THE KNOCK OFF TRANSFORMERS THREAD

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1:1 scale KO of Bayverse Shockwave, possibly with improved paint?

BW TW-1028 Studio Series SS-56 Shockwave

Here comes the Studio Series TW-1028 Shockwave,include set accessories.This figure is highly articulated to recreate your favorite scenes from the TF movies. Let’s get one into your collection

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Ko, partsforming Lego Nemesis Prime:

- https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805142134433.html

Below are two recent videos of some older KOs knocking around.

 

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Here are some comparison pics between the official Hasbro SS ROTB SS Optimus Prime (right) and the KO Black Mamba version (left)

It seems that the KO has some updates with metallic painted parts, a painted middle chest piece, red molded backpack instead of painted, blue leg / trailer bed parts, etc. It's also cheaper and available to buy for around $25 here.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Again, to reiterate, none of the KO figures featured in the video below are actually illegal. The uploader either didn't understand the terms or just used a click-bait title.

 

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Just saw these at a local Daiso shop in Japan. Shame they were missing a few team members...

 

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KO ROTB Scourge incoming?

 

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Giant Grimlock. Turns from robot, to t-rex (w/dino bird), to sniper rifle and back.

Available in G1 and blue G2 colours.

In other news, another combiner has entered the fray.

 

[Dvandom]

Found these at Dollar Tree today, they share all but what's on back of the legs (and the colors), six different-ish vehicles. They have friction motors and auto-transform by running into a wall and then trying to shove through it. They actually work, too. Rescue Bots size, so I guess they can be troop builders for anyone still doing Rescue Bots/Classic Heroes toys.

LYB for Little Youth Brigade?

---Dave

 

[Dvandom]

(The yellow tag shows a dump truck, which I couldn't find, but neither was I inclined to spend a lot of time going through the bin on the bottom shelf. So there's at least one I don't have, probably two for symmetry.)

---Dave

 

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At Daiso, Japan.

 

[Donocropolis]

Oof, those molds were rough when they were done officially. I can't imagine wanting a knockoff of them!

 

[Shadewing]

Oof, those molds were rough when they were done officially. I can't imagine wanting a knockoff of them!

As I was looking at the pictures my first thought was "Wow, they some HOW managed to take those molds and make them EVEN worse..."

 

[Dvandom]

To be fair, the massive simplifications on those molds fixes some of the wonky issues. Looks more like a Legion class version.

Found the other two Rescue Bot clones, and fixed a problem with the gimmick of one of the first six:

I figure Heat Wave volunteered to be the donor for a refinement of the Clone process in an attempt to create more Rescue Bot protoforms, and they ended up with two "Quad Squads" with nigh-identical robot modes (two color runs) but somewhat specialized vehicle modes.

---Dave

 

[Stepwise]

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I figure Heat Wave volunteered to be the donor for a refinement of the Clone process in an attempt to create more Rescue Bot protoforms, and they ended up with two "Quad Squads" with nigh-identical robot modes (two color runs) but somewhat specialized vehicle modes.

---Dave

I don't have any Rescue Bots for reference, but those look like a crazy mix of the little Tonka trucks I played with growing up (basically over-sized Hot Wheels-type trucks and vans from the late 70s/early 80s) and possibly gravity bots, with maybe - somehow - some radio flyer wagon thrown in.

 

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"E-Quip" - Autobot Armoured Combination Buildbot.​

Apologies for double-dipping, but I bought the two combiners I briefly showed above, took some photos and found some YouTube reviews.

These toys were available at the "Daiso" discount shops in Japan (for ¥500 each). These are the same molds as a version available as a boxed set at Amazon, but with a few paint apps or tampos missing (such as the lack of silver paint of Fire King's cab-gun, the lack of the large symbol and "Titan" text on the back of Titan's cab and lack of faction symbols for all the bots). This could be due to pricing and/or avoiding anything even remotely similar to Autobot/Decepticon symbols in Japan (as it's officially sold by Daiso, who probably don't want Takara-Tomy breathing down their necks).

Also, although each team member has their own assigned number, they also have an additional "Robot Number" (from 9 - 13) which is in a different order to their primary designations ("03 - Fire King" is "Robot 09", for example).

Also, I noticed that the strange word that's printed on all of the robots ("dinba") is probably just "equip" upside-down (with the actual "e" looking like an "a" upside down).

To keep the post short, I'll use spoiler tags for each section.

Packaging

Spoiler

Instructions

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Toy Photos

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Video Reviews

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[PrimalxConvoy]

Found these at Dollar Tree today, they share all but what's on back of the legs (and the colors), six different-ish vehicles. They have friction motors and auto-transform by running into a wall and then trying to shove through it. They actually work, too. Rescue Bots size, so I guess they can be troop builders for anyone still doing Rescue Bots/Classic Heroes toys.

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LYB for Little Youth Brigade?

---Dave

I think I found the same ones for sale in Japan. They were selling them for around $7-8 each. I think that's more expensive than the ones you found, right?

 

[Dvandom]

Yeah, mine were $1.25, and you can't blame that much on the exchange rate. Dollar Tree might be getting a knockoff of those. It looked too "regular item" to be like the Gundam models or Buzz Lightyear Hot Wheels they they had this year (or the BotBots singles they had a couple years back).

---Dave

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Yeah, mine were $1.25, and you can't blame that much on the exchange rate. Dollar Tree might be getting a knockoff of those. It looked too "regular item" to be like the Gundam models or Buzz Lightyear Hot Wheels they they had this year (or the BotBots singles they had a couple years back).

---Dave

There are these shops in Japan which sell tat from other countries at really expensive prices. They mix cute Japanese things (girls accessories, lampshades and beauty products) with foreign stuff like the cheap toys or knock-off snacks. The "foreign/exotic" nature of them is presumably why they think they can charge such prices for them. Places like "Sony Plaza" in Japan, etc. The thing is, we even have ¥100 shops that sell stuff like this too, so there's really no excuses to see these for the prices they were charging.