craggy wrote:I personally see plenty of reasons someone might buy a KO instead of the real thing. Fair enough if you don't want to, but if the option is there its good, IMO.
I don't think it's all that difficult to tell the KOs from the real thing either. Certainly there's a few examples that prove otherwise, but most packaged examples are quite different. If Hasbro/Takara want to stop these guys, then that's their right, as its those companies the KO sellers are theoretically stealing money from.
you clearly havent done your research on G1 KOs, I dont think anyone against KOs is talking about the dimestore obvious knockoffs, we are talking about the KOs that are DESIGNED to fool collector's into overpaying for cheap copies.
mirage, sunstreaker, dinobots, scourge, cyclonus, devastator, gnaw, wheeljack, reflector, the insecticons, prowl, optimus prime as well as all the minibots have been KO'ed with the intent to mislead collector's into paying for something of lesser quality. That is more that a "few"
please do some research before you spout off.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:The only really bad thing I can see about KOs like this is that they pollute the market for G1 collectors. Either out of ignorance or malicious intent, they can be passed off too easily as the real deal. Especially when out of the package.
exactly, the problem here is that they are being manufactured with the INTENT of screwing people over, why did EBAY remove KOs? for this very reason, sellers trying to fleece people out of their money.
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