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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby FanimusMaximus » Tue May 10, 2011 9:06 am

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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby T-Macksimus » Tue May 10, 2011 10:36 am

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. :lol:


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


you can also do it with primus :D



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. :P
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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby HoosierDaddy » Tue May 10, 2011 10:54 am

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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby shankz » Tue May 10, 2011 3:42 pm

Lame. Total deal-breaker for me. I've canceled my pre-order for this guy.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Colin747 » Sat May 14, 2011 12:53 am

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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Hip-Hoptimus Rime » Sat May 14, 2011 8:02 am

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Bought mine at Walmart last night, long fingers.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby ZenPrime » Sat May 14, 2011 8:48 pm

Brought 2 from Target, both have the fingers chopped :BANG_HEAD:
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby SonicWave » Sun May 15, 2011 10:43 am

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Bought one from Sainsburys in UK, he has long luxurious fingers... Almost poked my eyes out on the damn things...
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Galvatron X » Sun May 15, 2011 11:38 am

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

I'll probably have to pay double on Ebay to get one with the long fingers!
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Midnight_Fox » Sun May 15, 2011 12:50 pm

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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!
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby ZenPrime » Mon May 16, 2011 8:29 am

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!
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Galvatron X » Mon May 16, 2011 3:48 pm

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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).
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby craggy » Mon May 16, 2011 4:51 pm

I wonder if they'll do a Cybertronian Manicurist, to compete with Mo-lar, the Eternian Dentist?
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Valandar » Mon May 16, 2011 5:53 pm

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Clipped fingers on the one from TRU this morning...
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Galvatron X » Mon May 16, 2011 5:56 pm

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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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Evil_the_Nub » Mon May 16, 2011 6:52 pm

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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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Jin Saotome » Mon May 16, 2011 8:18 pm

Got mine at Walmart today, terrible clip job as they removed BOTH his fingers on each hand. Returning him now.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Galvatron X » Mon May 16, 2011 8:19 pm

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Haha, holy crap! ^^^

What a hack job.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby sentinelprime1234 » Tue May 17, 2011 12:33 pm

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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
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Galvatron X » Tue May 17, 2011 1:35 pm

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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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Grahf » Tue May 17, 2011 1:35 pm

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I just got one from TRU and both fingers were chopped. I already returned it as defective 20 mins later.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby whipslash » Tue May 17, 2011 2:13 pm

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 :-?
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Razorclaw0000 » Tue May 17, 2011 2:24 pm

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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.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby PrymeStriker » Tue May 17, 2011 2:42 pm

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Kids could probably put that in the position where Crankcase is giving people the finger. Either that or for safety reasons.
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Re: Dark Of The Moon Deluxe Crankcase Gets Manicure

Postby Evil_the_Nub » Tue May 17, 2011 3:33 pm

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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.
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