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THE KNOCK OFF TRANSFORMERS THREAD
- Thread starter PrimalxConvoy
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Postie just delivered this.
Dia-KO-lone!
Dia-KO-lone!
So you complained about TT doing ML in the first place but you bought the KO? Whatever dude.
Don't have a horse in this race either way but those eyes are terrible. They didn't even fill out the sculpted space all the way.
Nose should be blue too.
Nose should be blue too.
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Ben's a bit late to the party, but here's a recent review or two by him.
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Broke down and bought one of these off ebay. It arrived last night and I absolutely love it. Quality isn't Hasbro-level, but was significantly better than I was expecting. I'll get some pictures and post more about it soon. I absolutely love this sort of "alternate universe G1" product.
I'm still wanting to get one for the same reason.
I am and I do have it. Got it on deeeep clearance a few years ago, long after it came out. It is wonderful. I love the attention to detail, the packaging, the way it feels like it absolutely could have been a late G1 release.
Some of those are still on deep clearance on BBTS. If one doesn't mind mirrored limbs instead of all different, you could even get enough to combine them. I've been thinking about it.
Wish there were a bunch of the Megazero (the elk) still available. He folds up nicely and fits in the Earthrise Optimus Prime trailer, so I'd like to have a spare one to use as a reindeer "Roller" inside of Holiday Optimus's trailer. Unfortunately, that seems to be the one component that isn't available anywhere.
That's amazing. Truly a Christmas miracle.
These aren't really knock offs so much as "random small company cashing in on the transforming robot craze in the 80's".
Working in Ohio for a couple of days, and I stopped by a vintage toy shop. They had these in a case with a bunch of Hot Wheel type cars. I didn't recognize them, but he wasn't charging much to begin with and he cut me a deal if I bought all 6 that he had. Did a little digging back at the hotel and found out that they are Switch Bots from LJN.
There's the leader of the Evil Bots, Captain Destroyer:
And the rest of the Evil Bots
Heavy Hoser:
Nozzle Head:
Stingwing:
Stinkbomber:
And they combine into the Evil Megabot (I'm sadly missing the combiner kibble, so this is incomplete)
Here's some pictures off ebay showing his instructions and what he SHOULD look like if I had all the accessories:
And here's my lone Good Bot, Orange Crunch:
And some pics off ebay showing his original packaging and what the Good MegaBot would look like:
As you can see from the Orange Crunch package, all of these had the same gimmick as the Transformers Sparkbots. They all have friction motors with sparking action that either shot out the front of the vehicles or lit up the lights on the truck bots. None of those really work anymore, sadly. I was able to get a tiny spark or two, but nothing like what I'm sure they did back when they were new.
Working in Ohio for a couple of days, and I stopped by a vintage toy shop. They had these in a case with a bunch of Hot Wheel type cars. I didn't recognize them, but he wasn't charging much to begin with and he cut me a deal if I bought all 6 that he had. Did a little digging back at the hotel and found out that they are Switch Bots from LJN.
There's the leader of the Evil Bots, Captain Destroyer:
And the rest of the Evil Bots
Heavy Hoser:
Nozzle Head:
Stingwing:
Stinkbomber:
And they combine into the Evil Megabot (I'm sadly missing the combiner kibble, so this is incomplete)
Here's some pictures off ebay showing his instructions and what he SHOULD look like if I had all the accessories:
And here's my lone Good Bot, Orange Crunch:
And some pics off ebay showing his original packaging and what the Good MegaBot would look like:
As you can see from the Orange Crunch package, all of these had the same gimmick as the Transformers Sparkbots. They all have friction motors with sparking action that either shot out the front of the vehicles or lit up the lights on the truck bots. None of those really work anymore, sadly. I was able to get a tiny spark or two, but nothing like what I'm sure they did back when they were new.
OH MY GOSH CAPTAIN DESTROYER!!!!
He led my villains of various different factions for a long, long time. My grandma had a friend whose birthday was right after Christmas. She'd invite family and friends over and give people presents, and I got this from her one year. Never got any of the others (ok, so looking these over, I may not have missed out on much, and Captain Destroyer's arms did give out after a while because they were pretty soft plastic) but wow, this is a cool nostalgia hit.
He led my villains of various different factions for a long, long time. My grandma had a friend whose birthday was right after Christmas. She'd invite family and friends over and give people presents, and I got this from her one year. Never got any of the others (ok, so looking these over, I may not have missed out on much, and Captain Destroyer's arms did give out after a while because they were pretty soft plastic) but wow, this is a cool nostalgia hit.
They're definitely a bit below Transformers or Gobots, more in line with Converters, but they have a certain charm to them. I've actually started to really love these "lesser" transforming robot lines over the last few years.
He's giving me both barrels!
And my Ohio Day 2 finds. I was supposed to be going home today, but FedEx failed to deliver some parts that I was waiting on, so here I am for another night. But, since none of these are Transformers, this thread seems to still be the place to put them.
Found me a Dinotron Stegatron (now only missing a Rextron to have the full set in Easter colors), a couple of Zybots, and a really good condition Leader 1. I have a Super Gobots Leader 1, but it's in much rougher shape. Other than 1 floppy wing joint, this one feels practically mint. Nice stickers, good stiff joints, no plastic discoloration. Pretty happy with it.
Found me a Dinotron Stegatron (now only missing a Rextron to have the full set in Easter colors), a couple of Zybots, and a really good condition Leader 1. I have a Super Gobots Leader 1, but it's in much rougher shape. Other than 1 floppy wing joint, this one feels practically mint. Nice stickers, good stiff joints, no plastic discoloration. Pretty happy with it.
Oh! And an honorable mention:
This one I wanted, but didn't quite $50 want. Dinosaur headed Jumpstarter knockoff:
This one I wanted, but didn't quite $50 want. Dinosaur headed Jumpstarter knockoff: