Great review. I have a lot of the KOs in my collection. I would prefer to have the originals, but it is easier for me to have this as an option. I picked up the ko sideswipe, red alert, prowl, smokescreen, bluestreak(silver mold), and ratbat. I do have s few originals. I did luck up hasbro's mp 10, rodimus, thundercracker, skywarp, and soundwave. Only 2 takara's new Starscream and grimlock. I am thinking of picking this ko up, mostly for the face. I have seen it on red alert with the berserker mode and thought it would bee cool to display him like that.
Noticed two quick ways to tell the KO version apart from the box. On the front on the original the gun in his left (our right) the barrel tip goes over the white boarder. On the KO it doesn't. It's cut off by the white boarder. On the back there is no white boarder around any of the boxes on the KO. They are there on the Original. Just thought it might be good to point that out so anyone from just looking at the boxes (Before purchasing etc) can tell right away. Nice review by the way. Always like watching these from you. :)
Love your reviews, have a few Ko to go along with the Takara figures, like to display in both modes and it's cheaper to get a ko, a quick fix especially for the spike wheels is putty, put a little on and it will not fall out, you can even hold the figure by it like you showed with the takara, and it can easily be remove if you would like to transform him back.
Eric Alvarado These MP can come handy as stand ins. Even the spike wheels falling out is not a big deal at all to me especially since overall these are very well done
Pardon my language but you FUCKING ROCK!!!! Most reviewers just don't give a damn to take the time to address these things. leaving you wondering "What the hell am I doing wrong????" the "Little fix" you showed addressed the very thing that was driving me nuts. Thank You for taking the time to explain it.
Awesome review, solidified my decision to get a KO G2 and get the Reprolabels for it. I'm a big fan of G2 and I really like MP Sideswipe's mold. Just hate the face, lol...
Mine seems to close OK, its really tight movement though at first. Most head issues with closing can be fixed with a hobby knife. Otherwise very good figure. I have all the KO lambors and they arent too bad for the price.
Hey dude, thanks heaps for this video, it's much appreciated in helping my purchasing decision. I dunno about the teeth on the KO, for some reason that really puts me off, but I'll see. Iron Factory are releasing their 3rd party version and it's pretty awesome, might end up going for that...
Good stuff. Seems they missed not putting the gold trim on the lambo emblem. They take the time with most other paint apps plus more. When will we see a KO soundwave??
Hi. Got this guy recently and is great in every way except the paintwork. In your review you mention that yours has fingerprints. Mine has this too but only on the sides, along with dull spots and a blob of overspray. Its like as if it was picked up while the paint was still wet! How do I go about polishing these out? Cheers.
Emmett D yeah, mine also has a bit of paint problems (hard keeping a black sportscar clean!). Their Soundwave’s window has small glue smudges in each corner. But for the difference in price, I’ve started collecting good KO’s (if they look great on the shelf,heck yeah!)
Great video, thanks for posting! Out of all cars, the Lamborghini Countache is my favorite. When I saw him for sale in black with red tinted windows I hit the “buy now” button like a lap rat slapping the cocaine button. Also learned that apparently most official MP releases don’t have rubber tires either (please correct me if wrong- I’m new to KO’s but my money clip loves them).
ExoFirefly17 only if screws count. At least mine doesn’t. But for the price this looks identical on a collector’s shelf, and this brand does great work! I have their MP KO Soundwave and he *does* have die-cast iron feet, which is great for a stable pose in bot mode.
JSRacing804 yes but they’re awful. The sheet they’re on has them very poorly cut (the white perimeter is too big in spots), the stickers are so thin you can see through them, adhesive is weak (do your best to get it right the first time- if a finger touches the adhesive, game over, man!)
Also, he comes with other stickers for his spoiler and other places- DON’T use them! One logo on the hood is plenty. The others would suck the sleekness of this beautiful car out entirely.
You gotta get yourself the G2 comics man, he's a bad-ass Decepticon killing machine! (The G2 comics are really violent...) But he's awesome in them, awesome enough that I don't even want a G1 Sideswipe for my collection, I'm all about G2 Sideswipe, and I bleed G1...
Great review. I have a lot of the KOs in my collection. I would prefer to have the originals, but it is easier for me to have this as an option. I picked up the ko sideswipe, red alert, prowl, smokescreen, bluestreak(silver mold), and ratbat. I do have s few originals. I did luck up hasbro's mp 10, rodimus, thundercracker, skywarp, and soundwave. Only 2 takara's new Starscream and grimlock. I am thinking of picking this ko up, mostly for the face. I have seen it on red alert with the berserker mode and thought it would bee cool to display him like that.
Noticed two quick ways to tell the KO version apart from the box. On the front on the original the gun in his left (our right) the barrel tip goes over the white boarder. On the KO it doesn't. It's cut off by the white boarder.
On the back there is no white boarder around any of the boxes on the KO. They are there on the Original.
Just thought it might be good to point that out so anyone from just looking at the boxes (Before purchasing etc) can tell right away.
Nice review by the way. Always like watching these from you. :)
He says be careful with the knife while franticly waving it around XD great vid.
lol thanks!
Love your reviews, have a few Ko to go along with the Takara figures, like to display in both modes and it's cheaper to get a ko, a quick fix especially for the spike wheels is putty, put a little on and it will not fall out, you can even hold the figure by it like you showed with the takara, and it can easily be remove if you would like to transform him back.
Eric Alvarado These MP can come handy as stand ins. Even the spike wheels falling out is not a big deal at all to me especially since overall these are very well done
Damn they are making KOs for everything
Pardon my language but you FUCKING ROCK!!!! Most reviewers just don't give a damn to take the time to address these things. leaving you wondering "What the hell am I doing wrong????" the "Little fix" you showed addressed the very thing that was driving me nuts. Thank You for taking the time to explain it.
Thanks lol yeah I try and do what I can. Thanks for watching!
Awesome review, solidified my decision to get a KO G2 and get the Reprolabels for it. I'm a big fan of G2 and I really like MP Sideswipe's mold. Just hate the face, lol...
Joshua James Yeah the face kind of gets to me at times
Joshua James yeah, his face is awful. He’s got the “Stallone Yelling Mouth”. I have an old, beat-up Red Alert, gonna try to swap heads.
The tabs in his palms won’t hold the weapons, which is frustrating. The slightest move and the weapons fall out.
I don't recommend a KO since all of them got issue with the head scuplt. They just didnt close properly...
Mine seems to close OK, its really tight movement though at first. Most head issues with closing can be fixed with a hobby knife. Otherwise very good figure. I have all the KO lambors and they arent too bad for the price.
Hey dude, thanks heaps for this video, it's much appreciated in helping my purchasing decision. I dunno about the teeth on the KO, for some reason that really puts me off, but I'll see. Iron Factory are releasing their 3rd party version and it's pretty awesome, might end up going for that...
awesome review as always! love your vids, keep up the awesome job!
and thank you for watching and supporting
Good stuff. Seems they missed not putting the gold trim on the lambo emblem. They take the time with most other paint apps plus more.
When will we see a KO soundwave??
its there just very very slight, not as visible as the Tak. KO Soundwave? not sure it's gonna happen to be honest
Hi. Got this guy recently and is great in every way except the paintwork. In your review you mention that yours has fingerprints. Mine has this too but only on the sides, along with dull spots and a blob of overspray. Its like as if it was picked up while the paint was still wet! How do I go about polishing these out? Cheers.
Emmett D yeah, mine also has a bit of paint problems (hard keeping a black sportscar clean!). Their Soundwave’s window has small glue smudges in each corner. But for the difference in price, I’ve started collecting good KO’s (if they look great on the shelf,heck yeah!)
Great video, thanks for posting! Out of all cars, the Lamborghini Countache is my favorite. When I saw him for sale in black with red tinted windows I hit the “buy now” button like a lap rat slapping the cocaine button. Also learned that apparently most official MP releases don’t have rubber tires either (please correct me if wrong- I’m new to KO’s but my money clip loves them).
Recently, I bought this "KO" version and I didn't get the spike wheel connector. is it normal o it's a QC issue of this KO?
Possibly qc since it came with mine
Does ko g2 sideswipe have metal in it
ExoFirefly17 only if screws count. At least mine doesn’t. But for the price this looks identical on a collector’s shelf, and this brand does great work! I have their MP KO Soundwave and he *does* have die-cast iron feet, which is great for a stable pose in bot mode.
Nope
Hello....Did those stickers come with the KO?
+JSRacing804 Yes, they do
JSRacing804 yes but they’re awful. The sheet they’re on has them very poorly cut (the white perimeter is too big in spots), the stickers are so thin you can see through them, adhesive is weak (do your best to get it right the first time- if a finger touches the adhesive, game over, man!)
Also, he comes with other stickers for his spoiler and other places- DON’T use them! One logo on the hood is plenty. The others would suck the sleekness of this beautiful car out entirely.
Thanks for another awesome comparison. Will you be buffing/polishing the KO?
I was contemplating polishing it. Too tired to do it right this second, but I will soon
RocketPunchArmy I wonder if your viewers would want to see a basic tutorial on polish up TF cars? Just a thought.
G2 Sideswipe sure looks edgy
Jon foy who wouldn’t want to roll up in a black Countache with *Red* tinted windows? Screw all others, that would be the most sleek mean ride.
You gotta get yourself the G2 comics man, he's a bad-ass Decepticon killing machine! (The G2 comics are really violent...) But he's awesome in them, awesome enough that I don't even want a G1 Sideswipe for my collection, I'm all about G2 Sideswipe, and I bleed G1...
awesome as always. Time to get me one cheers..!!!
Thanks, and use code rpa5 to get $5 off at tf-direct.com
Damn! I wish Takara would do a Masterpiece Mirage...so someone would then do a KO of it I could pick up for 30 bucks :)
7:53 “that’s because it’s black.” He’s racist
First
Fail
To have a cactus shoved up their ass.