Transformers general thread - Toy Robot men based on giant robots based on previously mentioned toys about said robots

[KissMyTaint]

Question. I want to get an MP figure, official or 3rd party doesn’t matter to me much. But with official figures I see a bunch of them sold everywhere on eBay and Mercari. I know that it can be easy to make fakes and bootlegs of the figures that they look like the real deal. How do I tell if I’m buying the real MP figures and should I get them or go the 3P route?

 

[Hope Eradicated]

Question. I want to get an MP figure, official or 3rd party doesn’t matter to me much. But with official figures I see a bunch of them sold everywhere on eBay and Mercari. I know that it can be easy to make fakes and bootlegs of the figures that they look like the real deal. How do I tell if I’m buying the real MP figures and should I get them or go the 3P route?

MP KOs are abundant, in a lot of cases the only giveaway is if the price is even remotely reasonable (except for MP-21 Ironhide, that figure is very cheap on the aftermarket for some reason), then it's probably a KO.