Mirage has never been reissued. Any Mirage claiming to be a reissue will likely be a counterfeit.​

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Packaging Guide:

• There are two versions of counterfeit box for Mirage - version 1(v1) and version 2 (v2), see image below.

• See e3nine's box guide on TFW. (note this is the v1 box). The v2 box has fixed the missing colon next to AGES:

• The misalignment of the figures artwork with the right side of the box (additional space next to left foot wheel and gird showing left arm wheel ) is probably the most obvious tell on both KO boxes.

• Additionally the v2 box has the very tip of the artworks missile positioned in the heading box (Transformers from....), this text area should have a space of 12x2 , but on the counterfeit it is 13x2, so 2 additional grid squares.

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Figure Guide:

• Wheels, some counterfeits have branding of Dunlop instead of the correct Goodyear, while some have no branding at all.

• Early counterfeits are missing the circular imprint for the engine intake. See image below

• Copyright - very similar, the counterfeit will have the T in LTD under the Kanji characters, it should not be. See image below. The copyright sign in front of Hasbro is also too small - any Diaclone or Takara only stamped Mirages are authentic

• Color variants: Normal, Black, Red, Clear, Clear Black, also variant Gold Chrome (usually on the red KO) and gold chrome weapons.

• Excellent YouTube review of the counterfeit red mirage by Ghost prime reviews