VINTAGE TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME - KO VERSION (UPDATED)

I did a review of this in my old blog (www.playagaintoys.blogspot.com). Decided to redo this with better quality pictures. Actually I bought this figure accidentaly, thinking that it was an original. But a collector from US pointed out to me that this is a fake.

At first glance it's really hard to tell that this is a fake. It is almost identical to the real deal. It comes in styrofoam box, stickers, missiles, rubber tires, diecast body etc.. and even a molded Takara copyright and 'Made in Japan' on the trailer!

(Pic above) That is all that it came with. There are no bio card and instruction in this set. I did asked the shop owner to open another set, and that too didnt have bio card and instruction. So I guess this batch of KO doesn't comes with it.

What gave it away as a fake or KO is the packaging and the poor quality stickers. The picture on the back of the box had a Ravage that got its head cut off. Another sign is the 'R' next to the 'FORMERS' is out of place.

No head Ravages (below)

This KO looks good on display but not for play. The Optimus arms and elbow had gotten loose from just a few transformation. The good news is that all the play features are working as it should.