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News Credits: 1235 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:24 pm

No, this isn't the latest Mosaic. Theallspark member SwiftEagle has reported that the middle finger of both hands on DOTM Deluxe Crankcase has been clipped. This information has also been confirmed by our own El Duque. Has this been done for safety reasons? More than likely it has. There is no word yet if the TakaraTomy version has also been altered in this way. You can see the before and after pictures below.

Before

After

Mon May 09, 2011 11:26 pm

lol! He looks girly! :lol:

News Credits: 1 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:37 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

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

News Credits: 12 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:38 pm

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.

News Credits: 5749 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:39 pm

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.

News Credits: 5749 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:42 pm

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.

News Credits: 2 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:44 pm

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. :roll:

News Credits: 12 · Mon May 09, 2011 11:54 pm

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. :lol:

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

Mon May 09, 2011 11:58 pm

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!!! :-x

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 10, 2011 12:10 am

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

News Credits: 8 · Tue May 10, 2011 12:55 am

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

Tue May 10, 2011 1:31 am

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.

News Credits: 9 · Tue May 10, 2011 3:07 am

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

News Credits: 17 · Tue May 10, 2011 4:20 am

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. :lol:

Tue May 10, 2011 6:33 am

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

Tue May 10, 2011 6:34 am

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

News Credits: 1 · Tue May 10, 2011 6:48 am

He doesn't look to bad

Crankcase 4.jpg

Crankcase 5.jpg

Tue May 10, 2011 7:21 am

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

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

News Credits: 12 · Tue May 10, 2011 7:43 am

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

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 10, 2011 8:11 am

I really wish they would make these dreads voyager class.

News Credits: 241 · Tue May 10, 2011 8:23 am

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...

News Credits: 2 · Tue May 10, 2011 8:37 am

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.

...

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.

News Credits: 3 · Tue May 10, 2011 8:55 am

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.

News Credits: 5749 · Tue May 10, 2011 9:08 am

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.