First Look at Transformers Velocitron Crasher (Go Bot)

Grahf_ wrote:While I understand the want for Crasher from PotP Jazz as I made one myself from Stepper, I still think a Dragstrip retool would've been perfect. The way the parts line up on the chest and their placement on the alt mode as well as the front scoop being just a small retool away from going behind the head, it would've worked so well. Far better than any version of WFC Mirage would've been.

And again, the fact that Dragstrip is a combiner piece doesn't matter as it's barely noticeable. Nothing with the mold is sacrificed for the combining aspect. Not that I would care anyway in the case of Hasbro using PotP Jazz. With Jazz though, it's more to the effect that the mold kind of sucks compared to so many other CW/PotP limbs. Yeah a retool of Jazz would look amazing but since you're retooling the mold anyway to get flip the front and back, why not just put that same retool budget into a better base mold like Dragstrip to get the same effect. The front scoop is so close to working as it is. Seriously, pop them off the shoulders and put them behind the head. They fit perfectly in between the shoulder wheels and don't limit articulation. Not that the second set of wheels would be there though as those would be retooled away.

Just retool the front scoop to move down and back behind the head. Retool the front wheels so there's only one set. Retool the cockpit to not be open. And then retool the spoiler. Maybe retool the engine too I guess.

It's not like I won't get this if it is indeed what's being released though. I just think that it's a letdown.

Grahf_ wrote:I'm not saying that it would be cheap. I'm going back to things that were said when this was first leaked. People were going on about retooling PotP Jazz since the alt mode was already the correct one. But since they also said to retool the entire top and front of the vehicle mode as well as the arms to get the proper robot mode look, you might as well just use a better mold to begin with like Legacy Dragstrip. It's not like half of the things I said even needed to be done when you compare to the nothing that was done to Mirage. Assuming that this is what we're getting. The shapes of the parts and their placement are already there as it is, so really only the front scoop retool would be all that's needed to complete the look. The rest would just be extra but not necessary.

I also talked about the budget. They were going to retool a good amount of Origins Bumblebee to get Cosmos but they managed to work within the budget to make him a new figure entirely. So there is a budget set aside to work on either retools or new molds outright. The fist Velocitron line had enough budget for two new molds (one voyager and one deluxe) and an extensive retool of another deluxe besides the three new heads. Two of the three heads should already have been designed and on the sprues already though with possibly Hauler's being new entirely. So why would I think that this line wouldn't have a similar budget? With the figures that were leaked so far, it doesn't seem that the budget is being stretched yet at all. So why not spend some of it on Crasher? They could be using some of it for Shadow Striker but we just don't know yet as only three names have been leaked so far.

And yeah, it's not like people did this exact same thing when Override was first leaked saying that SS86 Hot Rod would be perfect if they just retooled everything. Oh wait, they did.

RiddlerJ wrote:That head doesn't work at all for Crasher

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I, I don't think I like it. That Earthrise Mirage mold didn't feel good to me, and neither did the Siege one, and this just seems off. There might be some legalities over doing a more toy-accurate car mold, I still might go for it.