfeit/KO G1 listings and now have more minobots for sale. Check out the bottom of the list for links to them here.
 

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KO MP Jetfire - $125.

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Video review of the final production version.
 
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I don't know if anyone else is aware but ShowZ just got back to me about why they (and their partners, like Gundamit) haven't been selling any of the new Beastbox/Beastdrive figures:

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"...we decided not to carry any 52toys products from now on.

If you remember, we had some problems with our Paypal account three months ago, and we now know that it is caused by 52toys and the TMNT IP holder Viacom. They sued us and got a TRO on our Paypal account just because we are selling the 52toys TMNT toys. So we decide not to carry any 52toys in the future..."

I'm not sure exactly why they were sued by them, but there you go.
 

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They probably got sued a well. Or maybe they aren't in a territory where Viacom can take legal action but ShowZ is? Just speculating...
Hmm, well, I think both companies are in China, which is weird as usually (American) companies aren't able to take action there. Also, 52Toys is meant to be a "legit" company as they've made licenced block transforming toys for Alien, Predator, etc.
 

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Maybe them being in China is why Viacom targeted ShowZ via PayPal
That explains the how, but maybe not the why? I've messaged 52Toys to find out but I'm not sure if they'll reply.

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Perhaps this explains it?

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Perhaps ShowZ was one of the international sellers and they got stung?

However, Amazon Japan has a pre-order (at time of writing) for Shredder, via a private seller:

- https://www.amazon.co.jp/52TOYS-MEG...a_1_17?keywords=52TOYS&qid=1694920449&sr=8-17

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