I thought the same thing. Ugly G1 KO's FTL. I bought a Vintage G1 Mirage in FANTASTIC shape for only slightly more than what online retailers are charging for that KO. You just gotta look.
I know I'm coming in kinda late, but...what's wrong with it's face? I got it for xmas, and I saw the ebay auction for it, which advertised it as G1 (nothing about reissue-ness.) I'm looking at TFU.info, and they look the same to me. <:-/