How do you feel about KO Transformers?

[Devastator_2000]

How do you feel about KO Transformers?

 

I am behind on many of the Masterpiece line, but have a hard time with the price of them. Example: I need Red Alert, but dont want to pay $100+ for it.

 

[The_Prodigy]

IMO in general they're an insult to the Transformers brand name... however, I recently got my hands on the Wei Jiang MPP10 Optimus Prime, and it looks and feels absolutely quality!

[StrangePlanet]

Takara has sold through their run of MP Red Alert. They made all the money they can make. Then the secondary market drives up the price too high, but that's nothing to do with Takara.

 

It's simple supply and demand. You shouldn't have to pay $100 for Red Alert. So someone is gonna find a way to fill that need.

 

Needs to be handled on a case-by-case basis. MP Starscream is a $60 toy. No wonder people are making a KO if it's going for over $200 on the secondary market.

 

This happens in other toylines too. The price for the Sword Art Online Figmas got too high, so the KOs started to appear. Why would Figma care? They sold out.

[Reminator]

i don't collect KO TFs that are an exact identical to the original from boxart to the toy themselves e.g. Hi Quality G1 Reissue or exact replica of MP figures. I feel it's can be deceiving and unfair to both the buyers and the sellers when the items are sold as original if they ever get mixed up.

 

With that being said, if KO TF can easily be differentiate from the original, say different size, color or even decal, different box, or with a different stamp print from TTomy, then I have no problem supporting them. For example, I have no problem with the oversize or undersize MP TF such as MP10 Oversize or even the white MP10 Magnus (at least not until TTomy issues one in the future).