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Originally Posted by thebobkat

In my experience, the MP KO's have been pretty decent, especially for display purposes. I've had a KO Sideswipe and Red Alert come through my hands and for the price they're not bad at all. I've had defects and faults on my genuine Takara MPs worse than some of the KOs lol.

I found the G1 KOs vary in quality from item to item. Over the years I've gotten a KO Mirage, Sunstreaker and a Wheeljack. The Mirage was solid, one of my favorite KOs. The Sunstreaker, also not bad though some of the joints were almost too tight...the Wheeljack quality seemed a bit off, though not horrible. I heard that some of the Dinobot KOs had some issues like Swoop's robot face falling off but overall pretty hard to tell. Still looking to get a few more myself if the price is good (like the Dinobots, Shockwave, and maybe a couple of the gestalts). I'd love to have the real thing but finding G1 in brand new condition isn't cheap.

Keep in mind there's little details that are sometimes different on the KOs. For example the MP Sideswipe KO doesn't actually say Countach on the back...it's (intentionally?) misspelled...though I heard it's spelled correctly on the KO Tigertrack. On my KO G1 Mirage, the red/white striping that would be a decal on the real G1, is painted on (though it still came with the decals). But for display, it's hard to tell unless you're really examining them closely or side by side.

Thanks for the info! Very helpful