Knock Off Valk

[Solscud007]

Anyone see this? it doenst look like a 1/55

[zeo-mare]

hi where did you get this from? also in the package what is the gold sheild like thing in the right top corner?

[Ali Sama]

Anyone see this? it doenst look like a 1/55

nice fake.

[Dat Pinche Haro!]

they put the arms out so it'd look "different" it looks like a joons and a jetfire mated

[phoenix01]

Looks like one of those "VF-1S Robotech/Macross/Jetfire Transformer fighting robot - Get one before they are gone" craptacular looking bootleg knockoffs that you see on ebay for $10.

[JB0]

Nice fake, really.

In the future I'd recommend photoshopping the box, though. The Prime in the upper right is a dead giveaway.

Also, revesre the autobot logo on Jetfire's nose. It faces the wrong way.

[Edward28]

wow, you had me going on the jetfire!

What scale is it ??

Ed

Robot-Japan.com

Edited December 17, 2004 by Edward28

[ewilen]

Here's the original thread. http://www.tfans.com/index.php?showtopic=14983&hl=jetfire

It's apparently a Chinese bootleg, not a photoshop fake.

[orguss01]

Ed

Robot-Japan.com

dope link , the dancing robot car is saaaweet....

[Zentrandude]

that in 1/100 scale?

[vfxraven19]

Anyone see this? it doenst look like a 1/55

looks like the chinese bootlegs i used to buy in the local swap meet back when I was a little kid back in the 80's... I'd like to get one for the heck of it.

[LORD KUNGFU]

yeah, its the same valk as this one, but painted red white and blue.

[Opus]

yeah, its the same valk as this one, but painted red white and blue.

I was thinking that as well, but there are too many little differences in the proportions and the head looks to be more like the Taka original.

[ewilen]

I think the gun is different, too.

Anyway, bootlegs aren't what they used to be. Back in '86 or thereabouts I got a bootleg 1/100 in San Francisco Chinatown that was at least as good as the Takatoku/Bandais. I wouldn't expect that kind of quality from this one.

[JB0]

Here's the original thread. http://www.tfans.com/index.php?showtopic=14983&hl=jetfire

It's apparently a Chinese bootleg, not a photoshop fake.

I didn't think Photoshop. A Photochopper would've taken the Optimus Prime identifications out.

I figured that he bought a cheap Prime toy, carefully opened it, and dropped a mod'ed bootley Valk into the package.

But insanely lazy chinese bootleggers? I'm really just disapointed now. They could've AT LEAST made up a new box card.

[RFT]

they did- optimus prime with sparkplug isn't a carded figure, he comes in a box. and it's not the right card for supercon armada prime either.

[JB0]

they did- optimus prime with sparkplug isn't a carded figure, he comes in a box. and it's not the right card for supercon armada prime either.

Fine... a card that matches the product. At LEAST chopped out the mini-con line, as there's clearly no mini-con in there. Personally, I'd've cut/paste'd some old Jetfire box art onto it.

[Bluedeath]

yeah, its the same valk as this one, but painted red white and blue.

Not exactly, yours is a bit better, since it has elbows joints that can be turned. I have them both, the fake armada can't transform well but it has better landing gears

Edited December 21, 2004 by Bluedeath

[eugimon]

they did- optimus prime with sparkplug isn't a carded figure, he comes in a box. and it's not the right card for supercon armada prime either.

are you sure? I thought that was the prime without trailer and that it did come on a card... ? could be mistaken.

[LORD KUNGFU]

they did make a carded supercon opitmus prime. They were not boxed. The only boxed prime was the one with trailer.

[nightmareB4macross]

The only thing these grey and supposed Optimus Prime valkyries are good for is knee joints for the 1/55.

I made a knee mod using the elbows on these and they work great.

I think they are a cross between the 1/100 bootleg and the 1990 bandai super, only it was done as a 1/72 (I think).

In the toy district of LA you can get tons of these for little to no money.

Buyer beware, these are extremely crappy toys!!! But are perfect for the little valkaholics in training.

NB4M.

Edited December 21, 2004 by nightmareB4macross

[peolesdru]

The smaller "Deluxe" carded Armada Prime (sometimes call "bendy-prime" because he was more posable than the larger "Super" variant) did not come with Sparkplug, he came with a little silver jet minicon whose name escapes me. Sparkplug was a yellow car minicon that came with the boxed Super-sized Prime.

[JB0]

The smaller "Deluxe" carded Armada Prime (sometimes call "bendy-prime" because he was more posable than the larger "Super" variant) did not come with Sparkplug, he came with a little silver jet minicon whose name escapes me. Sparkplug was a yellow car minicon that came with the boxed Super-sized Prime.

Leader One. They're having fun with their GoBots ownership.

[Dangard Ace]

No. Leader One was Megatron's minicon(beeyotch). Bendy Prime had Over-run as his minicon.

[JB0]

No. Leader One was Megatron's minicon(beeyotch). Bendy Prime had Over-run as his minicon.

My mistake.

Ha dLeader 1 in there because he's the good guy lader in GoBots. My head naturally associates him with Prime.

[peolesdru]

No. Leader One was Megatron's minicon(beeyotch). Bendy Prime had Over-run as his minicon.

He almost had me there, but you are correct about Meg's mini being Leader1. Over-run sounds familiar so I will take your word for it. Kudos to you, sir.

[MSW]

also in the package what is the gold sheild like thing in the right top corner?

a shield of some kind...dunno where it comes from originaly, but it appears with many a bootleg...

http://www22.pos.to/%7Ebutto/tth0-11.html

same shield different mech (more of a freeky conglomeration of sorts then mech ) ... BTW: that is a cool site with all sorts of bootleg and gashapen info

[Rick Randy]

The smaller "Deluxe" carded Armada Prime (sometimes call "bendy-prime" because he was more posable than the larger "Super" variant) did not come with Sparkplug, he came with a little silver jet minicon whose name escapes me.  Sparkplug was a yellow car minicon that came with the boxed Super-sized Prime.

Leader One. They're having fun with their GoBots ownership.

gobots, Now that is a series I haven't heard of for a long time?

shame they weren't as posable also.

(imagine masterpiece CYCLE:))

[JB0]

The smaller "Deluxe" carded Armada Prime (sometimes call "bendy-prime" because he was more posable than the larger "Super" variant) did not come with Sparkplug, he came with a little silver jet minicon whose name escapes me.  Sparkplug was a yellow car minicon that came with the boxed Super-sized Prime.

Leader One. They're having fun with their GoBots ownership.

gobots, Now that is a series I haven't heard of for a long time?

shame they weren't as posable also.

(imagine masterpiece CYCLE:))

It's CyKill.

[peolesdru]

The smaller "Deluxe" carded Armada Prime (sometimes call "bendy-prime" because he was more posable than the larger "Super" variant) did not come with Sparkplug, he came with a little silver jet minicon whose name escapes me.  Sparkplug was a yellow car minicon that came with the boxed Super-sized Prime.

Leader One. They're having fun with their GoBots ownership.

gobots, Now that is a series I haven't heard of for a long time?

shame they weren't as posable also.

(imagine masterpiece CYCLE:))

There was a larger version of CyKill in the SuperGoBots lineup. I've had him sitting next to my computer monitor for the last year for no particular reason. Here's a pic. The nice thing is that unlike the original CyKill, the Super version is:

A: Bigger

B: The engine and wheels are integrated into the design - perfect transform!

C: Unfortunately, still a brick.

Edited January 8, 2005 by peolesdru

[peolesdru]

Motorcycle mode:

[Renato]

Hehe. Still doesn't look like a real bike.

I remember I had the standard size version of that toy. I wonder where it went.

Actually, I remember owning the huge ass base ship thing that transformed into an AT-AT ripoff, with things like "Cafeterias" inside. For some reason, it all seemed perfectly normal to me at the time.

Edited January 14, 2005 by Renato

[peolesdru]

Go-Bots always get a bad rap in the Transformers community, but IMHO Go-Bots were light-years ahead of the mini-transformers of the time. A lot of the Go-Bots had very elegant transformation schemes. For that matter, the most complete gestalt I've ever seen was the Go-Bot sportscar combiner set known as Puzzler. The hands, feet and head of the gestalt were all built into the individual cars themselves - unlike Devastator with its 8 or so extra parts.

[Greyryder]

Cy-Kill was pretty cool. The best transforming motorcycle toy I've seen, up to Energon Arcee. (not counting anything based on MOSPEADA)

Go-Bots get a bad rap, because there were some really poorly done ones, that were worse than anything that came out of the Transformers line. I've got an A-10 here, named Bad Boy (names were another problem with the line) that sucks out loud. Powerglide was miles ahead. Later the Go-Bots line gave us tranforming rocks. Who came up with that one?

I always liked Go-Bots when I was a kid, because they were about the same size as my Matchbox and Hotwheels cars. Transformers were always cooler, though.

[peolesdru]

Cy-Kill was pretty cool. The best transforming motorcycle toy I've seen, up to Energon Arcee. (not counting anything based on MOSPEADA)

Go-Bots get a bad rap, because there were some really poorly done ones, that were worse than anything that came out of the Transformers line. I've got an A-10 here, named Bad Boy (names were another problem with the line) that sucks out loud. Powerglide was miles ahead. Later the Go-Bots line gave us tranforming rocks. Who came up with that one?

I always liked Go-Bots when I was a kid, because they were about the same size as my Matchbox and Hotwheels cars. Transformers were always cooler, though.

I still have the silver and gold transforming rocks!