Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

Looks like the Darth Vader "Nooooooooooooooooo" sound clip would go good with this picture.

I think it depends on who is cutting the parts out of the sprue at the time.

The fingers on mine seem fine, but do appear blunted. I thought it might be something to do with the actual design.

Spleenzorio wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

Looks like the Darth Vader "Nooooooooooooooooo" sound clip would go good with this picture.

Actually that's exactly what I was going for when I snapped the picture! He did get his fingers chopped off after all.

robofreak wrote:I think it depends on who is cutting the parts out of the sprue at the time.

The fingers on mine seem fine, but do appear blunted. I thought it might be something to do with the actual design.

Mine were clearly chopped off.

Damn, not even a remold. Just lopped them phalanges right off (and not evenly either). Guess that's what happens when you're a robo-Predator knock-off via Michael Bay.

I would have been blissfully ignorant of this had I not seen the stock image more clearly. I didn't even pay attention to it until this thread.

Looked at my Crankcase and it seems like the fingers got lobbed off ad the 3rd knuckle.

Anyways, they may have done it since it's the middle finger. They don't want kids making this guy give Autobots the bird in the middle of battle.

This may be the one time I buy the Takara version if the fingers aren't lobbed off.

If they chopped of DOTM crankcase middle fnger for saftey reasons, Then why they didnt do it to ROTF leader Megatron because he too has a big middle finger. Well, I am suprised. Who told hasbro to do this?

Hasbro is going NUTS!!!

Bleh. Looks like someone took a hacksaw to his hand. Very sloppy work.

wow they were actually clipped and not remolded, just more proof of hasbros laziness & idiocy.

Megatron Wolf wrote:wow they were actually clipped and not remolded, just more proof of hasbros laziness & idiocy.

And if they took the time to remold and reassemble all the figures, people would be complaining about the delay.

Can't please anyone it seems.

So now the fingers don't match and we're left with jagged edges. That seems safe.

robofreak wrote:Anyways, they may have done it since it's the middle finger. They don't want kids making this guy give Autobots the bird in the middle of battle.

I'm pretty sure anyone who ever had a Unicron has done that by now.

they just chopped it off? wtf it looks horrible they could of at least remolded it

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

robofreak wrote:Anyways, they may have done it since it's the middle finger. They don't want kids making this guy give Autobots the bird in the middle of battle.

I'm pretty sure anyone who ever had a Unicron has done that by now.

you can also do it with primus

He doesn't look to bad

I wasn't getting this mold anyway, but seeing how sloppily it was chopped off.....

I give a fat middle finger to HASBRO.....

That's ridiculous. I can't believe they'd just sloppily chop them off like that. One more reason not to buy that figure.

I really wish they would make these dreads voyager class.

Now that's just sloppy. Does Hasbro even know about this? I mean, come on, Hasbro should be more professional than just have people chopping fingers off of figures like that...

robofreak wrote:...

Anyways, they may have done it since it's the middle finger. They don't want kids making this guy give Autobots the bird in the middle of battle.

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You beat me to it! The fingers look to be soft bendy plastic, which probably won't be a saftey concern. I'm pretty sure it's a decency issue.

Mine are at least clipped to the same length. I didn't notice at first, then it bugged me. To think, I almost posted a thread last week asking if anyone else's Crankcase had broken fingers like mine.

I don't see how it could be a safety issue, because the hands are made of that soft rubbery plastic. I think it's just because it's the middle finger.

I agree, I bet it's a middle finger issue. Some lady in Michigan probably complained so Hasbro did something about it.

Hasbro, I am disappointed.

sentinelprime1234 wrote:

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

robofreak wrote:Anyways, they may have done it since it's the middle finger. They don't want kids making this guy give Autobots the bird in the middle of battle.

I'm pretty sure anyone who ever had a Unicron has done that by now.

you can also do it with primus

And a few of the Ultra class Beast Wars figures and MP Primes. I think I have pics. of at least 4 of my figures "taunting" opposing armies with a single fingered salute.

Oh well, so much for my photo of Crankcase with the "I'm #1" caption under it.
Does anyone have any clue at what stage they decided to make this very hasty and sloppy modification? I'm curious to see how many cases of these made it out to mass market and just how much the un-modified ones will be going for on e-bay.

From another standpoint, this could also be a quality control issue. Maybe the press operator/s thought the extra long finger was excess flash, and trimmed it off.

This may be caught or may have already been caught and corrected. So it's possible that they will start popping up with the fingers properly done.

Then you think about rarity of a short run of "mistakes" and how they can demand big money on the aftermarket but if the cut off fingers have been corrected then anyone who doesn't have one MIP will be stuck with a worthless broken figure because unless it's MIP it's to easy to cut off the fingers and claim it to be one of the short run.

Lame. Total deal-breaker for me. I've canceled my pre-order for this guy.

Hey, I just opened my crankcase, I bought in Sydney, australia, and mine appears to be complete and has all his fingers at the correct lengths.

Bought mine at Walmart last night, long fingers.

Brought 2 from Target, both have the fingers chopped

Bought one from Sainsburys in UK, he has long luxurious fingers... Almost poked my eyes out on the damn things...

Well, here we go...the first DOTM variant!

I'll probably have to pay double on Ebay to get one with the long fingers!

Galvatron X wrote:Well, here we go...the first DOTM variant!

I'll probably have to pay double on Ebay to get one with the long fingers!

I feel bad for people who keep them MISB. You don't know how his fingers are until he's open thanks to being packed in alt mode. He's like Schrodinger's Transformer!

Does anyone have the TT version and can confirm the fingers are not chopped? I have one on order from an online retailer but need to know the figures are intact before I pay for it. Thanx in advance!

Crap...I just opened one of my Crankcase figures, and his fingers are clipped. Boooooo!

Hasbro, please don't make me keep buying these until I find an unaltered one (because I probably will).

I wonder if they'll do a Cybertronian Manicurist, to compete with Mo-lar, the Eternian Dentist?

Clipped fingers on the one from TRU this morning...

I wonder if you can infer anything from the code stamped into the back of the card. My code was 10601.

I remember when the G.I.Joe HISS tank came out, you could tell whether it was brown or black by the code stamped into the box. I don't know if that was 100% accurate though.

Crap, that was going to be one of the first ones I got. Now I'm going to wait and see how this plays out.

Got mine at Walmart today, terrible clip job as they removed BOTH his fingers on each hand. Returning him now.

Haha, holy crap! ^^^

What a hack job.

I got him today and his fingers weren't clipped, THANK GOD! it can't be for safety reasons, the middle fingers are soft rubber plasic

sentinelprime1234 wrote:I got him today and his fingers weren't clipped, THANK GOD! it can't be for safety reasons, the middle fingers are soft rubber plasic

Hey, sentinel. Can you tell me what the five-digit number was stamped into the cardback? It's on the back of the card, at the very bottom, near the middle. I'm hoping that a certain "lot number" will correspond to unclipped fingers.

I just got one from TRU and both fingers were chopped. I already returned it as defective 20 mins later.

Hey all, thought i'd add to the feedback here, got cranky from the Entertainer toy store here in UK and no manicure here figure has full fingers.

@ Galvatron X - code stamped on rear of card - 10521.

To be honest guys, i think the finger is the least of the issues, hasbro has cut the corners on cost and the scale of these things in alt mode is alarming, crankcase may have been better as a voyager

If you guys can get a confirmed pattern for clipped/unclipped, I'll front page it.

I'll check mine tonight and let you know.

Kids could probably put that in the position where Crankcase is giving people the finger. Either that or for safety reasons.

I bit the bullet and bought one today at TRU. Sure enough he's been manicured. I'm not too worried about it, I'll just find something to glue in it's place.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:If you guys can get a confirmed pattern for clipped/unclipped, I'll front page it.

I'll check mine tonight and let you know.

A piece of advice: when telling whether yours is clipped or unclipped, specify where you live, or where you got the toy, or better yet: whether it's an American or European card. I have a feeling this is region-based, or maybe even limited to the initial batch, which Europe hardly ever gets.

I think I might be onto something here!

So, I told you all that I bought a Crankcase with the fingers clipped and the number on the back was 10601.

Well, I went back out tonight and checked out EVERY Crankcase figure I could find. Every store I checked had Crankcase figures with 10601 stamped on them (K-Mart, TRU, Brewer Wal-Mart), except for a few at our Bangor Wal-Mart. The number there was 03651. Actually, it looked like the "03651" had been stamped over another number which I can't read fully. It's 033???

Anyway, I grabbed it hopeful that I'd see something different and....TA-DA!

(10601 on the left, 03651 on the right.)




Sweet!

So what does this mean? Well...definitively? Nothing. But, IMO, if I were you, I'd look for this number and if there's more than one number available - go with the lower one. If I'm wrong, I'm sorry!

Haha, I'm REALLY tempted to go back and grab the other two to test my "hypothesis"! I have another "10601" figure too...I might open him just to check!

Oh, and I agree with Jelze. This could be regional, it could be in earlier runs, I'm not sure exactly.