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Generally KO's are from the same factory . In fact, 95% of the time they are seconds or what they call "overflow" production.

Say HASBRO orders 400,000 of a figure. And day after day they churn them out. Half way through the day they hit their quota. They are not going to change over the moulds during the production run and have employees standing around. They simply finish the day and change the moulds end of shift. These are not the property of HASBRO (or who ever ordered them) but they are not for sale either.

In the real world everything is for sale and they often find their way out. Sometimes right away, sometime 7years later. This isn't always the case for sure, but just like in America the generic root beer is canned in the same place as the name brand root beer. The Johnson's and Johnson's baby wipes are he same as Equate with a different sticker. In the end, often they are the same product, but not always. I just happen to know two people in the States that work in a baby wipe factory and a root beer factory. They told me the A&W is the same as the Kroger cans except the cans have different paint.

Drifting off a bit but the point remains, KO's are more often than not the same quality. Sometimes they are missing a step but other times the same and in the odd case-better than original.

Also to 80USD original versus the 45USD KO, that is a savings of 35USD and tuna sammy's aside, if you do that ten times every two years that is a free 4K tele on Black Friday. Every little bit matters.