Bumblevivisector wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Stardrift wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Awesome, can't wait to get the KO version at $30 in about six to nine months! It will go great with my KO Prowl, Sideswipe, Silverstreak, Red alert, and Smokescreen.
HERESY!
Anyways, in all honesty, this may be one of my favorite MPs to date. Tracks was a favorite of mine from G1, and got a fair share of valuable screen time, too, unlike some
other favorites of mine *coughProwlcough*. The mini Blaster just makes things that much better.
Why, because I am getting the same figure cheaper by being patient? What is the difference between that and a sale? Because it is supposedly a KO? These "KO's" have been shown to have the same quality, if not better, than the "official" releases. Official as in Hasbro marking them up and selling them at retail. No thanks. There is NO effin way I would pay $70 or more for one of these Masterpiece figures. They are ok, but not worth more than what I paid for them. If even that.
I haven't bought a wide enough range of official MPs to compare, but I've bought 4 of those leftover parts KOs, and 3 of them had problems. Their primary use is leftover parts for when one finally saves up for the real deal.
Before this thread polarizes into the usual pro/anti knock-off, I'd just like to state that as much as I'd like to, I haven't bought a Japanese MP figure in years, simply for financial reasons; even though I'd love to, I'll probably have to wait until most of the ones I want are on the secondary market. And if stating that you're buying an MP KO somehow discourages Takara from continuing the line, then so does me honestly saying I have to put off buying the real figures, even though I'm passing on the KOs as well. Every fan's buying power is what it is.
However, keeping this on track, Raoul getting a toy has me foolishly optimistic that future MP releases could dip into Marvel human territory, including the legal nightmare of a Circuit Breaker to accompany MP Jazz! Hey, it'd convince me to immediately pounce on Takara's and not wait for Hasbro's, since that'd be next to impossible to include at TRU...unless they made it a Marvel crossover variant where all of Jazz's black turned blue; that'd make more sense than the Year of the Goat MP repaints.
I had one issue with my Sideswipe figure and it really wasn't that bad. It had a mis-colored small paint blotch on the hood. I brought it up with the seller and he gave me a $15 refund. I took some red paint and corrected it, so I got a nice MP Sideswipe for $16. I would actually challenge anyone to take one of these KO's and an official and tell me the differences between them, because I don't see it. Hell, I thought it was because you didn't get a coin, but even the official ones come without coins unless you buy it noted with coin at an increased price.
These "KO" MP's are rumored to be the rejects from QC at the same factory as your $70 figure. If that is true, then who wouldn't take one for 70% less with a minor flaw that you can correct on your own? If not, then they are the best KO's I have ever seen. If you run a search on youtube you can watch videos of people comparing the "original" with a "KO" and there is no difference between the two. And I have actually seen some people say they are better quality, because the ebay seller corrects the flaws and checks the figure by hand before selling.
If you do not agree with buying KO's then that is your opinion and your right to do so. But if its because you have some sort of "loyalty" to Hasbro or Takara, then that is just silly because they don't give a sh*t about you when they jack up their prices for lessor product year by year.
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...they can make it happen. 
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