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News Credits: 3 · Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:58 pm

I found these two different Special Opps Jazz figures at a local Kohls. One looks like the Hasbro edition and the other looks like the Takara/Tomy edition in the Hasbro packaging. What are your thoughts?

News Credits: 241 · Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:06 pm

If it doesn't have a rub sign, but a regular Autobot symbol, then it's United. But this toy has both? Really strange, and sounds suspicious.

Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:44 pm

Gonna call Shenanegans on this.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:15 am

That's what it should have looked like all along! Maybe Hasblow came into some extra paint and can now grace the back of the car with a little color and not have to continue to sell a half-baked product.

News Credits: 7 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:53 am

Strange, but very cool if true! Of course, I already have the RtS regular paintless Jazz AND a United Jazz, so I won't need a third 'intermediate' version.
The Takara Jazz is a lot whiter isn't it? This one looks like 'Hasbro plastic' but the extra paint applications are undeniable.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:56 am

alldarker wrote:Strange, but very cool if true! Of course, I already have the RtS regular paintless Jazz AND a United Jazz, so I won't need a third 'intermediate' version.
The Takara Jazz is a lot whiter isn't it? This one looks like 'Hasbro plastic' but the extra paint applications are undeniable.

Which is why I'm thinking it's a toy-swapped custom job. Which I find very surprising to say the least.

News Credits: 129 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:16 am

Skyfire-5 wrote:Gonna call Shenanegans on this.

Double-Shenanigans.

News Credits: 5 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:54 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Skyfire-5 wrote:Gonna call Shenanegans on this.

Double-Shenanigans.

Is that both of you calling shenanigans, or is that you calling shenanigans on his shenanigans. Either way, something is screwy here.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:08 pm

Or someone in the China factory just screwed up. Mistakenly grabbed a United one, put the rub sign on and then packed it.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:09 pm

Why would someone do a nice customization job and then take the time and care to carefully repackage it like new, complete with the twist-ties, and then return it?

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:19 pm

paul053 wrote:Or someone in the China factory just screwed up. Mistakenly grabbed a United one, put the rub sign on and then packed it.

Unlikely. First of all, Hasbro's and Tomy's production runs are separate from eachother, plus the grille and part of the gun are painted silver, something neither version has.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:51 pm

Also the "variant" doesn't have a Kohl's "$14.99" price sticker.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:04 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
paul053 wrote:Or someone in the China factory just screwed up. Mistakenly grabbed a United one, put the rub sign on and then packed it.

Unlikely. First of all, Hasbro's and Tomy's production runs are separate from eachother, plus the grille and part of the gun are painted silver, something neither version has.

Paid more attention. Yea, that's right. That then puzzled me more. I have an unopened spare one, if I can find this one, I will go exchange for it......

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:49 pm

I do really hope there is a variant. May go check my Kohls tomorrow...

News Credits: 129 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:55 pm

ubertenorman wrote:I do really hope there is a variant. May go check my Kohls tomorrow...

There isn't.

Don't waste your time. Someone is pic scamming everyone trying to get some attention.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:00 pm

Time and money would be better spent on a set of Gen Jazz reprolabels.

News Credits: 1452 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:08 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:.....plus the grille and part of the gun are painted silver, something neither version has.

The grille is silver in the United version. It's the silver gun that's the throwoff.

News Credits: 241 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:16 pm

Blurrz wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:.....plus the grille and part of the gun are painted silver, something neither version has.

The grille is silver in the United version. It's the silver gun that's the throwoff.

I just love being corrected. Here, have a cookie.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:11 pm

I think this is fake.

News Credits: 1452 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:59 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Blurrz wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:.....plus the grille and part of the gun are painted silver, something neither version has.

The grille is silver in the United version. It's the silver gun that's the throwoff.

I just love being corrected. Here, have a cookie.

You've done it to me too many times, thought I'd break the chain, friend.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:59 pm

ROBIT PWNAGE!

In all seriousness, this could be legit. I found a variant of Tuner Mudflap at Marshalls a while back, but didn't have a camera on me to get it. This variant had a different shape to it, almost cylindrical, and was completely brown. No paint apps at all. Im convinced this was some sort of production error, or perhaps someone worked in a custom log of greasy $h!t and expected no one to notice.

News Credits: 60 · Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:16 pm

Triple shenannegans for me. Unless somehow, Hasbro lowered the basic cost to re-color/produce the RTS Jazz (highly unlikely though not entirely impossible).

And, why just one?

News Credits: 2 · Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:18 am

Counterpunch wrote:
ubertenorman wrote:I do really hope there is a variant. May go check my Kohls tomorrow...

There isn't.

Don't waste your time. Someone is pic scamming everyone trying to get some attention.

*sigh*

A guy can dream...