Grimlock's transforming crown coin?

[griffin]

Hasbro HK do have more care/interest in the fans, based on all the exclusive and JP items they release... and then over-price based on what they know the fandom is willing to pay (or currently paying on previous versions).
Considering that they produce so many extra items for their toys (like coins and headphone jacks), I think this might have just been a creative mis-calculation. Someone at Hasbro HK probably thought it looked like a neat storage feature (and it would have been, if they didn't now have a tradition of Coins and a following of fans of Coins).
It will be interesting to see what they do to respond to it, as Hasbro HK has established some significant ties with the collectors, conventions, and collector online stores.

[lancalot]

But you have to remember that these item are actually FREE with the figure .... And they were nice enough to give use two item with him and diecast as well and not the plastic one ,like the Hasbro.... So if too many people complain ...wouldn't it be easier for them to not bother with the extra at all..?

[drifand]

But you have to remember that these item are actually FREE with the figure .... And they were nice enough to give use two item with him and diecast as well and not the plastic one ,like the Hasbro.... So if too many people complain ...wouldn't it be easier for them to not bother with the extra at all..?

It would be easier and perhaps the most misleading was packing the coin shape package which mislead everyone that is a coin but is only a box for the metal crown.

If anything Hasbro Takara from HK had poor release of this version in this case. I honestly think the coin shape box was unneeded as it had caused confusion between those who wanted a coin and gotten a metal crown.

As stated, listing of this item should have been corrected.

[griffin]

But you have to remember that these item are actually FREE with the figure .... And they were nice enough to give use two item with him and diecast as well and not the plastic one ,like the Hasbro.... So if too many people complain ...wouldn't it be easier for them to not bother with the extra at all..?

Ordinarily, yes... IF it were an item being released by TakaraTomy, AND at the same (converted) price. But this reissue was an exclusive to Hasbro HK, and the price was significantly higher if I recall. So any extras are part of their specific release, and factored into the final (wholesale) price.

[millhouse]

The question that I honestly think should be asked is;

was most of the issues related to this down to mistranslation and miscommunication?

[drifand]

Would say is the design fault of the coin box for a crown. Honestly speaking, at a glance I see a coin, not a metal crown. As a customer I would expect a coin from the pics. In honestly, I was happy it was a metal crown.

So even if is miscommunication, the item itself has mislead customers.

The crown should NEVER been packed into a coin box.

[DELTAprime]

The plastic that the crown came in was not seen till release. People ponied up for Grimlock months earlier based on BBTS and TFSource's lie that the crown transformed into a coin. Very few people will have bought based on what the packaging looks like. Blame BBTS and TFSource.

[kup]

There is also the fact that several MP toys (and reissues) in the last couple of years or so had coins. Who would have thought that they would change the 'coin' to this, specially when they know people are collecting them.

It sucks balls. I wanted a coin and a disposable single Oreo plastic container does not fit with my coin collection.

[drifand]

The plastic that the crown came in was not seen till release. People ponied up for Grimlock months earlier based on BBTS and TFSource's lie that the crown transformed into a coin. Very few people will have bought based on what the packaging looks like. Blame BBTS and TFSource.

True, but is still a contradicting item. If you display the coin box nobody is going to think is a crown inside the box. And this is what Hasbro failed. It isn't actually the forums or toy shops that make this error, think about it.

I say the crown should have been exposed and the coin box was not needed.
The words coin crown should have not be even mentioned.

I bought this based on the main pictures I saw, and this was a flame sword and a coin like box. So as much as yes people earlier ponied up but even later people like myself had the impression it was a coin.

And it isn't a plastic crown in the end.

Do you buy a box of chocolates to see a bunch of gummy bears? This is exactly what it looks like unfortunately. The coin box has no relevance of the metal crown. so it is just a bad packaging and misleading too both customers and dealers.