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In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

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In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby El Duque » Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:43 pm

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eBay seller lena81822 is at it again, bringing us some of our first in-hand images of the upcoming Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut! Crosscut is repaint of the previously released Transformers Generations Skids with new head that pays homage to e-Hobby exclusive, which likewise was a reuse of the G1 Skids mold. This fella will join Rattrap and Tankor in Transformers Generations Deluxe 2014 Wave 3. Hopefully this is an indication these will be making their way to retailers soon.

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Jelze Bunnycat » Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:46 pm

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One question: do his hip joints look misassembled to you guys?
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Rated X » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:02 pm

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Another member for my Diaclone/E-Hobby crew. I like it. But can we see some Arcee/Chromia pics already ?
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Amelie » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:46 pm

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby kirbenvost » Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:56 pm

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^ lol you got me. :lol: Sort of. While it's a nice repaint and I'm not saying it's a waste, I won't be buying it because the character is of no consequence to me. I am impressed by the shade of silver plastic they used though, it looks a little nicer than a lot of past silver toys. Nice head mold too. :APPLAUSE:

Too bad he still won't stand very well...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:One question: do his hip joints look misassembled to you guys?


It's hard to tell from these pictures, but it appears not, possibly? Looking at the slot on the side of his hip-joint piece it appears to be closer to the front than the back which means it should be okay.

My Swerve was actually not misassembled, but it was a Canadian release so I don't know if that says anything.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Mkall » Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:11 pm

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Nice colours. The Autobots have too much bright red already. It's nice to see something a little more subdued.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Amelie » Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:12 pm

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That head is actually making me want a bonkers exclusive done as G2 Gobot Optimus Prime.

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Rated X » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:09 pm

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Amelie wrote:~repaint revealed~

Member A: I wish Hasbro would come up with new ideas or characters!
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Member C: It should have been [insert random bot here]...
Member D: I'll wait for Takara's version.
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Theres Member E. He likes the toy. But its rare Member E will actually talk. ;)

For this particular figure Im member E and I talk all the time...
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby MINDVVIPE » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:07 pm

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The only thing stopping me from liking this mold is the shoulders... I really wish they weren't so limited.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby megatronus » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:27 pm

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Rated X wrote:
Amelie wrote:~repaint revealed~

Member A: I wish Hasbro would come up with new ideas or characters!
Member B: This is a waste of a repaint - no-one knows\cares who this is!
Member C: It should have been [insert random bot here]...
Member D: I'll wait for Takara's version.
ALL: Hasbro have failed us again!

Theres Member E. He likes the toy. But its rare Member E will actually talk. ;)

For this particular figure Im member E and I talk all the time...
You're telling me! :lol:


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As with Skids, the shoulders are a nuisance, but not a deal-breaker.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Mindmaster » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:42 pm

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Yeah, they're definitely misassembeled, comparing the images to my Skids.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Sabrblade » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:54 pm

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby STngAR » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:17 pm

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby gigator39 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:25 pm

It looks decent but can't say I like the Skids mold enough to own it twice. Sad cause I'm the rare person who loves repaints. Those shoulders and the fact that he constantly falls backward annoy me too much. I hope this is the last time we see this mold honestly.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby K2vox » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:50 pm

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EASY pass. crappy NON-painted gray body and look at those FEET. paint gaps?! good god. I can't even... :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby T-Macksimus » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:07 pm

I'm usually just absolute hell on repaints which is why I am now having quite the moral dilemma here. This is a great looking repaint and I would not hesitate to pick this figure up. In fact, I'd pick this figure over many of the other figures in the Generations line. I love the Skids mold, I love the color choices on this repaint... the only issues I have are: Who the hell is this and why are we getting pics of this kind of coolness when we can't even get figures on the shelf that were SUPPOSED to be out two months ago???

Sorry but it just pisses me off that Hasbro can nail one out of the park (with a repaint no less)when, in all honesty, it doesn't even count but can totally screw the pooch on so many other figures that SHOULD kick ass but end up sucking it instead.

I give the figure itself a solid A+ and I give Hasbro a heart-felt F-U.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby megatronus » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:13 pm

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T-Macksimus wrote:I give the figure itself a solid A+ and I give Hasbro a heart-felt F-U.

I'm not sure why you blame Hasbro for this - they want you to buy the figure just as much as you do. Fault with poor distribution likely falls on the brick & mortar retailers.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby GuyIncognito » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:20 am

I thought he was supposed to be silver. I guess I should have known better.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby LordTwann » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:21 am

megatronus wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:I give the figure itself a solid A+ and I give Hasbro a heart-felt F-U.

I'm not sure why you blame Hasbro for this - they want you to buy the figure just as much as you do. Fault with poor distribution likely falls on the brick & mortar retailers.


I could be wrong in what I'm about to say because I don't know everything. Just a preface, and I will gladly be corrected if/when I'm wrong.

I get why the primary problem with the figure distribution is with retailers. However, Hasbro does operate their own storefront in Hasbrotoyshop.com. If it's simply a problem with retailers not ordering the figures I don't get why Hasbro isn't selling the figures on their own site. Also it stands to reason that if hasbro is sitting on a backlog of figures why can't online retailers like BBTS and others get stock in? From an outsider position the most logical conclusion is that hasbro vastly underproduced the figures. Again there may be things I don't understand about retail business and distribution, and there may be information I don't have, but there again Hasbro is being pretty tight lipped about it.

Just calling it like I see it, and the best I can tell from the information presented me, Hasbro really screwed the pooch. Who knows maybe it'll be like Blaster was last year and we'll see tons of them hit stores in August, but Hasbro sure isn't talking.

On a side note this all just supports what I've been saying for a while now. Hasbro should adopt a subscription model for the generations line (and possibly the masterpiece line as well) like the Masters of the Universe toys. You subscribe for a year and get all the released figures, then there are a number produced beyond that which people can pick up in stores or online. That way the collectors never miss a figure.
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby megatronus » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:46 am

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LordTwann wrote:
megatronus wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:I give the figure itself a solid A+ and I give Hasbro a heart-felt F-U.

I'm not sure why you blame Hasbro for this - they want you to buy the figure just as much as you do. Fault with poor distribution likely falls on the brick & mortar retailers.


I could be wrong in what I'm about to say because I don't know everything. Just a preface, and I will gladly be corrected if/when I'm wrong.

I get why the primary problem with the figure distribution is with retailers. However, Hasbro does operate their own storefront in Hasbrotoyshop.com. If it's simply a problem with retailers not ordering the figures I don't get why Hasbro isn't selling the figures on their own site. Also it stands to reason that if hasbro is sitting on a backlog of figures why can't online retailers like BBTS and others get stock in? From an outsider position the most logical conclusion is that hasbro vastly underproduced the figures. Again there may be things I don't understand about retail business and distribution, and there may be information I don't have, but there again Hasbro is being pretty tight lipped about it.

Just because Hasbro operates their own dinky site doesn't mean they would overproduce figures just to sell on said site. If Hasbro operates like a traditional producer of goods, and I suspect they do, chances are they're going to take the hard orders from retailers/distributors, reconcile those with Hasbro's internal forecasts, and then produce a certain number of figures based on those numbers. BBTS may order a large quantity, but I would wager that their order pales in comparison to TRU, Target, etc. Orders are probably solicited up to 6 months in advance of product hitting shelves.

Obviously, the predicted number of figures needed doesn't always jive with the reality - sometimes Hasbro will overproduce based on predicted demand, and sometime they underproduce. And it sucks because a lot of the predicted demand likely comes, as I've speculated, from retailers' orders, which are in turn based on historical trends and seasonality. One of the reasons I personally think the Waspinator/Goldfire/Skids/Dreadwing wave was underproduced is due to it releasing after the New Year, when toy sales are historically down; retailers probably didn't order as many as they could have. And it's hard to say that Hasbro should have known 6 months in advance that this wave would be as popular as it was.

I'm sure I sound like a Hasbro apologist. I'm not trying to be, and Hasbro certainly shoulders some responsibility, but statements along the lines of "Y U HATE US HAZBRO!!!" annoy the hell out of me. The world is more complicated than people like to think.


LordTwann wrote:Just calling it like I see it, and the best I can tell from the information presented me, Hasbro really screwed the pooch. Who knows maybe it'll be like Blaster was last year and we'll see tons of them hit stores in August, but Hasbro sure isn't talking.

First you say Hasbro is tight-lipped and now you say information was presented to you... what information?


LordTwann wrote:On a side note this all just supports what I've been saying for a while now. Hasbro should adopt a subscription model for the generations line (and possibly the masterpiece line as well) like the Masters of the Universe toys. You subscribe for a year and get all the released figures, then there are a number produced beyond that which people can pick up in stores or online. That way the collectors never miss a figure.

That actually sounds like a great idea. :D
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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Optimizzy » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:38 am

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Re: In-Hand Images: Transformers Generations Deluxe Crosscut

Postby Flashwave » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:41 am

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Love it. Agreed the painted silver would've looked better, but this is nice. My poor Skids is now hipless and trapped in his vehicle mode (G1 Accurate!!!) so I have a perfect reason to own the mold again. Just hope I can get my hands on him

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:One question: do his hip joints look misassembled to you guys?


Yes, I an see the vents that are blocking his legs from moving against his pelvic
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megatronus wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:I give the figure itself a solid A+ and I give Hasbro a heart-felt F-U.

I'm not sure why you blame Hasbro for this - they want you to buy the figure just as much as you do. Fault with poor distribution likely falls on the brick & mortar retailers.


I could be wrong in what I'm about to say because I don't know everything. Just a preface, and I will gladly be corrected if/when I'm wrong.

I get why the primary problem with the figure distribution is with retailers. However, Hasbro does operate their own storefront in Hasbrotoyshop.com. If it's simply a problem with retailers not ordering the figures I don't get why Hasbro isn't selling the figures on their own site. Also it stands to reason that if hasbro is sitting on a backlog of figures why can't online retailers like BBTS and others get stock in? From an outsider position the most logical conclusion is that hasbro vastly underproduced the figures. Again there may be things I don't understand about retail business and distribution, and there may be information I don't have, but there again Hasbro is being pretty tight lipped about it.

Just because Hasbro operates their own dinky site doesn't mean they would overproduce figures just to sell on said site. If Hasbro operates like a traditional producer of goods, and I suspect they do, chances are they're going to take the hard orders from retailers/distributors, reconcile those with Hasbro's internal forecasts, and then produce a certain number of figures based on those numbers. BBTS may order a large quantity, but I would wager that their order pales in comparison to TRU, Target, etc. Orders are probably solicited up to 6 months in advance of product hitting shelves.

Obviously, the predicted number of figures needed doesn't always jive with the reality - sometimes Hasbro will overproduce based on predicted demand, and sometime they underproduce. And it sucks because a lot of the predicted demand likely comes, as I've speculated, from retailers' orders, which are in turn based on historical trends and seasonality. One of the reasons I personally think the Waspinator/Goldfire/Skids/Dreadwing wave was underproduced is due to it releasing after the New Year, when toy sales are historically down; retailers probably didn't order as many as they could have. And it's hard to say that Hasbro should have known 6 months in advance that this wave would be as popular as it was.

I'm sure I sound like a Hasbro apologist. I'm not trying to be, and Hasbro certainly shoulders some responsibility, but statements along the lines of "Y U HATE US HAZBRO!!!" annoy the hell out of me. The world is more complicated than people like to think.


LordTwann wrote:Just calling it like I see it, and the best I can tell from the information presented me, Hasbro really screwed the pooch. Who knows maybe it'll be like Blaster was last year and we'll see tons of them hit stores in August, but Hasbro sure isn't talking.

First you say Hasbro is tight-lipped and now you say information was presented to you... what information?


LordTwann wrote:On a side note this all just supports what I've been saying for a while now. Hasbro should adopt a subscription model for the generations line (and possibly the masterpiece line as well) like the Masters of the Universe toys. You subscribe for a year and get all the released figures, then there are a number produced beyond that which people can pick up in stores or online. That way the collectors never miss a figure.

That actually sounds like a great idea. :D


First off, Megatronus :APPLAUSE: for being an honset realist. Just want you to know that its appreciated you putting your neck out.

As to the last part: The subscripoion idea is great until A) you realize that the TF Club is doing one that so many people lambast, and 2) the Generations line isn't soley a collectors's market, at least not in the way that "Scourge" was, or Circuit or being back the Big Convoy mold. Sure, Crosscut's a niche character, but Armada Starscream is as much being marketed to kids who like fast looking jets as he is to his Armada fans. Half the current Generations line is comic book characters anyway, dudes that IDW is promoting. Just because Skids and Swerve and Tailgate are 1986 characters, their being protrayedin comics that children and young adults are reading RIGHT NOW. That makes them mainstream characters. And while I would love a guarenteed way to get these toys, especially Crosscut who I now have a Botcon Tracks and a repainted motorcycle minicon waiting for him, Hasbro is not gonna undersell their clients, the big box stores, on mainstream toys. And I don't know this for sure, but I'd bet someone else's money that the HTS site is Hasbro's internal liquidation. Things go up for sale after the stores get their orders, and may show up earlier than the sotres because of distribuion times, bu the stock is limited and not wasting space in a Hasbro warehouse. And the limited excess is Hasbro getting around not underselling a clientelle.


What is being rpoposed by LordTwann would and could certainly work, and maybe even work better than the Club program (although again, they're releasing figures ((Excess replacement stock)) that are also being sold through THEIR store, so arguably its the same system just not being supported by good logistics.) just not with this pool of characters within the Generations line.

The good news: All the pegs in the stores around me are empty, so the new Generations wave will go up almost immediately, so now its just a matter of time mking sure it gets out, and that I get to my Crosscut before someone else does.
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